THERMODYNAMICS

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like.

Design is how it works.”
- Steve Jobs
PROPERTIES PROBLEM 1

ME Board Problem
The temperature of a solution is 31°C.
What is this temperature in °R?
A. 560.8 C. 520.8
B. 575.5 D. 547.8

Answer: 547.8
PROPERTIES PROBLEM 2

ME Board Problem
Two thermometers, one Celsius and the
other Fahrenheit, are both at the same
temperature, but the reading on the
Fahrenheit thermometer is exactly twice
that on the Celsius thermometer, what is
the temperature?
A. 160 °C C. 40 °C
B. 80 °C D. 320 °C
Answer: 160 °C
PROPERTIES PROBLEM 3

Supposing two liquids of different

densities  = 1500 kg/m3 and  = 500
kg/m3 were poured together inside a 100
L tank, filling it. If the resulting density of
the mixture is 800 kg/m3, find the
respective quantities of liquids used.
A. 35 kg and 45 kg C. 25 kg and 55 kg
B. 30 kg and 50kg D. 20 kg and 60 kg

Answer: 35 kg and 45 kg
PROPERTIES PROBLEM 4

A fluid moves in a steady flow manner

between two sections in the same
flowline. At section 1: A1 = 0.10 m2 ,
V1 = 6 m/s, 1 = 0.33 m3 /kg. At
section 2: A2 = 0.2 m2 , 2 = 0.27
kg/m3 . Calculate for the velocity of
flow of section 2.
A. 37.63 m/s C. 40.62 m/s
B. 33.67 m/s D. 46.02 m/s
Answer: 33.67 m/s
PROPERTIES PROBLEM 5

ME Board Problem
A tank contains water. What is the
intensity of pressure at a depth of 6
m?
A.68.5 kPa C. 78 kPa
B. 58.8 kPa D. 48.7 kPa

Answer: 58.8 kPa

PROPERTIES PROBLEM 6

ME Board Problem
Convert a vacuum pressure of 110
mm of mercury into absolute
pressure. Atmospheric pressure is
10.5 m of H2O.
A. 3.7 m of H2O C. 9.1 m of H2O
B. 45.6 m of H2O D. 99.5 m of H2O

Answer: 9.01 m of H2O

ENERGY PROBLEM 7

Which of the following is equivalent to

1 chu ?
A. 1400.4 ft-lb C. 9/5 Btu
B. 1.899 kJ D. all of these

Answer: 1.8 Btu = 1400.4 ft-lbf = 1.899 kJ

ENERGY PROBLEM 8

How much power is there in the

kinetic energy of the atmosphere
(density = 1.217 kg/m3 ) at 56 kph
wind velocity? Consider the section
that passes through a 3 diameter
circular area normal to the velocity.
A. 10.21 kW C. 16.21 kW
B. 15.21 kW D. 17.21 kW
Answer: 16.21 kW
ENERGY PROBLEM 9

ME Board Problem
Calculate the quantity of heat to be
transferred to 2.25 kg of iron to raise
its temperature from 20 C to 240 C
taking the specific heat of the iron as
0.46 kJ/kgK.
A. 227.7 kJ C. 246.46 kJ
B. 338.76 kJ D. 198.55 kJ
Answer: 227.7 kJ
ENERGY PROBLEM 10

ME Board Problem
Determine the average Cp value in
kJ/kgK of a gas if 522 kJ of heat is
necessary to raise the temperature
from 300 K to 800 K making the
pressure constant.
A. 1.44 C. 1.038
B. 1.044 D. 1.026
Answer: 1.044
ENERGY PROBLEM 11

ME Board Problem
A steam turbine receives 1,630 kg of
steam per hour at 340 km/s velocity
and 3550 kJ/kg enthalpy. The steam
leaves at 259 m/s and 3020 kJ/kg.
Which of the following most nearly
equals the power output?
A. 242 kW C. 260 kW
B. 251 kW D. 269 kW
Answer: 251 kW
IDEAL GAS PROBLEM 12

ME Board Problem
What mass of nitrogen is contained in
a 57 m3 tank if the pressure and
temperature are 1 atm and 21 C
respectively?
A. 66.1 kg C. 70.4 kg
B. 56.3 kg D. 41.69 kg

Answer: 66.1 kg
IDEAL GAS PROBLEM 13

ME Board Problem
A 0.71 m3 tank contains 4.5 kg of an
ideal gas. The gas has a molecular
weight of 44 and is at 21C. What is
the pressure of the gas?
A. 352.2 kPa C. 532.2 kPa
B. 325.2 kPa D. 523.2 kPa

Answer: 352.2 kPa

IDEAL GAS PROBLEM 14

A volume of 450 cm3 of air is

measured at a pressure of 740 mm
Hg absolute and a temperature of 20
C. What is the volume in cm3 at 760
mm Hg absolute and 0 C?
A. 516.12 C. 620.76
B. 408.25 D. 375.85

Answer: 408.25
IDEAL GAS PROBLEM 15

An air bubble rises from the bottom of

a well where the temperature is 25
C, to the surface where the
temperature is 27 C. Find the
percent increase in the volume of the
bubble if the depth of the well is 5 m.
Atmospheric pressure is 101,528 Pa.
A. 49.3 C. 41.3
B. 56.7 D. 38.6
Answer: 49.3%
ISOBARIC PROCESS PROBLEM 16

ME Board Problem
Gas is enclosed in a cylinder with a
weighted piston as the top boundary. The
gas is heated and expands from a
volume of 0.04 m3 to 0.10 m3 at a
constant pressure of 200 kPa. Calculate
the work done by the system.
A. 8 kJ C. 12 kJ
B. 10 kJ D. 14 kJ
Answer: 12 kJ
ISOBARIC PROCESS PROBLEM 17

ME Board Problem
Ammonia weighing 22 kg is confined
inside a cylinder equipped with a piston
has an initial pressure of 413 kPa at 38
C. If 2900 kJ of heat is added to the
ammonia until its pressure and
temperature are 413 kPa and 100 C
respectively. What is the amount of work
done by the fluid in kJ?
A. 667 C. 420
B. 304 D. 502
Answer: 667
ISOBARIC PROCESS PROBLEM 18

ME Board Problem
Calculate the change in enthalpy as 1 kg of
nitrogen is heated from 1000 K to 1500 K,
assuming the nitrogen is an ideal gas at a
constant pressure. The temperature
dependent specific heat of nitrogen is
Cp = 39.06 – 512.79 T-1.5 + 1072.7 T-2 – 820.4T-3
where Cp is in kJ/kg-mol, and T is in K.
A. 600 kJ C. 800 kJ
B. 697.27 kJ D. 897.27 kJ
Answer: 697.27 kJ
ISOMETRIC PROCESS PROBLEM 19

A rigid tank contains air at 500 kPa

and 150 degree C. As a result of heat
transfer to the surroundings, the
temperature and pressure inside the
tank drop to 65 degree C and 400
kPa respectively. Determine the
boundary work done during the
process.

Answer: 0
ISOMETRIC PROCESS PROBLEM 20

There are 1.36 kg of gas for which R

= 377 J/kg K and k = 1.25 that
undergo a nonflow constant volume
process from 551.6 kPa and 60 deg C
to 1655 kPa. During the process the
gas is internally stirred and there are
also added 105.5 kJ of heat.
Determine the change of entropy.

Answer: +2.25 kJ
ISOTHERMAL PROCESS PROBLEM 21

ME Board Problem
A piston cylinder device initially
contains 0.4 m3 of air at 100 kPa and
80 deg C. The air is now compressed
to 0.1 m3 in such a way that the
temperature inside the cylinder
remains constant. Determine the work
done during the process.

Answer: -55.45 kJ
ISOTHERMAL PROCESS PROBLEM 22

ME Board Problem
Air flows steadily through an engine
at constant temperature of 400 K.
Find the work per kg if the exit
pressure is one – third of the inlet
pressure and the inlet pressure is 207
kPa.

Answer: +126.12 kJ/kg

ISENTROPIC PROCESS PROBLEM 23

ME Board Problem
Air having an initial pressure of 6,516
kPa and an initial volume of 0.113 m3
is compressed adiabatically to a final
volume of 0.057 m3 . Calculate the
pressure at the end of compression.

Answer: 16,985.02 kPa

ISENTROPIC PROCESS PROBLEM 24

ME Board Problem
How much work is necessary to
compress air in an insulated cylinder
from 0.20 m3 to 0.01 m3. Use t1 =
20C and P1= 100 kPa
A. 113.4 kJ C. 110.1 kJ
B. 121.4 kJ D. 115.7 kJ

Answer: 115.7 kJ
POLYTROPIC PROCESS PROBLEM 25

ME Board Problem
During the polytropic process of an
ideal gas, the state changes from 138
kPa and 5C to 827 kPa and 171C.
Find the value of n .
A. 1.354 C. 1.345
B. 1.253 D. 1.234

Answer: 1.354
POLYTROPIC PROCESS PROBLEM 26

A gas at 1 atmosphere pressure

originally occupies a volume of 20 ft3.
The gas is polytropically compressed
with n = 1.15 until the pressure is
48.51 psia. What work is required for
this compression?

Answer: -47, 560.13 ft-lbf

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