Assignments No.

1
ME PPE
1. A Carnot engine requires 35 kJ/sec from the hot source. The engine produces 15 kw of
power and the temperature of the sink is 26°C. What is the temperature of the hot
source in °C?

2. There are 20 ng of flue gases formed per ng of fuel oil burned in the combustion of a
fuel oil C12H26. What is the excess air in percent.

3. 23.5 kg of steam per second at MPa and 400°C is produced by a steam generator. The
feedwater enters the economizer at 145°C and leaves at 205°C. The steam leaves the
boiler drum with a quality of 98%. The unit consumes 2.75 kg of coil per second as
received having a heating value of 25,102 kJ/kg. What would be the overall efficiency of
the unit in percent?

4. The initial pressure of the system during isometric process is 100 kPa. If the heat during
in process is 10kw, find the enthalpy change.

5. The diameter of of pipe at the large end is 0.5 cm., and at the smaller end is 0.2 cm, the
larger and smaller ends are located 7 meters and 3 meters, respectively datum like. If all
the larger end, the velocity is 1.2 meters per second and the pressure is 5200,In/m²,
compute pressure at the smaller end?
 Assignment No.2
ME PPE

1. What is the temperature of 2 litersof water at 30°C after 500 cal of heat have been
added to it?

2. An 8 cylinder, 450 mm x 600 mm, 4 stroke cycle diesel engine has na exhaust gas mass
rate of 4.5 kg/kw-hr brake based on fuel having an air-fuel ratio of 20 to 1 and heating
value of 10,540 kcal/kg. Engine speed is 260 rpm with brake mean effective pressure of
9.25 kg/cm². Yan estimated 22% energy loss is carried away by the jacket cooling water.
Calculate the brake horsepowér.

3. A fan whose static efficiency is 40% has a capacity of 60,000 ft³/hr at 60°F and
barometer of 30 in Hg and gives a,static pressure of 2 in of water column on full
delivery. What size electric motor should be used to drive this fan?

4. A diesel electric plant supplies energy for Meralco. During a 24- hour period, the plant
consumed 200 gallons of fuel at 28°C and produced 3930 kw-hr. Industrial fuel used is
28 °API and was purchased at P5.50 per liter at 15.6°C. What should be the cost of fuel
to produce one kw-hr?

5. In a gas turbine unit, air enters the combustion chamber at 550 Ka, a227°C and 43 m/s.
The products of combustion leave the combustor at 511 kPa, 1004°C and 140 m/s.
Liquid fuel enters with a heating value of 43,000 kJ/kg. For fuel-air ratio of 0.0229, what
is the combustor efficiency of the unit in percent?
 Final Exam
ME PPE

1. Convert 100,000 milibar to dynes/cm²?

2. Explain Bernoulli Law of Continity?

3. What is NSH?

4. A pump delivers 500 gpm of water against a total head of 200 ft and operating at 1770
rpm. Changes have increased the total head to 375 ft. At what rpm should the pump be
operated to achieve the new head at the same efficiency?

5. A steam boiler on a test generates 885,000lb of steam in a 4- hour period. The average
steam pressure is 400 psia, the average steam temperature is 700°F, and the average
temperature of the feedwatersupplied to the boiler is 280°F. If the boiler efficiency for
the period is 82.5%, and if the coal has a heating value of 13,850 Btu per lb as fired, find
the average amount of coil burned in short tons per hour.
 ME PPE LAB

Project study to the devided into three (3)

Each group shall choose one (1) to make research in the following.

1. Feasibility study of steam Power Plant

2. Feasibility study of Hydro Electric Power Plant

3. Feasibility study of Geothermal Power Plant

ME PPE FINAL EXAM

1. Steam is delivered to an engine at 5.4 mPa and 600°C. Before condensation at 31°C,
steam is extracted for feed water heating at 0.60 mPa for anideal, find
A.) The amount of steam extracted
B.) W
 C.) E

2. A reheat cycle with twostages of reheating is executed with steam expanding initially
from 20 mPa and 540°C. The two reheater pressures are 3.8 Mpa and 0.97 mPa, and the
steam leaves each reheater at 540°C condensation occurs at 60°C for the ideal cycle and
1 kg/s of steam find Qa and Ec?

3. An eight cylinder, two- stroke diesel cycle engine with a HO cm bore and 50 cm stroke
uses 5 kg/min of fuel with a lower heating value of 42570kj/kg. The engine developed
1080 kw at speed of 270 RPM the average indicated mean effective pressure is 570 kPa.
Find:
A. Piston displacement (m³/s)
B. Mechanical efficiency (%)
4. A 16 cylinder V- type diesel, 4 stroke cycle, 514 RPM, 400 bore , 460 mm stroke, is
directly coupled to a 5500 kw Ac generator 13800 volts 3 phases 60 cycles and 93%
efficiency

Find:
A. Brake mean effective pressure (kg/cm²)
B. Combine heat rate (kcal /kw-hr)