Problem Set # - Diesel Power Plant: ° KG HR
Problem Set # - Diesel Power Plant: ° KG HR
Problem Set # - Diesel Power Plant: ° KG HR
1.) Determine the break power of the engine having a break thermal efficiency of 35% and uses 25 °
kg
API fuel consumption of 40 .
hr
2.) A 500 KW diesel engine operates at 101.3 Kpa and 27 ° C in Manila. If the engine will operates in
Baguio having 93 Kpa and 23° C, what new break power will developed if mechanical efficiency is
85%?
3.) Determine the output power of a diesel power plant if the engine and generator efficiency is
83% and 95%, respectively. The engine uses 25° API fuel and has a fuel consumption of 0.08
kg
.
sec
4.) Determine the piston speed of a 250 mm x 300 mm diesel engine running at 1200 rpm.
5.) What is the displacement volume of 300 mm x 400 mm, 4-stroke, 1200 rpm, 8-cylinder diesel
engine?
kj
6.) Determine the specific gravity of fuel oil having a heating value if 44,899.2
kg
ft 3
7.) A 50 Bhp blast furnace engine uses fuel with 10 . The heating value of gas is 33,500
Bhp−hrs
kj
.
m3
8.) An engine-generator rated 9000 KVA at 80% power factor, 3 phase, 4160 V has an engine of
90%. If overall plant efficiency is 25%, what is the heat generated by the fuel.
9.) The heat generated by the fuel is 2500 KW. If the jacket water loss is 30%. Determine the mass
of water circulated in the engine if the temperature rises are 8 ° C .
10.) What torque is developed by the 300 KW engine running at 900 rpm?
KW
11.) A 3 MW diesel engine consumes 240 liters of 25° API fuel and generates 900 . Determine
hr
the rate of fuel consumed by the engine.
12.) What maximum power that can be delivered by the 2000 KW engine at 3000 ft elevation
considering the pressure effect alone?
kg kj
13.) A waste heat recovery boiler generates 250 with h s−h f =2300 . What is the exhaust
hr kg
loss from then engine if the actual heat developed is 35%?
14.) A 1000 KW diesel engine operates at an altitude of 1500 m elevation. Considering the pressure
effect alone, find the power developed by the engine at higher elevation?
m
15.) The piston speed of an engine running at 1200 rpm is 12 . Find the stroke of the engine in
s
inches.
kg m3
16.) The density of air entering the engine is 1.176 3 has a volume flow rate of 0.375 . If the air
m sec
fuel ratio is 21, find the mass flow rate of fuel.
17.) A 4-stroke, 8-cylinder diesel engine with bore and stroke of 9 inches and 12 inches, respectively
and speed 950 rpm has a brake mean effective pressure of 164 psi. The specific fuel
lb Btu
consumption is 0.39 and the fuel heating value is 18,500 . Determine thermal
bhp−hr lb
efficiency.
18.) A 305 mm x 457 mm 4 stroke single acting diesel engine is rated at 150 KW at 260 rpm. Fuel
kg kj
consumption at rated load is 0.26 with a heating value of 43,912 . Calculate brake
KW −hr kg
thermal efficiency.
19.) A dynamometer test was done for one hour at steady load on a 6-cylinder diesel engine. It was
j
found to use 42 kg of fuel having Q h=42,000 . Cylinder is 22.8 cm x 27.2 cm, 4-cycle type.
g
kg
20.)Speed, 550 rpm and dynamometer torque at 27000 . determine the brake thermal
cm
efficiency.
21.) Find the power which a 2.5 MW natural gas engine can develop at an altitude of 1981.2 meters
taking consideration the pressure and temperature change.
22.) A 2000 KW diesel engine unit less 1 bbl oil per 525 KWH produced. Oil is 25 ° API. Efficiency of
generator 93%, mechanical efficiency of engine 80%. What is the thermal of engine based on
indicated power?
23.) A waste heat recovery boiler produces 4.8 Mpa steam from 104 ° C feedwater. The boiler
kg
receives energy from 5 of 954° C dry air. After passing through a waste heat boiler, the
sec
temperature of the air is having been reduce to 343 ° C . How much steam in kg is produced per
second? Note: at 4.80 Mpa dry saturated, h = 2796.
24.) A diesel electric plant supplies energy for Meralco. During a 24-hours period, the plant
KW
consumed 200 gallons of fuel at 28° C and produced 3930 . Industrial fuel used is 28° C APi
hr
and was purchased at 5.50 per liter at 15.6° C . What is the cost of fuel be to produce one
KW
?
hr
25.) A single-acting, 4-cylinder, 4 stroke cycle diesel engines with a bore x stroke of 21.59 x 27.94
kg kj
cm, operating at 275 rpm, consumes 8.189 of fuel whose heating value is 43,961.4 . The
h kg
indicated mean effective pressure is 475.7 Kpa. The load on the break arm, which is 93.98 cm is
113.4 kg. What is the brake mean effective pressure in Kpa?
26.) A 6 cylinder, 4 storke diesel engines with 76 mm bore x 89 mm storke was run in the laboratory
N
at 2000 rpm, when it was found that the engine torque was 153.5 with all cylinders firing but
m
N
123 when one cylinder was out. The engine consumed 12.2 kg fuel per hour with a heating
m
kj
value of 54,120 and 252.2 kg of air at 15.6° C per hour. Determine the indicated power.
kg
27.) In the test laboratory, it was found out that of the 80 Bhp developed by an engine on test, 45
Hp are absorbed by the cooling water that is pumped through the water jacket and the radiator.
The water enters the top of the radiator at 200 ° F . At that temperature, enthalpy of the water is
BTU
168.07 . Water leaves the bottom of the radiator at 190 ° F and with an enthalpy of 158.03
lb
BTU
. What is the water flow rate for a steady-state operation?
lb
28.) A 3 MW diesel electric power plant uses 3700 gallons in a 24 hours period. Oil is 25 ° API. What
is the thermal efficiency of the engine based on indicated power if the generator is 90% efficient
and 95% mechanical efficiency is assumed?
29.) A single acting, 8-cylinder, 4 stroke cycle diesel engines with a bore to stroke of 15.24 cm x
22.86 cm, operates at 1200 rpm. The load on the brake arm which is 101.60 cm is 120 kg. What
is the brake mean effective pressure in Kpa?
30.) A 6-cylinder, 4 stroke diesel engines with 76 mm bore and 89 mm stroke was run in the
laboratory at 2000 rpm. The engine consumed 137.4 kg of air at 15.5 ℃ per hour. Determined
the volumetric efficiency of air only.
31.) A 1119 KW, 6-cylinder, 589 mm x 711 mm, 225 rpm, 4-stroke diesel engine has a fuel
kg kj
consumption of 0.23 based on 44,099 fuel. A waste heat recovery boiler recovers
KW −hr kg
35% of the exhaust loss. Jacket water loss are estimated at 30%. Assume losses due to friction,
kg
etc. At 8%. Calculate the quantity of 136 Kpa steam that can be produced in , if jacket water
hr
at 70℃ is used for boiler feed.