Question 1

A pipe undergoes expansion from an initial diameter of 6" to a final diameter of 8". The fluid flowing in the
pipe has a constant density of 61.2lbm/ft3 and the flow velocity in the 6" section is 22.2ft/sec. What is the
flow velocity in the 8" section assuming that the flow is steady-state?
o 13.12fps
o 10.84fps
• 12.49fps
o 11.46fps

Question 2
A piping system has a "Y" configuration to be able to separate flow. The inlet leg has a diameter of 10"
while the diameters of the outlet legs are 6" and 8". The flow through the main portion is 500lbm/sec. The
velocity in the 8" leg is 10ft/sec. What is the velocity out of the 6" pipe section if the density of water is
constant at 62.4lbm/ft3?

o 40.63ft/s
o 38.49 ft/s
o 20.86ft/s
• 23.03ft/s

Question 3
A tank contains exactly one kilogram of water consisting of liquid and vapor in equilibrium at 1MPa. If the
liquid contains one-half and the remaining is vapor of the volume of the tank, what is the enthalpy of the
contents of the tank?

763.32kJ/kg

796.31kJ/kg

716.82kJ/kg

774.50kJ/kg

Question 4
Two liquids of different densities (ρ1=1500 kg/m3; ρ2=500 kg/m3) are poured together into a 100 L tank,
filling it. If the resulting density of the mixture is 800 kg/m3, find the quantity of the liquid with the density
of 1500 kg/m3

40 kg

30 kg

35 kg

45 kg
Question 5
Water flows into a pump installation at 0.0606 m3/s. The intake static gage is located 1.22 m below the
centerline of the pump, and it reads 68.95 kPag. Meanwhile, the discharge static gage is 0.61 below the
pump centerline, and it reads 344.75 kPag. The area of the intake and discharge pipes are 0.093 m2 and
0.069 m2. What is the hydraulic power of the pump?

31.9 kW

24.9 kW

15.8 kW

17 kW

Question 6
A pump is used to pump water up to a height of 200 meters. The mass flow rate of water is 2kg/s. The
pipe through which the water is flowing has a diameter of 2inch. Water enters the pump at atmospheric
pressure and leaves pipe as atmospheric pressure. At the end of the pipe, the water temperature is
0.05°C warmer than it enters due to friction. The initial water temperature is 20°C. Assuming steady state
situation, calculate the required power of pump ignoring the warming up of water.

2.59kW

3.13kW

4.26kW

3.92kW

Question 7
An air compressor that is water-cooled handles 0.15m3/s of air that enters at 96.8kPa and 25°C and
leaves at 485kPa and 139°C. 11kg/hr of cooling water enters the jacket at 16°C and leaves at 20°C.
Solve for the compressor power.

22.43kW

26.71kW

27.69kW

29.32kW
Question 8
An ideal 3-stage air compressor with intercoolers handles air at the rate of 2kg/min. The suction pressure
is 101kPa, suction temperature is 21°C, delivery pressure is 5000kPa. Assuming perfect inter-cooling and
minimum work, calculate total work required if compressor efficiency is 60% and both compression and
expansion processes are PVn=C, where n = 1.2. (21KW).

22.54kW

18.54kW

26.31kW

20.41kW

Question 9
A blower operating at 15,000rpm compresses air from 68℉ and 14.7psia to 10psig. The design flow is a
1350CFM and at this point, Bhp is 80hp. Determine the blower efficiency at the design point; k = 1.395.

57.86%

63.02%

60.51%

62.12%

Question 10
A radial type blower is designed to deliver 1.3 cu. meters per sec of air at a pressure of 107 kPa when
operating at an altitude of 4000 m where the temperature is -10ºC and the pressure is 60 kPa. It rotates at
18,000 rpm and is to have an efficiency of 72%. It is to be tested at sea level at a speed of 14,000 rpm.
Assuming the efficiency does not change, determine the power required to drive the design under testing
conditions.

68 kW

48 kW

58 kW

78 kW
Question 12
Air is flowing in a duct with velocity of 7.58m/s and a static pressure of 2.16cm water gage. The duct
diameter is 1.22, the barometer pressure 100kPa and the gauge fluid temperature and air temperature
are 30C. What is the total pressure of air against which the fan will operate in cm of water?

1.49cmH2O

3.11cmH2O

2.50cmH2O

4.18cmH2O

Question 13
A cooling tower handles 28.34m3/min of air entering at 32°C db and 24°C wb. The air leaves saturated at
29°C. To what temperature can the air stream cool a spray of water which enters at 38°C with a flow of
34kg/min of water?

33.07°C

36.61°C

25.56°C

28.78°C

Question 14
A mechanical draft dry cooling tower cools the cooling water from 60ºC to 25ºC at the rate of 149.4 giga
grams per hour. Atmospheric air enters the tower at 20ºC and leaves at 35ºC. What is the mass flow rate
of air into the cooling tower in kg/s?

373,023 kg/s

403,023 kg/s

383,023 kg/s

393,023 kg/s
Question 15
A cooling tower receives 30 cu meter of air at 32ºC db and 34ºC wb and leaves saturated at 29ºC. The
entering air had the following properties: h = 72.5 kJ/kg; v = 0.884 cu meter/kg. The leaving air has the
following properties: h = 95 kJ/kg. Water enters the tower at 38ºC (hf = 159.21 kJ/kg) with a mass flow
rate of 35 kg/min. Determine the enthalpy of the leaving water.

137.4 kJ/kg

117.4 kJ/kg

127.4 kJ/kg

147.4 kJ/kg

Question 16
A hot air dryer handles 1,000kg/h of wet feed with a moisture content of 20% wet basis to reduce the
moisture content to 12.5% dry basis. Atmospheric air at 23.9°C with a relative humidity of 60% is
preheated to a dry bulb temperature of 82.2°C. The exhaust air leaves the dryer at 60°C. Calculate the
volume of the atmospheric air handled by the pre-heater.

10920m3/hr

10810m3/hr

10750m3/hr

10515m3/hr

Question 17
Wet material containing 215% moisture (dry basis) is to be dried at the rate of 1.5kg/s in a continuous
dryer to give a product containing 5% moisture (wet basis). The drying medium consists of air heated to
373K and containing water vapor equivalent to a partial pressure of 1.40kPa. The air leaves the dryer at
310K and 70% saturated. Calculate how much air will be required to remove the moisture.

55.14kg/s

45.63kg/s

49.48kg/s

52.10kg/s
Question 18
The actual velocity of gas entering in a chimney is 8m/sec. The gas temperature is 27°C and pressure
drop of 98Kpa with a gas constant of 0.287 KJ/kg-°K. Determine the chimney diameter if mass of gas is
60,000 kg/hr.

1.70m

1.60m

1.50m

1.80m

Question 19
If the actual draft required for a furnace is 6.239 cmWG and the frictional losses in the stack are 15% of
theoretical draft, calculate the required stack height in meters. Assume that the flue gases have an
average temperature of 149°C and molecular weight of 30 kg/kmol and air temperature of 21°C.

• 220 m
o 190 m
o 210 m
o 200 m

Question 20
Given the gravimetric analysis of a coal as follows: C = 80.91%, H2 = 4.92%, S = 0.95%, N2 = 1.9%, O2
= 5.34%, Ash = 6.16%, Moisture = 2.92%. Calculate the ash and moisture free analysis of fuel to find the
value for sulfur

S = 0.0341

S = 0.0152

S = 0.0104

S = 0.0231

Question 21
There are 20 kg of flue gases formed per kg of fuel oil burned in the combustion of a fuel oil C12H26.
What is the excess air in percent?

26.67%
21.67%
31.67%
16.67%
Question 22
An ideal vapor compression refrigeration cycle requires 2.5 kW compressor power. The following data
has been found for the cycle: the enthalpy at the condenser entrance = 203 kJ/kg, exit = 55 kJ/kg;
evaporator entrance = 55 kJ/kg, exit = 178 kJ/kg. If the mass flow rate of the refrigerant is 0.10 kg/s, what
is the coefficient of performance for the cycle?

3.92

4.92

5.92

2.92

Question 23
Thirty-five hundred kilograms of fresh beef enter a chilling cooler at 39°C and are chilled to 7°C each day.
Determine the product load in kW for 20hour chilling while considering the chilling rate factor.

7.29kW

4.36kW

6.71kW

5.68kW

Question 24
A four-stage evaporator is used to evaporate sugar juice in the sugar manufacturing plant to produce
syrup. Entering sugarcane juice is saturated liquid at 38.99kg/s with temperature of 104°C and leaves at
8.32kg/s. 10.22kg/s of juice is evaporated per stage. Steam entering the first stage has an enthalpy of
2489.40kJ/kg and has a mass flow rate of 40.32kg/s. The temperatures for the 4 stages are the following:
103.5°C, 94.5°C, 78.5°C, and 55°C. Determine the enthalpy of steam leaving the last stage.

2374.25kJ/kg

2312.49kJ/kg

2563.24kJ/kg

2687kJ/kg
Question 25
Water enters a heat exchanger at 15°C at a rate of 0.3 kg/s. Steam at 120°C is used as the heating
medium. If the overall heat transfer coefficient is 800 W/m2-K, what is the surface heating area if the
water is to be heated to 115°C?

2.78 m2

3.78 m2

5.78 m2

4.78 m2