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PPE - PROBLEM SET # 7

INSTRUCTION: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer of your choice.
MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. During the dynamometer test of an engine for 1 hr steady load, the engine consumes 40 kg fuel having 43,300
KJ/kg heating value. If the torque developed is 2.5 KN-m during the test at 600 rpm, what is the efficiency of the
engine?
A. 31.22% B. 32.65% C. 55.77% D. 25.99%

2. A 4-stroke Gasoline engine has a bore and stroke of 400 mm x 450 mm running at 750 rpm. If the clearance
volume is 0.0527 m3/s, calculate the engine efficiency.
A. 55.82% B. 65.82% C. 35.82% D. 45.82%

3. A 3 MW diesel engine consumes 240 li of 25oAPI fuel and generates 900 KW-hr. Determine the rate of fuel
consumed by the engine.
A. 0.2 kg/s B. 0.4 kg/s C. 0.6 kg/s D. 0.8 kg/s

4. A 20 cm x 35 cm diesel engine with 4 cylinders and operating on a four stroke, has a rated power of 160 kw and
is running at 250 rpm. Find the volume displacement per brake power developed.
A. 0.9 m3/min-kw B. 0.1 m3/min-kw C. 0.06 m3/min-kw D. 0.0344 m3/min-kw

5. An engine has a power output of 8.5 hp with 70% efficiency. What will be the kw/hp? Registered to the meter?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 41.33% D. 4

6. A 2500 KW diesel engine unit uses 1 bbl oil per 550 KWH produced. Oil is 25°API. Efficiency of generator 90%,
mechanical efficiency of engine 83%. What is the thermal efficiency of engine based on indicated power (%)?
A. 31.69 B. 41.33 C. 39.60 D. 35.60

7. A single-acting, four-cylinder, 4-stroke cycle diesel engine with a bore x stroke of 22 x 28 cm, operating at 375
rpm, consumes 9 kg/h of fuel whose heating value is 43,900 KJ/kg. The indicated mean effective pressure is 500
Kpa. The load on the brake arm, which is 100 cm is 115 kg. What is the brake mean effective pressure in Kpa?
A. 415.20 B. 332.98 C. 319.95 D. 645.33

8. In a double acting, 2 stroke compression ignition engine, 12-cylinder, the diameter of the cylinder is 750 mm, stroke
is 1450 mm, and the piston rod diameter is 240 mm. When running at 120 rpm, the indicated mean effective
pressure above and below the pistons are 6 bar and 5 bar respectively. Calculate the brake power of the engine
with a mechanical efficiency of 80% in kilowatts.
A. 6050 B. 6030 C. 12,900 D. 8375

9. Determine the output power (KW) of a diesel power plant if the engine and generator efficiency is 80% and 96%,
respectively. The engine uses 250API fuel and has a fuel consumption of 0.08 kg/s.
A. 2741.45 B. 2815 C. 1096.6 D. 9758.6

10. A four-cylinder four-stroke Diesel engine with 20 cm bore and 25 cm stroke running at 1000 rpm has a reading of
350 kpa mean effective pressure in the indicator diagram. Calculate the indicated power generated in KW.
A. 183.26 B. 114.54 C. 229.1 D. 91.63

11. A Prony brake for measuring the power generated of a six-cylinder, two-stroke Diesel engine running at 2000 rpm
indicates a reading of 180 N. The length of the arm of the Prony brake is a 1.25 m. In an hour operation it consumes
14 kg of fuel with a heating value of 53,000 KJ/kg. Determine the brake thermal efficiency.
A. 0.2391 B. 0.2857 C. 0.2583 D. 0.2286

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12. The following data are the results on a test of an Otto cycle engine torque = 1200 N-m; indicated mean effective
pressure = 800 kPa, fuel consumption = 0.004 kg/sec; fuel heating value = 43,816 KJ/kg; bore x stroke = 30 cm x
32cm; speed = 300 rpm. Calculate the brake mean effective pressure.
A. 253 B. 333 C. 393 D. 287

13. A Diesel engine consumed 400 liters of fuel having a density of 860 gms/liter and a heating value of 42500 KJ/kg.
If the thermal efficiency is 35%, how many hp-hrs will be generated?
A. 1678 B. 2152 C. 1812 D. 1905

14. Determine the brake power of an engine having a brake thermal efficiency of 35% and uses 25oAPI fuel with fuel
consumption of 40 kg/hr.
A. 165.84 KW B. 173.52 KW C. 133.54 KW D. 60.67 KW

15. A diesel engine develops a torque of 5 KN-m at 1800 rpm. If the brake thermal efficiency is 31%, find the heat
generated by fuel.
A. 3050 KW B. 3040.25 KW C. 3000.25 KW D. 5000 KW

16. A 500 KW diesel engine operates at 101.3 Kpa and 27oC in Manila. If the engine will operate in Baguio having 93
Kpa and 23oC, what new brake power developed if mechanical efficiency is 85%?
A. 600 kw B. 754 KW C. 459 KW D. 971 KW

17. A 50 Bhp blast furnace engine uses fuel with 10 ft3/Bhp-hr. The heating value of the gas is 33,700 KJ/m3.
Determine the brake thermal efficiency.
A. 28.15 % B. 56% C. 28.34% D. 25.24%

18. During the dynamometer test of an engine for 1 hr steady load, the engine consumes 40kg fuel having 44,000
KJ/kg heating value. If the torque developed is 2.5 KN-m during the test at 600 rpm, what is the brake thermal
efficiency?
A. 30.11% B. 32.13% C. 34.556% D. 23.45%

19. Find the power which a 2.81MW natural gas engine can developed at an altitude of 1981.2 m taking into
consideration the pressure changes alone.
A. 1.975 MW B. 2.199 MW C. 1.769MW D. 1.997MW

20. A waste heat recovery boiler produces 4.8 Mpa (dry saturated) steam from 1040C feedwater. The boiler receives
energy from 6 kg/s of 9540C dry air. After passing through a waste heat boiler, the temperature of air has been
reduced to 3430C. How much steam in kg/s produced? Note: At 4.80 Mpa dry saturated, h= 2796.
A. 1.89 B. 1.3 C. 1.55 D. 2.55

21. A water brake coupled to an engine on test absorbs 90 kw of power. Find the mass flow of fresh water through
the brake, in kg/min if the temperature increases of the water is 12oC. Assume all the heat generated is carried
away by the cooling water.
A. 107.50 kg/min B. 110 kg/min C. 100 kg/min D. 128 kg/min

22. A 350 hp diesel engine has a cooling water that enters at 100oF and leaves at 180oF with cp = 4.19 KJ/kg-K. Find
the gallons per minute of water required.
A. 10.23 B. 19.61 C. 14.56 D. 16.5

23. A 310 mm x 460 mm four stroke single acting diesel engine is rated at 170 KW at 280 rpm. Fuel consumption at
rated load is 0.28 kg/KW-hr with a heating value of 43,912 KJ/kg. Calculate brake thermal efficiency.
A. 31.53% B. 27.45% C. 29.28% D. 54.23%

24. A six-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine with 76 mm bore x 89 mm stroke was run in the laboratory at 1800 rpm,
when it was found that the engine torque was 163.5 N-m with all cylinders firing but 133 N-m when one cylinder
was out. The engine consumed 12.5 kg of fuel per hour with a heating value of 52,120 KJ/kg and 252 kg of air at
15.6oC per hour. Determine the indicated power.
A. 32.1 kw B. 38.4 kw C. 34.5 kw D. 48.3 kw

25. A car engine produces an average of 25 KW of power in a period of 10-min during which 1.25 kg of gasoline is
consumed. If the heating value of gasoline is 43000 KJ/kg, the efficiency of this engine during this period is:
A. 24% B. 28% C. 32% D. 36%

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26. A 4-liter (2-liter per revolution at standard pressure and temperature) spark ignition engine has a compression ratio
of 8 and 2000 KJ/kg heat addition by the fluid combustion. Considering a cold air-standard Otto cycle model, how
much power will the engine produce when operating at 2500 rpm?
A. 50.2 hp B. 73.1 hp C. 97.4 hp D. 151.39 hp

27. A pure Diesel cycle operates with a compression ratio of 15, and a cut-off ratio of 2.5. what is the rate of heat input
in KJ/sec required for this cycle to produce 300 hp?
A. 227 B. 386 C. 438 D. 556

28. A 15.24 cm x 22.86 cm single acting, 8-cylinder, 4 stroke diesel engine operates at 1200 rpm. The load on the
brake arm is 101.6 cm length is 120 kg. What is the brake mean effective pressure in kPa?
A. 451 kPa B. 500 C. 625 D. 354

29. A gasoline engine generates 250 kw while consuming 0.018 kg/sec of fuel. The friction power is 25 kw. The higher
heating value of fuel is 44,000 kJ/kg. Calculate the indicated thermal efficiency.
A. 0.372 B. 0.333 C. 0.347 D. 0.316

30. Calculate the volumetric efficiency of a tour stroke six-cylinder car engine of 8.5 cm bore and 9.5 cm stroke running
at 2000 rpm with 2.0 m3/min of entering air.
A. 0.71 B. 0.75 C. 0.55 D. 0.62

31. In a hydroelectric power plant, the tailwater level fixes at 480m. The net head is 27 m, and head loss is 5% of the
gross head. What is the head water elevation?
A. 508.97 m B. 456.7 m C. 508.421 D. 903.9 m

32. For a proposed hydroelectric plant, the tailwater and the head water elevation is 160m and 195 m, respectively. If
the available flow is 10m3/s and head loss of 4% of available head. What is the water power?
A. 3261.825 KW B. 3678.2 KW C. 3296.16 KW D. 2425.78 KW

33. In a hydroelectric plant the brake power is 1,850 KW running at 450rpm and net head of 30m. Determine the
specific speed of the turbine.
A. 90.17 rpm B. 65.65 rpm C. 72.41 rpm D. 76.87 rpm

34. In a Francis turbine, the pressure gage leading to the turbine casing reads 400 kPa and center of spiral casing is
3m above the tail race. If the velocity of water entering the turbine is 8m/s, what is the net head of the turbine?
A. 45 m B. 65 m C. 54 m D. 47 m

35. From a height of 65m, water flows at the rate of 0.85 m3/s and driving a water turbine connected to an electric
generator revolving at 170 rpm. Calculate the power developed by the turbine in KW if the total resisting torque
due to friction is 540 N-m and the velocity of the water leaving the turbine blades is 4.75 m/s.
A. 623.34 B. 656.89 C. 522.8 D. 541.98

36. A Pelton type turbine was installed 31m below the head gate of the penstock. The head loss due to friction is 15%
of the given elevation. The length of the penstock is 80 m and the coefficient of friction is 0.00093 (Morse).
Determine the diameter in meters of the penstock and the power output in KW.
A. 0.422, 820.50 B. 2.457; 12,345.7
C. 1.899; 2,348.20 D. 1.686; 13,128.05

37. At a proposed hydroelectric plant site, the average elevation of headwater is 600 m, the tailwater elevation is 480m.
The average annual water flow is determined to be equal to that volume flowing through a rectangular channel 4m
wide and 0.5 m deep and average velocity of 5.5m/s. Assuming the plant will operate 350 days/year, find the
energy Kwh that the plant site can developed if the hydraulic turbine that will be used has an efficiency of 78% and
generator efficiency of 90%. Consider a headwork loss of 4% of the available head.
A. 76,876,852 B. 76,900,353 C. 78,987,567 D. 73,304,488

38. A running at 400 rpm has a specific speed of 60 rpm and head available is 41 m. If the rating of each turbine
installed is 100 kw, how many turbines must be used?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 5 D. 7

39. The available flow of water is 25 m3/s at 39 m elevation. If a hydroelectric plant is to be installed with turbine
efficiency of 0.86 and generator efficiency of 92%, what maximum power that the plant could generate?
A. 7567.63 kw B. 8520.3 kw C. 6520.30 kw D. 6545.90 kw

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40. The difference between the head race and the tail race of a hydro-electric plant is 190 m. The friction loss through
the penstock is equivalent to 8 m. Water flow at the rate of 2.5 m3/sec. Power loss due to friction in the turbine is
65 kw and the leakage loss is 0.02 m3/sec. Determine the electrical power generated in kw if the generator
efficiency is 96%.
A. 5052 B. 4188 C. 4631 D. 3942

41. A 40-m wide and 5-m deep river lows at the rate of 1.5 m/sec. A hydro plant installed nearby develops a gage
pressure of 320 kPa at the turbine entrance. Calculate the maximum power available in MW.
A. 98 B. 84 C. 96 D. 90

42. The specific speed of turbine is 75 rpm and running at 450 rpm. If the head is 28 m and generator efficiency is
96%, what is the maximum power delivered by the generator.
A. 1610 kw B. 650.5 kw C. 750 kw D. 853 kw

43. For a generator running at 5 rps and 60 hz, find the number of generator poles.
A. 18 poles B. 8 poles C. 24 poles D. 20 poles

44. In Francis turbine, the pressure gage leading to the turbine casing reads 385 kpa and center of spiral casing is 3.5
m above the tailrace. If the velocity of water entering the turbine is 9 m/s, what is the net head of the turbine?
A. 45 m B. 46 m C. 47 m D. 48 m

45. A Pelton type turbine has 30 m head friction loss of 5.0 m. The coefficient of friction head loss (from Morse) is
0.00093 and penstock length of 85 m. What is the penstock diameter?
A. 1.52m B. 1.69 m C. 1.58 m D. 1.89 m

46. From a height of 70 m water flows at the rate of 0.85 m3/s and is driving a turbine connected to 160 rpm generator.
If frictional torque is 545 N-m, calculate the turbine brake power.
A. 532.95 kw B. 574.563 kw C. 560.74 kw D. 579.48 kw

47. A hydro-electric power plant consumes 52,650,000 KW-hrs per annum. Expected flow is 1665 m3/min and overall
efficiency is 65%. What is the net head in meters?
A. 52 B. 35 C. 74 D. 34

48. A hydroelectric power has the following data: catchment area -- 120 sq km, average annual rain fall – 135 cm, run
off – 85%, available head – 350 m, overall station efficiency – 85%. Calculate the power that it can develop in kw.
A. 12,743 B. 10,641 C. 11,435 D. 13,502

49. A steam generator with economizer and air heater has an overall draft loss of 22.17 cm of water. If the stack gases
are at 177oC and if the atmosphere is at 101.3 kpa and 26oC, what theoretical height of stack in meters is needed
when no draft fan is used? Assume that the gas constant for the flue gases is the same as that for air.
A. 560 m B. 550 m C. 589 m D. 540 m

50. A power plant situated at an altitude having an ambient air of 96 kpa and 24oC. Flue gases at a rate of 5.0 kg/sec
enter the stack at 200oC and leaves at 160oC. The flue gases gravimetric analysis is 18% CO2, 7% O2, and 75%
N2. Calculate the height of stack necessary for a driving pressure of 0.20 kpa.
A. 57.33 m B. 52.42 m C. 59.2 m D. 50.2 m

51. A boiler uses 2500 kg of coal per hour. The amount of air needed for the combustion of one kg of coal is 16 kg. If
ash loss is 10%, calculate the mass of gas entering the chimney.
A. 42250 B. 50300 C.35600 D. 48950

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ANSWER KEY:

1. B 12. B 23. C 34. D 45. C

2. A 13. D 24. C 35. C 46. B
3. A 14. B 25. B 36. D 47. D
4. D 15. B 26. D 37. D 48. A
5. A 16. C 27. B 38. B 49. A
6. B 17. A 28. A 39. A 50. A
7. B 18. B 29. C 40. B 51. A
8. C 19. B 30. D 41. C
9. A 20. C 31. C 42. A
10. D 21. A 32. C 43. C
11. D 22. B 33. C 44. C

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