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1. The refrigerant volume flow rate at entrance at the C. 7.05 kJ heat rejected
entrance of compressor were obtained from a test on a twin
cylinder, single acting 15 cm x 20 cm, 320 rpm compressor D. 7.05 kJ added
ammonia refrigerating plant to be 33 L/s. Determine the
Answer: B
volumetric efficiency of the compressor.

A. 77.65 % C. 97.6 TR
8. An elastic sphere containing gas at 120 kpa has a diameter
B. 87.6 % D. 65.65 %
of 1.0 m. Heating the sphere caused it to expand to a
Answer: B diameter of 1.4 m. During the process the pressure is
proportional to the sphere diameter. Calculate the work done
by the gas.

2. A 600-kg hammer of a pile drive is lifted 2 meters above A. 143.91 kJ C. 154.5 kJ

the pile head. If the hammer is released, what will be the
velocity at the instant its strikes the piling head g = 9.65 B. 200.7 kJ D. 133.91 kJ
m/s2.
Answer: D
A. 6.21 m/s C. 1.2 m/s

B. 3.25 m/s D. 4.5 m/s

9. Fifty kilograms of cooling water per second enter the
Answer: A condenser at 25 0C and leaves at 50 0C. Find the heat carried
away by water.

A. 1234.45 kW C. 2340.52 kW
3. Compute the humidity ratio of air at 70% relative humidity
and 25 0C when the barometric pressure is 101.325 kPa. From B. 5233.75kW D. 3140.25 kW
steam tables: Psat 34 0C = 3.169 kPa.
Answer: B
A. 0.014 kg water vapor/kg dry air

B. 0.14 kg water vapor/kg dry air

10. Ten kilograms per second of steam enter the turbine with
C. 1.4 kg water vapor/kg dry air an enthalpy of 3200 kJ/kg and enter the condenser with an
enthalpy of 2500 kJ/kg in Rankine cycle. If the turbine
D. 0.0014 kg water vapor/kg dry air efficiency is 80% and the generator efficiency is 90%,
determine the power plant output.
Answer: A
A. 4320 kW C. 4056 kW

B. 3213 kW D. 5040 kW
4. Answer: 97 x 10-6
Answer: D

5. A pressure gage registers 50 psig in a region where the

barometer reads 14.8 psia. Find the absolute pressure in kPa. 11. Answer: 0.656

A. 666.66 kPa C. 446.66 kPa

B. 556.66 kPa D. 336.66 kPa 12. Determine the quality of steam in a vessel containing 2
kg of saturated vapor and 8 kg of saturated liquid.
Answer: C
A. 100% C. 80%

B. 20% D. 60%
6. A new temperature scale is to be used where freezing and
boiling temperature of water is at 100 deg N and 500 deg N Answer: B
respectively. Calculate the absolute zero temperature in deg
N.

A. -992.6 deg N C. -995.6 deg N 13. Answer: 5.28

B. -932.7 deg N D. -932.4 deg N

Answer: A 14. The condenser of reheat power plant rejects heat at the
rate of 500 kW. The mass flow rate of cooling water is 5 kg/s
and the inlet cooling water temperature is 35 0C. Calculate
7. Consider 1 kg of air at 32 0C that expanded by a reversible the condenser cooling water exit temperature.
polytropic process with n = 1.25 until the pressure is halved: A. 43.35 0C C. 63.66 0C
Determine the heat transfer. Specific heat at constant volume
for air is 0.1786 kJ/kg.K. B. 53.45 0C D. 74.34 0C
A. 17.02 kJ heat rejected Answer: C
B. 17.02 kJ added
15. Answer: 2837 B. 1.316 kg/m3 D. 1.266 kg/m3

16. A heat engine has a thermal efficiency of 50%. How much Answer: C
power does the engine produce when heat is transferred at a
rate of 10 kJ/hr (109 J/hr)?

A. 50 MW C. 139 MW 23. A window-type air conditioner is rated with compressor

power of 1 Hp. The unit has an EER of 11.1. Determine the
B. 75 MW D. 147 MW maximum cooling capacity of the unit in tons of refrigeration.

Answer: C A. 0.54 C. 0.69

B. 0.63 D. 0.51

17. A circular chip (k = 150 W/ m K) with a diameter d = 10 Answer: C

mm and thickness of 4 mm is embedded in a circuit board. Its
surface is exposed to the flow of coolant (h= 250 W/m-K, T =
10 deg C) while its side and back surfaces are perfectly
24. Find the enthalpy of Helium if its internal energy is
insulated. If at any point in the chip the temperature must not
200kJ/kg
exceed 90 deg C, what is the steady state heat dissipation of
the chip? A. 144 kJ/kg C. 333.42 kJ/kg
A. 2.06 W C. 2.01 W B. 223.42 kJ/kg D. 168 kJ/kg
B. 1.56 W D. 1.74 W Answer: C
Answer: B

25. If the conditioned space receives 80,000 kg of air per

hour and air supply temperature rises about 10 oC and air
18. One kilogram of air is compressed adiabatically and in a
picks up latent heat about 150 kW, determine the sensible
steady-flow manner. The compression efficiency is 80% and
heat factor of the system.
the work done on the air is 265kJ/kg. Compute the heat.
A. 0.597 C. 0.612
A. 212 kJ/kg C. 0 kJ/kg
B. 0.554 D. 0.509
B. 100 kJ/kg D. 331.25 kJ/kg
Answer: A
Answer: C

26. Compute the mass of a 2m3 propane at 280 kPa and 40oC
19. 1 kg steel (C= 0.5 kJ/kg-K) rivet cools from 800 K to 300 K
upon being installed in a riveted structure. The entropy A. 6.47 kg C. 10.20 kg
change in KJ/K of this rivet is;
B. 5.1 kg D. 9.47 kg
A. -0.245 C. -0.631
Answer: D
B. -0.49 D. -0.546

Answer: B
27. For a certain drier, the feed has a moisture regain of
160%. Determine the percent moisture of the feed.
20. Three-hundred kilojoules of heat flow by conduction from A. 60 C. 61.54
the outside to the inside of a cold storage in one hour. If the
temperature and all other conditions are the same, what is B. 62.43 D. 50
the heat flowing through the cold storage room in two hours?
Ansswer: C
A. 600 kJ C. 300 kJ

B. 900kJ D. 1,200 kJ
28. Compute the air flow in ft3/min of mechanical ventilation
Answer: A required to exhaust an accumulation of refrigerant due to
leaks of the system capable of revolving air from the
machinery room for a mass of 4lbs refrigerant.
21. The heat pump has a performance factor of 8.0. If the A. 200 C. 220
heat pump is used as a refrigerator, what is the required
horsepower per ton of refrigeration? B. 210 D. 230
A. 0.942 C. 0.765 Answer: A
B. 0.456 D. 0.673

Answer: D 29. An amount of air with DB temperature of 35 C. With the

temperature 28 C is passed through an air conditioner and
exhaust at a DB Temperature of 24C and RH 0f 50%. Cooling
22. Determine the specific weight of air at 760 mmHg coil temperature is approximately 18 C. Determine the
absolute and 22C? bypass factor of the air conditioning.

A. 1.014 kg/m3 C. 1.197 kg/m3 A. 0.69 C. 0.26

B. 0.43 D. 0.35 37. The suction pressure of a 4-stage compressor is 140 kPa.
It compresses air at the rate of 15 m3/min, clearance is about
Answer: D 8% and 200 rpm. The compressor discharges compressed air
at a pressure of 1000 kPa. If the compressor uses
intercooling, determine the ideal pressure at the first stage
30. Compute the free aperture cross section in m 2 for the intercooler.
ventilation of a machinery room if the mass of refrigerant IS 9
A. 228.87 kPa C. 453.45 kPa
KG.
B. 345.67 kPa D. 345.45 kPa
A. 0.314 C. 0.514
Answer: A
B. 0.414 D. 0.614

Answer: B
38. Find the loss of head in the pipe entrance if speed of flow
is 10 m/s.
31. A commercial air-conditioner is rated by means of its EER
A. 5.10 C. 17.4
or energy efficiency ratio. For a certain air-conditioner with a
cooling capacity of 4 KW and requires 1000 W, approximate B. 10.2 D. 2.55
the EER of this unit.
Answer: D
A. 13.65 C. 10.10

B. 12.80 D. 11.11
39. A Pelton wheel has a capacity of 25 000 kW with head of
Answer: A 290 m. What is the number of jet needed for this turbine if
the jet if the nozzle jet diameter is 200 mm.

A. 3 C. 2
32. A 29.53 X 39.37 pressure vessel contains ammonia with
f=0.041. Compute the minimum required discharge capacity B. 4 D. 1
of the relief device in kg/hr.
Answer: B
A. 106.71 kg/hr C. 110.71 kg/hr

B. 108.71 kg/hr D. 112.71 kg/hr

40. Wet material, containing 220% moisture (dry basis) s to
Answer: C be dried at the rate of 1.5 kg/s in a continuous dryer to give a
product containing 10% (dry basis). Find the moisture
removed in kg/hr
33. The cooling water leaves the condenser at 60 C and
A. 3543.75 kg/hr C. 3563.75 kg/hr
leaves the cooling tower at 35 C. The ambient air is at 35 C
DB and 28 C WB. Determine the cooling tower efficiency. B. 3513.75 kg/hr D. 3593.75 kg/hr

A. 41.67 C. 78 Answer: A

B. 80 D. 53.33

Answer: C 41. Fresh water flows through a short smooth horizontal pipe
of tapered bore. At the large end the velocity is 1.5 m/s. At
the small end the pressure is 14 Kpa. Calculate the velocity at
this end.
34. Compute the maximum length of the discharge pipe
installed on the outlet of a pressure-relief device in feet for A. 4.4 m/s C. 6.6 m/s
internal pipe diameter of 0.5 in and rated discharge capacity
is 8 lb/min of air. The rated pressure of relief valve is 16 psig. B. 5.5 m/s D. 3.3 m/s

A. 0.286 ft C. 0.486 ft Answer: B

B. 0.386 ft D. 0.586 ft

Answer: A 42. Copra enters a dryer containing 70% moisture and leaves
at 7% moisture. Find the moisture removed on each pound of
solid in final product.
35. Answer: 952.82 A. 6.258 lb C. 4.258 lb

B. 1.258 lb D. 2.258 lb
36. A thermal power plant has a heat rate of 11, 363 Btu/kW- Answer: D
hr, Find the thermal efficiency of the plant.

A. 28% C. 34%
43. If the specific heat at constant pressure for C0 is given as
B. 30% D. 40% 0.201 Btu/lb R, what is the value of the specific heat at
constant volume?
Answer: B
A. 0.156 Btu/lbR C. 0.435 Btu/lbR

B.0.365 Btu/lbR D. 0.435 Btu/lbR

Ans. A B. 2 turbines D. 4 turbines

Answer: B

44. A 1 m x 1.5 m cylindrical tank is full of oil with S.G = 0.92.

Find the force acting at the bottom of the tank in dynes.
52. The mass of carbon dioxide having a pressure of 20 psia
A. 106.33 x 10^7 dynes at 200F with 10 ft3 volume.

B. 106.33 x 10^4 dynes A. 1.04 lbs C. 1.24 lbs

C. 106.33 x 10^5 dynes B. 1.14 lbs D. 1.34 lbs

D. 106.33 x 10^6 dynes Answer: C

Answer: D

53. Calculate the scale ratio for the model turbine if the
prototype to model speed at head ratio is 0.675 and 12
45. Answer: 2.89 respectively.

A. 5.14 C. 5.82
46. Find the pressure at the 100 fathom depth of water in B. 5.13 D. 5.32
kpag.
Answer: B
A. 1,793.96 kpag C. 1,993.96 kpag

B. 1,893.96 kpag D. 1,693.96 kpag

54. Find the heat needed to raise the temperature of water
Answer: A from 30oC to 100oC with 60% quality. Consider an
atmospheric pressure of 101.325 kPa. Use the approximate
enthalpy formula of liquid.
47. Air flows in a duct pressure of 150 kPa with a velocity of
A. 1,293.09 kJ/kg C. 1,547.90 kJ/kg
200 m/s. The temperature of the air is 310 K. Determine the
isentropic stagnation. B. 1,772.90 kJ/kg D. 1,647.29 kJ/kg
A. 320 C. 341 Answer: D
B. 332 D. 361

Answer: B 55. A Pelton wheel running at a speed of 600 rpm is driven by

2 similar jets. At this speed, it transmit 6000 kW to the shaft.
The efficiency of the runner is 90% and the velocity of the
48. Find the depth in furlong of the ocean (S.G = 1.03) if the fluid at inlet to the bucket is 50 m/s, estimate the diameter of
pressure at the sea bed is 2,032.56 kpag. each jet.

A. 1 C. 3 A. 0.0165 m C. 0.0143 m

B. 2 D. 4 B. 0.0435 m D. 0.0123 m

Answer: A Answer: A

49. Find the COP of the refrigerator whose energy supply 56. An air compressor consumed 1200 kW-hr per day of
equals one-fourth the amount of heat it extracts. energy. The electric motor driving the compressor has an
efficiency of 80%. If indicated power of the compressor is 34
A. 3 C. 5 kW, find the mechanical efficiency of the compressor.

B. 4 D. 2 A. 117.65% C. 85%

Answer: B B. 75% D. 90%

Answer: C

50. Find the mass of 10 quartz of water.

A. 10.46 kg C. 11.46 kg 57. A steam generator operating at 92% efficiency leaves

water at 15.6 C while steam leaves the superheater at h =
B. 9.46 kg D. 8.46 kg 3374.8 KJ/kg. Estimate the evaporation factor if the boiler
consumes coal of calorific value 24,500 KJ/kg.
Answer: B
A. 6.81 m C. 8.21 m

B. 6.72 m D. 7.21 m
51. A potential waterfall for hydroelectric power plant has
available at a rate of 160 m3/s under a head of 18 m. Find the Answer: A
number of francis turbines required if it runs at 120 rpm,
specific speed and hydraulic efficiency of 80%.

A. 3 turbines C. 5 turbines 58. A refrigeration system consumed 28,300 kW-hr per month
of energy. There are 20% of energy is lost due to cooling
system of the compressor and motor efficiency is 90%. If COP 65. An air compressor has a power of 40 kW at 4% clearance.
pf the system is 6, find the tons of refrigeration of the system. If clearance will increase to 7%, what is the new power?

A. 43.15% C. 49.15% A. 70 kW C. 53 kW

B. 46.15% D. 41.15% B. 40 kW D. 60 kW

Answer: C Answer: B

59. A 23 tons of refrigeration system has a heat rejected of 66. Determine the net cycle heat rate of a steam power plant
1ookW. Find the energy efficiency ratio of the system. with a gross cycle heat rate of 75% and the rate of turbine
output to net cycle work output is 1.11.
A. 13.42 C. 15.42
A. 83.25% C. 87.45%
B. 14.42 D. 16.42
B. 76.25% D. 80.76%
Answer: B
Answer: A

60. Calculate the available pressure head for natural

circulation of a 10-m riser if specific volume at the 67. What is the approximate value of temperature of water
downcomer is 0.0014 m3/kg and at the riser top is 0.0032 having enthalpy of 208 Btu/lb?
m3/kg.
A. 138.67C C. 258.67C
A. 19.71 kPa C. 21.45 kPa
B. 115.55C D. 68.67C
B. 12.45 kPa D. 15.74 kPa
Answer: B
Answer: A

68. What is the overall efficiency of a 30 MW steam power

61. A 200 mm x 250 mm, 8-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engine plant with a boiler efficiency of 92%, cycle efficiency of 44%,
has a brake power of 150 kW. The mechanical efficiency is mechanical loss of 5%, generator efficiency of 93% and gross
80%. If two cylinders were accidentally cut-off, what will be power production 32,000 KW?
the new friction power?
A. 33.98% C. 35.44%
A. 31.50 kW C. 35.50 kW
B. 36.88% D. 38.84%
B. 33.50 kW D. 37.50 kW
Answer: B
Answer: D

69. An Otto cycle has a compression ratio of 8. Find the

62. Estimate the circulation ratio in the downcomer riser pressure ratio during compression.
circuit when the mass of saturated water flowing through it is A. 18.38 C. 14.38
10 kg/s while at the riser exit saturated liquid water flows at
8.5 kg/s. B. 16.38 D. 12.38
A. 1.18 C. 5.9 Answer: A
B. 6.67 D. 0.85

Answer: B 70. A downcomer riser circuit receives saturated water at a

rate of 10.5 kg/s from the boiler. If the circulation ratio is 11.5,
what is the top dryness fraction?
63. If the efficiency ratio of the refrigeration system is 12.6, A. 0.095 C. 0.081
what is the COP of the system?
B. 0.087 D. 0.913
A. 3.69 C. 5.92
Answer: B
B. 4.23 D. 6.83

Answer: A
71. A diesel cycle has a cut off ratio of 2.5 and expansion
ratio of 4. Find the clearance of the cycle.
64. The two phase flow in a riser has a volume quality and A. 9.11 % C. 11.11%
moisture of 0.60 and 90% respectively. If the ratio of the
specific volume of vapor to that of the liquid is 20, Estimate B. 5.55% D. 15.25%
the slip ratio.
Answer: C
A. 1.48 C. 1.74

B. 1.67 D. 1.32
72. A circular cylinder 4 ft long and 3 ft in diameter is in an air
Answer: A stream. The flow velocity is 5 ft/s perpendicular to the axis of
the cylinder. Given that the coefficient of drag on the cylinder
is 1.3 and the density of air is 0.00234 slug/ft 3. What is the A. 365.88 kW C. 385.88 kW
force in the cylinder?
B. 375.88 kW D. 395.88 kW
A. 0.09 lb C. 0.46 lb
Answer: A
B. 0.11 lb D. 0.91 lb

Answer: C
80. A galvanized steel duct of 0.4 diameter and 20 oC and
1.013 bar. If the surface roughness for the duct is 0.15 mm,
find the roughness factor.
73. A dual cycle has an initial temperature of 30 oC. The
compression ratio is 6 and heat addition at constant volume A. 0.000475 C. 0.000375
process is 600 Kj/kg. If cut-off ratio is 2.5, find the maximum
temperature of the cycle. B. 0.000365 D. 0.000485

A. 3638.50C C. 3565.50C Answer: C

B. 3365.50C D. 3965.50C

Answer: B 81. 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 30C and 400C. If heat added to A is 1000kW, find
74. A rectangular duct section 35 cm x 50 cm size carries 75 the work output of C.
m3/min of air having density of 1.15 kg/m 3. If the friction
factor of sheet metal is 0.01, find the pressure loss per 100 m A. 111.44 kW C. 247.53 kW
length of duct.
B. 549.78 kW D. 141.89 kW
A. 29 mm of H2O C. 25 mm of H2O
Answer: A
B. 36 mm of H2O D. 35 mm of H2O

Answer: A
82. Answer: 0.07

75. A three stages air compressor compresses air from

100kPa to 1000 kPa. Find the intercooler pressure between 83. two kilogram of air in a rigid tank changes its temperature
the first and second stage. from 32 to 150 c. find the work done during the process.

A. 505.44 kPa C. 316.23 kPa A. 236 C. 195

B. 108.44 kPa D. 215.44 kPa B. 170 D. 0

Answer: D Answer: D

76. Answer: 671.85 84. Determine the atmospheric pressure at a location where
barometric reading is 740 mmhg and gravitational
acceleration is g=9.7 m/s2. Assume the temperature of
mercury to be 10 c, at which the density is 13570 kg/m3.
77. A 10-stages air compressor compresses air from 100 kPa
to 800 kPa. Find the intercooler pressure between the first A. 99.45 kpa C. 95.44 kpa
and second stage.
B. 97.41 kpa D. 98.66 kpa
A. 282.82 kPa C. 123.11 kPa
Answer: B
B. 113.21 kPa D. 333.51 kPa

Answer: C
85. A reverse Carnot cycle air refrigeration equipment has a
compressor working with a compression ratio of 12. The
temperature limits of the cycle are 300 K and 270 K.
78. A circular duct if 40-cm is selected to carry air in an air determine the refrigerating effect of the unit.
conditioned space at a velocity of 440 m/min. to keep the
noise at desired level. If this duct is replaced by a rectangular A. 2.45 TR C. 2.06 TR
duct of aspect ratio 1:5, find the size of rectangular duct for
equal friction method when the velocity of air in two ducts is B. 1.86 TR D. 1.26 TR
same.
Answer: D
A. 45 cm x 30 cm C. 50 cm x 35 cm

B. 40 cm x 25 cm D. 30 cm x 15 cm
86. The barometer of a mountain hiker reads 930 mbars at
Answer: A the beginning of a hiking trip and 780 mbars at the end.
Neglecting the effect of altitude on local gravitational
acceleration, determine the vertical distance climbed.
Assume g=9.7 m/s2
79. A 3-stages air compressor compresses air from 1oo kPa to
700 kPa. Find the intercooler pressure between the 2 nd and 3rd A. 1274.21 m C. 1267.34 m
stage
B. 1289.00 m D. 1583.34 m
Answer: B 94. A perfect gas has a value of R = 58.8 ft-lb/lb-R and k =
1.26. If 20 BTU are added to 10 lbs of this gas at constant
volume when initial temperature is 90 F, find the final
temperature.
87. A refrigeration system produces 20 kg/hr of ice from
water at 20 deg. C. Find the tonnage of the unit A. 97 F C. 154 F
A. 0.66 C. 0.77 B. 104 F D. 185 F
B. 0.55 D. 0.45 Answer: A
Answer: A

95. A research laboratory building is to be heated and

ventilated. Air is to be supplied to a room 12 m x 18m from
88. the lower half of a 10 m high cylindrical container is filled
the outside from the rate of 1 cu meter per min air
with water and the upper half with oil that has SG=0.85.
replacement for each square meter of floor space. The design
Determine the pressure difference between the top and
condition include 20 C room temperature and -20 C outside
bottom of the cylinder.
air temperature. In addition the pressure in the room is to be
A. 90.74 kpa C. 83.38 kpa maintain at a positive pressure of 7 Kpa, to ensure that there
will be no air leakage into the laboratory. How much heat
B. 92.74 kpa D. 98.10 kpa would be required to condition the air for this room?

Answer: A A. 177.11 KW C. 168.7 KW

B. 154.8 KW D. 185.3 KW

89. About 3 Hp per ton is required to maintain a temperature Answer: D

of -40 C in a refrigerator. If the refrigerator works on the
reverse Carnot Cycle, determine the heat rejected to the sink
per ton of refrigeration.
96. ammonia weighing 22 kgs is confirmed inside a cylinder
A. 69.72 Kcal/min C. 81.61 Kcal/min equipped with a piston has an initial pressure of 413 kpa at
38 c. if 3200 KJ of heat is added to the ammonia until its final
B. 70.44 Kcal/min D. 84.65 Kcal/min pressure and temperature are 413 kpa and 100 c,
respectively. What is the amount of work by the fluid in KJ?
Answer: C
A. 667 C. 420

B. 304 D. 502
90. An ideal gas at 0.80 atmospheric and 87 c occupies 0.450
liters. How many moles are in the sample? (R=0.0821 lit- Answer: A
atm/mole-k)

A. 0.0002 mol C. 0.0122 mol

97. A refrigeration system produces 20 kg/hr of ice from
B. 0.0378 mol D. 0.0091 mol water at 20 deg. C. Find the tonnage of the unit

Answer: C A. 0.66 C. 0.77

B. 0.55 D. 0.45

91. Determine the mass of ice produced from water per day Answer: A
for the following conditions water temperature 20 deg C,
tonnage of the unit 150 tons, operating at temperature 5
deg C and 28 deg C, latent heat of ice 330 KJ/kg.
98. A tank contains 90 ft3 of air at a pressure of 350 psig; if
A. 107,498 kg C. 134,112 kg air is cooled until its pressure and temperature decreases to
200 psig and 70 F respectively, what is the decrease in
B. 120,465 kg D. 140,362 kg internal energy?

Answer: A A. 6232 Btu C. 5552

B. -5552 D. -6232.09 BTU

92. A certain gas at 101.325 kpa and 10 c whose volume is Answer: D

2.83 m3 are compressed into a storage vessel of 0.31 kpa
capacity. Before admission, the storage vessel contained the
gas and temperature of 037.8 kpa and 26 c after admission
99. About 3 Hp per ton is required to maintain a temperature
the pressure has increased to 1171.8 kpa. What should be the
of -40 C in a refrigerator. If the refrigerator works on the
final temperature of the gas in the vessel in Kelvin?
reverse Carnot Cycle, determine the heat rejected to the sink
A. 298.0 C. 180.0 per ton of refrigeration.

B. 319.8 D. 314.2 A. 69.72 Kcal/min C. 81.61 Kcal/min

Answer: D B. 70.44 Kcal/min D. 84.65 Kcal/min

Answer: C

93. Answer: 12.03

100. A large mining company was provided with a 3 m3 of
compresed air tank. Air pressure in the tank drops from 700
kpa to 150 kpa while the temperature remains constant at 28 106. Determine the air standard efficiency of an engine
c. what percentage has the mass of air in the tank been operating on the diesel cycle with clearance of 6 % when the
reduced? suction pressure is 99.97 kpa and the fuel is injected for 7 %
of the stroke. Assume k=1.4
A. 74.00 C. 76.56
A. 62.11 % C. 73.58 %
B. 72.45 D. 78.57
B. 51.20 % D. 60.02 %
Answer: D
Answer: A

101. Determine the mass of ice produced from water per day
for the following conditions water temperature 20 deg C, 107. Answer: 106.4
tonnage of the unit 150 tons, operating at temperature 5
108. Steam at 2 MPa and 250 c in a rigid cylinder is cooled
deg C and 28 deg C, latent heat of ice 330 KJ/kg.
until the quality is 30 %. Find the heat rejected from the
A. 107,498 kg C. 134,112 kg cylinder.

B. 120,465 kg D. 140,362 kg At 2 MPa and 250oC:

Answer: A v = 0.11144 m3/kg u = 2679.6 kJ/kg

At 2 MPa (saturated):

102. A 4 m3/hr pump delivers water to a pressure tank. At a vf = 0.0011767 vg = 0.09963

start, the gage reads 138 kpa until it reads 276 kpa and then
uf = 906.44 ufg = 1693.8
the pump was shut off. The volume of the tank is 180 lit. At
276 kpa the water occupied 2/3 of the tank volume.
Determine the volume of water that can be taken out until
the gage reads 138 kpa. A. -432.23 kJ/kg C. -1265.02 kJ/kg
A. 31.20 li C. 16.87 li B. -926.26 kJ/kg D. 1082.34 kJ/kg
B. 34.59 li D. 29.50 li Answer: C
Answer: B

109. A 3 HP refrigerator or heat pump operates between 0oF

and 100oF. The maximum theoretical heat that can be
103. What should be the cooling requirement due to emission transferred from the cold reservoir is nearest to:
of body to maintain a comfortable temperature in a dance
hall that had an attendance of 1500 people if it has been A. 7600 BTU/hr C. 23000 BTU/hr
determined that 75% of the people will be dancing and others
will be seated. Tests have shown that an adult will give off B. 13000 BTU/hr D. 35000 BTU/hr
71.8 W of sensible heat while engaging in moderate dancing
and 57.1 W of sensible heat while sitting. The 1773.3 W for Answer: D
dancers and 45.5 W for sitters.

A. 200 kW C. 301 kW 110. Steam at 1.3 MPa and 250oC in a rigid cylinder is cooled
B. 267 kW D. 319 kW until the quality is 40%, find the heat rejected from the
cylinder.
Answer: D
A. 1627.71 kJ/kg C. 1234.45 kJ/kg

B. 1533.33 kJ/kg D. 1162.40 kJ/kg

104. A refrigeration plant is rated at 15 tons capacity. How
many pounds of air per hour will it cool from 70 to 90 F at Answer: D
constant pressure?

A. 50000 lb/hr C. 52000 lb/hr 111. A block of wood floats in water with 6 inches projecting
B. 37500 lb/hr D. 45000 lb/hr above the water surface. If the same block were placed in
alcohol of specific gravity 0.82, the block would project 4
Answer: B inches above the surface of the alcohol. Determine the
specific gravity of the wood block.

A. 0.603 C. 0.405
105. A refrigerator is rated at USA one ton capacity. It
maintains a cooling temperature of 4.4 oC (evaporator B. 0.306 D. 0.204
temperature). A refrigerant with a refrigerating effect of 136
kJ/kg is in the condenser just ahead of the expansion valve. If Answer: A
the refrigerant vapor has a density of 19.80 kg/m 3, what
should be the capacity of the compressor?
112. Mixture with 70 % quality at 500 kpa is heated until its
A. 0.078 m3/min C. 0.102 m3/min pressure is 300 kpa. Find the heat added during the process.
B. 0.091 m3/min D. 0.113 m3/min At 500 kPa: sf = 1.8607 sfg = 4.9606
Answer: A At 300 kPa and 151.86oC (Psat@500): s = 7.0888
A. 745.92 kJ/kg C. 983.44 kJ/kg A. 3.78% C. 4.56%

B. 535.16 kJ/kg D. 765.34 kJ/kg B. 3.08% D. 2.34%

Answer: A Answer: B

113. A tank contains exactly one kilogram of water consisting
of liquid and vapor in equilibrium at 1 Mpa. If the liquid
contains one-third and the remaining is vapor of the volume
of the tank, what is the enthalpy of the contents of the tank?
At 1 MPa:
hf = 762.81 kJ/kg hfg = 2015.3 kJ/kg
119. Answer: 0.81
120. Atmospheric pressure boils at 212 F. at the vacuum
pressure at 24 in hg, the temperature is 142 F. find the boiling
temperature when the pressure is increased by 40 psia from
atmospheric

vf = 0.0011273 vfg = 0.19444 A. 449.42oF C. 479.13oF

B. 526.34oF D. 263.45oF

A. 644.40 kJ/kg C. 785.92 kJ/kg Answer: A

B. 774.40 kJ/kg D. 435.29 kJ/kg

Answer: C 121. Determine the amount of oxygen if the heating value of

fuel is 26961.45 kJ/kg

A. 1.5% C. 3.5%
114. Answer: 1.95
B. 2.5% D. 4.5%

Answer: C
115. Water substance at 70 bars and 65 c enters a boiler tube
of constant inside diameter of 25 mm. the water leaves the
boiler tube at 50 bars and 700 k at velocity 150 m/s. calculate
the inlet velocity (m/s) 122. Answer: 1.168

A. 1.56 C. 1.672

B. 2.51 D. 3.230 123. A diesel engine consumed 945 lit of fuel per day at 35 oC.
If the fuel was purchased at 15.5 c and 30 API at P29.00/li
Answer: B determine the cost of fuel operate the engine per day

A. P5677.50 C. P48088.90
6
116. The Reynolds number of a falling sphere in air is 1x10 . If B. P4677.50 D. P27127.76
the spheres radius is 1ft, what is its velocity? (P air= 0.00234
slug/ft3, air = 3.8x10-7 lbf-sec/ft2) Answer: D

A. 40.6 ft/sec C. 5.1 ft/sec

B. 2.5 ft/sec D. 81.2 ft/sec 124. A cylindrical tank 4m and 3m diameter is used for oil
storage. How many days can the tank supply the engine
Ans. D having 27 API with fuel consumption of 60 kg/hr

A. 17.53 C. 12.84

117. Water substance at 70 bar and 65 c enters a boiler tube B. 5.84 D. 19.84
of constant inside diameter of 35 mm. The water leaves the
boiler tube at 50 bar and 700 k at velocity of 100 m/s. Answer: A
calculate the inlet volume flow (li/s)

A. 0.821 C. 0.344
125. The dry exhaust gas from oil engine has the following
B. 1.261 D. 1.609 gravimetric analysis

Answer: D CO2=21.6% O2=4.2%

N2=74.2%

Specific heats at constant pressure for each component of the

118. Steam leaves an industrial boiler at 827.4kpa and 171.6 exhaust gas in Kcal/ kg c are
c. a portion of the steam is passed through a throttling
calorimeter and is exhausted to the atmosphere when the CO2 =0.203 O2=0.219 N2=0.248
calorimeter pressure is 101.4 kpa. How much moisture does
Calculate the specific gravity if the molecular weight of air is
the steam leaving the boiler contain if the temperature of the
28.97 kg/kg-mol
steam at the calorimeter is 115.6 c?
A. 0.981 C. 1.055
At 827 kPa (171.6oC): hf = 727.25 hfg = 2043.2
B. 1.244 D. 0.542
At 101.4 kPa and 115.6oC: h2 = 2707.6
Answer: C
126. A bituminous coal has the following composition 132. A horizontal jet fresh water 40 mm diameter impinges
on a stationary flat plate which is perpendicular to the jet,
C=71.5% H=5.0% O=7.0 % and the direct force to prevent the plate moving is measured
to be 225 N. assuming that there is no splash back of water,
N=1.3% S=3 % Ash=7.6%
find the initial velocity of the jet.
W=3.4%
A. 13.39 m/s C. 16.21 m/s
Determine the theoretical weight of nitrogen in lb/lb of coal
B. 12.42 m/s D. 14.34 m/s
A. 2.870 C. 2.274
Answer: A
B. 7.526 D. 6.233

Answer: B
133. What is the hydraulic gradient of 1 mile, 17 inches inside
diameter pipe when 3300 gal/min of water flow with f=0.03
127. A gaseous fuel mixture has a molal analysis
A. 0.00714 C. 0.00234
H2=14% CH4=3% CO=27%
B. 0.00614 D. 0.00187
O2=0.6% CO=24.5% N2=50.9 %
Answer: A
Determine the air fuel ratio for complete combustion on molal
basis
134. Convert 750R to K
A. 2.130 C. 1.233
A. 390.33 C. 410.33
B. 3.230 D. 1.130
B. 395 D. 416.33
Answer: C
Answer: D

128. An air conditioning engineer has given the following data

to be air conditioned; room sensible heat gain 10,000(50000) 135. Air compressed adiabatically from 30 to 100oC. If mass
Btu/hr. Outside room latent heat gain 10,000 Btu/hr. Outside of air being compressed is 5 kg., find the change of entropy
conditioned 95oF DB & 75oF WB, inside condition 50 F.
Calculate the refrigeration tonnage required with 10% safety A. 1039 kJ/kg C. 0 kJ/kg
factor.
B. 0.746 kJ/kg D. 1245 kJ/kg
A. 5.5 C. 1.5
Answer: C
B. 3.5 D. 6.5

Answer: A
136. The sun generates an average of 2 kW/m 2 when tapped
as source of energy where in a flat plate collector with an
area of 1.5 m2 is used. Flow rate of water inside the collector
129. A volumetric analysis of a gas mixture as follows is 40 liters per hour. Calculate for the temperature rise of the
working fluid in oC.
CO2:12% O2: 4% N2: 80% CO: 4%
A. 65.14oC C. 55.14oC
What is the percentage of CO2 on a mass basis?
B. 60.15oC D. 50.15oC
A. 17.55% C. 12.73%
Answer: A
B. 15.55% D. 19.73%

Answer: A
137. Air standard engine has a compression ratio of 18 and a
cut-off ratio of 4. If the intake air pressure and temperature
130. An impulse wheel at best produces 125 hp under a head are 100 kPa and 27oC, find the work in KJ per kg.
of 210 ft. by what percent should the speed be increased for A. 2976 C. 1582
a 290-ft head?
B. 2166 D. 2751
A. 82.5% C. 72.41%
Answer: D
B. 17.5% D. 71.59%

Answer: B
138. A throttling calorimeter is connected to the
desuperheated steam line supplying steam to the auxillary
131. Find the work process for a Helium gas at 20 0C feed pump on a ship. The line pressure measures 2.5 Mpa.
The calorimeter pressure is 110 kpa and 150 oC. Determine
A. 609 kJ/kg C. 229 kJ/kg the entropy of the steam line.

B. 168 kJ/kg D. 339 kJ/kg A. 6.8 kJ/kg-K C. 6.6 kJ/kg-K

Answer: A B. 6.2 kJ/kg-K D. 7.5 kJ/kg-K

Answer: B Answer: B

139. A logging firm in Isabella operates a diesel electric plant
to supply its electric energy requirements. During a 24 hour
period, the plant consumed 250 gallons of fuel at 80 F and
produced 2900 kw-hrs. Industrial fuel used is 30 API and was
purchased at P30.00/li. at 60 F. Determine the overall thermal
efficiency of the plant
145. A superheater steam rankine cycle has turbine inlet
conditions of 17.5 MPa and 530 C expands in a turbine to
0.007 MPa. The turbine and pump polytropic efficiencies are
0.85 and 0.75 respectively, pressure losses between pump
and turbine inlet are 1.5 MPa. What should be the pump work
in kJ/kg?

A. 26.08% C. 28.00% A. 17.34 C.25.32

B. 34.23% D. 18.46% B. 27.32 D. 47.33

Answer: C Answer: C

140. A stocker fired boiler of 195 000 kg/hr steaming capacity 146. In an open feedwater heater for a steam plant, saturated
uses this coal as fuel. Calculate volume of air in m3/hr with steam at 7 bar is mixed with subcooled liquid at 7 bar and 25
air at 60 F and 14.7 psia and 14.7 psia pressure if boiler %. Just enough steam is supplied to ensure that the mixed
efficiency is 70% and FE = 1.10 steam leaving the heater will be saturated liquid at 7 bars
when heater efficiency is 95 %. Calculate the mass flow rate
A. 234 019 m3/hr C. 213 830 m3/hr of subcooled liquid steam flow rate is 0.865 kg/s
B. 215 830 m3/hr D. 264 830 m3/hr A. 2.725 kg/s C. 2.869 kg/s
Answer: A B. 3.353 kg/s D. 3.948 kg/s

Answer: C
141. A windmill with a 6 m radius rotor is to be installed
where atmospheric pressure conditions prevail at 101.325
kPa and 21 oC. It was observed that the wind is blowing 147. A steam condenser receives 10 kg/s of steam with an
steadily at an average velocity of 20 m/s. Assuming that the enthalpy of 2770 kj/kg. Steam condenses into a liquid and
conversion efficiency is somewhere between 20% to 25%, leaves with an enthalpy of 160 kj/kg. Cooling water passes
determine the maximum available power from the windmill. through the condenser with temperature increases from 13
deg to 24 deg c. Calculate the water flow rate in kg/s.
A. 124.78 kW C. 167.25 kW
A. 583 C. 523
B. 135.81 kW D. 225.78 kW
B. 567 D. 528
Answer: B
Answer: B

142. 23.5 kg of steam per second at 5 Mpa and 400 c is

produced by a steam generator. The feedwater enters the
economizer at 145 c and leaves 205 c. the steam leaves the
boiler drum with a quality of 98 %. The unit consumes 3 kg of
coal per second as received having a heating value of 25 102
kj/kg. What would be the overall efficiency of the unit in
percent?
148. Steam expands adiabatically in a turbine from 2000 kpa,
400 c to 400 kpa, 250 C. what is the effectiveness of the
process in percent assuming pressure of 18 C, neglecting
changes in kinetic and potential energy
A. 82 C. 79.60

A. 65.72 C. 88.28 B. 84 D. 79.46

B. 80.67 D. 78.82 Answer: D

Answer: B
149. The annual peak load on a 15,000 kW power plant is
10,500 kW. Two substations are supplied by this plant. Annual
143. In a rankine cycle enters the turbine at 2.5 Mpa energy dispatched through substation A is 27, 500,000 kw-hr
(enthalpies & entropies given) and condenser of 50 kpa with a peak load at 8,900 kW, 16, 500,000 are sent through
(properties given), what is the thermal efficiency of the cycle? substation B with a peak load at 6,650 kW. Neglect line
losses. Find the diversity factor between substations and
A. 25.55 % C. 34.23 % factor of the power plant.
B. 45.23 % D. 12.34 % A. 1.48, 0.446 C. 1.75, 0.335
Answer: A B. 1.48, 0.335 D. 1.75, 0.446

Answer: B
144. A thermal power plant generates 5 MW and the heat
generated by fuel is 13000 kJ/s. If thermal efficiency is 36.15
%, find the power needed for the auxiliaries. 150. A heat exchanger was installed purposely to cool 0.50 kg
of gas per second. Molecular weight is 32 and k=32. The gas
A. 310 kW C. 400 kW is cooled from 150 c to 80 c. water us available at the rate of
0.30 kg/s and a temperature of 5 deg c. calculate the exit
B. 300 kW D. 350 kW
temperature of the water in C.
A. 44.86 C. 46.45

B. 42.86 D. 40.34

Answer: A
4. Calculate the thermal diffusivity of pure aluminum with Answer: B
density of 2,702 kg/m3, thermal conductivity of 237 W/m-K
and specific heat of 0.903 kJ/kg-K. 82. A reverse Carnot cycle air conditioner of 4 TR capacity
operates in cooling coil temperature of 5 deg. C. The
-6 2 -6 2
A. 97 x 10 m /s C. 14.9 x 10 m /s surrounding air at 45 deg. C is used as a cooling medium
rising to the temperature of 55 deg. C. The temperature of
B. 23.25 x 10-6 m2/s D. 34.5 x 10-6 m2/s heat rejection is 60 deg. C. Determine the mass flow rate of
air entering the heat exchanger.
Answer: A
A. 0.07 kg/s C. 0.16 kg/s

B. 0.12 kg/s D. 0.04 kg/s

11. Air is used in Carnot cycle engine where volumes at the
beginning of the constant temperature heat addition and end Answer: A
of the constant temperature heat rejection are 0.456 cm 3 and
6.73 cm3 respectively. Calculate the thermal efficiency.

A. 0.667 C. 0.786 93. A cold storage is required to store 20 tons of fish. The fish
is supplied at temperature of 30 0C. The specific heat of fish
B. 0.656 D. 0.765 above freezing point is 2.39 kJ/kg-K. The specific heat of fish
above freezing point is 2.39 kJ/kg-K. The specific heat of fish
Answer: B
below freezing point is 1.26 kJ/kg-K. The fish is store in cold
storage that is maintained at -8 deg. C. The freezing point of
fish is -4 deg. C. The latent heat of solidification of fish is 235
13. What is the lifting force in kN of a 10-m diameter kJ/kg. If the plant requires 75 kW to drive it, find the time
spherical balloon with Helium inside at 101 kPa an 320 K taken to achieve cooling. Assume the actual COP is 0.3 times
surrounded by air at 101 kPa and 298.15 K. the Carnot COP of the refrigerating plant.

A. 17.53 C. 18.73 kN A. 14.72 hrs C. 10.41 hrs

B. 5.28 D. 8.25 kN B. 9.64 hrs D. 12.03 hrs

Answer: B Answer: D

15. The filament of a 100-W bulb maybe considered as a
blackbody radiating into a black enclosure at 80 deg. C.
Considering only radiation, calculate the temperature of the
filament if the filament diameter is 0.10 mm and length is 6
cm.
107. An engine in Carnot cycle between temperatures of 500
deg. C and 30 deg. C produces 50 kJ of work. What is the
change in entropy where heat rejection occurs?
A. 106.4 kJ/K C. 120.5 kJ/K

A. 3109.97oC C. 3245.45oC B. 160.4 kJ/K D. 102.5 kJ/K

B. 2837oC D. 2313.9oC Answer: A.

Answer: B
114. A cylinder 10 ft long and 2 ft in diameter is suspended in
air with a flow of 8 ft/s. The density of air is 0.00234 slug/ft 3
35. A 6-stage centrifugal pump delivers 1600 gpm of water and coefficient of drag of sphere is 1.3. What is the drag on
against a net pressure of 800 lb f/in2. What is the specific the cylinder?
speed if it rotates at 1750 rpm?
A. 0.39 lbf C. 4.99 lbf
A. 248.54 rpm C. 1020 rpm
B. 1.95 lbf D. 0.311 lbf
B. 952.82 rpm D. 546.23 rpm
Answer: A
Answer: B

119. Three liquids of specific gravity 0.7, 0.8 and 0.9

45. A 4000 Btu of heat is transferred from a reservoir at 800 respectively are mixed with a proportion of 3, 4 and 5 by
deg. F to a reservoir at 200 deg. F. What is the entropy mass. What is the relative density of the mixture?
change of the system?
A. 0.81 C. 0.73
A. 2.89 C. 1.34
B. 0.62 D. 0.92
B. 3.24 D. 3.21
Answer: A
Answer: A

122. A vertical bulkhead 9.6 m wide by 6 m deep separates

76. A rectangular duct 0.15 m by 0..12 cm long and carries two tanks. One tank contains oil of relative density of 0.8 to a
standard air at the rate of 0.3 m 3/s. Calculate the total depth of 4.2 m. Find the total load on the bulkhead in MN.
pressure at the inlet to the duct to maintain this flow. Assume
that for a duct, friction factor is 0.005. A. C. 1.168

A. 761.58 N/m2 C. 851.67 N/m2 B. D. 2.347

B. 671.85 N/m2 D. 716.58 N/m2 Answer: 1.168