POWERPLANT AND INDUSTRIAL PLANT

ENGINEERING
TRIAL 1
QUESTION 1
1. A 305 mm x 457 mm four stroke single acting diesel engine is rated at 150 kW at 260 rpm. Fuel consumption
at rated loadis 0.26 kg/kW-hr with a heating value of 43,912 kJ/kg. Calculate the brake thermal efficiency.
21.63%
41.63%
35.63%
31.63%

1 points
QUESTION 2
1. Twenty grams of oxygen gas (O2) are compressed at a constant temperature of 30°C to 5% of their original
volume. What work is done on the system? Use R of air , 0.0619 Cal/gm-K
824 Cal
1124 Cal
924 Cal
944 Cal

1 points
QUESTION 3
1. Determine the change in enthalpy per lb mass of nitrogen gas as its temperature changes from 500°F to
200°F. (Cp = 0.2483 BTU/lbm°R)
– 63.78 Btu/lbm
– 72.68 Btu/lbm
– 74.49 Btu/lbm
– 68.47 Btu/lbm

1 points
QUESTION 4
1. At the beginning of compression in an ideal dual combustion cycle, the working fluid is 2 lbs of air at 14.7 psia
and 85°F. The compression ratio is 8.5, the pressure at the end of the constant volume addition of heat is 450
psia, and there are added 105 BTU during the constant pressure expansion. Find the pressure ratio and the
percentage clearance?
1.53, 13.33%
1.31, 12.42%
1.31, 13.33%
1.53, 12.42%
 1 points
QUESTION 5
1. Helium (R = 0.4968 Btu/lbm°R) is compressed isothermally from 14.7 psia and 68°F. The compression ratio is
4. Calculate the work done by the gas.
– 46.7 Btu/lbm
145 Btu/lbm
– 187 Btu/lbm
– 364 Btu/lbm

1 points
QUESTION 6
1. What is the height of the chimney if the driving pressure is 30 Pa and the gas and air densities are 1
kg/m3 and 1.5 kg/m3 respectively?
50.82 m
71.16 m
80.22 m
61.16 m

1 points
QUESTION 7
1. In a Rankine cycle, steam enters the turbine at 2.5 MPa and condenser of 50 kPa. What is the thermal
efficiency of thecycle ?

28.87%
30.12%
25.55%
31.79%

1 points
QUESTION 8
1. Gas is expanded in an engine cylinder following the law PVn = C where the value of n is 1.3. The initial
pressure is 2,550 kPa and the final pressure is 210 kPa. If the volume at the end of expansion is 0.75 m 3,
calculate the volume at the beginning of expansion.
0.1009 m3
0.9019 m3
0.9910 m3
0.099 m3

1 points
QUESTION 9
1. Fuel oil in a day tank for use of an industrial boiler is tested with hydrometer. The hydrometer reading
indicates a S.G. = 0.924 when the temperature of the oil in the tank is 35°C. Calculate the higher heating value
of the fuel.
58,352.13 kJ/kg
43,852.13 kJ/kg
53,852.13 kJ/kg
48,352.13 kJ/kg

1 points
QUESTION 10
1. After series of state changes, the pressure and volume of 2.286 kg of Nitrogen are each doubled. What is ΔS ?
3.407 kJ/kg-K
2.987 kJ/kg-K
2.807 kJ/kg-K
2.268 kJ/kg-K

1 points
QUESTION 11
1. The compression ratio of an ideal OTTO cycle is 6:1. Initial conditions are 101.3 kPa and 20°C. Find the
pressure and temperature at the end of adiabatic compression.
1244.5 kPa, 60°C
1244.5 Kpag, 60°C
1244.5 kPa, 599.96 K
1244.5 kPa, 599.96°C

1 points
QUESTION 12
1. Two boilers of equal evaporative capacities generate steam at the same pressure of 15 bar (1.5 MPa) to a
common pipeline. One boiler produces superheated steam at 150°C and the other produces wet steam. If the
mixture is just dry and saturated, find the dryness fraction of the wet steam from the second boiler.

0.6573
 0.7142
0.8425
0.9315

1 points
QUESTION 13
1. Gas is compressed in an internal combustion engine according to the law PV 1.36= C. If the initial and final
temperatures of the gas are 30°C and 382°C respectively, calculate the compression ratio.
5.51
6.51
8.51
7.51

1 points
QUESTION 14
1. In a geothermal power plant, the mass flow rate of ground water is 400 kg/s and the quality after throttling is
20%. If the turbine power is 80 MW, what is the change in enthalpy of steam at the inlet and outlet of the
turbine?
1000 kJ/kg
1500 kJ/kg
2000 kJ/kg
2500 kJ/kg

1 points
QUESTION 15
1. A thermal power plant generates 4000 kW and 400 kW for auxiliaries. Determine the net thermal efficiency if
the heat generated by fuel is 15000 kW.
26%
24%
30%
28%

1 points
QUESTION 16
1. What is the mechanical efficiency of a 0.5 MW diesel engine if the friction power is 70 kW.
84.55%
88.24%
89.61%
87.72%

1 points
QUESTION 17
1. The thermal efficiency of a particular engine operating on an ideal cycle is 35%. Calculate the heat supplied
per 1200 watt-hr of work developed in kJ.
11,108
14,218
12,343
10,216

1 points
QUESTION 18
1. The temperature of an ideal gas remains constant while the absolute pressure changes from 103.4 kPaa to
827.2 kPaa. If theinitial volume is 80 liters, what is the final volume?
5 liters
15 liters
10 liters eto sagot ko pero mali daw hehe
20 liters

1 points
QUESTION 19
1. In an air-standard Brayton cycle the inlet temperature and pressure are 20°C and 101.325 kPa. The turbine
inlet conditionsare 1200 kPa and 900°C. Determine the air flow rate if the turbine produces 12 MW.
18.10 kg/s
20.20 kg/s
21.41 kg/s
19.25 kg/s

1 points
QUESTION 20
1. In an Otto cycle if the compression ratio is 5.5, what is the percent clearance?
19.64 %
22.22 %
31.11 %
25.34 %

1 points
QUESTION 21
1. A six cylinder, four stroke diesel engine with 76 mm bore x 89 mm stroke was run in the laboratory at 2000
rpm, when it wasfound that the engine torque was 153.5 N-m with all the cylinders firing but 123 N-m when
one cylinder was out. The engineconsumed 12.2 kg of fuel per hour with a heating value of 54,120 kJ/kg of air
at 15.6°C. Determine the indicated power.
32.1 kW
38.4 kW
 23.3 kW
48.3 kW

1 points
QUESTION 22
1. If the brake mean effective pressure of a diesel engine is 500 Kpa and the mechanical efficiency is 85%, what
is the indicated mean effective pressure?
688.24 kPa
524.88 kPa
624.88 kPa
588.24 kPa

1 points
QUESTION 23
1. In an air-standard Brayton cycle air enters the compressor at 101.325 kPa and 27°C. Determine the network
if the maximum temperature is 1000°C and the pressure ratio is 9.
301.74 kJ/kg
421.56 kJ/kg
456.88 kJ/kg
331.47 kJ/kg

1 points
QUESTION 24
1. What is the daily average load in a certain power plant if the daily energy produced is 500, 000 kW-hrs.
19.61 MW
30.26 MW
28.29 MW
20.83 MW

1 points
QUESTION 25
1. A Carnot engine receives 130 Btu of heat from a hot reservoir at 700°F and rejects 49 Btu of heat. Calculate
the temperature of the cold reservoir.
–22.7 °F
–24.2 °F
–21.9 °F
–20.8 °F

1 points
QUESTION 26
1. Liquid Octane (C8H18 ) fuel is burned with ideal proportion of air. Calculate the ideal air-fuel ratio by weight
 14.56 kg air/kg fuel
10.69 kg air/kg fuel
13.72 kg air/kg fuel
15.05 kg air/kg fuel

1 points
QUESTION 27
1. A daily load curve which exhibited a 15 minute peak of 150,000 kW is drawn to scales of 1 cm = 3 hrs and 1
cm = 10,000 kW. The area under the curve is measured by a planimeter and found to be 60 cm 2. What is the
load factor based on the 15minute peak?
0.75
0.65
0.55
0.50

1 points
QUESTION 28
1. The turbine work and the pump work in a Rankine cycle are 1200 kJ/kg and 20 kJ/kg respectively. What is
the efficiency ofthe cycle if the heat generated by the generator is 3000 kJ/kg ?
35.45%
38.32%
36.77%
39.33%

1 points
QUESTION 29
1. During the process of raising steam in a boiler, when the pressure was 1.9 bar gauge the temperature inside
the boiler was130°C and when the pressure was 6.25 bar gauge (0.625 MPa) the temperature was 165°C. If
the volume of the steam space is constant at 4.25 m3. Calculate the mass of steam.

3.356 kg
6.356 kg
5.356 kg
4.356 kg

1 points
QUESTION 30
1. A 373 kW ( 500 Hp ) internal combustion engine has a brake mean effective pressure of 551.5 kPa at full load.
What is the friction power if mechanical efficiency is 85 %.
77.23 Hp
66.24 Hp
88.23 Hp
99.24 Hp