FLORES, ARAIZA G.

BSEE 5

LEARNING ACTIVITY 4 ENGINEERING 7. A desktop computer is to be cooled by a fan

SCIENCES AND ALLIED SUBJECTS whose flow rate is 0.34 m3/min. Determine the
THERMODYNAMICS SOURCE: DREAMFORCE mass flow rate of air through the fan at an
REVIEW CENTER elevation of 3400 m where the air density is 0.7
kg/m3. Also, if the average velocity of air is not
1. The food compartment of a refrigerator is to exceed 110 m/min, determine the diameter of
maintained at 4°C by removing heat from it at a the casing of the fan.
rate of 360 kJ/min. If the required power input to a. 0.238 kg/min, 0.063 m
the refrigerator is 2 kW, determine the b. 0.0040kg/min, 0.063m
coefficient of performance of the refrigerator c. 0.238kg/min, 0.082m
a. 2 b. 3.5 c.3 d.2.5 d. 0.0040kg/min, 0.082m

2. A heat pump is used to meet the heating
requirements of a house and maintain it at 20°C.
On a day when the outdoor air temperature
drops to -2°C, the house is estimated to lose
heat at a rate of 80,000 kJ/h. If the heat pump
under these conditions has a COP of 2.5,
determine the power consumed by the heat
pump
a. 17.8 kW b. 8.9kW c. 10.7kW d.
20.8kW
3. A Carnot heat engine receives 500 kJ of heat
per cycle from a high-temperature source at
652°C and rejects heat to a low-temperature
sink at 30°C. Determine the thermal efficiency
of this Carnot engine
a. 0.672 b. 2.05 c. 0.328 d. 0.502
8. Helium gas is compressed by an adiabatic
compressor from an initial state of 14 psia and
50°F to a final temperature of 3208F in a
reversible manner. Determine the exit pressure
of helium. (k of Helium is 1.667)
a. 28.463psia b. 18.26psia
c. 40.37psia d. 40.5psia
9. A frictionless piston–cylinder device contains
a saturated liquid–vapor mixture of water at
100°C. During a constant-pressure process, 600
kJ of heat is transferred to the surrounding air
at 25°C. As a result, part of the water vapor
contained in the cylinder condenses. Determine
the entropy change of the water.
a. +1.61kJ/K b. -1.61kJ/K
c. 0.40kJ/K d. -0.40kJ/K

4. A car engine with a power output of 110 hp
has a thermal efficiency of 28 percent.
Determine the rate of fuel consumption if the
heating value of the fuel is 19,000 Btu/lbm.
a. 104 lbm/hr b. 52.6lbm/hr
c. 45.7lbm/hr d. 33.45lbm/hr
5. Air enters a 28-cm diameter pipe steadily at
200 kPa and 20°C with a velocity of 5 m/s. Air is
heated as it flows, and leaves the pipe at 180
kPa and 40°C. Determine the volume flow rate
of air at the inlet and the mass flow rate of air.
a. 0.4129m3/s, 0.7318kg/s
b. 0.3079m3/s, 0.84314kg/s
c. 0.4129m3/s, 0.84314kg/s
d. 0.3079m3/s, 0.7318kg/s
6. A spherical hot-air balloon is initially filled
with air at 120 kPa and 20°C with an initial
diameter of 5 m. Air enters this balloon at 120
kPa and 20°C with a velocity of 3 m/s through a
1-m diameter opening. How many minutes will it
take to inflate this balloon to a 15-m diameter
when the pressure and temperature of the air in
the balloon remain the same as the air entering
the balloon?
a. 10mins b.11mins c.12mins
d.13mins
10. Assuming that there are no heat effects and
no frictional effects, find the kinetic energy and
speed of a 3220-lb body after it falls 778 ft from
rest. Start with the steady flow equation,
deleting energy terms which are irrelevant.
a. 224ft/s b. 203ft/s c. 272ft/s d.
300ft/s
11. A gas is contained in a vertical, frictionless
piston–cylinder device. The piston has a mass
of 3.2 kg and a cross sectional area of 35 cm2.
A compressed spring above the piston exerts a
force of 150 N on the piston. If the atmospheric
pressure is 95 kPa, determine the pressure
inside the cylinder.
a. 150kPa b.147kPa c.175kPa
d.163kPa
12. The maximum blood pressure in the upper
arm of a healthy person is about 120 mmHg. If a
vertical tube open to the atmosphere is
connected to the vein in the arm of the person,
determine how high the blood will rise in the
tube. Take the density of the blood to be 1050
kg/m3.
a. 1.55m b. 2.03m c. 1.75m d.
2.10m
13. Balloons are often filled with helium gas
because it weighs only about one-seventh of
what air weighs under identical conditions. The
buoyancy force, which can be expressed as Fb
= ρairgVballoon, will push the balloon upward.
If the balloon has a diameter of 12 m and carries
two people, 85 kg each, determine the
acceleration of the balloon when it is first
released. Assume the density of air is ρ= 1.16 21. A device that violates the first law of
kg/m3, and neglect the weight of the ropes and thermodynamics is called a.
the cage. a. Perpetual-motion machine of the first kind
a. 22m/s b. 23.02m/s b. Universal machine of the first kind
c. 22.75m/s d. 22.4m/s c. Ambiguous machine of the first kind
14. Water is being heated in a closed pan on top d. Unique machine of the first kind
of a range while being stirred by a paddle
wheel. During the process, 30 kJ of heat is
transferred to the water, and 5 kJ of heat is lost 22. What is the internal energy associated with
to the surrounding air. The paddle wheel work the phase of a system called?
amounts to 500 N ∙ m. Determine the final a. latent energy b. chemical energy
energy of the system if its initial energy is 10 c. phase energy d. thermal energy
kJ.
a. 30.5kJ b. 33.75kJ c. 35.5kJ d. 23. What refers to the transfer of energy due to
37.8kJ the emission of electromagnetic waves of
photons?
15. A water pump increases the water pressure a. electrification b. radiation
from 15 psia to 70 psia. Determine the power c. convection d. conduction
input required, in HP, to pump 0.8 ft3/s of water.
a. 10.5hp b. 11.5hp c. 12hp d. 15hp 24. Who developed the Third Law of
Thermodynamics during the years 1906-1912?
16. Consider a fan located in a 3 ft x 3 ft square a. Gilbert Lewis b. Merle Randall
duct. Velocities at various points at the outlet c. Martin Goldstein d. Walther Nernst
are measured, and the average flow velocity is
determined to be 22 ft/s. Taking the air density 25. What refers to the amount of heat removed
to 0.075 lbm/ft3, estimate the minimum electric from the cooled space in BTU for 1 watt-hour of
power consumption of the fan motor. electricity consumed?
a. 147kW b. 130kW c. 175kW d. a. Cost of Performance
151kW b. Cost Efficiency Rating
c. Energy Efficiency Rating
17. Windmills slow the air and cause it to fill a d. Coefficient of Performance
larger channel as it passes through the blades.
Consider a circular windmill with a 7-m- 26. Calculate the heat required to convert 15.4 g
diameter rotor in a 8 m/s wind on a day when of ethyl alcohol, C2H5OH, from a solid at −131.0
the atmospheric pressure is 100 kPa and the °C into the gaseous state at 104.0 °C. The
temperature is 20°C. The wind speed behind the normal melting and boiling points of this
windmill is measured at 6.5 m/s. Determine the substance are −117 °C and 78 °C, respectively.
diameter of the wind channel downstream from The heat of fusion is 109 J/g, and the heat of
the rotor and the power produced by this vaporization is 837 J/g. The specific heats of the
windmill, presuming that the air is solid, liquid and gaseous states are,
incompressible. respectively, 0.97, 2.30 and 0.95 J/g-K
a. 6.66m, 3.98kW b. 7.77m, 5.21kW a. 20kJ b. 21.4kJ c. 21.7kJ d.
c. 7.77m, 3.98kW d. 6.66m, 5.21kW 22.1kJ

18. Which statement of the second law of
thermodynamics states that no heat engine can
have a thermal efficiency of 100 percent?
a. Kelvin-Planck statement
b. Clausius statement
c. Kevin statement
d. Rankine statement
19. What refers to any change that a system
undergoes from one equilibrium state to
another equilibrium state?
a. Process b. Path c. Phase d.
Cycle
20. What law states that it is impossible to build
a device that operates in a cycle and produces
no effect other than the transfer of heat from a
lower-temperature body to a higher-temperature
body?
a. Zeroth law of thermodynamics
b. Second law of thermodynamics
c. First law of thermodynamics
d. Third law of thermodynamics
27. A group of twenty executives attend a board
meeting in a room which measures 20 ft by 20 ft
and has a 10 ft ceiling. Assume that each
person occupies 2.5 ft3 and gives out about 375
Btu of heat per hour. Calculate the air
temperature rise occurring within 15 min of the
start of the conference if the room is completely
sealed and insulated. Take cv for air as 0.1715
Btu/lbm°F.
a. 40°F b. 25°F c. 37°F d.41°F
28. Calculate the heat transferred when 100J of
work is done on a system consisting of 1 mole
of an ideal gas. At constant temperature, ΔE = 0
for the expansion of an ideal gas.
a. +100J b. -100J c.+50J d. -18J
29. Ten cubic feet of air are cooled at a constant
pressure of 80 psia. The initial temperature was
180°F and the final temperature after cooling is
100°F. Calculate the external work done in foot
pounds.
a. – 14425.8 ft–lb b. +14425.8 ft–lb
c. +12455.8 ft–lb d.-12455.8 ft–lb

30. Calculate the mass rate of flow of air
through a pipeline with an inside diameter of 3.5
in. if the average velocity of air at 80°F and 20
psia is 110 ft/min.
a. 0.833 lbm/min. b. 0.733 lbm/min.
c. 0.893 lbm/min. d. 0.612lbm/min
31. A cylinder piston arrangement as shown in
the figure is made of a non heat conducting
material. The cylinder has a volume of 3 ft3 and
is connected to a steam source at 100 psia and
500°F. The piston is held in position by air at 20
psia and a cooling coil is placed in the cylinder
to maintain a constant air temperature of 100°F.
Determine the work done if the valve is opened
until the pressure in the cylinder falls to 100
psia.
a. 17.8 Btu b. 18.8 Btu c. 20.9Btu d.
19.2Btu
32. Determine the mass of air when the
pressure is 20 psi and the temperature is 80°F
in a closed chamber with dimensions of 30ft x
20 ft x 15ft. Assume air to be an ideal gas.
a. 1000 lb b. 700 lb c. 900 lb d. 800
lb
33. 0.3kg of nitrogen gas at 100kPa and 40°C is
contained in a cylinder. The piston is moved
compressing nitrogen until the pressure
becomes 1MPa and temperature becomes
160°C. The work done during the process is
30kJ. Calculate the heat transferred from the
nitrogen to the surroundings. Cv for Nitrogen is
0.75kJ/kg-K.
a. +3kJ b. -3kJ c. +5kJ d. ±5kJ
34. A tank containing air is stirred by a paddle
wheel. The work input to the paddle wheel is
9000kJ and the heat transferred to the
surroundings from the tank is 3000kJ.
Determine the Work done.
a. 0kJ b. 12000kJ c. 6000kJ d.
1000kJ
35. Air at 1.02 bar, 22°C, initially occupying a
cylinder volume of 0.015m3, is compressed
reversibly and adiabatically by a piston to a
pressure of 6.8bar. Calculate Final temperature
and volume.
a. 234.24°C, 0.00837m3
b. 441.61°C, 0.00837m3
c. 234.24°C, 0.00387m3
d. 441.61°C, 0.00387m3
36. In a reversible adiabatic process the ratio
(T1/T2) is equal to
37. A steel flask of 0.04m3 capacity is to be
used to store nitrogen at 120bar, 20°C. The flask
is to be protected against excessive pressure
by a fusible plug which will melt and allow the
gas to escape if the temperature rises too high.
How many kg of nitrogen will the flask hold at
the designed conditions?
a. 4.51kg b.5.51kg c. 6kg d. 6.65kg
38. A vessel of capacity 3m3 contains 1kg mole
of N2 at 90°C, calculate cp and cv if k=1.4
a. Cp=1.039kJ/kg-K, cv= 0.742kJ/kg-K
b. Cp=1.390kJ/kg-K, cv= 0.742kJ/kg-K
c. Cp=1.039kJ/kg-K, cv= 0.724kJ/kg-K
d. Cp=1.390kJ/kg-K, cv= 0.724kJ/kg-K
39. A vessel of 0.03m3 capacity contains gas at
3.5bar pressure and 35°C temperature. If the
pressure of this gas is increased to 10.5bar
while the volume remains constant what will be
the temperature of the gas?
a. 924°C b. 651°C c. 464°C d. 720°C
40. A vessel contains at 1bar and 20°C a
mixture of 1mole of CO2 and 4 moles of air.
Calculate for the mixture total mass. The
volumetric analysis of air can be taken as 21%
Oxygen and 79% Nitrogen
a. 170kg b. 163.73kg c. 159.36kg d.
150kg
41. The minimum pressure and temperature in
an Otto cycle are 100kPa and 27°C. The amount
of heat added to the air per cycle is 1500kJ/kg.
Calculate the thermal efficiency of the cycle for
a compression ratio of 8:1.
a. 51% b. 54.67% c.55.19% d.
56.47%
42. When two bodies are in thermal equilibrium
with the third body they are also in thermal
equilibrium with each other. This statement is
called?
a. Kelvin Planck law
b. Second Law of thermodynamics
c. First law of thermodynamics
d. Zeroth law of thermodynamics
43. Air at 1.02 bar, 22°C, initially occupying a
cylinder volume of 0.015 m3, is compressed
reversibly and adiabatically by a piston to a
pressure of 6.8 bar. Calculate the work done.
a. – 2.511 kJ b. – 2.751 kJ
c. 2.511 kJ d. 2.751 kJ
44. Determine the difference in weight of air
when the temperature is 93°F during summer
and winter when the temperature is 10°F in a
room which measures 30x100x20 ft. The
pressure is 14 psia.
a. 625 lb b. 725 lb c. 825 lb d. 525
lb
45. 0.44 kg of air at 180°C expands adiabatically
to three times its original volume and during the
process, there is a fall in temperature to 15°C.
The work done during the process is 52.5 kJ.
Calculate cp and cv.
a. Cv=0.722kJ/kg-K, cp=1.531kJ/kg-K
b. Cv=0.277kJ/kg-K, cp=1.531kJ/kg-K
c. Cv=0.722kJ/kg-K, cp=1.018kJ/kg-K
d. Cv=0.277kJ/kg-K, cp=1.018kJ/kg-K
46. 1kg of ethane (C2H6) is compressed
polytropically from 1.1bar, 27°C according to a
law pV1.3=C, until the pressure is 6.6bar.
Calculate the heat flow to or from the cylinder
walls.
a. +84.5kJ/kg b.-84.5kJ/kg
c.91.7kJ/kg d.-91.7kJ/kg

47. A container having a volume of 70.85L

contains oxygen gas at a pressure 861.6 kPa
when the temperature is 24°C. Oxygen leaks
from the drum until the pressure drops to 689.3
kPa, while the temperature remains constant.
How much oxygen leaked out of the container?
a. 178 grams b. 158 grams
c. 138 grams d. 118 grams

48. Calculate the increase in internal energy, if a

0.95-lbm object is travelling at a rate of 250 ft/s
to enter a viscous liquid and essentially
brought to rest before it strikes the bottom.
Consider the object and liquid as the system,
and assume the change in potential energy is
negligible.
a. 622 lb-ft b. 722 lb-ft
c. 922 lb-ft d. 822 lb-ft
49. The efficiency of an ideal Carnot engine
depends on
a. Working substance
b. On the temperature of the source only
c. On the temperature of the sink only
d. On the temperature of both source and sink 

50. Helmholtz function is expressed as

d. On the temperature of both source and sink
a. (u – Ts) b. (h – Ts)
c. (– sdT + vdp) d. (u + pv)