Calculate the specific volume of an air-vapor mixture in cubic meters The power requirement of Carnot refrigeration in maintaining a low

per kilogram of dry air when the ff. conditions: t=30°C, w=0.015 temperature region at 300 K 1.5 kW per ton. Find the heat rejected.
kg/kg, and Pt =90kpa
A. 0.99 m3/kg C. 0.79 m3/kg A. 4.02 kW C. 5.02 kW
B. 0.89 m3/kg D. 0.69 m3/kg B. 7.02 kW D. 6.02 kW

Answer: A Answer: C
A coil has an inlet temperature of 60 °F and an outlet of 90°F. If the A vapor compression refrigeration system is designed to have a
mean temperature of the coil is 110°F. Find the bypass factor of the capacity of 150 tons of refrigeration. It produces chilled water from
coil. 22°C to 2°C. Its actual coefficient of performance is 5.86 and 35% of
A. 0.20 C. 0.40 the power supplied to the compressor is lost in the form of friction
B. 0.30 D. 0 .50 and cylinder cooling losses. Determine the condenser cooling water
required for a temperature rise of 10°C.
Answer: C A. 14.75kg/s C. 18.65 kg/s
B. 15.65 kg/s D. 13.75 kg/s
A rectangular duct has a diameter of 0.25 m by 1 m. determines of
the equivalent diameter of the duct. Answer: A
A. 0.40 m C. 0.70 m
B. 0.80 m D. 0.30 m Determine the heat extracted from 2000 kg of water from 25°C to ice
at -10°C.
Answer: A A. 621,150 kJ C. 821,150 kJ
B. 721,159 kJ D. 921,150 kJ
The mass of an outside air at 50°C in an air conditioning unit is 60
kg. Find the temperature after mixing if the outside air mixed with Answer: D
40 kg with recirculated air at 35°C.
A. 44°C C. 52°C A single acting, twin cylinder, Ammonia compressor with bore equal
B. 39°C D. 47°C to stroke is driven by an engine at 250 rpm. The machine is installed
in a chilling plant to produce 700 kW of refrigeration at -18°C
Answer: A evaporating temperature. At this temperature the cooling effect per
kg mass is 1160 kJ. The specific volume of vapor entering the
A creamery must cool 20,000 liters of milk received each day from compressor is 0.592 m3 per kilogram. Assume 85% volumetric
initial temperature at 29°C to a final temperature at 2°C in 5 hours. If efficiency. Determine the bore in mm.
refrigeration losses amount to 10 percent of the cuilling load, what A. 400 mm C. 450 mm
must be the capacity of the refrigeration machine? B. 300 mm D. 500 mm
Note: specific heat of milk 3.9 kJ/kg-K and S.G. = 1.05
A. 38.5 TOR C. 37.5 TOR Answer: A
B. 36.5 TOR D. 39.5 TOR
A cylindrical flash tank mounted with its axis horizontal is used to
Answer: A separate liquid ammonia from ammonia vapor. The ammonia vapor
bubbles through the liquid with 70 m3/min leaving the disengaging
How many tons of refrigeration are required to produce 10 metric surface. The disengaging rate is limited to 60 m/min and the liquid
tons of ice per day at -10°C from raw water at 22°C if miscellaneous level is to operate with the liquid level one-third of the diameter
losses are 15% of the chilling and freezing load? from the top. Determine the diameter if the tank is 1.5 m long.
A. 17 TOR C. 15 TOR A. 830 mm C. 860 mm
B. 20 T0R D. 24 TOR B. 730 mm D. 760 mm

Answer: A Answer: A

Five hundred kilogram of poultry enters a chiller at 8°C and are A 150 Hp motor is used to drive a compressor. If the heat loss from
frozen and chilled to a final temperature of -18°C for a storage in 15 the compressor is 25 kW and the mass flow rate of the refrigerant
hours. The specific heat above and below the freezing are 3.18 entering the compressor is 0.50 kg/s, determine the difference of
kJ/kg-K°C and 1.55 kJ/kg-K°C respectively. The latent heat is 246 the enthalpies between the inlet and outlet of the compressor.
kJ/kg and the freezing temperature is -5°C. Compute the product A. 143.80 kJ/kg C. 173.80 kJ/kg
load. B. 153.80 kJ/kg D. 183.80 kJ/kg
A. 2.75 kW C. 2.95 kW
B. 2.85 kW D. 3.15 kW Answer: C

Answer: B Determine the estimated condenser load for an open-type

compressor having a cooling capacity of 16,500 Btu/hr and a heat
Fish weighing 11,000 kg with a temperature of 20°C is brought to a rejection factor of 1.32.
cold storage and which shall be cooled to -10°C in 11 hours. Find the A. 22,280 Btu/hr C. 21,780 Btu/hr
required plant refrigerating capacity in tons of refrigeration if the B. 20,780 Btu/hr D. 91,780 Btu/hr
specific heat of fish is 0.7 kCal/kg°C above freezing and 0.30
kCal/kg°C below freezing point which is -3°C. The latent heat of Answer: C
freezing is 55.5 kCal/kg.
A. 25.26 C. 14.38
B. 15.26 D. 24.38

Answer: D

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To cool farm products 300 kg of ice at -4.4°C are placed in bunker A centrifugal pump discharge 20 L/s against a head of 17 m when
twenty four hours later the ice have melted into water at 7.2°C. What the speed is 1500 rpm. The diameter of the impeller was 30 cm and
is the average rate of cooling provided by the ice in kJ/Hr? the brake horsepower was 6.0. A geometrically similar pump 40 cm
A. 2679.28 kJ/Hr C. 3679.28 kJ/Hr in diameter is to run at 1750 rpm. Assuming equal efficiencies, what
B. 5679.28 kJ/Hr D. 4679.28 kJ/Hr brake horsepower is required?
A. 51.55 HP C. 40.15 HP
Answer: D B. 50.15 HP D. 45.15 HP

The load on a water–cooled condenser is 90,000 Btu/hr. if the Answer: C

quantity of water circulated through the condenser is 15 gpm,
determine the temperature rise of the water in the condenser. A pump delivers 20 cfm of water having a density of 62 lb/ft 3. The
A. 12°F C. 16°F suction and discharge gage reads 5 in. Hg vacuum and 30 psi
B. 14°F D. 18°F respectively. The discharge gage is 5 ft above the suction gage. If
pump efficiency is 70%, what is the motor power?
Answer: A A. 5.31 Hp C. 4.31 Hp
B. 3.31 Hp D. 6.31 Hp
If the load on a water–cooled condenser in 150,000 Btu/hr and the
temperature rise of the water in the condenser is 10°F. What is the Answer: C
quantity of water circulated in gpm?
A. 30 C. 20 Calculate the air power of a fan that delivers 1200 °F Ft3/hr of air
B. 40 D 50 through a 1m by 1.5m outlet. Static pressure is 120 mm WG and the
density of air is 1.18
Answer: A A. 20.45 kW C. 30.45 kW
B. 25.64 kW D. 35.64 kW
The weight of ammonia circulated in a machine is found to be 21.8
lb/hr. if the vapor enters the compressor with a specific volume of Answer: B
9.6 Ft3/hr, calculate the piston displacement, assuming 80% percent
volume efficiency. The piston displacement of a double acting compressor is 0. 358 m 3
A. 261.6 Ft3/hr C. 281.8 Ft3/hr delivers gas from 101.325 kPa and 300 K to 675 kPa at the rate of
B. 271.6 Ft3/hr D. 291.6 Ft3/hr 0.166 m3/s at 150 rpm. Value of n for compression and expansion is
1.33. Find the compressor percent clearance.
Answer: A A. 19.66 C. 15.69
B. 10.75 D. 16.96
A single stage ammonia compressor is producing 10 tons of
refrigeration and the power consumed is 15 Hp. Suction pressure is Answer: D
25 psi, condensing pressure is 180 psi. Brine temperature is 20°F off
brine cooler. Determine the actual coefficient of performance. Determine the specific speed of a centrifugal pump delivers 7500
A. 10.14 C. 12.14 gpm acting against a total head of 370 ft and operating at 1000 rpm.
B. 11.14 D. 13.14 A. 1072 rpm C. 1041 rpm
B. 1027 rpm D. 1014 rpm
Answer: D
Answer: B
In an ammonia condensing machine (compressor plus condenser)
the water used for condensing is 55°F. Calculate the ideal COP. An induced draft fan is used to extract 270000 m3 of flue gas per
A. 11.875 C. 10.875 hour from a boiler furnace. The fan is to deliver at a total pressure of
B. 12.875 D. 13.875 250 mm water gage. Determine the size of the electric motor in kW if
a mechanical efficiency of 55% is considered.
Answer: A A. 444.33 kW C. 433.44 kW
B. 343.44 kW D. 334.44 kW
How much refrigeration capacity is required to cool 2000 cfm of air
from 85°F to 70°F? Answer: D
A. 2.7 TOR C. 1.7 TOR
B. 3.7 TOR D. 4.7 TOR The fan has a total head of 190 m and static pressure of 20 cm WG. If
the air density is 1.2 kg/m3. What is the velocity of air flowing?
Answer: A A. 16.21 m/s C. 16.66 m/s
B. 27.21 m/s D. 17.77 m/s
Determine the coil face area required to maintain a face velocity of
400 Ft/min if the air flow rate over the coil is 2100 Ft3/hr Answer: D
A. 3.25 Ft2 C. 5.25 Ft2
B. 4.45 Ft2 D. 6.25 Ft2 A pump delivers 500 gpm of water against a total head of 200 ft and
operating at 1770 rpm. Changes have increased the total head to 375
Answer: C ft. At what rpm should the pump be operated to achieve the new
head at the same efficiency?
A. 2800 rpm C. 3434 rpm
B. 3600 rpm D. 2424 rpm

Answer: D

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The diesel electric plant supplies energy for meralco. During a 24 hr Given a horizontal conveyor, 46 m centers, 175 pounds per hr
period, the plant consumed 200 gallons of fuel at 28°C and produced capacity of handling bituminous coal at 0.5 m/s with 800 kg per m 3.
3930 Kw-hr. industrial fuel is used is 28°API and was purchased at P Other data as follows
5.50 per liter at 15,6°C. What should the cost of fuel be produced one Flight width and depth 610 mm x 200 mm
kw-hr? Quantity of material 0.108 mm3/m
A. P 1.05 C. P 1.069 Coefficient of friction elements 0.10
B. P 1.10 D. P 1.00 Material coefficient of friction 0.59
Assume an engineering-type chain with sleeve bearing rollers
Answer: A weighing with flights, 89.3 kg/m. Calculate the chain pull in kg
A. 2180.33 C. 1555.36
A boiler contains 3.5 tons of water initially having 40 ppm dissolved B. 4550.10 D. 3166.46
solids after 24 hrs the dissolved solids in the water is 2500 ppm. If
the feed rate is 875 kg/hr, find the ppm of dissolved solids contained Answer: D
in the feed water.
A. 410 ppm C. 390 ppm Air is drawn into a gas turbine working on the constant pressure
B. 320 ppm D. 420 ppm cycle at 1 bar 21°C and compressed to 5.7 bars. The temperature at
the end of heat supply is 680°C. Taking expansion and compression
Answer: A to be adiabatic where Cv = 0.718 kJ/kg-K, Cp = 1.055 kJ/kg-K,
calculate the heat energy supplied per kg at constant pressure.
A travelling-grate stoker can burn bituminous coal with 10% A. 472 kJ/kg C. 501 kJ/kg
moisture and 10% ash at a rate of 500,000 Btu/hr-Ft 2. A boiler with B. 389 kJ/kg D. 489 kJ/kg
a steam rating of 200,000 lb/hr will be fired with the above fuel
having a high heat value of 12,200 Btu/lb. if the boiler efficiency is Answer: A
80%, and if it takes 1000 BTU to evaporate and superheat one
pound of feed water to the desired temperature, find the hourly coal In an air-standard Bryton cycle, the compressor receives air at
supply and grate area needed. 101.325 kPa, 21°C and it leaves at the rate of 4 kg/s. determine the
A. 20,500 lb, 500 Ft2 C. 28,200 lb, 400 Ft2 turbine work if the temperature of the air entering the turbine is
B. 26,400 lb, 700 Ft2 D. 22,600 lb, 200 Ft2 1000°C
A. 3000 kW C. 2028 kW
Answer: A B. 2701 kW D. 3500 kW

A steam is expanded through a nozzle and the enthalpy drop per kg Answer: C
of steam from the initial pressure to the final pressure is 60 kJ.
Neglecting the friction, find the velocity of discharge and the exit The net power output of an air-standard Brayton cycle is 200 kW.
area of the nozzle to pass 0.20 kg/s if the specific volume of the Air enters the compressor at 32°C and leaves the high-temperature
steam at exit is 1.5 m3/kg. heat exchanger at 800°C. What is the mass flow rate of air if it leaves
A. 346.4 m/s, 879 m2 C. 765.6 m/s, 467 m2 the turbine at 350°C?
B. 356.7 m/s, 278 m2 D.346.4 m/s, 866 m2 A. 0.57 kg/s C. 0.77 kg/s
B. 0.67 kg/s D. 0.87 kg/s
Answer: D
Answer: D
A 60 MW steam turbine generator power plant has a full-load steam
rate of 8 kg/kW-hr. assuming that no-load steam consumption as In an air-standard Brayton cycle the inlet temperature and the
15% of full-load steam consumption, compute for the hourly steam pressure are 20°C and 101.325 kPa. The turbine inlet conditions are
consumption at 75% load, in kg/hr. 1200 kPa and 900°C. Determine the air flow rate if turbines produce
A. 37,800 kg/hr C. 30,780 kg/hr 12 MW.
B. 38,700 kg/hr D. 30,870 kg/hr A. 21.41 kg/s C. 19.25 kg/s
B. 20.20 kg/s D. 18.10 kg/s
Answer: A
Answer: B
The feed water to a boiler is 92% condensate and 8% make-up
containing 270 ppm solids. What weights of solids enter the boiler A gas turbine power plant operating on the Brayton cycle delivers
per hour at 22,680 kg per steam evaporation? 15 MW to a standby electric generator. What are the mass flow rate
A. 0.49 kg solids/hr C. 0.39 kg solids/hr and the volume flow rate of air if the minimum and maximum
B. 0.59 kg solids/hr D. 0.69 kg solids/hr pressures are 100 kPa and 500 kPa respectively, and temperature of
20°C and 1000°C?
Answer: A A. 31.97 kg/s, 26.88 m3/s C. 41.97 kg/s, 26.88 m3/s
B. 36.98 kg/s, 28.99 m3/s D. 46.98 kg/s, 28.99 m3/s
The 1370 diameter steam drum on a boiler is 2440 mm long has a
250 mm gage glass at mid-drum level. Find the maximum steam Answer: A
generation that could be cared for by a blow down of half a water
gauge each 8 hr. shift. Pressure, 17.5 kg/cm 2 gage. Sr = 150 PPM, Sb = A hydro-electric power plant consumes 60,000,000 kW-hr per year.
2000 PPM What is the net if the expected flow is 1500 m 3/min and over-all
A. 450.59 kg/hr C. 650.59 kg/hr efficiency is 63%?
B. 550.59 kg/hr D. 750.59 kg/hr A. 34.34 m C. 44.33 m
B. 43.43 m D. 33.44 m
Answer: B
Answer: C

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A pelton type turbine has a gross head of 40 m and a friction head It is desired to deliver 5 gpm at a head of 640 ft in a single stage
loss of 6 m. What is the penstock diameter if the penstock length is pump having s specific speed not to exceed 40. If the speed is not to
90 m and the coefficient of friction head loss is 0.0001 (Morse). exceed 1352 rpm, how many stages are required?
A. 2040 mm C. 2440 mm A. 3 C. 5
B. 3120 mm D. 2320 mm B. 4 D. 2

Answer: A Answer: D
A hydro-electric impulse turbine is directly coupled to a 24 pole, 60 A centrifugal pump discharge 20 L/s against a head of 17 m when
Hz alternator. It has a specific speed of 60 rpm and develops 3000 the speed is 1500 rpm. The diameter of the impeller was 30 c, and
Hp. What is the required diameter assuming a peripheral speed the brake horsepower was 6.0. A geometrically similar pump 40 cm
ratio of 0.45? in diameter is to run at 1750 rpm. Assuming equal efficiency, what
A. 0.661 m C. 0.443 m brake horsepower is required?
B. 0.552 m D. 0.775 m A. 51.55 Hp C. 40.15 Hp
B. 50.15 Hp D. 45.15 Hp
Answer: A
Answer: C
The tail water and the headwater of a hydro-electric power plant are
150 m and 200 m respectively. What is the water power if the flow is A condensate pump at sea level takes water from a surface
15 m3/s and a head loss of 10% of the gross head? condenser where the vacuum is 15 in. of mercury. The friction and
A. 6,621.75 kW C. 5,621.76 kW turbulence in the piping in the condenser hot well and the pump
B. 7,621.65 kW D. 4,621.56 kW suction flange is assumed to be 6.5 ft. if the condensate pump to be
installed has a required head of 9 ft, what would be the minimum
Answer: A height of water level in the hot well that must be maintained above
the centerline of the pump to avoid cavitations?
In a hydro-electric plant, water flows at 10 m/s in a penstock of 1 m 2 A. 2.5 ft C. 18 ft
cross-sectional area. If the net head of the plant is 30 m and the B. 15.5 ft D. 5.5 ft
turbine efficiency is 85%, what is the turbine output?
A. 2,501.55 kW C. 3,626.34 kW Answer: B
B. 2,100.21 kW D. 3,124.65 kW
A pump delivers 2o cfm of water having a density of 62 lb/ft 3. The
Answer: A suction discharge gage reads 5 in. Hg vacuum and 30 psi
respectively. The discharge gage is 5 ft above the suction gage. If the
A 75 MW power plant has an average load of 35,000 kW and a load pump efficiency is 70%, what is motor power?
factor of 65%. Find the reserve over peak. A. 5.31 Hp C. 4.31 Hp
A. 21.15 MW C. 25.38 MW B. 3.31 Hp D. 6.31 Hp
B. 23.41 MW D. 18.75 MW
Answer: C
Answer: A
A fan has a total head of 190 m and a static pressure of 20 cm WG. If
A power plant is said to have/had a use factor of 48.5% and a the air density is 1.2 kg/m3, what is the velocity of air flowing?
capacity factor of 42.4%. How many hrs. Did it operate during the A. 16.21 m/s C. 16.66 m/s
year? B. 17.21 m/s D. 17.766 m/s
A. 6,600.32 hrs C. 8,600.32 hrs
B. 7,658.23 hrs D. 5,658.23 hrs Answer: D

Answer: B A jet of water is discharge through a 1 – inch diameter orifice under

constant head of 2.1 ft total discharge is 228 lb, in 90 seconds. The
A 50,000 kW steam plant delivers an annual output of 238,000,000 jet is observed to pass through a point 2 ft downward and 4 ft away
kW-hr with a peak load of 42,860 kW. What is the annual load factor from vena contrata. Coefficient of contraction.
and capacity factor? A. O.786 C. 0.567
A. 0.634, 0.534 C. 0.634, 0.543 B. 0.685 D. 0.345
B. 0.643, 0.534 D. 0.643, 0.534
Answer: B
Answer: C
A jet of water is discharge through a 1 – inch diameter orifice under
Calculate the use factor of a power plant if the capacity factor is 35% constant head of 2.1 ft total discharge is 228 lb, in 90 seconds. The
and it operates 8000 hrs during the year? jet is observed to pass through a point 2 ft downward and 4 ft away
A. 38.325 % C. 35.823 % from vena contrata. Coefficient of velocity.
B. 33.825 % D. 32.538 % A. 0.976 C. 0.567
B. 0.758 D. 0.845
Answer: A
Answer: A
A 39.5 m high chimney of radial brick masonry is described by the ff.
top and bottom. D2 = 1.9 m, d2 = 1.5 m, D1 = 3.2 m, d1 = 2.3 m. What is the velocity of sound 150°F (66°C) air at a standard
Determine the moment due to wind load. pressure? Note: density of air @ 150°F is 0.064 lbm/ft 3.
A. 172,051 kg-m C. 150,160 kg-m A. 1215 ft/s C. 2345 ft/s
B. 160,388 kg-m D. 182,030 kg-m B. 3245 ft/s D. 4321 ft/s

Answer: D Answer: A

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Ideal Oxygen is throttled at 140°F from 10 atm to 5 atm. What is the A two-pass surface condenser is to be designed using overall heat
temperature change? transfer coefficient of 480 BTU/°F lbm/ft 2 of outside tube surface.
A. 0 C. infinity The tubes are to be 1 inch outside diameter with 1/16 in walls (or
B. Negative D. 1 7/8 in. inside diameter). Entering circulating water velocity is to be
6 ft/s. steam enters the condenser at a rate of 100,000 lb/hr at a
Answer: A pressure of one psia and an enthalpy of 1090 Btu/lb. condensate
leaves at saturated liquid at one psia. Circulating water enters the
A duct 0.40 m high and 0.80 wide suspended from the ceiling in a condensate at 85 deg. F and leaves at 95 deg. F. Note: 1 psia
corridor, makes a right angle turn in the horizontal plane. The inner condensate has temperature of 101.7 deg. F. wet steam entering
radius is 0.2 m and the outer radius is 1.0 m measured from the becomes condensate at 101.7 deg. F with hf = 69.72 Btu/lb. calculate
same center. The velocity of air in the duct is 10 m/s. compute the the total number of tubes to be used in each passes.
pressure drop in this elbow. Assuming; f = 0.3, ρ = 1.204 kg/m 3 and L A. 18,200 tubes C. 10,450 tubes
= 10 m. B. 15,400 tubes D. 11,456 tubes
A. 341 Pa C. 143 Pa
B. 441 Pa D. 144 Pa Answer: A

Answer: A Determine the approximate load on a cooling tower if the entering

and leaving temperatures are 96°F and 88°F, respectively and the
To what weight will 68°F ethyl alcohol rise in a 0.005 inch internal flow rate of the water over the tower is 30 gpm.
diameter glass capillary tube? The density of alcohol is 49 lbm/ft 3. A. 2500 Btu/min C. 3000 Btu/min
Where: β = 0° = angle of contact angle and surface tension σ = B. 2000 Btu/min D. 3500 Btu/min
0.00156 lbm/ft @ 68°F.
A. 0.3056 ft C. 0.4312 ft Answer: B
B. 0.2504 ft D. 0.2432 ft
Determine the quantity of water lost by bleed off if the water flow
Answer: A rate over the tower 30 gpm and the range is 10°F. Percent bleed-off
requires 33%.
What is the velocity of sound in 150°F (66°C) air at a standard A. 0.077 gpm C. 0.099 gpm
pressure? Note: density of air @ 150°F is 0.064 lbm/ft 3. B. 0.088 gpm D. 0.066 gpm
A. 1295 ft/s C. 2345 ft/s
B. 3245 ft/s D. 1096 ft/s Answer: C

Answer: A
How many tons of refrigeration is required to produce 10 metric
What is the pressure 8000 ft below the water surface of the ocean? tons of ice per day at -10°C from raw water at 22°C if miscellaneous
Neglect compressibility. losses are 15% of the chilling and freezing load?
A. 512,000 psf C. 157,000 psf A. 17 TOR C. 15 TOR
B. 324,500 psf D. 213,000 psf B. 20 TOR D. 24 TOR

Answer: A Answer: A
If atmospheric air 14.7 psia and 60°F at sea level, what is the Refrigeration is 2 m high, 1.2 m wide and 1 m deep. The over-all heat
pressure at 12000 ft altitude if air is incompressible? Note: @ 60°F; transfer coefficient is o.532 W/m2 °C. how many kilograms of 0°C ice
the density of air is 0.0763 lbm/ft3 ; P1 = 14.7 psia will melt per hour if the inside temperature is maintained at 10°C
A. 5.467 psia C. 8.342 psia while the surrounding air temperature is at 35°C?
B. 9.345 psia D. 2.346 psia A. 1.60 kg C. 2.60 kg
B. 1.80 kg D. 2.80 kg
Answer: C
Answer: A
If atmospheric air 14.7 psia and 60°F at sea level, what is the
pressure at 12000 ft altitude if air is compressible? Note @ 60°F; the Determine the heat extracted from 2000 kg of water from 25°C to ice
density of air is 0.0763 lbm/ft3 ; P1 = 14.7 psia -10°C.
A. 5.467 psia C. 8.342 psia A. 621,150 kJ C. 821,150 kJ
B. 9.53 psia D. 2.346 psia B. 721,150 kJ D. 921,150 kJ

Answer: B Answer: D
How many independent properties are required to completely fix
the equilibrium state of a pure gaseous compound?
A. 1 C. 2
B. 3 D. 4

Answer: C

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Calculate the heat transfer per hour through a solid brick wall 6 m Answer: A
long, 2.9 m high, and 225 mm thick, when the outer surface is at 5°C The surface temperature of the hot side of the furnace wall is
and the inner surface at 17°C, the coefficient of thermal conductivity 1200°C.it is desired to maintain the outside of the wall at 38°C. A 152
of the brick being 0.6 W/m-K. mm of refractory silica is used adjacent to the combustion chamber
A. 2,004.48 kJ C. 2,400.48 kJ and 10 mm of steel covers the outside. What thickness of insulating
B. 3,004.48 kJ D. 3,400.48 kJ brick is necessary between refractory and steel, if the heat loss
should be kept at 788 W/m2, and 45 for steel.
Answer: A A. 220 mm C. 260 mm
B. 240 mm D. 280 mm
A vertical furnace wall is made up of an inner wall of firebrick 20 cm
thick followed by insulating brick 15 cm thick and an outer wall of Answer: A
steel 1 cm thick. The surface temperature of the wall adjacent to the
combustion chamber is 1200°C while that of the outer surface of A hollow sphere has an outside radius of 1 m and is made of
steel is 50°C. The thermal conductivities of the wall material in polystyrene foam with a thickness of 1 cm. a heat source inside
W/m-K are; firebrick, 10; insulating brick, 0.26; and steel, 45. keeps the inner surface 5.20°C hotter than the outside surface? The
Neglecting the film resistance and contact resistance of joints, thermal conductivity of polystyrene foam is 0.033 W/m°C.
determine the heat loss per sq.m. Of the wall area. A. 200 W C. 300 W
A. 1.93 W/m2 C. 1.55 W/m2 B. 216 W D. 316 W
B. 2.93 W/m2 D. 2.55 W/m2
Answer: B
Answer: A
An insulated steam pipe located where the ambient temperature is
A composite wall is made up of an external thickness of brickwork 32°C, has an inside diameter of 50 mm with 10 mm thick wall. The
110 mm thick inside which is a layer of fiberglass 75 mm thick. The outside diameter of the corrugated asbestos insulation is 125 mm
fiberglass is faced internally by an insulating board 25 mm thick. and the surface coefficient of still air is, h o = 12 W/m2-K. Inside the
The coefficients of thermal conductivity for the three are as follows: pipe is steam having a temperature of 150°C with film coefficient h i =
Brickwork 1.5 W/m-K 6000 W/m2-K. Thermal conductivity of pipe and asbestos insulation
Fiberglass 0.04 W/m-K are 45 and 0.12 W/m2-K respectively. Determine the heat loss per
Insulating board 0.06 W/m-k unit length of pipe.
The surface transfer coefficient of the inside wall is 3.1 W/m 2-K A. 110 W C. 130 W
while that of the outside wall is 2.5 W/m2-K. Take the internal B. 120 W D. 140 W
ambient temperature as 10°C and the external temperature is 27°C.
Determine the heat loss through such wall 6 m high and 10 m long.
Answer: B
A. 330.10 W C. 430.10 W
B. 230.10 W D. 530.10 W
How many watts will be radiated from s spherical black body 15 cm
diameter at a temperature of 800°C?
Answer: A
A. 5.34 kW C. 6.34 kW
B. 4.34 kW D. 3.34 kW
One insulated wall of a cold-storage compartment is 8 m long by 2.5
m high and consist of an outer steel plate 18 mm thick. An inner
wood wall 22.5 mm thick, the steel and wood are 90 mm apart to Answer: A
form a cavity which is filled with cork. If the temperature drop
across the extreme faces of the composite wall is 15°C. Calculate the A wall with an area of 10 m2 cm thickness of white pine (k = 0.113
heat transfer per hour through the wall and the temperature drop W/m°C) followed by 10 cm of brick (k = 0.649°C W/m°C). The pine is
across the thickness of the cork. Take the coefficients of thermal on the inside where the temperature is 10°C. Assuming equilibrium
conductivity for steel, cork and wood as 45, 0.045, and 0.18 W/m-K conditions exist, what is the temperature at the interface between
respectively. the two metals?
A. 408.24 kJ, 12.12°C C. 608.24 kJ, 13.12°C A. 15.65°C C. 18.21°C
B. 708.24 kJ, 11.12°C D. 508.24 kJ, 14.12°C B. 17.64°C D. 19.31°C

Answer: D Answer: D
One side of refrigerated cold chamber is 6 m long by 3.7 m high and A counter flow heat exchanger is designed to heat fuel oil from 45°C
consist 168 mm thickness of cork between outer and inner walls of to 100°C while the heating fluid enters at 150°Cvand leaves at 115°C.
wood. The outer wood wall is 30 mm thick and its outside face Calculate the arithmetic mean temperature difference?
temperature is 20°C, the inner wood wall 35 mm thick and its inside A. 40°C C. 60°C
face temperature is -3°C. taking the coefficient of thermal B. 50°C D. 70°C
conductivity of cork and wood 0.42 and 0.20 W/m-k respectively,
calculate the heat transfer per second per sq. m of surface area. Answer: C
A. 5.138 J C. 6.318 J
B. 4.138 J D. 3.318 J A pipe with an outside diameter of 2.5 in. is insulated with a 2 in
layer of asbestos (ka = 0.396 Btu/in./hr-ft2-°F). If the temperature of
Answer: B cork 1.5 in. thick (kc = 0.30 Btu/in./hr-ft2-°F). If the temperature of
the outer surface of the cork is 90°F, calculate the heat loss per 100
Hot gases at 280°C flow on one side of a metal of 10mm thickness ft of insulated pipe.
and air at 35°C flows on the other side. The heat transfer coefficient A. 847.64 Btu/hr C. 2847.42 Btu/hr
of the gasses is 31.5 W/m2-K and that of the air is 32 W/m2-K. B. 3847.51 Btu/hr D. 1847.14 Btu/hr
Calculate the over-all transfer coefficient.
A. 15.82 W/m2-K C. 14.82 W/m2-K Answer: C
B. 16.82 W/m2-K D. 17.82 W/m2-K

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 Answer: A
The journals of a shaft are 380 mm diameter, it runs at 105 rpm and
the coefficient of friction between journals and bearings is 0.02. If
the average load on the bearing is 200 KN, find the heat generated
per minute at the bearing?
A. 501.375 kJ C. 401.375 kJ
B. 505.575 kJ D. 501.575 kJ

Answer: A
The flow energy of 124 liters per minute of a fluid passing a
boundary to a system is 108.5 kJ/min. determine the pressure at
this point.
A. 875 kPa C. 975 kPa
B. 675 kPa D. 575 kPa

Answer: A
Work done by a substance in reversible non flow manner in
accordance with V = 100/P ft3, where P is in psia. Evaluate the work
done on or by the substance as the pressure increases from 10 psia
to 100 psia.
A. 33,157.22 ft-lb C. 43,157.22 ft-lb
B. -33,157.22 ft-lb D. -43,157.22 ft-lb

Answer: B

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 C p
= 39.06 – 512.79 T1.5 + 1072.7 T2 – 820.4T3 where Cp is in kJ/kg-mol, T
is in K.
A. 600 kJ C. 800 kJ
B. 697.27 kJ D. 897.27 kJ

Answer: B
One kilogram of wet steam at a pressure of 8 bar (Vg = 0.2404
m3/kg, vf = 0.0011148 m 3/kg) and dryness 0.94 is expanded until
the pressure is 4 bar (vg = 0.4625 m 3/kg, vf = 0.0010836 m3). If the
expansion follows the law PV n = C, where n =1.12, find the dryness
fraction of the steam at the lower pressure.
A. 0.9072 C. 0.2260
B. 0.4197 D. 0.2404

Answer: A
Wet saturated steam at 16 bar (h f = 859 kJ/kg , hg = 1935 kJ/kg)
reducing valve and is throttled to a pressure of 8 bar (h r = 721 kJ/kg,
hfg = 2048 kJ/kg). Find the dryness fraction of the reduces pressure
steam.
A. 0.8833 C. 0.9933
B. 0.7733 D. 0.6633

Answer: C
A 650 BHP diesel engine uses fuel oil of 28°API gravity, fuel
consumption is 0.65 lb/BHP-hr. cost of fuel is P 7.95 per liter. For
continuous operation, determine the minimum volume of cubical
day tank in cm3, ambient temperature is 45°C.
A. 4,372,890 cm3 C. 5,291,880 cm3
B. 5,987,909 cm3 D. 7,352,789 cm3

Answer: A
A typical industrial fuel oil, C 16H32 with 20% excess air by weight.
Assuming complete oxidation of the fuel, calculate the actual air-fuel
ratio by weight.
A. 17.56 kgair/kgfuel C. 16.75 kgair/kgfuel
B. 15.76 kgair/kgfuel D. 17.65 kgair/kgfuel

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