College of Engineering

FINAL TERM
ME Lab 3 – Long Quiz
First Semester, AY 2021-2022
Saturday May 27, 2021

Examination Notes
1. Answer ALL the questions
2. Encircle of highlight your answer with yellow color.

Student Name:__Aguisanda, Edel James Paulo G. Student ID:_18113368

Part-One: Hydro power Plant

Q1) Choose the correct answer: Which of the following is measured in the experiment -
demonstration of Archimedes’ principle?
(a) Density (b) Buoyancy (c) Viscosity (d) Pressure

i. The relationship between a fluid’s kinematic viscosity (  ) and its dynamic viscosity () is
given by
 
(a)    (b)    (c)    (d)   

ii. A fluid’s resistance to flow is its

(a) Density (b) Specific Gravity (c) Viscosity (d) Capillarity

iii. Which elbow will give the least friction loss?

(a) 90 elbow (b) 60 elbow (c) 45 elbow (d) 30 elbow

iv. A pump’s inlet head is: -1 m, and the outlet head is: 3 m. The head developed by the pump is
(a) 2 m (b) -3 m (c) -4 m (d) 4 m
 v. Bernoulli’s theorem is another way of expressing
(a) Law of conservation of mass (b) Law of conservation of velocity
(c) Law of conservation of energy (d) Law of Conservation of Flow

vi. The head loss over finite length of a circular pipe with turbulent flow is dependent
(a) Directly on pipe diameter (b) Inversely on square of pipe diameter
(c) Directly on flow velocity (d) Directly on square of flow velocity

vii. Venturi meter is used to measure

(a) Pressure drop (b) Flow rate
(c) Friction loss (d) Energy loss

viii. Which of the following is used to control the flow rate?

(a) Sudden Expansion (b) Sudden Contraction
Elbow (d) Valve

ix. For a liquid flowing in a pipe, Reynolds number is inversely proportional to

(a) Dynamic viscosity (b) Density
(c) Velocity (d) Diameter of the pipe

Q2) Table Q2 shows the data obtained from a single pump experiment for water.
(a) Fill up the table by calculating missing values. Write the details of calculation for at least
one set of data.
[15 marks]
Table Q2. Data for single pump operation
Total
Volume Inlet Outlet Input Output Efficiency
Time to Flow Head,
of water, Head, hi head, ho Power, Power (%)
No. collect, t Rate, Qt H
V (m of (m of Wi Wo
(s) (m3/s) (m of
(l) water) Water) (Watts) (Watts)
water)
1 0 0 -1 15.5 520 0 16.5 0 0
2 10 45 -1 14.0 550 0.000222 15 32.7 5.95
3 10 17 -1 9.5 590 0.00058 10.5 60.59 10.27
4 10 12 -1 7.5 600 0.00083 8.5 69.49 11.58
5 10 10 -1 5.5 650 0.0001 6.5 63.77 9.81
Note: Pump Power Output, Wo = H×Qt××g Watts g = 9.81 m/s2

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Q3) Water flows through a 10-mm diameter pipe at a flow rate of 1.33×10-4 m3/s. Find
a) Velocity (V) of water in the pipe
b) Reynolds Number (Re) for the flow
c) Head loss (hL) due to friction for 1-m length of the pipe
[Physical properties of water: Density = 1000 kg/m3; Dynamic viscosity = 0.0009 N.s/m2]
LV 2 0.3164
[Correlations for calculations: Head Loss, hL  f , where friction factor, f  ]
2gd Re 0.25

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 (4) 45 kW of the shaft power is developed by a turbine working under an available head of 40 m. The energy
transferred from the water to the runner is 350 J. Assuming a mechanical efficiency of 95%, what is the
discharge through the turbine in m3s

A. 0.0345 C. 1.511
B. 0.135 ' D. 1.234

5. A vertical draft tube is installed on a Francis turbine and the total head to the eenter of the spiral casing at the inlet is
38 m and velocity of water at the inlet is 5 m/s. The discharge is 2.1 m 3/s. The hydraulic efficiency is 0.87 and over-all
efficiency is 0.84. The velocities at the inlet and exit of the drafttube are 5 m/s and 1.5 m/s respectively. The top of the

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draft tube is 1 m below the center line of the spiral casing while the tailrace Cwater) level is 3 m from the top of the
draft-tube. There is no velocity of whirl at either top or bottom of draft tube and leakage losses are negligible. What is the
power output of the turbine in kW ?
A. 746.9 kW
B. 632.9 kW
C. 901.3 kW
D. 832.6 kW

6. hydro-electric generating station is supplied from a reservoir of capacity 6,000,000 m 3 at a head of 170 m. Assume
hydraulic "efficiency of 80% and electrical efficiency of 90%. The fall in the reservoir level after a load of 15 MW has been
supplied for 3 hrs, if the area of the reservoir is 2.5 km 2 is closest to:
A. 5.39 cm C. 5.98 cm
. B. 4.32 cm D. 4.83 cm

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7. An impulse turbine which has a diameter, D=60 in., speed N=350 rpm, bucket angle B =160 degrees, Coefficient of
velocity Cv = 0.98, relative speed ϕ =0.45, a generator em = 0.90, k = 0.90, and a jet diameter from a nozzle
of 6 inches. Compute the power input in Hp.

a. 2,862 HP
b. 2,512 HP
c. 2933 HP
d. 2366 HP

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8. In Maria Christina Hydroelectric Project, the available head is' 140 m, the water flow is one m 3 per second,
efficiency of the turbine is 95%, efficiency of the generator is 95%, 3-phase, 60 cycles, voltage delivered is 4160
volts. Determine the estimated yearly' income of the plant if cost of the generated electric energy is P 0.60 per kW-
hr.

A. P 6,514,777.80 C. P 8,'514,777.80
B P 7,514,777-80 D. P 9,51

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Part 2 STEAM Plant Engineering
A superheat steam Rankine cycle has turbine inlet conditions of 17.5 MPa and 530°C expands in a
turbine to 0.007 MPa. The turbine and pump polytropic efficiencies are 0.9 and 0.7 respectively.
Pressure' losses between pump and turbine inlet are 1.5 MPa. What should be the pump work in
kl/kg?
A. 27.13 kl/kg C. 32.47 kl/kg
B. 29.87 kl/kg D. 33;25 kJ/kg

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Part 3 Diesel Power Plant

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Part 4. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
1) A cooler wall 10ft by 18ft is insulated with equivalent of 3in. of extruded

polystyrene.(kp= ) . Compute the heat gain through the wall in Btu

per 24 hr if the inside temperature is 37 and the outside temperature is 78 .

a)

b)

c)

d)

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2) As a rule of thumb, what is the ratio of the volume flow rate of air to the ton
of cooling for a normal comfort applications?

a.

b.

c.

d.

3) What is the equivalent in ton of refrigeration cooling if 3 096 ft3 per minute of
air is needed to cool the rooms in the first floor of LPU - B ME laboratory
building.?
a 7.74 ton
b. 7 ton
c. 6.5 ton
d. 6 .192 ton

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4) Which is a better cross section for ducting, given the same area?
a. Circular
b. Rectangular
c. Same
d. No of the above

5) Which of the two will most like incur LESS dynamic loss for pressure and
head when used in ducting?
a. Long radius circular bends
b. Right angle bends
c. Both
d. None of the above.

6) A flooded chiller is operating with a refrigerant temperature of 40℉. The

chilled fluid enters the chiller at a temperature of 63℉ and leaves at a
temperaure of 50℉. Calculate the LMTD between the refrigerant and the
chilled fluid.
A.

B.

C.

D.

7) Which of the two will most like incur MORE dynamic loss for pressure and
head when used in ductings?

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 a Long radius circular bends
b Right angle bends
c Both
d None of the above.

8) A multi evaporator refrigeration system is using a R-134 -two evaporators.

Saturated Liquid exits the condenser at 34 degree centigrade. The refrigerant
in the evaporators are 0 deg C and -20 deg Centigrade. Saturated vapor exits
each evaporator. The mass flow rate of refrigerant entering evaporator 1 is

The mass flow rate entering evaporator 2 is .

h2=281.62
h1=241.37
Question: What is the input power to the compressor?
a. 1.7 kW
b. 1.1 kW
c. 2 .8 kW
d. 3 kW

9) Which of the major components in the vapor compression system is

responsible for producing cooling effect?
a ,evaporator
b, condenser
c, expansion valve
d.None of the above.

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20. Which among the following processes improves refrigeration effect?
a . subcooling
b humidifying
c back pressure valve installation
d desuperheating

21. Two (2 )  tons of sausage  will be cooled from 26 deg C to -20 deg C
using ice. The freezing point of pork is -18 degree C and the initial
temperature of the ice is – 30 deg C. How much ice will be used to cool the
pork?

A. 26,029 kg
B. 62,290 kg
C. 26,920 kg
D. 22,690 kg

22. Calculate the power required by a system of one compressor serving two
evaporators. One evaporator carries a load of 35 kW at 10°C, 70 kW at -5°C.
A back pressure valve reduces the pressure in the 10°C evaporator to that of
the -5°C evaporator. The condensing temp is 37°C. The refrigerant is
ammonia. What is the CoP? The mass entering the compressor is 0.0967

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kg/s. Enthalpies at the suction of the compressor and the discharge port of
the compressors are 1665 kj/kg and 1461.3 kj/kg respectively.

A. 35.33
B. 53.33
C. 3.533
;D. 5.333

23. What is the arithmetic mean temperature difference in the evaporator if

the air entering the tubes is 40 degrees Fahrenheit and the temperature
leaving the coils is 30 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature of the refrigerant
inside the coil tube is 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

A. 20 degree fharenheti
B. 25 degree fahrenheit
C. 15 degree Fahrenheit
D. 10 degreee fahrenheti

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24. What are the other types of refrigeration system aside from the most
popular Vapor Compression System?

A. Absorption Refrigeration, Air cycle Refrigeration , Steam Jet

Refrigeration
B. Multi stage, Absorption and Solar Refrigeration, Marine Refrigeration
C. Cryogenics, Solar and Steam Turbine
D. Actual vapor compression, Solar , Mutli Evaporators

25. Determine the coil face area of the evaporator required to maintain a face
velocity of 400 fpm if the air flow rate over the coil is 2 100 CFM.

A. 5. 25 sq ft
B. 5 sq ft
C. 5 .75 sq.ft.
D. 6 sq . ft.

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