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This document contains 10 multiple choice questions related to thermodynamics calculations. The questions cover topics such as: - Calculating flue gas composition and air-fuel ratios for combustion reactions - Determining heating values of fuels from compositional data - Calculating temperature changes, enthalpy changes, and heat transfer for thermodynamic processes like compression, expansion, and stirring - Computing excess air and heat supplied in gas turbine cycles

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Questions Combustion

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions related to thermodynamics calculations. The questions cover topics such as: - Calculating flue gas composition and air-fuel ratios for combustion reactions - Determining heating values of fuels from compositional data - Calculating temperature changes, enthalpy changes, and heat transfer for thermodynamic processes like compression, expansion, and stirring - Computing excess air and heat supplied in gas turbine cycles

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A fuel oil has the following contents: 85.5 % carbon, 11.9% hydrogen, 1.6% oxygen, and 1 % impurities.

Calculate the percentage CO2 in the flue gas for complete combustion.
A. 20.94 % * C. 35.5 %
B. 30.94 % D. 17.56 %

Liquid Octane (C8H18 ) fuel is burned with ideal proportion of air. Calculate the ideal air-fuel ratio by
weight.
A. 13.72 kg air/kg fuel C. 15.05 kg air/kg fuel *
B. 14.56 kg air/kg fuel D. 10.69 kg air/kg fuel

A coal has the following ultimate analysis: C = 60 % H2 = 6 % Ash = 5 % S2 = 7 % N2 = 5 % O2 = 9 %


Moisture = 8 % Determine the actual air-fuel ratio using 25% excess air.
A. 10.6 kg air/kg coal C. 19.6 kg air/kg coal
B. 11.1 kg air/kg coal* D. 9.7 kg air/kg coal

The ultimate analysis of coal is given below: C = 68.5 % S = 1.5 % Ash = 12.0 % H = 2.5 % O = 3.5 %
Calculate the higher heating value of coal.
A.25, 300 kJ/kg C. 27,300 kJ/kg
B.28,300 kJ/kg D. 26,300 kJ/kg *

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.
A. 43,852.13 kJ/kg * C. 58,352.13 kJ/kg
B. 53,852.13 kJ/kg D. 48,352.13 kJ/kg

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
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.
A. 43,852.13 kJ/kg * C. 58,352.13 kJ/kg
B. 53,852.13 kJ/kg D. 48,352.13 kJ/kg

There are 20 kg of flue gases formed per kg of fuel oil burned in the combustion of a fuel oil C12H26 .
What is the excess air in percent?
A. 20.174 % C. 27.175% *
B. 16.567 % D. 8.217 %

Ten cu ft of air at 30 psia and 400F is cooled to 140F at constant volume. What is the change in
entropy ?

A. +0. 581 Btu/R C. 0

B. –0. 0581 Btu/R * D. 0.120 Btu/R

A 1-hp stirring motor is applied to a tank containing 22.7 kg of water. The stirring action is applied for
one hour and the tank loses 850 kJ/h of heat. Calculate the rise in temperature of the tank after one
hour considering that the process occurs at constant volume.

A. +19.3C * C. + 12.45C

B. + 14.5C D. + 23.45C

A certain gas with Cp = 0.529 Btu/lb.R and R = 92.6 ft.lbf/lbmR expands from 5 ft3 and 80F to 15 ft3
while the pressure remains constant at 15.5 psia. Compute the change in enthalpy.

A. 234 Btu C. 122 Btu *

B. 130 Btu D. 105 Btu

Air is drawn into a gas turbine working on the constant pressure cycle at 1 bar 21C and compressed to
5.7 bar. The temperature at the end of heat supply is 680C. Taking expansion and compression to be
adiabatic where Cv = 0.718 kJ/kg-K, Cp = 1.005 kJ/kg-K, calculate the heat energy supplied per kg at
constant pressure.

A. 472 kJ/kg * C. 501 kJ/kg

B. 389 kJ/kg D. 489 kJ/kg


An adiabatic expansion of air occurs through nozzle from 828 kPa and 71C to 138 kPa. The initial kinetic
energy is negligible. For an isentropic expansion, compute the temperature at the exit condition.

A. – 67C * C. – 72C

B. – 54C D. – 77C

Ten cu ft of helium at 20 psia and 80F are compressed isentropically 1-2 to 80 psia. The helium is then
expanded polytropically 2-3 with n= 1.35 to the initial temperature. An isothermal 3-1 returns helium to
the initial state. C. Compute the value heat added during expansion. Note: Helium (Cv = 0.75 Btu/lbm.R)

A. 37.63 Btu* C. 48.3 Btu

B. 34.5 Btu D. 32.45 Btu

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