POWER & INDUSTRIAL PLANT ENGINEERING 1.55 kJ/kg-K°C respectively.

The latent heat is 246

(PIPE MCQ’S) kJ/kg, and the freezing temperature is -5°C. Compute
the product load.
Calculate the specific volume of an air-vapor mixture A. 2.75 kW C. 2.95 kW
in cubic meters per kilogram of dry air when the ff. B. 2.85 kW D. 3.15 kW
conditions: t = 30°C, w = 0.015 kg/kg, and Pt = 90 kPa B
A. 0.99 m3/kg C. 0.79 m3/kg
B. 0.89 m /kg3
D. 0.69 m3/kg Fish weighing 11,000 kg with a temperature of 20°C
A is brought to a cold storage and which shall be cooled
to -10°C in 11 hours. Find the required plant
A coil has an inlet temperature of 60 °F and an outlet refrigerating capacity in tons of refrigeration if the
of 90°F. If the mean temperature of the coil is 110°F. specific heat of fish is 0.7 kCal/kg°C above freezing
Find the bypass factor of the coil. and 0.30 kCal/kg°C below freezing point which is -
A. 0.20 C. 0.40 3°C. The latent heat of freezing is 55.5 kCal/kg.
B. 0.30 D. 0 .50 A. 25.26 C. 14.38
C B. 15.26 D. 24.38
D
A rectangular duct has a diameter of 0.25 m by 1 m.
determines of the equivalent diameter of the duct. The power requirement of Carnot refrigeration in
A. 0.40 m C. 0.70 m maintaining a low temperature region at 300 K 1.5 kW
B. 0.80 m D. 0.30 m per ton. Find the heat rejected.
A
A. 4.02 kW C. 5.02 kW
The mass of an outside air at 50°C in an air B. 7.02 kW D. 6.02 kW
conditioning unit is 60 kg. Find the temperature after C
mixing if the outside air mixed with 40 kg with
recirculated air at 35°C. A vapor compression refrigeration system is designed
A. 44°C C. 52°C to have a capacity of 150 tons of refrigeration. It
B. 39°C D. 47°C produces chilled water from 22°C to 2°C. Its actual
A coefficient of performance is 5.86 and 35% of the
power supplied to the compressor is lost in the form
A creamery must cool 20,000 liters of milk received of friction and cylinder cooling losses. Determine the
each day from initial temperature at 29°C to a final condenser cooling water required for a temperature
temperature at 2°C in 5 hours. If refrigeration losses rise of 10°C.
amount to 10 percent of the cuilling load, what must A. 14.75kg/s C. 18.65 kg/s
be the capacity of the refrigeration machine? B. 15.65 kg/s D. 13.75 kg/s
Note: specific heat of milk 3.9 kJ/kg-K and S.G. = 1.05 A
A. 38.5 TOR C. 37.5 TOR Determine the heat extracted from 2000 kg of water
B. 36.5 TOR D. 39.5 TOR from 25°C to ice at -10°C.
A A. 621,150 kJ C. 821,150 kJ
B. 721,159 kJ D. 921,150 kJ
How many tons of refrigeration are required to D
produce 10 metric tons of ice per day at -10°C from
raw water at 22°C if miscellaneous losses are 15% of A single acting, twin cylinder, Ammonia compressor
the chilling and freezing load? with bore equal to stroke is driven by an engine at
A. 17 TOR C. 15 TOR 250 rpm. The machine is installed in a chilling plant to
B. 20 T0R D. 24 TOR produce 700 kW of refrigeration at -18°C evaporating
A temperature. At this temperature the cooling effect
per kg mass is 1160 kJ. The specific volume of vapor
Five hundred kilogram of poultry enters a chiller at entering the compressor is 0.592 m3 per kilogram.
8°C and are frozen and chilled to a final temperature Assume 85% volumetric efficiency. Determine the
of -18°C for a storage in 15 hours. The specific heat bore in mm.
above and below the freezing are 3.18 kJ/kg-K°C and A. 400 mm C. 450 mm
 B. 300 mm D. 500 mm A
A
The weight of ammonia circulated in a machine is
A cylindrical flash tank mounted with its axis found to be 21.8 lb/hr. if the vapor enters the
horizontal is used to separate liquid ammonia from compressor with a specific volume of 9.6 Ft3/hr,
ammonia vapor. The ammonia vapor bubbles through calculate the piston displacement, assuming 80%
the liquid with 70 m3/min leaving the disengaging percent volume efficiency.
surface. The disengaging rate is limited to 60 m/min A. 261.6 Ft3/hr C. 281.8 Ft3/hr
and the liquid level is to operate with the liquid level B. 271.6 Ft /hr
3
D. 291.6 Ft3/hr
one-third of the diameter from the top. Determine the A
diameter if the tank is 1.5 m long.
A. 830 mm C. 860 mm A single stage ammonia compressor is producing 10
B. 730 mm D. 760 mm tons of refrigeration and the power consumed is 15
A Hp. Suction pressure is 25 psi, condensing pressure
is 180 psi. Brine temperature is 20°F off brine cooler.
A 150 Hp motor is used to drive a compressor. If the Determine the actual coefficient of performance.
heat loss from the compressor is 25 kW and the A. 10.14 C. 12.14
mass flow rate of the refrigerant entering the B. 11.14 D. 13.14
compressor is 0.50 kg/s, determine the difference of D
the enthalpies between the inlet and outlet of the
compressor. In an ammonia condensing machine (compressor
A. 143.80 kJ/kg C. 173.80 kJ/kg plus condenser) the water used for condensing is
B. 153.80 kJ/kg D. 183.80 kJ/kg 55°F. Calculate the ideal COP.
C A. 11.875 C. 10.875
B. 12.875 D. 13.875
Determine the estimated condenser load for an open- A
type compressor having a cooling capacity of 16,500
Btu/hr and a heat rejection factor of 1.32. How much refrigeration capacity is required to cool
A. 22,280 Btu/hr C. 21,780 Btu/hr 2000 cfm of air from 85°F to 70°F?
B. 20,780 Btu/hr D. 91,780 Btu/hr A. 2.7 TOR C. 1.7 TOR
C B. 3.7 TOR D. 4.7 TOR
A
To cool farm products 300 kg of ice at -4.4°C are
placed in bunker twenty-four hours later the ice has Determine the coil face area required to maintain a
melted into water at 7.2°C. What is the average rate face velocity of 400 Ft/min if the air flow rate over the
of cooling provided by the ice in kJ/Hr? coil is 2100 Ft3/hr
A. 2679.28 kJ/Hr C. 3679.28 kJ/Hr A. 3.25 Ft2 C. 5.25 Ft2
B. 5679.28 kJ/Hr D. 4679.28 kJ/Hr B. 4.45 Ft 2
D. 6.25 Ft2
D C
The load on a water–cooled condenser is 90,000
Btu/hr. if the quantity of water circulated through the A centrifugal pump discharge 20 L/s against a head of
condenser is 15 gpm, determine the temperature rise 17 m when the speed is 1500 rpm. The diameter of
of the water in the condenser. the impeller was 30 cm, and the brake horsepower
A. 12°F C. 16°F was 6.0. A geometrically similar pump 40 cm in
B. 14°F D. 18°F diameter is to run at 1750 rpm. Assuming equal
A efficiencies, what brake horsepower is required?
A. 51.55 HP C. 40.15 HP
If the load on a water–cooled condenser in 150,000 B. 50.15 HP D. 45.15 HP
Btu/hr and the temperature rise of the water in the C
condenser is 10°F. What is the quantity of water
circulated in gpm? A pump delivers 20 cfm of water having a density of
A. 30 C. 20 62 lb/ft3. The suction and discharge gage reads 5 in.
B. 40 D 50 Hg vacuum and 30 psi respectively. The discharge
gage is 5 ft above the suction gage. If pump D
efficiency is 70%, what is the motor power?
A. 5.31 Hp C. 4.31 Hp The diesel electric plant supplies energy for meralco.
B. 3.31 Hp D. 6.31 Hp During a 24 hr period, the plant consumed 200
C gallons of fuel at 28°C and produced 3930 kW-hr.
industrial fuel is used is 28°API and was purchased at
Calculate the air power of a fan that delivers 1200 °F P 5.50 per liter at 15,6°C. What should the cost of
Ft3/hr of air through a 1m by 1.5m outlet. Static fuel be produced one kw-hr?
pressure is 120 mm WG, and the density of air is A. P 1.05 C. P 1.069
1.18 B. P 1.10 D. P 1.00
A. 20.45 kW C. 30.45 kW A
B. 25.64 kW D. 35.64 kW
B A boiler contains 3.5 tons of water initially having 40
ppm dissolved solids after 24 hrs the dissolved solids
The piston displacement of a double acting in the water is 2500 ppm. If the feed rate is 875
compressor is 0. 358 m3 delivers gas from 101.325 kg/hr, find the ppm of dissolved solids contained in
kPa and 300 K to 675 kPa at the rate of 0.166 m3/s at the feed water.
150 rpm. Value of n for compression and expansion A. 410 ppm C. 390 ppm
is 1.33. Find the compressor percent clearance. B. 320 ppm D. 420 ppm
A. 19.66 C. 15.69 A
B. 10.75 D. 16.96
D A travelling-grate stoker can burn bituminous coal
with 10% moisture and 10% ash at a rate of 500,000
Determine the specific speed of a centrifugal pump Btu/hr-Ft2. A boiler with a steam rating of 200,000
delivers 7500 gpm acting against a total head of 370 lb/hr will be fired with the above fuel having a high
ft and operating at 1000 rpm. heat value of 12,200 Btu/lb. if the boiler efficiency is
A. 1072 rpm C. 1041 rpm 80%, and if it takes 1000 BTU to evaporate and
B. 1027 rpm D. 1014 rpm superheat one pound of feed water to the desired
B temperature, find the hourly coal supply and grate
area needed.
An induced draft fan is used to extract 270000 m3 of A. 20,500 lb, 500 Ft2
flue gas per hour from a boiler furnace. The fan is to B. 26,400 lb, 700 Ft2
deliver at a total pressure of 250 mm water gage. C. 28,200 lb, 400 Ft2
Determine the size of the electric motor in kW if a D. 22,600 lb, 200 Ft2
mechanical efficiency of 55% is considered. A
A. 444.33 kW C. 433.44 kW
B. 343.44 kW D. 334.44 kW A steam is expanded through a nozzle and the
D enthalpy drop per kg of steam from the initial
pressure to the final pressure is 60 kJ. Neglecting the
The fan has a total head of 190 m and static pressure friction, find the velocity of discharge and the exit
of 20 cm WG. If the air density is 1.2 kg/m3. What is area of the nozzle to pass 0.20 kg/s if the specific
the velocity of air flowing? volume of the steam at exit is 1.5 m3/kg.
A. 16.21 m/s C. 16.66 m/s A. 346.4 m/s, 879 m2
B. 27.21 m/s D. 17.77 m/s B. 356.7 m/s, 278 m2
D C. 765.6 m/s, 467 m2
D. 346.4 m/s, 866 m2
A pump delivers 500 gpm of water against a total D
head of 200 ft and operating at 1770 rpm. Changes
have increased the total head to 375 ft. At what rpm A 60 MW steam turbine generator power plant has a
should the pump be operated to achieve the new full-load steam rate of 8 kg/kW-hr. assuming that no-
head at the same efficiency? load steam consumption as 15% of full-load steam
A. 2800 rpm C. 3434 rpm consumption, compute for the hourly steam
B. 3600 rpm D. 2424 rpm consumption at 75% load, in kg/hr.
 A. 37,800 kg/hr C. 30,780 kg/hr
B. 38,700 kg/hr D. 30,870 kg/hr The net power output of an air-standard Brayton cycle
A is 200 kW. Air enters the compressor at 32°C and
leaves the high-temperature heat exchanger at 800°C.
The feed water to a boiler is 92% condensate and 8% What is the mass flow rate of air if it leaves the
make-up containing 270 ppm solids. What weights of turbine at 350°C?
solids enter the boiler per hour at 22,680 kg per A. 0.57 kg/s C. 0.77 kg/s
steam evaporation? B. 0.67 kg/s D. 0.87 kg/s
A. 0.49 kg solids/hr C. 0.39 kg solids/hr D
B. 0.59 kg solids/hr D. 0.69 kg solids/hr
A In an air-standard Brayton cycle the inlet temperature
and the pressure are 20°C and 101.325 kPa. The
The 1370 diameter steam drum on a boiler is 2440 turbine inlet conditions are 1200 kPa and 900°C.
mm long has a 250 mm gage glass at mid-drum level. Determine the air flow rate if turbines produce 12
Find the maximum steam generation that could be MW.
cared for by a blow down of half a water gauge each A. 21.41 kg/s C. 19.25 kg/s
8-hr. shift. Pressure, 17.5 kg/cm2 gage. Sr = 150 B. 20.20 kg/s D. 18.10 kg/s
PPM, Sb = 2000 PPM B
A. 450.59 kg/hr C. 650.59 kg/hr
B. 550.59 kg/hr D. 750.59 kg/hr A gas turbine power plant operating on the Brayton
B cycle delivers 15 MW to a standby electric generator.
What are the mass flow rate and the volume flow rate
Given a horizontal conveyor, 46 m centers, 175 of air if the minimum and maximum pressures are
pounds per hr capacity of handling bituminous coal at 100 kPa and 500 kPa respectively, and temperature
0.5 m/s with 800 kg per m3. Other data as follows of 20°C and 1000°C?
Flight width and depth 610 mm x 200 mm A. 31.97 kg/s, 26.88 m3/s
Quantity of material 0.108 mm3/m B. 36.98 kg/s, 28.99 m3/s
Coefficient of friction elements 0.10 C. 41.97 kg/s, 26.88 m3/s
Material coefficient of friction 0.59 D. 46.98 kg/s, 28.99 m3/s
Assume an engineering-type chain with sleeve A
bearing rollers weighing with flights, 89.3 kg/m.
Calculate the chain pull in kg A hydro-electric power plant consumes 60,000,000
A. 2180.33 C. 1555.36 kW-hr per year. What is the net if the expected flow is
B. 4550.10 D. 3166.46 1500 m3/min and over-all efficiency is 63%?
D A. 34.34 m C. 44.33 m
B. 43.43 m D. 33.44 m
Air is drawn into a gas turbine working on the C
constant pressure cycle at 1 bar 21°C and
compressed to 5.7 bars. The temperature at the end A pelton type turbine has a gross head of 40 m and a
of heat supply is 680°C. Taking expansion and friction head loss of 6 m. What is the penstock
compression to be adiabatic where Cv = 0.718 kJ/kg- diameter if the penstock length is 90 m, and the
K, Cp = 1.055 kJ/kg-K, calculate the heat energy coefficient of friction head loss is 0.0001 (Morse)?
supplied per kg at constant pressure. A. 2040 mm C. 2440 mm
A. 472 kJ/kg C. 501 kJ/kg B. 3120 mm D. 2320 mm
B. 389 kJ/kg D. 489 kJ/kg A
A
In an air-standard Bryton cycle, the compressor A hydro-electric impulse turbine is directly coupled to
receives air at 101.325 kPa, 21°C and it leaves at the a 24 pole, 60 Hz alternator. It has a specific speed of
rate of 4 kg/s. determine the turbine work if the 60 rpm and develops 3000 Hp. What is the required
temperature of the air entering the turbine is 1000°C diameter assuming a peripheral speed ratio of 0.45?
A. 3000 kW C. 2028 kW A. 0.661 m C. 0.443 m
B. 2701 kW D. 3500 kW B. 0.552 m D. 0.775 m
C A
 It is desired to deliver 5 gpm at a head of 640 ft in a
The tail water and the headwater of a hydro-electric single stage pump having s specific speed not to
power plant are 150 m and 200 m respectively. What exceed 40. If the speed is not to exceed 1352 rpm,
is the waterpower if the flow is 15 m3/s and a head how many stages are required?
loss of 10% of the gross head? A. 3 C. 5
A. 6,621.75 kW C. 5,621.76 kW B. 4 D. 2
B. 7,621.65 kW D. 4,621.56 kW D
A
A centrifugal pump discharge 20 L/s against a head of
In a hydro-electric plant, water flows at 10 m/s in a 17 m when the speed is 1500 rpm. The diameter of
penstock of 1 m2 cross-sectional area. If the net head the impeller was 30 c, and the brake horsepower was
of the plant is 30 m and the turbine efficiency is 85%, 6.0. A geometrically similar pump 40 cm in diameter
what is the turbine output? is to run at 1750 rpm. Assuming equal efficiency,
A. 2,501.55 kW C. 3,626.34 kW what brake horsepower is required?
B. 2,100.21 kW D. 3,124.65 kW A. 51.55 Hp C. 40.15 Hp
A B. 50.15 Hp D. 45.15 Hp
C
A 75 MW power plant has an average load of 35,000
kW and a load factor of 65%. Find the reserve over A condensate pump at sea level takes water from a
peak. surface condenser where the vacuum is 15 in. of
A. 21.15 MW C. 25.38 MW mercury. The friction and turbulence in the piping in
B. 23.41 MW D. 18.75 MW the condenser hot well and the pump suction flange
A is assumed to be 6.5 ft. if the condensate pump to be
installed has a required head of 9 ft, what would be
A power plant is said to have/had a use factor of the minimum height of water level in the hot well that
48.5% and a capacity factor of 42.4%. How many hrs. must be maintained above the centerline of the pump
Did it operate during the year? to avoid cavitations?
A. 6,600.32 hrs C. 8,600.32 hrs A. 2.5 ft C. 18 ft
B. 7,658.23 hrs D. 5,658.23 hrs B. 15.5 ft D. 5.5 ft
B B

A 50,000-kW steam plant delivers an annual output of A pump delivers 2o cfm of water having a density of
238,000,000 kW-hr with a peak load of 42,860 kW. 62 lb/ft3. The suction discharge gage reads 5 in. Hg
What is the annual load factor and capacity factor? vacuum and 30 psi respectively. The discharge gage
A. 0.634, 0.534 C. 0.634, 0.543 is 5 ft above the suction gage. If the pump efficiency
B. 0.643, 0.534 D. 0.643, 0.534 is 70%, what is motor power?
C A. 5.31 Hp C. 4.31 Hp
B. 3.31 Hp D. 6.31 Hp
Calculate the use factor of a power plant if the C
capacity factor is 35% and it operates 8000 hrs during
the year? A fan has a total head of 190 m and a static pressure
A. 38.325 % C. 35.823 % of 20 cm WG. If the air density is 1.2 kg/m3, what is
B. 33.825 % D. 32.538 % the velocity of air flowing?
A A. 16.21 m/s C. 16.66 m/s
B. 17.21 m/s D. 17.766 m/s
A 39.5 m high chimney of radial brick masonry is D
described by the ff. top and bottom. D2 = 1.9 m, d2 =
1.5 m, D1 = 3.2 m, d1 = 2.3 m. Determine the moment A jet of water is discharge through a 1 – inch
due to wind load. diameter orifice under constant head of 2.1 ft total
A. 172,051 kg-m C. 150,160 kg-m discharge is 228 lb, in 90 seconds. The jet is
B. 160,388 kg-m D. 182,030 kg-m observed to pass through a point 2 ft downward and
D 4 ft away from vena contrata. Coefficient of
contraction.
 A. O.786 C. 0.567
B. 0.685 D. 0.345 What is the pressure 8000 ft below the water surface
B of the ocean? Neglect compressibility.
A. 512,000 psf C. 157,000 psf
A jet of water is discharge through a 1 – inch B. 324,500 psf D. 213,000 psf
diameter orifice under constant head of 2.1 ft total A
discharge is 228 lb, in 90 seconds. The jet is
observed to pass through a point 2 ft downward and If atmospheric air 14.7 psia and 60°F at sea level,
4 ft away from vena contrata. Coefficient of velocity. what is the pressure at 12000 ft altitude if air is
A. 0.976 C. 0.567 incompressible? Note: @ 60°F; the density of air is
B. 0.758 D. 0.845 0.0763 lbm/ft3; P1 = 14.7 psia
A A. 5.467 psia C. 8.342 psia
B. 9.345 psia D. 2.346 psia
What is the velocity of sound 150°F (66°C) air at a C
standard pressure? Note: density of air @ 150°F is
0.064 lbm/ft3. If atmospheric air 14.7 psia and 60°F at sea level,
A. 1215 ft/s C. 2345 ft/s what is the pressure at 12000 ft altitude if air is
B. 3245 ft/s D. 4321 ft/s compressible? Note @ 60°F; the density of air is
A 0.0763 lbm/ft3; P1 = 14.7 psia
A. 5.467 psia C. 8.342 psia
Ideal Oxygen is throttled at 140°F from 10 atm to 5 B. 9.53 psia D. 2.346 psia
atm. What is the temperature change? B
A. 0 C. infinity
B. Negative D. 1 A two-pass surface condenser is to be designed
A using overall heat transfer coefficient of 480 BTU/°F
lbm/ft2 of outside tube surface. The tubes are to be 1
A duct 0.40 m high and 0.80 wide suspended from inch outside diameter with 1/16 in walls (or 7/8 in.
the ceiling in a corridor, makes a right angle turn in inside diameter). Entering circulating water velocity is
the horizontal plane. The inner radius is 0.2 m, and to be 6 ft/s. steam enters the condenser at a rate of
the outer radius is 1.0 m measured from the same 100,000 lb/hr at a pressure of one psia and an
center. The velocity of air in the duct is 10 m/s. enthalpy of 1090 Btu/lb. condensate leaves at
compute the pressure drops in this elbow. Assuming; saturated liquid at one psia. Circulating water enters
f = 0.3, ρ = 1.204 kg/m3 and L = 10 m. the condensate at 85 deg. F and leaves at 95 deg. F.
A. 341 Pa C. 143 Pa Note: 1 psia condensate has temperature of 101.7
B. 441 Pa D. 144 Pa deg. F. wet steam entering becomes condensate at
A 101.7 deg. F with hf = 69.72 Btu/lb. calculate the total
number of tubes to be used in each pass.
To what weight will 68°F ethyl alcohol rises in a A. 18,200 tubes C. 10,450 tubes
0.005-inch internal diameter glass capillary tube? The B. 15,400 tubes D. 11,456 tubes
density of alcohol is 49 lbm/ft3. Where: β = 0° = angle A
of contact angle and surface tension σ = 0.00156
lbm/ft @ 68°F. Determine the approximate load on a cooling tower if
A. 0.3056 ft C. 0.4312 ft the entering and leaving temperatures are 96°F and
B. 0.2504 ft D. 0.2432 ft 88°F, respectively and the flow rate of the water over
A the tower is 30 gpm.
A. 2500 Btu/min C. 3000 Btu/min
B. 2000 Btu/min D. 3500 Btu/min
What is the velocity of sound in 150°F (66°C) air at a B
standard pressure? Note: density of air @ 150°F is
0.064 lbm/ft3. Determine the quantity of water lost by bleed off if the
A. 1295 ft/s C. 2345 ft/s water flow rate over the tower 30 gpm and the range
B. 3245 ft/s D. 1096 ft/s is 10°F. Percent bleed-off requires 33%.
A A. 0.077 gpm C. 0.099 gpm
 B. 0.088 gpm D. 0.066 gpm A. 1.93 W/m2 C. 1.55 W/m2
C B. 2.93 W/m2 D. 2.55 W/m2
A
How many tons of refrigeration is required to produce
10 metric tons of ice per day at -10°C from raw water A composite wall is made up of an external thickness
at 22°C if miscellaneous losses are 15% of the chilling of brickwork 110 mm thick inside which is a layer of
and freezing load? fiberglass 75 mm thick. The fiberglass is faced
A. 17 TOR C. 15 TOR internally by an insulating board 25 mm thick. The
B. 20 TOR D. 24 TOR coefficients of thermal conductivity for the three are
A as follows:
Brickwork 1.5 W/m-K
Refrigeration is 2 m high, 1.2 m wide and 1 m deep. Fiberglass 0.04 W/m-K
The over-all heat transfer coefficient is o.532 W/m2 Insulating board 0.06 W/m-k
°C. how many kilograms of 0°C ice will melt per hour The surface transfer coefficient of the inside wall is
if the inside temperature is maintained at 10°C while 3.1 W/m2-K while that of the outside wall is 2.5 W/m2-
the surrounding air temperature is at 35°C? K. Take the internal ambient temperature as 10°C and
A. 1.60 kg C. 2.60 kg the external temperature is 27°C. Determine the heat
B. 1.80 kg D. 2.80 kg loss through such wall 6 m high and 10 m long.
A A. 330.10 W C. 430.10 W
B. 230.10 W D. 530.10 W
Determine the heat extracted from 2000 kg of water A
from 25°C to ice -10°C.
A. 621,150 kJ C. 821,150 kJ One insulated wall of a cold-storage compartment is 8
B. 721,150 kJ D. 921,150 kJ m long by 2.5 m high and consist of an outer steel
D plate 18 mm thick. An inner wood wall 22.5 mm thick,
the steel and wood are 90 mm apart to form a cavity
How many independent properties are required to which is filled with cork. If the temperature drop
completely fix the equilibrium state of a pure gaseous across the extreme faces of the composite wall is
compound? 15°C. Calculate the heat transfer per hour through the
A. 1 C. 2 wall and the temperature drop across the thickness of
B. 3 D. 4 the cork. Take the coefficients of thermal conductivity
C for steel, cork, and wood as 45, 0.045, and 0.18 W/m-
K respectively.
Calculate the heat transfer per hour through a solid A. 408.24 kJ, 12.12°C
brick wall 6 m long, 2.9 m high, and 225 mm thick, B. 708.24 kJ, 11.12°C
when the outer surface is at 5°C and the inner C. 608.24 kJ, 13.12°C
surface at 17°C, the coefficient of thermal D. 508.24 kJ, 14.12°C
conductivity of the brick being 0.6 W/m-K. D
A. 2,004.48 kJ C. 2,400.48 kJ
B. 3,004.48 kJ D. 3,400.48 kJ One side of refrigerated cold chamber is 6 m long by
A 3.7 m high and consist 168 mm thickness of cork
between outer and inner walls of wood. The outer
A vertical furnace wall is made up of an inner wall of wood wall is 30 mm thick, and its outside face
firebrick 20 cm thick followed by insulating brick 15 temperature is 20°C, the inner wood wall 35 mm thick
cm thick and an outer wall of steel 1 cm thick. The and its inside face temperature is -3°C. taking the
surface temperature of the wall adjacent to the coefficient of thermal conductivity of cork and wood
combustion chamber is 1200°C while that of the 0.42 and 0.20 W/m-k respectively, calculate the heat
outer surface of steel is 50°C. The thermal transfer per second per sq. m of surface area.
conductivities of the wall material in W/m-K are A. 5.138 J C. 6.318 J
firebrick, 10; insulating brick, 0.26; and steel, 45. B. 4.138 J D. 3.318 J
Neglecting the film resistance and contact resistance B
of joints, determine the heat loss per sq.m. Of the
wall area.
Hot gases at 280°C flow on one side of a metal of the temperature is 10°C. Assuming equilibrium
10mm thickness and air at 35°C flows on the other conditions exist, what is the temperature at the
side. The heat transfer coefficient of the gasses is interface between the two metals?
31.5 W/m2-K and that of the air is 32 W/m2-K. A. 15.65°C C. 18.21°C
Calculate the over-all transfer coefficient. B. 17.64°C D. 19.31°C
A. 15.82 W/m2-K C. 14.82 W/m2-K D
B. 16.82 W/m -K2
D. 17.82 W/m2-K
A A counter flow heat exchanger is designed to heat
fuel oil from 45°C to 100°C while the heating fluid
The surface temperature of the hot side of the enters at 150°Cvand leaves at 115°C. Calculate the
furnace wall is 1200°C.it is desired to maintain the arithmetic mean temperature difference?
outside of the wall at 38°C. A 152 mm of refractory A. 40°C C. 60°C
silica is used adjacent to the combustion chamber B. 50°C D. 70°C
and 10 mm of steel covers the outside. What C
thickness of insulating brick is necessary between
refractory and steel, if the heat loss should be kept at A pipe with an outside diameter of 2.5 in. is insulated
788 W/m2, and 45 for steel. with a 2 in layer of asbestos (ka = 0.396 Btu/in./hr-ft2-
A. 220 mm C. 260 mm °F). If the temperature of cork 1.5 in. thick (kc = 0.30
B. 240 mm D. 280 mm Btu/in./hr-ft2-°F). If the temperature of the outer
A surface of the cork is 90°F, calculate the heat loss per
100 ft of insulated pipe.
A hollow sphere has an outside radius of 1 m and is A. 847.64 Btu/hr C. 2847.42 Btu/hr
made of polystyrene foam with a thickness of 1 cm. a B. 3847.51 Btu/hr D. 1847.14 Btu/hr
heat source inside keeps the inner surface 5.20°C C
hotter than the outside surface? The thermal
conductivity of polystyrene foam is 0.033 W/m°C. The journals of a shaft are 380 mm diameter, it runs
A. 200 W C. 300 W at 105 rpm and the coefficient of friction between
B. 216 W D. 316 W journals and bearings is 0.02. If the average load on
B the bearing is 200 KN, find the heat generated per
minute at the bearing?
An insulated steam pipe located where the ambient A. 501.375 kJ C. 401.375 kJ
temperature is 32°C, has an inside diameter of 50 B. 505.575 kJ D. 501.575 kJ
mm with 10 mm thick wall. The outside diameter of A
the corrugated asbestos insulation is 125 mm and the
surface coefficient of still air is, ho = 12 W/m2-K. The flow energy of 124 liters per minute of a fluid
Inside the pipe is steam having a temperature of passing a boundary to a system is 108.5 kJ/min.
150°C with film coefficient hi = 6000 W/m2-K. Thermal determine the pressure at this point.
conductivity of pipe and asbestos insulation are 45 A. 875 kPa C. 975 kPa
and 0.12 W/m2-K respectively. Determine the heat B. 675 kPa D. 575 kPa
loss per unit length of pipe. A
A. 110 W C. 130 W
B. 120 W D. 140 W Work done by a substance in reversible non flow
B manner in accordance with V = 100/P ft3, where P is
in psia. Evaluate the work done on or by the
How many watts will be radiated from s spherical substance as the pressure increases from 10 psia to
black body 15 cm diameter at a temperature of 100 psia.
800°C? A. 33,157.22 ft-lb C. 43,157.22 ft-lb
A. 5.34 kW C. 6.34 kW B. -33,157.22 ft-lb D. -43,157.22 ft-lb
B. 4.34 kW D. 3.34 kW B
A
A wall with an area of 10 m2 cm thickness of white Calculate the change in enthalpy as 1 kg of nitrogen is
pine (k = 0.113 W/m°C) followed by 10 cm of brick (k heated from 1000 K to 1500 K, assuming the nitrogen
= 0.649°C W/m°C). The pine is on the inside where is an ideal gas at a constant pressure. The
temperature dependent specific heat of nitrogen is Cp
= 39.06 – 512.79 T1.5 + 1072.7 T2 – 820.4T3 where Cp
is in kJ/kg-mol, T is in K.
A. 600 kJ C. 800 kJ
B. 697.27 kJ D. 897.27 kJ
B

One kilogram of wet steam at a pressure of 8 bar (Vg

= 0.2404 m3/kg, vf = 0.0011148 m3/kg) and dryness
0.94 is expanded until the pressure is 4 bar (vg =
0.4625 m3/kg, vf = 0.0010836 m3). If the expansion
follows the law PVn = C, where n =1.12, find the
dryness fraction of the steam at the lower pressure.
A. 0.9072 C. 0.2260
B. 0.4197 D. 0.2404
A

Wet saturated steam at 16 bar (hf = 859 kJ/kg, hg =

1935 kJ/kg) reducing valve and is throttled to a
pressure of 8 bar (hr = 721 kJ/kg, hfg = 2048 kJ/kg).
Find the dryness fraction of the reduces pressure
steam.
A. 0.8833 C. 0.9933
B. 0.7733 D. 0.6633
C

A 650 BHP diesel engine uses fuel oil of 28°API

gravity, fuel consumption is 0.65 lb/BHP-hr. cost of
fuel is P 7.95 per liter. For continuous operation,
determine the minimum volume of cubical day tank in
cm3, ambient temperature is 45°C.
A. 4,372,890 cm3 C. 5,291,880 cm3
B. 5,987,909 cm3 D. 7,352,789 cm3
A

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. 15.76 kgair/kgfuel
C. 16.75 kgair/kgfuel
D. 17.65 kgair/kgfuel
A