PDF Pipe Solving 1 - Compress
PDF Pipe Solving 1 - Compress
The specific gravity of mercury relative to water is 13.55. What is the specific weight of mercury? (The specific weight
of water is 62.4 lbf per cubic foot)
A. 82.2 kN/m3
B. 102.3 kN/m3
C. 132.9 kN/m3
D. 150.9 kN/m3
If the specific weight of a liquid is 58.5 lbf per cubic foot, what is the specific volume of the liquid?
A. 0.5321 cm3/g
B. 0.6748 ccm m3/g
C. 0.9504 cm cm3/g
D. 1.0675 cm cm3/g
A cylinder weighs
weighs 150 lbf Its cross sectional
sectional area is 40 square inches.
inches. When the cylinder
cylinder stands
stands vertically
vertically on one end,
what pressure does the cylinder exert on the floor?
A. 14.1 kPa
B. 25.8 kPa
C. 63.2 kP
kPa
D. 89.7 kP
kPa
Water flowing in a pipe with radius of 10” at a velocity of 5 m/s. At the temperature in the pipe, the density and viscosity
of the water are as follows:
p = 997.9 kg/m3 u = 1.131 Pa-s
What is the Reynold’s number for this situation?
A. 44.1
B. 88.2
C. 1140
D. 2241
What is the flow rate through a pipe 4” in diameter carrying water at a velocity of 11 ft/sec?
100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of alcohol (density = 790 kg/m3). What is the specific volume of the resulting
mixtures, assuming that the fluids mixed completely?
A. 0.82 x 103 cu m/kg
B. 0.63 x 103 cu m/kg
C. 0.88 x 103 cu m/kg
D. 1.16 x 103 cu m/kg
How much does 30 lbf weigh on the moon? (g moon = 5.47 ft/s 2)
A. 2.0 lbf
B. 3.4 lbf
C. 3.2 lbf
D. 5.096 llbbf
Steam turbine is receiving 1014 lbm/hr of steam, determine the horsepower output of the turbine if the work done by
steam is 251 Btu/lbm
A. 100 Hp
B. 200 Hp
C. 462.7 Hp
D. 6002.7 Hp
Hp
What is the resulting pressure when one pound of air at 15 psia and 200 F is heated at constant volume of 800 F?
A. 52.1 psia
B. 28.6 psia
C. 15 psia
D. 36.4 ppssia
A bicycle tire
tire has a volume
volume of 600 cm3.
cm3. It is inflated with carbon dioxide
dioxide to pressure
pressure of 551.43 kPa
kPa at 20 C. How many
many
grams of CO2 are contained in the tire? RCO2 = 0.18895 kJ/kg-K
A. 5.98 g
B. 4.63 g
C. 6.43 g
D. 3.83 g
A swe : A. 32 %
What is the water rate in kg/hr of an auxiliary boiler which produces steam at 80 MPa and 98% dry from feedwater at
43 C. The fuel calorific value is equivalent to that of 1.2 metric tons/day. Assume an efficiency of 70%.
A. 580
B. 700
C. 615
D. 480
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 and 250 C 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
Determine power required for 2000 kg car to climb 100 m long uphill road with a slope of 20 0 (from horizontal) in 10
seconds from rest to a final velocity of 30 m/s disregard friction air drag and rolling resistance
A. 188.066 kW
B. 1880.66 kW
C. 980.66 kW kW
D. 900 kW
A small steam
steam turbine generator
generator power plant of 5200
5200 MW capacity
capacity has a full
full load steam rate of 6.0 kg/KW-hr.
kg/KW-hr. No load
steam consumption may be taken as 10% of full load steam consumption. At 60% load calculate the hourly steam
consumption of the unit
A. 20.500 kg/hr
B. 25.000 kgkg/hr
C. 19.500 kkgg/hr
D. 19.968 kkgg/hr
A swe : D. 19 969 kg/hr
The enthalpy of refrigerant is 359 kJ/kg at the compressor entrance and 38.1 kJ/kg at the compressor exit. The rate of
refrigerant flow is 62 kg/min. The heat loss from the compressor is 12% of the work input. Determine the power input in
kW
A. 25.63
B. 24.65
C. 20.30
D. 25.83
A swe : B 5900
D. 10.28 %
A refrigerant compressor
compressor has a theoretical
theoretical piston
piston displacement
displacement of 8.04 m3/s.
m3/s. The refrigerant enters
enters the compressor
compressor
with a density of 16 kg/m3. The enthalpy of the refrigerant increases by 110 kJ/kg across the evaporator. What is the
refrigerating capacity of the system?
A. 10 TR
B
C.. 1250 T
TR
R
D. 25 TR
A swe : B. 20 TR
A turbine receives
receives 150 lbm/sec
lbm/sec of air at 63 psia
psia and 2450 R and expands it polytropically
polytropically to 14.7 psia.
psia. The exponent
exponent n
is equal to 1.45 for the process. Determine the power
A. 52 343.16 Btu/sec
Btu/sec
B. 53 343.16 kW
C. 53 343.16 Hp
D. 53 343343.1
.166 ft-l
ft-lb/
b/se
secc
B. 672.73 kg
C. 772.73 kg
D. 227.73 kg
Determine the air-fuel ratio on a molar basis for the complete combustion of octane with theoretical amount of air
A. 59.5 kg air/ kg fuel
B. 95.5
95.5 kg aair
ir// kkgg ffue
uell
C. 69.5
69.5 kg aair
ir// kkgg ffue
uell
D. 49.5
49.5 kg aair
ir// kkgg ffue
uell
During the steady state operation, a gearbox receives 60 kW through the input shaft and delivers power throught the
output shaft. For the gearbox system, the rate of energy transfer by convection
convection h = 0.171 kW/m2 K is the heat transfer
coefficient A = 1.0 m2 in the outer surface area of the gearbox, Ts = 300 K (27 C) is the temperature at the outer
surface, Tf = 293 K (20 C) is the temperature of the surroundings away from the immediate vicinity of the gearbox.
Determine the heat transfer rate in kW
A. 2.1 kW
B. – 1.2 kW
C. 1.3 kW
D. 1.5 kW
During a steady state operation, a gearbox receives 60 kW through the input shaft and delivers power through the
output shaft. For the gearbox as the system, the rate of energy transfer by convection h = 0.171 kW/m2K is the heat
transfer coefficient A = 1.0 m2 is the outer surface area of the gearbox, Ts = 300 K (27 C) is the temperature at the
outer surface, Tf = 293 K (20 C) is the temperature of the surroundings away from the immediate vicinity of the
gearbox. Determine the power delivered
delivered to the output shaft in kW if the heat transfer rate is -1.2 kW
A. 98.8 kW
B. 78.8 kW
C. 68.8 kW
D. 58.8 kW
How long must a current of 5.0 amperes pass through a 10 ohm resistor until a charge of 1200 coulombs passes
through?
A. 1 min
B. 2 min
C. 3 min
D. 4 min
A car moving at
at 70 km/hr has a mass of 1700
1700 kg. What force
force is necessary
necessary decelerate it at rate of 40cm/s2?
40cm/s2?
A. 0.680 N
B. 42.5 N
C. 680 N
D. 4250 N
One hundred millimeters of water in a plastic bag negligible mass is to be catapulted upwards with an initial
acceleration of 20.0 m/s2. What force is necessary to do this? Assume that gravity is 9.81 m/s2 and the density of
water is 1 g/cm3.
A. 2.00 N
B. 2.98 N
C. 15.0 N
D. 2.00 kN
A swe : B. 6W
A force of 200lb acts on a block angle of 280 with respect to horizontal. The block is pushed 2 feet horizontally.
block at an angle
What is the work done by this force?
A. 215 J
B. 320 J
C. 480 J
D. 540 J
Two particles collide, stick together, and continue their motion together.Each particle
particle has a mass of 10 g, and their
respective velocities
velocities before the collision were 10 m/s and 100 m/s. What is the energy of the system after the collision?
A. 21.6 J
B. 30.2 J
C. 42.8 J
D. 77.9 J
conditioning under standard operating conditions of 35 0C condensing and 50C evaporating temperatures.
Freon 22 air conditioning
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 40.36 L/kg
A. 330.3 TR
B. 79.3 TR
C. 96.4 TR
D. 27.4 TR
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
ammonia refrigerating plant to be 33 L/s. Determine the volumetric
efficiency of the compressor.
A. 77.65 %
B. 87.6 %
C. 97.6 TR
D. 65.65 %
A vapor compression
compression refrigeration
refrigeration system is
is designed to have 80 tons of
of refrigeration. Its actual COP is 4 and 30
percent of the power supplied to the compressor is said in the form of friction and cylinder losses. Determine
condenser cooling water required for a temperature rise of 10 C.
A. 5.63 kg/s
B. 4.42 kg/s
C. 7.62 kg
kg/s
D. 9.0 kg/s
A twin cylinder
cylinder ammonia compressor
compressor with volume
volume displacement
displacement of 14,726
14,726 cm3 operates at 300 rpm. Condenser
Condenser and
evaporator pressure re 1200 Kpa and 227 kPa, respectively.
respectively. Specific volume of refrigerant at the entrance of
compressor is 528.26 L/kg. Compression process is polytropic with n = 1.20 and clearance factor of compressor is 2
percent. Determine horsepower required.
A. 60 Hp
B. 70 Hp
C. 80 Hp
D. 90 Hp
A swe : B. 80 Hp
A single acting
acting air compressor
compressor with clearance
clearance of 6% takes
takes in air atmospheric
atmospheric pressure at a temperature of
of 85F and
3
discharged pressure of 85 psia. The air handled is 0.25 ft /cycle measured at discharged pressure. If the compression
is isentropic, find the piston displacement per cycle if the compressor is running at 750 rpm.
A.
B. 0.0750
0.
0.02 ft33ft3/
0255 ft /cyycycle
/c cyc
cle le
cle
C. 1.
1.03
0300 ft
ft3/
3/cy cycl
clee
D. 1.
1.09
0900 ft
ft3/
3/cy cycl
clee
A single acting
acting air compressor
compressor with clearance
clearance of 6% takes
takes in air atmospheric
atmospheric pressure at a temperature of
of 85F and
discharged pressure of 85 psia. The air handled is 0.25 ft 3/cycle measured at discharged pressure. If the compression
is isentropic, find the air Hp of the compressor if rpm is 750.
A. 16 Hp
B. 96 Hp
C. 69 Hp
D. 61 Hp
A swe : 96 Hp
A nozzle receives
receives 0.5 kg/s of air pressure
pressure of 2700 kPa and
and a velocity of 30 m/s and enthalpy of 923
923 kJ/kg and the
the air
leaves at a pressure of 700 kPa and with enthalpy of 660 kJ/kg. Determine the exit velocity from the nozzle.
A. 923 m/s
B. 726 m/s
C. 700 m/s
D. 660 m/s
How many hours would it take to boil 1.2 kg of water in a kettle if a constant supply of heat at 1.25 kW is supplied to
the kettle?
A. 36 hours
B. 52 hours
C. 18 hours
D. 0.6 ho
hours
A two-stage double-acting
e-acting compressor
compressor is to deliver
deliver 90 lb/min
lb/min of air from 14.3 psia and 90F to a final pressure
pressure of 185
psia. The normal barometer is 29.8 in-Hg and the temperature is 80F. The pressure drop in the intercooler is 3psia and
the speed is 210 rpm and pV 1.34=C during compression and expansion. The clearance is 5% for both cylinders. The
temperature of the cooling water increased by 18F. Find the volume of free air.
A. 1282 CFM
B. 1230 CFM
C. 1320 CFM
D. 1822 CFM
If a 1/3 horsepower pump runs for 20 minutes, what is the energy used?
A. 0.06 ergs
B. 0.25 kW
C. 0.30 MJ
D. 0.11 kW
kWs
accelerating 1 kg mass at 1 m/s2 for 1 minute. The machine runs at 60 rpm. What is the power
A machine is capable of accelerating
output of the machine?
A. 1 erg
B. 1 cal
C. 1 J
D. 1 W
A swe : D. 1W
A power of 6 kW is supplied
supplied to the motor of a crane. The motor has
has an efficiency
efficiency of 90%. With
With what constant
constant speed
does the crane lift an 800 lb weight?
A. 0.09 cm/s
B. 0.32 cm/s
C. 0.98 cm cm/s
D. 1.52 cm cm/s
Two liters of an ideal gas, at a temperature of T1= 25 0C and a pressure of P1=0.101 MPa, are in a 10 cm diameter
cylinder with a piston at one end. The piston is depressed, so that the cylinder is shortened by 10 centimeters. The
temperature increases by 2 0C. What is the change in pressure?
A. 0.156 MPa
B. 0.167 MPa
C. 0.251 MP MPa
D. 0.327 MP MPa
What is the power required to transfer 97 000 coulombs of charge through a potentials rise of 50 volts in one hour?
A. 0.5 kW
B. 0.9 kW
C. 1.3 kW
D. 2.8 kW
A swe : C
A current of 7 amperes
amperes passes through a 12 ohm resistor. What is the power dissipated
dissipated in the resistor?
A. 84 W
B. 0.59 Hp
C. 0.79 Hp
D. 7 Hp
If the average energy in a nuclear reaction is 200 MeV/ fission, what is the power output of reactor if there are 2.34 x
1019 fissions per second
A. 550 W
B. 120 kW
C. 320 MW
D. 750 MW
A surface tension
on force σ, of water
water in air is approximately
approximately 0.00518
0.00518 lb/ft. if the
the atmospheric pressure is 14.7
14.7 psia, what is
is
the pressure inside a droplet 0.01” in diameter?
A. 14.53 psia
B. 14.70 psia
C. 14.87 ppssia
D. 14.78 ppssia
What is the pressure at point A in the tank if h = 2 feet? (g = 32.3 ft/sec 2 and p = 1.94 slug/ft 3)
A. 75 lbf/ft2
B. 85 lbf/ft2
C. 100 llbb/ft2
D. 125 llbb/ft2
A double purpose
purpose tank 18 ft wide,
wide, 24 ft long and
and 4 ft depth is filled with water.
water. What is the
the weight of the water
water in the
tank in long tons?
A. 49 Tons
B. 48 Tons
C. 54 Tons
D. 50 Tons
A swe : A.
A. 49 Tons
Oil flow through a 16 tubes on a single cooler with a velocity of 2 m/s. The internal diameter of the tube is 30mm and oil
density is 0.85 gm/ml. find the volume flow in liters per sec.
A. 22.62
B. 32.22
C
D.. 6422..2622
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 temperatures. Find the unknown volume.
A. 6.58 m3
B. 6.75 m3
C. 5.67 m3
D. 7.65 m3
If air is at a pressure of 22.22 psia and at temperature of 8000R, what is the specific volume?
A. 11.3 ft3/lbm
B. 33.1 fftt3/lbm
C. 13.3 fftt3/lbm
D. 31.3 fftt3/lbm
The specific gravity of mercury is 13.55. what is the specific weight of mercury?
A. 123.9 kN/m3
B. 139.2 kN/m3
C. 132.9 kN/m3
D. 193.2 kN/m3
The equivalent weight of mass 10 kg at location where the acceleration of gravity is 9.77 m/sec2
A. 97.7 N
B. 79.9 N
C. 77.9 N
D. 977 N
Three thousand cubic feet per minute of air are circulated over an air0cooled condenser. If the load of the condenser is
64,800 Btu/hr, compute the temperature rise of the air passing over the condenser specific volume of standard air
(13.34 ft3/lb)
A. 100F
B. 15 0F
C. 20 0F
D. 25 0F
A swe : B. 20 0F
Saturated vapor ammonia at -160C (h =1442.60 kJ/kg) leaves the evaporator and enters the compressor at -6 degC
(h=1465 kJ/kg). The refrigerant leaves the condenser as saturated liquid of 40 0C (h4 = 390.6 kJ/kg) and enters the
expansion valve at 350C (h3=366.1 kJ/kg). Heat rejected from the condenser amount to 50 kW. The work to
compressor is 208 kJ/kg, while the heat loss from compressor is 33 kJ/kg. If 95 kJ/kg of heat lost in the piping between
the compressor discharge and condenser inlet, determine the refrigerating capacity of the system.
A. 49.5 TR
B. 46.61 TR
C. 12.88 TR
D. 13.24 TR
In an actual refrigeration cycle using R12 as working fluid, the refrigerant flow rate is 0.05 kg/s. Vapor enters the
expansion valve at 1.15 MPa, 400C ( h= 238.5 kJ/kg) and leaves the evaporator at 175 kPa, -15 0C (h=345 kJ/kg). The
electric input to the motor driving the compressor is measured and found 3.0 KW. Motor efficiency at this load is 92%
and mechanical efficiency 82%. Determine the actual coefficient
coefficient of performance for this cycle.
A. 1.58
B. 2.36
C. 1.78
D. 1.34
A swe : B. 34.82 TR
A two-stage cascade
cascade vapor compression
compression refrigeration
refrigeration system
system uses ammonia
ammonia in the low-temperature
low-temperature loop and
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. 9.1 TR
During an experiment on Charles Law, the volume of gas trapped in the apparatus was 10000mm3 when the
temperature was 18C. The temperature of the gas was then raised to 85C. Determine the new volume of gas trapped
in the apparatus if the pressure exerted on the gas remained constant.
A. 12302.41 mm3
B. 8128.49 mm3
C. 70833.33 mm mm3
D. 2117.64 mm3
B. 09.98gg//ccmm33
C
D. 1.6 g/cm3
What is the absolute pressure if the gauge pressure is reading 9 bar and the atmospheric pressure is 0.9 bar?
A. 6.3 bar
B. 7.8 bar
C. 9.9 bar
D. 8.1 bar
The tank of an air compressor has a volume of 3ft3 and is filled with air at a temperature of 40F. If a gage on the tank
reads 150 psig, what is the mass of the air in the tank?
A. 1.78 lbs
B. 2.00 lbs
C. 2.67 lbs
D. 1.98 lbs
What is the mass of acetylene gas, V=0.94 ft3, R=59.35 ftlb/lbR, T=90F, P=200psi.
A. 0.816 lb
B. 0.841 lb
C. 0.829 lblb
D. 0.842 lblb
Specific volume is the number of cubic meters of mixture per kilogram of dry air. If dry air has these following
properties: Ra=287 J/kgK, T=303K, Pa=99.604 kPa. Solve for specific volume.
The upper plate is fixed, while the lower plate moves in the positive x direction at 0.5 m/s. The plate is 0.001 m, the
fluid viscosity
A. is0.05
0.7 cp
Pa and the velocity profile is linear. Calculate the shear stress in the moving fluid
B. 0.15 Pa
C. 0.25 Pa
D. 0.35 Pa
Calculate the Reynolds number, Re, for water at 20 C flowing in an open channel. The water flowing at a volumetric
rate of 200 gal/sec. The channel has a height of a ** and a width of 8 feet. At this temperature water has a kinetic
viscosity of 1.104 x 105 ft2/sec
A. 600 000
B. 800 000
C. 1.0 x 106
D. 1.2 x 106
viscosity of 2.5x 10-5 ft2/sec is flowing at 0.1 ft/sec from an orifice 3” in diameter. How can a fluid
A fluid with a kinetic viscosity
be described?
A. The fluid is completely
completely turbulent
turbulent
B. The flu fluid
id is in transi
transitio
tionn zone
zone
C. TheThe fflu
luid
id is la
lami
mina
nar
r
D. Turbulent
Turbulent cannot
cannot be calcul
calculated,
ated, it must
must be measured
measured
1.328
From the blasius solutionfor laminar boundary layer flow, the average coefficient of skin friction is C f = . If air
√ ℜ
flowing past a 33 feet long plate at a velocity of 100 ft/sec, what is the force on the plate?
A. 0.00114 lbf
B. 0.00344 lbf
C. 0.086 llbbf
D. 0.114 llbbf
The flow rate of water through a cast iron is 5000 gallons per minute. The diameter of the pipe is 1 foot, and the
coefficient of friction is f= 0.0173. What is the pressure drop over a 100 foot length of pipe ?
Compute the humidity ratio of air at 70% relative humidity and 25C when the barometric pressure is 101.325 KPa.
From steam
A. tables:
0.014Psat at 34C=3.168
kg water vapor/ kgkPa.
vapor/ da
B. 0.14
0.14 kgkg wate
waterr vap
vapor
or// kkgg ddaa
C. 1.4
1.4 kkgg wat
water
er va
vapo
por/
r/ kg da
D. 0.00
0.0014
14 kg
kg wate
waterr vapo
vapor/ r/ kg
kg da
Consider 1kg of air at 32C that expanded by a reversible polytropic process with n=1.23 until the pressure is halved.
Determine the heat transfer if the specific heat at constant volume of air is 0.1786 kJ/kgK.
A. 17.02 kJ heat rejectedrejected
B. 7.05
7.05 kJ heheatat reje
rejectcted
ed
C. 17.0
17.022 kkJJ hhea
eatt aadd
dded
ed
D. 7.7.05
05 kJ heheatat ad
addededd
A carnot cycle
cycle uses nitrogen
nitrogen (k=1.399) as the working substance.
substance. The heat
heat supplied is
is 54 kJ and the
the adiabatic
expansion ratio is 10. Determine the heat rejected.
A. 10 kJ
B. 32.4 kJ
C. 21.6 kJ
D. 54 kJ
A tank contains
contains 20kg of air at
at 200kPa(gage) andand the 23°C. During
During heating process
process the temperature
temperature of air rises.
rises. For
safety purposes a technician installed a relief-type valve so that pressure of air inside the tank never exceed 260
kPa(gage). At what air temperature the relief valve will start releasing air?
A. 112°C
B. 92°C
C. 82°C
D. 102°C
A swe : C. 82 C
B. 61.85 kJ/kg
C. 288.65 kJ
kJ/kg
D. 78.15 kJ/kg
During reversible process there are abstracted 317 kJ/s from 1.134 kg/s of a certain gas while the temperature remains
constant at 26.7°C. For this gas Cp=2..232 and Cv=1.713 kJ/kgK. The initial pressure is 586 kPa. Determine the final
volume flow rate.
A. 0.301 m3/s
B. 0.03 m3/s
C. 0.5 m3/s
D. 0.05 m3
m3/s
A six-cylinder
six-cylinder diesel engine
ne when tested in
in the laboratory at
at 2000 rpm produces
produces a net balance
balance force of 204
204 N with all
its six-cylinders firing but only 163.6 N when one cylinder was cut-off. What is the mechanical efficiency of the diesel
engine if the brake arm length is 0.75m?
A. 82.5%
B. 88.5%
C. 84.14 %
D. 91%
The surface level of water in a dam is 92.5 m above that of a hydraulic turbine. The efficiency
efficiency (i.e the portion of the
available potential energy the turbine uses) is 90%. Determine the volume flow rate of the water required needed to
produce 100,000 MW
A. 117.50 m3/s
B. 122.50 m3/s
C. 124.50 m3/s
D. 122,500 m3 m3/s
In a Carnot cycle engine, the volume after the adiabatic compression is 8.5% of that before the compression.
compression. The sink
temperature is 30°C. Determine the thermal efficiency.
A. 60.7 %
B. 61.7 %
C. 62.7 %
D. 63.7%
How many days would an inventory of 1000 bbl of fuel oil with a relative density of 0.90 at an operating temperature of
35°C is consumed if used in a 10 MW diesel engine with a full-load brake thermal efficiency of 34% at rated load.
A. 3.0 days
B. 2.5 days
C. 1.8 da
days
D. 2.0 da
days
In a geothermal power plant hot groundwater from a hot spring is used to power a heat engine. If ground water is at
95°C, estimate the maximum power output if the mass flow rate of groundwater is 0.2 kg/s. Atmosphere is at 20°C
A. 14.0 kW
B. 15.0 kW
C. 18.00 kW
kW
D. 12.8 kW
A swe :
Two carnot heat engines operates in series between a source at 527°C and a sink at 17°C.The first engine rejects 400
kJ to the second engine. If both engine have the same efficiency. Calculate the temperature of source for the second
engine.
A. 272°C
B. 208.66°C
C. 94.85°C
D. 510°C
A swe : B. 208.66 C
A household refrigerator
refrigerator with a COP
COP of 1.80 removes
removes heat from a refrigerated space
space at a rate of kJ/min.
kJ/min. Determine
Determine the
rate of heat transfer to the kitchen air.
A. 40 KJ/min
B. 50 KJ/min
C. 90 KJ/min
D. 140 K KJJ/min
A. 2862
B. 4933
C. 3809
D. 5366
What is the thermal efficiency of an air standard Brayton cycle if the air enters and leaves the gas turbine at 1000 K
and 550 K respectively?
respectively?
A. 40.74 %
B. 45 %
C. 50.38 %
D. 54.86%
A swe : B. 45 %
The Philippines is embarking into the use of renewable energy sources like wind-power to save on its energy needs.
Determine the maximum power in kW that may be derived from a 55 kph wind if rotor to be used has a blade diameter
of 32 m and the over-all conversion efficiency may be taken as 35%. Average air pressure of 100 kPa and ambient
temperature of 32°C must be assumed.
A. 573
B. 504
C. 1050
D. 350
A spark-ignition
spark-ignition engine operates
operates on an Otto cycle with a compression ratio of 9 and a temperature
temperature limits
limits of 30°C and
1000°C. If the power input is 500KW. Calculate the mass flow rate of air.
A. 1.99 kg/s
B. 2.19 kg/s
C. 2.39 kgkg/s
D. 2.59 kgkg/s
The enthalpy of ground water in a 19 MW geothermal power plant is 1000 kJ/kg. If the quality after throttling is 28%
and the overall plant efficiency is 20%. What is the mass flow rate of the steam entering the turbine?
A. 27 kg/s
B. 76 kg/s
C. 18 kg/s
D. 34 kg/s
A swe : A. 27 kg/s
Calculate the power that can be developed from a hydroelectric power plant having the following data: Catchment’s
area 90 sq.km; average annual rainfall 120 cm; run-off 85%; available heat 350m; overall station efficiency 75%
A. 8.75 MW
B. 6.80 MW
C. 9.99 MW
D. 7.50 MW
A swe : D. 750 MW
A refrigerating system
system operates on the reversed Carnot cycle. The higher temperature
temperature of the refrigerant
refrigerant in the system
system
is 120 °F and the lower is 10°F. The capacity is 20 tons. Neglect losses. Determine the coefficient of performance.
A. 2.732
B. 5.373
C. 7.372
D. 4.273
A swe : D. 4.273
A swe : A.
A. 34.47
Steam enters a turbine stage with an enthalphy of 3700 KJ/kg and a velocity of 80m/s and leaves with an enthalpy of
2864 KJ/kg with a velocity of 128 m/s. If the rate of steam flow through the turbine if 0.44 kg/s. what is the work done in
kW?
A. 365kW
B. 365.64 kW
C. 366.0 kW
kW
D. 366.50 kW
kW
A swe : B. 365.64 kW
D. 7500 J
A swe : A. 8500 J
If the temperature of an air parcel is -20.5°C and its density is 0.690 kg/m3 , what is the pressure of the air parcel?
A. 40 kPa
B. 50 kPa
C. 60 kPa
D. 70 kPa
A swe : B. 50 kPa
A 35.0 mL sample
sample of gas is enclosed in a flask at 22 degrees Celsius.
Celsius. If the flask was placed in an close bath
bath at 0
degrees Celsius. What would the new gas volunme be if the pressure is held constant?
A. 34.1 ml
B. 32.1 ml
C. 32.29 mlml
D. 33.1 ml
A swe : C. 32.29 ml
The thermal efficiency of a carnot cycle operates between 170°C and 620°C is closest to
A. 44%
B. 50%
C. 63%
D. 73%
A swe : B. 50 %
A circular cylinder
cylinder 4 feet long
long and 3 feet in diameter
diameter is in
in air stream. The flow
ow velocity is
is 5 ft/s perpendicular
perpendicular to the axis
axis
of the cylinder. Given that the coefficient of drag, C D, on the cylinder 1.3, and the density of air is 0.00234 slug/ft3, what
is the force on the cylinder?
A. 0.09 lbf
B. 0.11 lbf
C. 0.46 llbbf
D. 0.91 llbbf
A swe :
C. 0.46 lbf
Air flows past a 2” diameter sphere
sphere at 100 ft/sec.
ft/sec. What is the
the drag force experienced
experienced by the
the sphere given that it has a
coefficient of drag of 0.5 and that the density of the air is 0.00234 slug/ft3?
A. 0.041 lbf
B. 0.064 lbf
C. 128 lbf
D. 0.244 lbf
A reciprocating
reciprocating compressor handles
handles 1,400 cfm
cfm of air measured
measured at intake whe
whe p1=18 psia and t1= 90°F. The
The discharge
pressure is 92 psia. Calculate the work if the compression is isothermal.
A. -180.5 hp
B. -179.5 hp
C. -277.6 hhpp
D. -228.6 hhpp
C. 14.4
14.477 kgair
kgair/k
/kgf
gfue
uell
D. 14.1
14.177 kgair
kgair/k
/kgf
gfue
uell
A pump discharges
discharges 550 gpm of
of water to a height
height of 35 ft. with an
an efficiency of 80%, what is
is the power input.
input.
A. 6.09 hp
B. 6.32 hp
C. 4.74 hp
D. 4.94 hp
A swe : A.
A. 6.09 hp
A piston moves
moves inside a cylinder
cylinder at a velocity
velocity of 6.0
6.0 m/s. the 160 mm
mm diameter piston
piston is centrally
centrally located within
within the
160.2mm
0.4N-s/m2.inside diameter
Assuming cylinder.
a linear Theprofile,
velocity film of find
oil isthe
separating the piston
shear stress in the from the cylinder has an absolute viscosity of
oil (T=µ(v/H))
A. 50,000 N/m2
B. 40,000 N/m2
C. 24,000 N/m2
D. 34000 N/ N/m2
The centrifugal pump with a 3 ft impeller diameter operates at 800 rpm. If the speed is to be increase to 1200 rpm.
Determine the impeller diameter that should be used so that the same shaft input power would be required.
A. 5.32 ft
B. 2.35 ft
C. 5.23 ft
D. 2.93 ft
Determine the mass of water vapor contained in a 150 m3 room at 100 kPa , 23°C and 40% relative humidity. From
steam Tables Psat @ 23°C = 2.810 kPa
A. 1.6342 kg
B. 1.9342 kg
C. 1.2342 kg
D. 2.2342 kg
Ans: C. 1.2342
1.2342 kg
What is the power of the pump, HP, if it delivers 925 gal/min of water against a head of 15m?
A. P=15.38 HP
B. P =16.38 HP
C. P =10.5 HP
D. P=11.5 HP HP
Kerosene is pumped into an aircraft fuel tank through a hose that has an inside diameter of 4 cm. if the velocity of the
kerosene is 8 m/s through the hose. Determine the mass flow rate. Assume that kerosene velocity has a density of 800
kg/m3.
A. 7.06 kg/s
B. 7.56 kg/s
C. 8.06 kg kg/s
D. 8.56 kg
kg/s
A swe : C. 8.06 kg/s
During the working stroke of an engine the heat transferred out of the system was 150 kJ/kg of working substances.
The internal energy also decreased by 400 kJ/kg of working substance. Determine
Determine the work done.
A. 250 kJ/kg
B. 550 kJ/kg
C. 600 Kj/kg
D. 350 kJ/kg
When a man returns to his wall-sealed house on a summer day, he finds that the house is at 32 deg. C. He turned on
the air conditioner which cools the entire house to 20 deg. C in 15 minutes. If COP of the air conditioner is 2.5,
determine
Cv the powerCpdrawn
= 0.72 KJ/kg-K, = 1.0by the air-conditioner.
air-conditioner. Assume the entire mass within the house is 800 kg of air for which
KJ/kg-K.
A. 7.68kW
B. 19.2 kW
C. 3.07 kW
D. 12.03 kW kW
It is desired to double the COP of a reversed Carnot engine for cooling from 5.0 by raising the temperature of heat
addition while keeping the temperature of heat rejection constant. By what percentage must the temperature of heat
addition he raised?
A. 10.1 %
B. 8.1 %
C. 9.1 %
D. 7.1 %
A single acting
acting compressor
compressor has a volumetric
volumetric efficiency
efficiency of 87%, operates
operates at 500 rpm. It takes in ammonia
ammonia at 277kPa
277kPa
and discharges it at 1204 kPa. The ammonia handled is 4.13 m3/min measured at the discharge condition. If the
compression is polytropic with n=1.20, determine the piston displacement
displacement per stroke.
A. 0.0095m3
B. 19.7m3
C. 16.59m3
D. 0.03614 m3 m3
B. 16.13 cm
C. 26.0 cm
D. 13.6 cm
The initial volume of an ideal gas is compressed to one-half its original volume and to twice its temperature the
pressure,
A. Doubles
B. Re
Rema
main
inss con
onst
stan
antt
C. Quadruples
D. Halves
If the gage pressure of a medium is 30 KPa (vacuum) and the atmospheric pressure is 101.3 KPa, the absolute
pressure will be;
A. 131.3 kPa
B. 71.3 kPa
C. -71.3 kP
kPa
D. -131.3 kP
kPa
If a particle has a velocity of 4 meters per second and a kinetic energy of 144 joules, then the mass, in kilograms of his
particles must be;
A. 44
B. 18
C. 16
D. 24
A swe : B. 18
A condenser vacuum
vacuum gauge reads
reads 715 mm Hg when the barometric
barometric stands at
at 757 mm HG. State
State the absolute
absolute
pressure in the condenser in KN/m^2 or Kpa
A. 5.6 kPa
B. 6.5 kPa
C. 5.9 kPa
D. 5.2 kPa
Determine the force in Newton in a piston of 465 mm2 with a pressure of 0.172 Mpa
A. 65 N
B. 80 N
C. 72 N
D. 111 N
A swe : B. 80 N
One piston of a hydraulic press has an area of 1 cm2. The other piston has an area of 25cm2, if a force of 150 N is
applied on the smaller piston, what will be the total force on the larger piston is both piston surface are the same level?
A. 6 N
B. 3750 N
C. 175 N
D. 4250 N
The work done on air is 10.86 KJ/kg, determine the compressor power if it is receiving 272 kg/min of air
A. 36.72 hp
B. 49.23 hp
C. 2954 hp
D. 66 hp
A swe : D. 66 hp
A water tank of 18 ft wide, 14 ft long
long and 4 ft high,
high, calculate the pressure at the
the bottom of the tank
A. 1.733 psi
B. 2.337 psi
C. 1.999 ppssi
D. 3.773 ppssi
[ ( )]
2
r
v =v 1−
max
r o . The distribution is symmetric with respect to the longitudinal axis,
axis, r= 0, Ro is the outer radius,
Vmax is the velocity along the longitudinal axis.
A. Vmax/4
B. Vmax/3
C. Vmax/2
D. Vmax
A pipeashas
given a diameter
ameter
1 ft/sec of 4”AA.
at section at section
sectionisAA,
What theand
flowavelocity
diameterat of 2” at
at section
section BB? BB. BB. For an ideal fluid
fluid flow, the velocity
velocity is
A. 4 ft/sec
B. 0.5 ft/sec
C. 1.0 fftt/sec
D. 2.0 fftt/sec
A swe : B. 8%
Water is pumped at 1 m3/s to an elevation of 5 meters through a flexible hose using a 100% efficient pump rated at
100 kilowatts. Using the same length of hose, what size motor is needed to pump 1m3/s of water to a tank with no
elevation gain? In both cases both ends of the hose are at temperature pressure. Neglect
Neglect kinetic energy effect.
A. 51 kW
B. 22 kW
C. 36 kW
D. 43 kW
A swe : A. 51 kW
What is the actual volumetric flow rate for the discharge of the tank shown? The coefficient of contraction for the orifice
is 0.61 and the coefficient of velocity is 0.98
A. 6.78 ft3/sec
B. 6.92 fftt3/sec
C. 9.79 fftt3/sec
D. 11.3
11.344 ft
ft33/s
/sec
ec
A. I only
B. I and II
C. I, II, an
andd III
D. I and III
A swe : A.
A. 46.0 kJ/kg
kJ/kg
In a constant temperature closed system process 100 BTU of heat is transferred to the working fluid at 100 F. What is
the change in entropy of the working fluid?
A. 18 kJ/K
B. 0.25 kJ/K
C. 0.34 kJkJ/K
D. 0.57 kJkJ/K
A. 15.12 %
B. 12.04 %
C. 12.15 %
D. 21.21 %
Consider 4800 lb of steam per hour flowing through a pipe at 100 psia pressure. Assume a velocity of 5280 ft/min.
What size of pipe is required? Specific volum
volumee of steam at 100 psia, V=4.423 ft3/lb
A. 3 in
B. 5 in
C. 4 in
D. 6in
A swe : C. 4 in
A boiler generates
generates 225,000 lb of of steam and burns
burns 13.9 tons of
of coal per hour. The
The coal has a heating
heating value of 11,400
Btu/lb. A test of the particulates leaving the boiler shows that 3804 lb of particulate is being discharged per hour. What
is the particulate discharged per million Btu heat input to the furnace?
A. 12 lb/105 Btu
B. 14 lb/105 Btu
C. 15 lb/105 Btu
5
D. 16 lb/10 Btu
A. 12 lb/ 105 Btu
A swe : A.
Two kilogram of gas is confined in a 1 m3 tank at 200 kPa and 88 C. What type of as is in the tank
A. Helium
B. Ethane
C. Methane
D. Ethane
Find the enthalpy of the Helium if its interal energy is 200 kJ/kg
A. 144 kJ/kg
B. 223.42 kkJJ/kg
C. 333.42 kJ kJ/kg
D. 188 kJ/kg
A household refrigerator
refrigerator with EER
EER 8.0 removes heat
heat from the refrigerated
refrigerated space at a rate of 90 KJ/min.
KJ/min. determine,
determine, the
rate of heat transfer to the kitchen air.
A. 101.25 kJ/min
B. 128.
128.46
46 kJ/min
/min
C. 63.05 kJ kJ/min
D. 80 kJ/min
A refrigeration system
system is to cool
cool bread loaves
loaves with an average
average mass of 450
450 g from 22 degC
degC to -10 degC at a rate of
500 loaves per hour by refrigerated air. Taking the average specific and latent heats of the bread to be 2.93 Kj/kg – C
and 109.3 KJ/Kg , respectively, determine the product load.
A. 541.7 kJ/min
B. 351.6 kkJJ/min
C. 761.5 kJkJ/min
D. 409.9 kJkJ/min
enthalpies have been found: condenser entrance = 1853 kJ/kg , exit = 346.6 kJ/kg, compressor entrance = 1450.2
kJ/kg, exit = 1853 kJ/kg
A. 7.23 Hp
B. 13 Hp
C. 15 Hp
D. 8.23 Hp
A swe : B. 13 Hp
centimeters long at 800F. What is the increase in its length when the bar is heated to 95 0F. The
A copper bar is 90 centimeters
coefficient for copper, α, is 1.7x10-5 1/degC.
linear expansion coefficient
A. 2.12x10-5 m
B. 3.22x10-5 m
C. 5.25x10-5 m
D. 7.65x10-5 m
Calculate the energy transfer ate across a 6” wall of firebrick with a temperature difference across the wall of 50 0C. The
ty of firebrick is 0.65 BTU/hr-ft- 0F at the temperature of interest.
conductivity
conductivi
A. 112 W/m2
B. 285 W/m2
C. 369 W/ W/m2
D. 429 W/ W/m2
A swe : 655 MJ
During takeoff in a spaceship, an astronaut is subjected to acceleration equal to 5 times the pull of the earth’s standard
gravity. If the astronaut is 180 lb and takeoff vertical, what force does he exert on the seat?
A. 4810.9 N
B. 4415.9 N
C. 8829 N
D. 9620 N
A pressure cooker
cooker operates by cooking
cooking food at
at a higher pressure
pressure and temperature than is possible
possible at atmospheric
atmospheric
conditions. Steam is contained in the sealed pot, with vent hole in the middle of the cover, allowing the steam to
escape. The pressure is regulated by covering the vent hole with a small weight, which is displaced slightly by
escaping steam. Atmospheric
Atmospheric pressure is 100kPa, the vent hole area is 7mm2 and the pressure inside should be
250kPa. What is the mass of the weight?
A. 0.107 kg
B. 1.05 kg
C. 1.75 kg
D. 0.1783 kg
A mixture of 0.4lbm
0.4lbm of helium and 0.2 lbm of
of oxygen is compressed
compressed polytropically
polytropically from 14.7psi and
and 60F to 60 psia
psia
according to n=1.4. Determine the final temperature.
A. 727.7 R
B. 777.2 R
C. 722.7 R
D. 277.7 R
A mixture of 0.4lbm
0.4lbm of helium and 0.2 lbm of
of oxygen is compressed
compressed polytropically
polytropically from 14.7psi and
and 60F to 60 psia
psia
according to n=1.4. Determine the polytropic work.
A. 139 Btu
B. 239 Btu
C. 339 Btu
D. 539 Btu
A pump in a municipality’
municipality’ss water supply
supply system receives
receives water from the filtration beds
beds and pumps it up to the top of the
water tower. The tower’s height is 35m, inlet piping to the pump is 2m below the pump’s intake. Temperature of water
at 20C, measured at the both the inlet and discharge from the pump. The mass flow rate through the pump is 100kg/s,
diameter of the inlet piping is 25cm and the diameter of the discharge piping is 15cm. Determine the power required by
the pump.
A. 77.3 kW
B. 33.77 kW
C. 34.42 kW
kW
D. 42.34 kW
kW
A swe : D. 13.5 TR
Re-circulated air of 10 kg/s with 53 kJ/kg dry air enthalpy and outside air of 4 kg/s with 90 kJ/kg da enthalpy enters the
conditioning unit. Determine the air conditioning
conditioning capacity of air conditioning apparatus if supply enthalpy to conditioned
space is 42 kJ/kg da.
A. 154 kW
B. 302 kW
C. 204 kW
D. 4.484 kW kW
A swe : B 7.769
The power output of a compression-ignitionon engine is 2400 KW when it uses 545 kg of fuel per hour. The higher
heating value of the fuel is 43,920 KJ/kg. The frictional power of the engine is 260 KW. Find the indicated thermal
efficiency.
A. 36.1 %
B. 37.1 %
C. 40 %
D. 45%
A swe : C. 40 %
30 kg/s of dry air enters an adiabatic drying chamber at 88°C and with a humidity ratio of 0.16 kgv/kg d.a. The exhaust
air leaves the drying chamber at 40°C. What is the rate of water removal in the drying chamber? At 40°C, Psat=7.375
KPa; At 88°C, hg=2656.9 kJ/kg
A. 0.24 kg/s
B. 0.38 kg/s
C. 0.46 kgkg/s
D. 0.58 kgkg/s
A swe : 320
A 3500 kW plant
plant has a utilization
utilization factor of
of 71% and a load factor
factor of 39.6 %. What
What is the average
average load on the plant?
plant?
A. 9840.6 kW
B. 24,850 kW
C. 13,860 kW kW
D. 19,521.2 kW
There are 16 kg of exhaust gas formed per kg of fuel oil burned in the combustion of diesoline C16H32. What is the
excess air in percent?
A. 28.4 %
B. 30.1 %
C. 21.5 %
D. 15.53%
A. 18.85 kW
B. 19.85 kW
C. 20.85 kW
kW
D. 21.85 kW
kW
The specific gravity of oil tested at 24°C is 0.852. Find its API in degrees.
A. 35.98
B. 37.62
C. 32.98
D. 23.54
A swe : C. 32.98
The heating value of fuel supplied in a boiler is 41000 kJ/kg. If the factor of evaporation is 1.10 and the actual specific
evaporation is 10kg steam/kg fuel, what is the efficiency of the boiler?
A. 60.55%
B. 53.08 %
C. 78.05%
D. 54.97%
The absolute pressure at the bottom of a vertical column of water is 15.5 psia. What is the height of this column?
A. 22 in
B. 9.2 in
C. 12 in
D. 9.8 in
A swe : A. 22 in
A swe : C. 10 C
A vertical column
column of water will
will be supported to what height by standard atmospheric
atmospheric pressure?
pressure?
A. 34 ft
B. 36 ft
C. 24 ft
D. 26 ft
A swe : A. 34 ft
A cylinder weighs
weighs 150 lbf. Its
Its cross-sectional
cross-sectional area is 40 square inches,
inches, when the cylinder
cylinder stands vertically on one end,
what pressure does the cylinder exert on the floor?
A. 14.1 kPa
B. 0.258 bar
C. 58.2 kP
kPa
D. 0.141 bbaar
What is the absolute pressure exerted on the surface of a submarine cruising 300 ft below the free surface of the sea?
Assume specific
specific gravity of sea water is 1.03.
A. 133.9 psia
B. 100.7 psia
C. 148.6 ppssia
D. 103.7 ppssia
A swe : C. 148.6 psia
The work required to accelerate an 800 kg car from rest to 100 km/h on a level road;
A. 308.6 kJ
B. 806.3 kJ
C. 608.3 kJ kJ
D. 386 kJ
Assuming that
that there are no heat
heat effects and no friction effects,
effects, find the speed
speed of a 3220-lbm body
body after it falls
falls 778 ft
from rest
A. 422 ft/sec
B. 424 ft/sec
C. 224 fftt/sec
D. 424 fftt/sec
What is the flow rate through a pipe 4 inches in diameter carrying water at a velocity of 11 ft/sec?
A. 430.84 gpm
B. 7.18 gpm
C. 340.28 gpgpm
D. 39.16 ggppm
If the specific weight of a liquid is 58.5 lbf per cubic foot, what is the specific volume of the liquid in cm 3/g?
A. 0.5321 cm3/g
B. 0.6748 cm3/g
C. 0.9504 cm
cm3/g
cm3/g
D. 1.0675 cm
What is the resulting pressure when one pound of air at 0.3 psig and 200 0F is heated at constant volume to 8000F?
A. 0.572 psig
B. 28.6 psia
C. 7.857 ppssia
D. 1.2 ps psig
The density of the gas is 0.003 slugs per cubic foot what is the specific weight of the gas?
A. 9.04 N/m3
B. 15.2 N/m3
C. 76.3 N/m3
D. 98.2 N/m3
N/m3
Ans B. 15.2 N/m