Thermodynamics 1

1.) A substance temperature was 620 degR. What is the temperature in degC?
A. 50.7 B. 45.54 C. 71.11* D. 94.44

2.) A 30 kg iron was put in a container with water. The 30 kg water is at 10 deg. C and the iron
has an initial temperature of 493 deg. K. Until the iron was in thermal equilibrium with
water. Find the change in entropy. (C p for iron = 0.4 KJ per kg per deg. K)

A. 7.6 KJ per deg K* B. 5.5 KJ per deg K C. 6.5 KJ per deg K D. 0

3.) The entropy of a pure substance at a temperature of absolute zero is:

A. Unity B. infinity C. Zero* D. 100

4.) An insulated box containing helium gas falls from a balloon 4.5 Km above the ground.
Calculate the temperature rise in degC of the helium when the box hits the ground.

A. 15.2 B. 12.6 C. 25.3 D. 14.1*

5.) An iron block weighs 5 Newton and has volume of 200 cm^3. What is the density of the
block?

A. 2458 kg/m^3 B. 2485 kg/m^3 C. 2584 kg/m^3 D. 2549 kg/m^3*

Thermodynamics 2

6.) A bicycle tire has a volume of 600 cm^3. It is inflated with carbon dioxide to pressure of
551.43 Kpa _ 20 degC how many grams of CO2 are contained in the tire? R=0.18896 kj/kg-K
A. 6.43 g B. 3.43 g C. 4.43 g D. 5.98 g*
7.) Carnot cycle A, B, and C are connected in series so that the heat rejected from A will be the
heat added to B and heat rejected from B will be added to C, each cycle operates between
30˚C to 400˚C. If heat added to A is 1000 kW, find the work output of C.
A. 549.78 kW B. 247.53 kW C. 444.11 kW D. 111.44 kW*
8.) Determine the air – standard efficiency of an engine operating on the diesel cycle when the
suction pressure is 99.97KPa and the fuel injected for 6% of the stroke, the clearance volume
is 8% of the stroke. Assume k = 1.4.
A. 60.70%* B. 65.01% C. 66.01% D. 70.06%
9.) In a Rankine cycle steam enters the turbine at 2.5MPa (enthalpies and entropies given) and
condenser of 50KPa (properties given), what is the thermal efficiency of the cycle?
At 2.5MPa: hg = 2803.1 sg = 6.2575
 At 50KPa: sf = 1.0910 sfg = 6.5029 hf = 340.49
hfg = 2305.4 vf = 0.0010300
A. 28.87% B. 25.55% C. 30.12% D. 31.79%
10.)A group of 50 persons attend a secret meeting in room which is 12m wide by 10m long and a
ceiling height of 3m. The room is completely sealed off and insulated. Each person gives off
150 Kcal per hour of heat and occupies a volume of 0.20 m^3. The room has an initial
pressure of 101.3 Kpa and temperature of 16 degC. Calculate the room temperature after 10
minutes. Use R=0.287 Kj/kg-K and Cv=0.171 Kcal/kg-K.
A. 33.1 degC* B. 37.7 degC C. 38.7 degC D. 31.7 degC

HEAT TRANSFER
11.) Consider a person standing in a breezy room at 20 oC. Determine the total rate of heat
transfer from this person if the exposed surface area and the average outer surface
temperature of the person are 1.6 m 2 and 29oC, respectively, and the convection heat
transfer coefficient is 6 W/m2 with emissivity factor of 0.95.
A. 86.40 watts B. 61.70 watts C. 168.1 watts* D. 198.1 watts
12.)For heat transfer purposes, a standing man can be modeled as a 30 cm diameter, 170 cm
long vertical cylinder with both the top and bottom surfaces insulated and with the side
surface at an average temperature of 34 oC. For a convection heat transfer coefficient of 15
W/m2- oC, determine the rate of heat loss from this man by convection in an environment at
20oC.
A. 316.46 watts B. 326.46 watts C. 336.46 watts* D. 346.46 watts
13.)A plate – type solar energy collector with an absorbing surface covered by a glass plate is to
receive an incident radiation of 800 W/m 2. The glass plate has a reflective of 0.12 and a
transmissivity of 0.85. The absorbing surface has an absorptivity of 0.90. The area of the
collector is 5m2. How much solar energy in watts is absorbing by the collector?
A. 2500 B. 2880 C. 3060* D. 6030
14.)Which of the following is NOT a usual operation of the power/unit area Stefan-Boltzmann
constant for black body radiation?
A. 1.38 x 10-12 cal/(sec cm2 K4)
B. 5.68 x 10-5 ergs/(sec cm2 K4)
C. 5.68 x 105 watts/(m2 K4)
D. 5.68 x 10-8 coulombs/(sec m2 K4)*
 15.)The condenser of a reheat power plant rejects heat at the rate of 600 kW. The mass flow
rate of cooling water is 5 kg/s and the inlet cooling water temperature is 35C. Calculate the
condenser cooling water exit.
A. 43.45 C B. 53.45 C C. 63.66 C* D. 74.34 C

COMBUSTION
16.)A diesel electric plant supplies energy for Aselco. During a 24-hour period, the plant
consumed 240 gallons of fuel at 28°C and produced 3930 KW-hr. Industrial fuel used is
28°API and was purchased at P30 per liter at 15.6°C. What is the cost of the fuel be to
produce one KW-hr?
A. ₱ 1.10 B. ₱ 41.07 C. ₱ 6.87* D. ₱ 5.00
17.)A typical industrial fuel oil, C16H32 with 20% excess air by weight. Assuming complete
oxidation of the fuel, calculate the actual air-fuel ratio by weight.
A. 17.56 kgair/kgfuel B. 15.67 kgair/kgfuel C. 16.75 kgair/kgfuel D. 17.65 kgair/kgfuel*
18.)The dry exhaust gas from oil engine has the following gravimetric analysis: CO 2 = 21.6%; O2 =
4.2%; N2 = 74.2%
Specific heats at constant pressure for each component of the exhaust gas in Kcal/kg- oC are:
CO2 = 0.203; O2 = 0.219; N2 = 0.248
Calculate the specific gravity if the molecular weight of air is 28.97 kg/kg-mol.
A. 0.981 B. 0.542 C. 1.244 D. 1.055*
19.)A diesel electric plant supplies energy for Meralco. During a 24 hr period, the plant
consumed at 700 gallons of fuel at 28 0C and produce 3930 kW-hr. industrial fuel used is
280API and was purchased at P 5.50 per liter at 15.6 0C. What should the cost of fuel be
produce one kW-hr?
A. 1.10 B. 1.05* C. 1.069 D. 2.00
20.)The following coal has the following ultimate analysis by weight: C = 70.5%; H 2 = 4.5%; O2 =
6.0%; N2 = 1.0%; S = 3.0%; ash = 11%; moisture = 4%. A stocker fired boiler of 195000kg/hr
steaming capacity uses this coal as fuel. Calculate volume of air in m 3/kg with air at 60oF and
14.7 psia pressure of boiler efficiency is 70% and FE = 1.10.
A. 264,830 m3/hr B. 234,019 m3/hr* C.215,830 m3/hr D. 213,830 m3/hr
FLUID MECHANICS
21.)Determine the submerged depth of a cube of steel 0.3 m on each side floating in mercury.
The specific gravities of steel and mercury are 7.8 and 13.6 respectively.
A. 0.165 m B. 0.134 m C. 0.155 m D. 0.172 m*
 22.)A block of wood floats in water with 5 cm projecting above the water surface. When placed
in glycerine of specific gravity of 1.35, the block projects 7.5 cm above the liquid. Determine
its specific gravity.
A. 0.658* B. 0.836 C. 0.704 D. 0.514
23.)Unknown volume of container gas of gas of 1 atmosphere is allowed to expand to another
container of 10 m3 volume at 500 mm Hg at constant temperature. Find the unknown
volume.
A. 5.67 m3 B. 6.75 m3 C. 6.58 m3* D. 7.65 m3
24.)A large mining company was provided with a 3m 3 of compressed air tank. Air pressure in the
tank drops from 700KPa to 150Kpa while the temperature remains constant at 28 oC. What
percentage has the mass of air in the tank been reduced?
A. 74.05 B. 72.45 C. 76.56 D. 78.57*
25.)A certain gas at 101.325 Kpa and 10°C whose volume is 2.83 m 3 are compressed into a
storage vessel of 0.31 m3 capacity. Before admission, the storage vessel contained the gas at
a pressure and temperature of 173.8 Kpa and 26°C, after admission the pressure has
increased to 1171.8 Kpa. What should be the final temperature of the gas in the vessel in
Kelvin?
A. 298.0 B. 319.08 C. 314.2* D. 180.0
REFRIGERATION AND AIRCONDITION
26.)A reversed Carnot cycle has a refrigerating COP of 2.5. Determine the ratio T H/TL?
A. 1.4* B. 1.5 C. 1.25 D.1.3
27.)It is desired to double the COP of a reversed Carnot engine for cooling from 5.0 by raising
the temperature of the heat addition while keeping the temperature of the heat rejection
constant. By what percentage must the temperature of heat addition be raised?
A. 10.1% B. 9.1%* C. 8.1% D. 7.1%
28.)An ammonia ice plant operates between a condenser temperature of 35 OC and evaporator
of -15OC. It produces 10 metric tons of ice per day from water at 30 OC to ice at -5OC.
Assuming simple saturation cycle, determine the horsepower of the motor if the adiabatic
efficiency of the compressor η c=0.85 and mechanical efficiency η m=0.95. The specific heat of
ice is 2,094kJ/kg. OC and the latent heat is 335kJ/kg.
From the table for ammonia the following enthalpies are: condenser entrance = 1703 kJ/kg,
exit= 366.1 kJ/kg; compressor entrance= 1443.9kJ/kg, exit = 1703kJ/kg
A. 21.9 hp* B. 17.68 hp C. 15.5 hp D. 18.61 hp
29.)A refrigeration system is to cool bread loaves with an average mass of 450 g from 22 OC to -
10OC at a rate of 500 loaves per hour by refrigerated air. Taking the average specific and
latent heats of bread to be 2.93 kJ/kg, OC and 109.3 kJ/kg, respectively, determine the
product load.
A. 351.6 kJ/min B. 409.9 kJ/min C. 761.5 kJ/min* D. 541.7 kJ/min
30.)An ammonia simple saturation cycle operates with a suction pressure of 291.6 kPa and a
condenser pressure of 1204 kPa develops 15 tons of refrigeration. Determine the theoretical
horsepower of the compressor.
The following enthalpies have been found: condenser entrance = 1653 kJ/kg, exit =346.6
kJ/kg, compressor entrance = 1450.2 kJ/kg, exit= 1653kJ/kg.
A. 7.23 hp B. 15 hp C. 13 hp* D. 8.23 hp
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31.)A Freon 22 air conditioning under standard operating conditions of 35 C is condensing and
5OC evaporating temperatures. The volume flow rate entering the compressor is 23.72 L/s.
determine the refrigerating capacity if the refrigerating effect is 164 kJ/kg. From the table
for R22 the specific volume at the compressor entrance is 40.36L/kg.
A. 393.3 TR B. 79.3 TR C. 96.4 TR D. 27.4 TR*
32.)An ammonia refrigeration system the temperature in the evaporator is -12 OC and the
ammonia at the evaporator entry is 0.1511 dry while at exit is 0.95 dry. If the rate of
ammonia circulation is 5.64 kg/min, determine the refrigerating capacity of the system.
Enthalpy of saturated liquid and vapor at -12 OC is 144.929kJ/kg and 1447.74kJ/kg
respectively.
A. 17.82 TR B. 34.82 TR C.27.82 TR* D. 84.82 TR
33.)A two stage cascade vapor compression refrigeration system uses ammonia in the low-
temperature loop and R-12 in the high-temperature loop. The ammonia provides 15 tons
cooling. If the high-loop temperature requires 10.12 kW compressor power and low-loop
15.93 kW, determine the COP of the system.
A. 2.027 TR* B. 5.22 TR C. 3.314 TR D. 9.10 TR
34.)A thermoelectric refrigerator that resembles a small ice chest is powered by a car battery,
and has a COP of 0.10. If the refrigerator cools at 0.350L canned drink from 20 OC to 4OC in 30
min. determine the average electric power consumed by the thermoelectric refrigerator.
A. 130 watts* B. 110 watts C. 120 watts D. 140 watts
35.)A water cooler uses 50 lb/hr of melting ice to cool running water from 80 oF to 42 oF. Based

on the inside coil area, U1 = 110 Btu/hr-ft2- oF. Find the gpm of water cooled.
A. 0.10 GPM B. 0.21 GPM* C. 0.38 GPM D. 0.45 GPM
36.)An air conditioning system has a capacity of 300 kW refrigeration and uses R-12 with
evaporating temperature of 0oC (hf = 200 kJ/kg, hg = 351.48 kJ/kg). The mass of flash gas per
kilogram of refrigerant circulated is 0.2212. Determine the COP if the work is 42 kW.
A. 5.14 B. 6.14 C. 7.14* D. 8.14
37.)A vapor compression refrigeration system is designed to have a capacity of 100 tons. Its
actual COP is 5.86 and 35% of the power supplied to the compressor is lost in the form of
friction and cylinder cooling losses. Determine the motor power in kW.
A. 72.3 B. 92.3* C. 82.3 D. 62.3
38.)One thousand kilograms of dressed chicken enter a chiller at 10 oC are frozen and chilled to a
final temperature of -15oC for storage in 24 hours.
Specific heat above freezing --------------------------------- 3.2 kJ/kg-K
Specific heat below freezing --------------------------------- 1.6 kJ/kg-K
Latent heat ------------------------------------------------------- 250 kJ/kg-K
Freezing Temperature ----------------------------------------- -5oC
A. 3.67 kW* B. 4.67 kW C. 5.67 kW D. 6.67kW
39.)Determine the barometric pressure if saturated air at 30 oC has a humidity ratio of 0.029
kgwater/kgdry air. Saturation pressure at 30oC is 4.241 kPa.
A. 92.5 kPa B. 95.2 kW* C. 93.5 kW D. 94.2 kW
40.)In an air conditioning unit 3.5 m 3/s of air at 27oC dry bulb and 50% RH. (v = 0.85 m 3/kg, h =
55.2 kJ/kg, w = 0.0112 kg/kg) and standard atmospheric pressure enters the unit. The
leaving 0.0083 kg/kg). Calculate the refrigerating effect in kW and the rate of water removal
kg/sec.
A. 83.7 and 0.021 B. 78.3 and 0.102 C. 87.3 and 0.012* D. 73.6 and 0.120
41.)A cooling tower receives 30 m 3/min of air at 32oC db and 34oC wb and leaves saturated at
29oC. The entering has the following properties (h = 72.5 kJ/kg, v = 0.884 m 3/kg and w =
0.0156 kg/kg). Water enters the tower at 38 oC (hf = 159.2 kJ/kg) with a mass flow rate of 35
kg/min. Determine the enthalpy of the leaving water in kJ/kg. Properties of the leaving air
are (h = 95 kJ/kg, w = 0.025 kg/kg).
A. 128.4 B. 148.74 C. 118.74 D. 137.4*
42.)What is the efficiency of an OTTO cycle with a compression ratio of 6:1. The gas used is air.
A. 41.2% B. 51.2%* C. 61.2% D. 71.2%
43.)The equilibrium temperature that an ordinary thermometer measures if exposed to
atmosphere:
A. dry bulb temp.* B. wet bulb temp. C. dew point D. critical temp.
 44.)In a Rankine cycle when the no. of stages in reheat stages is increased, the average
temperature of the reheat process is:
A. Constant* B. zero C. increased D. decreased
45.)A type of condenser that is water cooled:
A. Evaporative condenser B. tube condensers C. shell and tube* D. finned tube
46.)For practical solution, frequent used method for decreasing and preventing excessive the
amount of moisture content in the turbine.
A. Reheating* B. intercooling C. sub-cooling D. heating
47.)An engineer use to design an air conditioning system to a building. An economical design is
using a duct for several rooms. Which of the following units is suitable?
A. Package air-conditioner C. Central air-conditioner*
B. Unit air-conditioner D. window type air-conditioner
48.)A classroom that normally contains 40 people is to be air- conditioned with window air-
conditioning units of 5 KW cooling capacity. A person at rest may be assumed to dissipate
heat at a rate of about 360 KJ/hr. There are 10 light bulbs in the room, each with a rating of
100 watts. The rate of heat transfer to the classroom through the walls and the windows is
estimated to be 15,00 KJ/hr. If the room air is to be maintained at a constant temperature of
21oC, determine the number of window air- conditioning units required.
A. 1 unit B. 2 units* C. 3 units D. 4 units
49.)A 4m x 5m x 6m room is to be heated by a baseboard resistance heater. It is desired that the
resistance heater be able to raise the air temperature in the room from 7 to 23 oC within 15
minutes. Assuming no heat losses from the room and an atmospheric pressure of 100 kpa,
determine the required power of the resistance heater. Assume constant specific heats at
room temperature.
A. 2.34 kW B. 1.91 kW* C. 4.56 kW D. 6.34 kW
50.)An auditorium seating 1500 people is to be maintained at 80 oF dry bulb and 85oF wet bulb
temperature when outdoor air is at 91 oF dry bulb and 75oF wet bulb. Solar heat load is
o
110,000 Btu/hr and supply air at 60 F . Determine the amount of supply air.
A. 93,229.17 lb/hr* B.83,229.17 lb/hr C. 73,229.17 lb/hr D. 63,229.17 lb/hr
POWERPLANT ENGINEERING
51.) A steam plant operates with initial pressure of 1.70MPa and 370degC temperature and
exhaust to a heating system at 0.17MPa. The condensate from the heating system is
returned to the boiler at 65.5degC and the heating system utilized from its intended purpose
90% of the energy transferred from the steam it receives. The turbine efficiency is 70%. If
 boiler efficiency is 80%, what is the cogeneration efficiency of the system in percent. Neglect
pump work.
At 1.70MPa and 370degC: h = 3187.1 s= 7.1081
At 0.17MPa: sf = 1.4752 sfg = 5.7062 hf = 483.20 hfg = 2216
At 65.5 degC: hf=274.14
A. 78 B. 69* C. 102.10 D. 91.24
52.)10 kg/s of steam enter the turbine with an enthalpy of 3200 kJ/kg and enter the condenser
with an enthalpy of 2500 kJ/kg in a Rankine cycle. If the turbine eff is 80% and the generator
eff is 90%, determine the power plant output.
A. 4320 kW B. 3213 kW C. 4056 kW D. 5040 kW*
53.)In a cogeneration plant, steam enters the turbine at 4Mpa and 400decC. One fourth of the
steam is extracted from the turbine at 600kPa pressure for process heating. The remaining
steam continues to expand to 10 kPa. The extracted steam is then condensed and mixed
with feedwater are constant pressure and mixture is pumped to the boiler pressure of
4MPa. The mass flow rate of steam through the boiler is 30 kg/sec. disregarding any
pressure drops and heat losses in the piping, and assuming the turbine and pump to be
isentropic, how much process heat is required in kW?
At 4MPa and 400degC: h = 3213.6 s= 6.7690
At 600kPa: sf = 1.9312 sfg = 4.8288 hf = 670.56 hfg = 2086.3
A. 23.45% B. 16.23% C. 34.24%* D. 18.23%
54.)In a Rankine cycle, steam turbine with exhaust enthalpy of 2500 KJ/kg delivers 0.5 kg/s of
steam. If the exit enthalpy of the condenser is 500KJ/kg, what is the heat rejected?
A. 1000 kW B. 1200 kW C. 1700 kW D. 1500 kW
55.)A back pressure steam turbine of 100,000 kW serves as a prime mover in a cogeneration
system. The boiler admits the return water at a temperature of 66 degC and produce the
stem at 6.5 Mpa and 455 degC. Steam then enters a back pressure turbine and expands to
the pressure of the process, which is 0.52 MPa. Assuming a boiler efficiency of 80% and
neglecting the effect of pumping and the pressure drops at various location, what is the
incremental heat rate for electric? The following enthalpies have been found; turbine
entrance = 3306.8 kJ/kg, exit=2700.8; boiler entrance=276.23 kJ/kg, exit 3306.8.
A. 21,504 kJ/kW-hr B. 22,504 kJ/kW-hr* C. 23,504 kJ/kW-hr D. 24,504 kJ/kW-hr
56.)200g of water are heated from 5C to 100C and vaporized at a constant pressure. The heat of
vaporization of water at 100C is 539.2 cal/g. The heat capacity at constant pressure, Cp is 1.0
cal/gK. Determine the total change in entropy.
 A. 248.2 cal/K B. 298.2 cal/K C. 348.0 cal/K* D. 398.2 cal/K
57.)In a gaseous mixture of 20 deg. C the partial pressures of the components are as follows:
Hydrogen, 200 mmHg; Carbon Dioxide, 150 mmHg; Methane, 320 mmHg; Ethylene, 105
mmHg. What is the total pressure of the mixture?
A. 755 mmHg* B. 255 mmHg C. 345 mmHg D. 800 mmHg
58.)Air undergoes an isentropic compression from 14.7 psia to 180.6 psia. If the initial
temperature is 68 °F and the final temperature is 621.5 °F, calculate the work done by the
gas.
A. -136.2BTU/lbm B. -94.8 BTU/lbm* C. 0 BTU/lbm D. 94.8 BTU/lbm
59.)Gas is enclosed in a cylinder with a weighted piston as the top boundary. The gas is heated
and expands from a volume 0.04 m 3 to 0.1 m3. The pressure varies such that PV = C, and the
initial pressure is 200 kPa. Calculate the work done by the system.
A. 6.8 kJ B. 7.33 kJ* C. 9.59 kJ D. 12.0 kJ
60.)A copper can of negligible heat capacity contains 1 kg of water just above the freezing point.
A similar can contains 1 kg of water just below the boiling point. Two cans are brought to
into thermal contact. Find the change in entropy of the system?
A. 100 J* B. 200 J C. 300 J D. 400 J
61.)A diesel cycle has a cut off ratio of 2.5 and expansion ratio of 4. Find the clearance of the
cycle.
A. 9.11% B. 5.55%* C. 11.11% D. 15.15%
62.)A 200 mm x 250 mm, 8-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engine has a brake power of 150 kw. The
mechanical efficiency is 80%. If two of the cylinders were accidentally cut off, what will be
the new friction power?
A. 31.50 kW B. 33.50 kW C. 35.50 kW D. 37.50 kW*
63.)A turbo-charged, 16 cylinder, Vee-type diesel engine has an air consumption of 3,000 kg/hr
per cylinder at rate load and speed. This air is drawn in through a filter by a centrifugal
compressor directly connected to the exhaust gas turine. The temperature of the air from
the compressor is 135C and a counter flow air cooler reduces the air temperature to 45C
before it goes to the engine suction heater. Cooling water enters air cooler at 30C and
leaves at 40C. Calculate the log mean temperature difference.
A. 47.23 C B. 87.82 C C. 43.34 C* D. 65.24 C
64.)The break thermal efficiency of a 1MW diesel electric plant is 35%. Find the heat generated
by fuel in kW if generator efficiency is 89%.
A. 3121.10 kW* B. 3528.64 kW C. 4121.10 kW D. 4528.64 kW
65.)A 305 mm x 457 mm four single acting diesel is rated at 150 kW at 260 rpm. Fuel
consumption is at rated load 0.26 kg/kW-hr with a heating value of 43,912 kJ/kg. Calculate
the brake thermal efficiency.
A. 31.63%* B. 41.65% C. 21.63% D. 35.63%
66.)What type of turbine delivers 25,000 bhp at 500 rpm under a net head of 5350 ft.

A. Impulse turbine* B. Francis turbine C. Kaplan turbine D. Propeller

67.)A double-overhung impulse-turbine installation is to develop 20,000 hp at 275 rpm under a

net head of 11,000 ft. determine the specific speed.

A. 4.34* B. 6.15 C. 203.61 D. 144

68.)An impulse wheel at best produces 125 hp under a head of 210 ft. by what percent should
the speed be increased for a 290-ft head?

A. 82.5% B. 17.5%* C. 72.41% D. 71.59%

69.)A hydro-electric power plant consumes 60,000,000 kW-hr/year. What is the net head if the
expected flow is 1500 m3/min and over-all efficiency is 63%.

A. 34.34 m B. 43.43 m C. 44.33 m* D. 33.44 m

70.)Hydro-electric impulse turbine is directly coupled to a 24 pole, 60Hz alternator. It has a

specific speed of 60 rpm and develops 3000 Hp. What is the required diameter assuming a
peripheral speed ratio of 0.45.

A. 0.661 m* B. 0.552 m C. 0.443 m D. 0.775 m

71.)The enthalpy entering the turbine of a geothermal power plant is 2750 kJ/kg and mass rate
of 1 kg/sec. The turbine brake power is 1000 kW condenser outlet has enthalpy of 210 kJ/kg.
If temperature rises of cooling water in condenser is 8 deg.C, what is the mass of cooling
water requirement?

A. 44 kg/sec B. 45 kg/sec C. 46 kg/sec* D. 47 kg/sec

72.) A 16,000KW geothermal plant has a generator efficiency and turbine efficiency of 90% and
80%., respectively if the quality after throttling is 20% and each well discharges 200, 000
kg/hr, determine the number of wells are required to produce if the charge of enthalpy if
the change of enthalpy at entrance and exit of turbine is 500KJ/kg.

A. 4 wells* B. 2 wells C. 6 wells D. 8 wells

73.)In a geothermal power plant, the mass flow rate of ground water is 400 kg/s and the quality
after throttling is 20%. If the turbine power is 80 MW, what is the change in enthalpy of
steam at the inlet and outlet of the turbine?

A. 1000 kJ/kg* B. 1500 kJ/kg C. 2000 kJ/kg D. 2500 kJ/kg

74.)The turbine power of a geothermal power plant is 2 MW and the enthalpy at the inlet of the
turbine is 2500 kJ/kg. Steam flows at the rate of 2.5 kg/s. If the enthalpy at the outlet of the
condenser is 300 kJ/kg and the temperature rise of the cooling water is 10 deg C, what is the
volume flow rate of the cooling water?
 A. 109.37 m3/hr B. 237.68 m3/hr C. 300.924 m3/hr* D. 320.47 m3/hr

75.)In a geothermal power plant, the enthalpies of the ground water and the turbine inlet are
1500 kJ/kg and 3500 kJ/kg respectively. If the enthalpy of the hot water in the flash tank is
700 kJ/kg and the mass flow rate of steam is 15 kg/s, what is the mass flow rate of ground
water?

A. 52.50 kg/s* B. 48.69 kg/s C. 55.49 kg/s D. 345.48 kg/s

INDUSTRIAL POWERPLANT

76.)What is the rate of evaporation of a water tube boiler if the factor of evaporation is 1.10,
percent rating of 200% and the heating surface area is 250 m^2?

A. 7,187.16 kg/hr* B. 7,898.67 kg/hr C. 6,789.45 kg/hr D. 5,768.54 kg/hr

77.)Steam leaves an industrial boiler at 827.4 kPa and 171.6 oC. A portion of the steam is passed
through a throttling calorimeter and is exhausted to the atmosphere when the calorimeter
pressure is 101.4 kPa. How much moisture does the steam leaving the boiler contain if the
temperature of the steam at the calorimeter is 115.6 oC? At 827.4 kPa
(171.6 oC) hf = 727.25 kJ/kg hfg = 2043.2 kJ/kg. From table 3: at 101.4 kPa and 115.6oC h2 =
2707.6 kJ/kg

A. 3.78% B. 3.08%* C. 4.56% D. 2.34%

78.)Two boiler of equal steaming capacity generate steam to a common header of 15 Mpa
pressure. One boiler produces wet steam. If the mixture is saturated steam, find the quality
of the steam in the second boiler

@1.5 Mpa & 250 degC h = 2925 KJ/kg

@1.5 Mpa , hf = 845 KJ/kg hfg = 1947 KJ/kg

A. 0.940 B. 0.978 C. 0.9317* D. 0.985

79.)What is the water rate in kg/hr of an auxilliary boiler which produces steam at .80 Mpa and
98% dry from feedwater at 43 degC. The fuel calorific value is the equivalent to that of 1.2
metric tons/day. Assume an efficiency of 70%

A. 580 B. 700 C. 615* D. 480

80.)The heating value supplied in a boiler is 41000 KJ/kg if the factor of evaporation is 10 kg of
steam/kg fuel. What is the efficiency of the boiler?

A. 60.55% B. 78.05% C. 53.08%* D. 54.97%

81.)A boiler operates at 82 % efficiency while the mass of steam generated is 490 200 kg in 6
hours. The enthalpy of steam is 3187 kJ/kg and feed is 604.83 kJ/kg while the fuel used for
boiler has a heating value of 32 567.85 kJ/kg. Find the mass of fuel needed per day in metric
tons.

A. 179.6 B. 189.6* C. 198.6 D. 169.8

82.)A Rankine cycle operates with a thermal efficiency of 40 % and the factor of evaporation of
the boiler is 1.15. Determine the mass flow rate of steam if the cycle power output is 5.5
MW.
 A. 5.3 kg/s* B. 4.3 kg/s C. 3.5 kg/s D. 6.3 kg/s

83.)The percent rating of water tube boiler is 200 %, factor of evaporation is 1.10, and heating
surface is 400 ft2. Determine the rate of evaporation, in kg/hr.

A. 1831 B. 1813 C. 1138* D. 1318

84.)What is the clearance volumetric efficiency of an ammonia compressor designed with 4 %

clearance and operating between condenser temperature of 30 oC (psat = 1.1672 MPaa)
and evaporator temperature of 4 oC (psat = 497.48 kPaa)?

A. 93.61% B. 93.68% C. 96.31%* D. 96.83%

85.)The work done on air is 10.86kJ/kg, determine the compressor power if it is receiving 272
kg/min if air.

A. 36.72 hp B. 49.23 hp C. 29.54 hp D. 66 hp*

86.)An ammonia water-cooled compressor receives the refrigerant at specific volume 62 L/kg. It
has a piston displacement rate of 3m3/min. If a squirrel cage motor is running at 1200 rpm
drives the compressor and average piston speed is 490m/min, calculate size of cylinder bore.

A. 20.4 cm B. 26.0 cm C. 16.13 cm* D. 13.6 cm

87.) A twin cylinder ammonia compressor with volume displacement of 14,726 cm 3 operates at
300 rpm. Condenser and evaporator pressure are 1200 kPa and 227 kPa respectively.
Specific volume of refrigerant at the entrance of compressor is 528.26 L/kg. Compression
process is polytrophic with a 1.20 and clearance factor of compressor is 2%. Determine
horsepower required.

A. 60 hp B. 70 hp C. 80 hp* D. 90 hp

88.)The refrigerant volume flow rate at the entrance of compressor were obtained from a test
on a twin cylinder single acting 15 cm x 20 cm, 320 rpm compressor ammonia refrigerating
plant 33 L/s. Determine the volumetric efficiency of the compressor.

A. 77.65% B. 87.6%* C. 97.6% D.65.65%

89.)A piston positive-displacement pump (PDP) has 6-in diameter and a 2.5 in stroke. Its
crankshaft rotates at 300 rpm. Calculate its output at 94 percent volumetric efficiency.

A. 2.27 cfm B. 13.5 cfm C. 10 cfm D. 11.53 cfm*

90.)A centrifugal pump (efficiency 88%) lifts water through a total height of 40m from reservoir
to discharge. Pumping is through 300 m of 75 mm diameter pipe at the rate of 20 liters/sec.
if pipe friction factor, f=0.025, what horsepower is required?

A. 28.4 kW B. 32.2 kW* C. 25 kW D. 9 kW

91.)In order to predict the behavior of a small oil pump, test are to be made on a model using
air, the oil pump is to be driven by a 1/20-hp motor a t 1800 rpm and ¼-hp motor is available
to drive the air pump at 600 rpm. Using specific gravity of oil at 0.912 and density of air
constant at 0.076 lb/ft3, what size model should be built?

A. The model should be 2 times as large as the oil pump

 B. The model should be 5 times as large as the oil pump

C. The model should be 8 times as large as the oil pump

D. The model should be 10 times as large as the oil pump*

92.) A fan pressure of 2.54 cm of water t 1.42 m3 per second of air at static pressure of 2.54 cm
of water through a duct 300 mm diameter and discharges it through a duct 275 mm
diameter. Determine the static fan efficiency if total fan mechanical is 75% and air measured
at 25oC and 60 mm Hg.

A. 50.11% B. 53.69%* C. 65.67% D. 45.34%

93.)A 15 in. diameter fan operates at 1600 rpm and develops a head of 6 in. of water and
delivers 120 cfm. What volumetric capacity for geometrically similar fan that will develop 6
in. of water at 1300 rpm?

A. 147.70 cfm B. 181.8 cfm* C. 97.5 cfm D. 79.2 cfm

94.)A fan is powered by a 0.5 hp motor and delivers air at a rate of 85 m 3/min. Determine the
highest value for the average velocity of air mobilized by the fan. The velocity of air to 1.18
kg/m3.

A. 18.23 m/s B. 21.12 m/s* C. 25.34 m/s D. 32.23 m/s

95.)The total head of fan is 187m and has a static pressure of 210mm of water gage, what is the
velocity of air flowing if density of air is 1.15 kg/m^3?

A. 6.85 m/s B. 3.45 m/s C. 4.39 m/s D. 9.28 m/s*

96.)A fan delivers 5.7 m^3/sec. at a static pressure of 5.08 cm of water when operating at a
speed of 400rpm. The power input required is 2.963 KW. If 7.05 m^3/sec. are desired in the
same fan and installation, find the pressure in cm of water.

A. 7.77* B. 17.14 C. 11.43 D. 5.08

97.)A steam generator with economizer and air heater has an overall draft loss of 25.78 cm of
water. If the stack gases are at 177 DegC and if the atmosphere is at 101.3 Kpa and 28 DegC.
What theoretical height of stack in meters is needed when no draft fan are used? Assume
that the gas constant for the flue gasses is the same as that for air.

A. 811.10 B. 631.10 C. 651.10* D. 671.10

98.)Draft, in inches of water differential pressure, is generated at the base of 100 foot stack filled
with 500F gases (Assume same molecular weight as air due to differential sp.gr.) Under
ambient conditions of 14.7 psia and 68F, air sp.wt. is 0.075 lb/ft 3. The draft is nearest to:

A. 0.30 in water B. 0.65 in water C. 1.00 in water D. 1.50 in water

99.) A 39.5 m high chimney of radial brick masonry is described bythe following top and bottom
dimensions. D2 = 1.9 m, d2 = 1.5 m, D1 = 3.2 m, d1 = 2.3 m. Determine the moment due to
wind load.

A. 172,051 kg-m B. 160,388 kg-m C. 150,160 kg-m D. 182,030 kg-m*

100.) What is the height of the chimney if the driving pressure is 30 Pa and the gas and air
densities are 1 kg/m^3 and 1.5 kg/m^3 respectively?

A. 50.82 m B. 71.16 m C. 61.16 m* D. 80.22 m