UNIVERSITY OF CEBU-MAIN CAMPUS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ME REVIEW 2
THERMODYNAMICS 1
Problem Set

PPE - PROBLEM SET # 2

MULTIPLE CHOICE:
1. In an air standard Otto cycle, the clearance volume is 12% of the displacement volume.
Find the compression ratio and or thermal efficiency.
A. 0.52 B. 0.55 C. 0.53 D. 0.60
2. A Carnot cycle has a maximum temperature of 220oC and minimum temperature of
20oC. Find the cycle efficiency.
A. 54.23% B. 58.35% C. 43.20% D. 40.57%
3. A steam engine operation between 150oC and 500oC. What is the theoretical maximum
thermal efficiency?
A. 99% B. 27% C. 49% D. 45.30%
4. An engine has a bore of 15 cm and stroke of 48 cm. If the volumetric compression is
2200 cm3, find the engine efficiency.
A. 46.2 B. 44.2 C. 45.4 D. 40.3
5. A Carnot engine requires 40 KJ/sec from the hot source. The engine produces 20 kw of
power and the temperature of the sink is 26oC. What is the temperature of the hot source?
A. 245.57oC B. 210.10oC C. 250.18oC D. 325.00oC
6. A Carnot engine receives 130 Btu of heat from a hot reservoir at 600oF and rejects 49
Btu of heat. Calculate the temperature of the cold reservoir.
A. -21.9oF B. -60.46oF C. -20.8oF D. -22.7oF
7. The maximum thermal efficiency possible for a power cycle operating between 1400oF
and 280oF is:
A. 58% B. 58.73% C. 60.22% D. 57.40%
8. A heat engine is operated between temperature limits of 1380 oC and 230oC. Engine
supplied with 14,142 KJ per KWH. Find the Carnot cycle efficiency in percent.
A. 70.10 B. 65.05 C. 67.56 D. 69.32
9. An Otto engine has clearance volume of 9%. It produces 350 kw power. What is the
amount of heat rejected in KW?
A. 204.45 B. 160.50 C. 152.10 D. 145.85
10. An air standard engine has a compression ratio of 15 and a cut-off ratio of 3. If the
intake air pressure and temperature are 100 kpa and 28oC, find the work in KJ per kg.
A. 2976 B. 2166 C. 2437 D. 992.50
11. The thermal efficiency of a particular engine operating on an ideal cycle is 45%.
Calculate the heat supplied per 1500 watt-hr of work developed in KJ.
A. 12,343 B. 12,000 C. 14,218 D. 11,108
12. An Otto cycle has an initial condition of 98 kpa and 30oC. The compression ratio is 11
and the maximum temperature of the cycle is 1400oC. Find the heat added in KJ/kg.
 A. 632 B. 689 C. 763 D. 876
13. An Otto cycle has an initial condition of 100 kpa and 30oC. The compression ratio is
10 and the maximum temperature is 1400oC. Find the cycle mean effective pressure per
kg of air.
A. 395.67 kpa B. 491.34 kpa C. 503.95 kpa D. 674.30 kpa
14. An Otto cycle has a heat added of 1000 Btu and work output of 550 Btu. Find the
percent clearance.
A. 6.32% B. 8.97% C. 12.04% D. 15.72%
15. Air is compressed in an Otto cycle from 100 kpa to 700 kpa. Find the cycle efficiency.
A. 42.65% B. 39.45% C. 48.56% D. 58.34%
16. A diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 8 and cut-off ratio of 2.5. Find the cyle
efficiency.
A. 42% B. 44% C. 46% D. 48%
17. A diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 6 and cut-off ratio of 2. If heat added is 1500
KJ, find the heat rejected.
A. 857.60 KJ B. 982.34 KJ C. 1,082.34 KJ D. 1209.34 KJ
18. A diesel cycle has an initial temperature of 30oC, compression ratio of 14 and cut-off
ratio of 5. Find the maximum temperature of the cycle.
A. 3984oC B. 4081oC C. 4764.33oC D. 5836.40oC
19. In an air standard diesel cycle, compression starts at 100 Kpa and 300 K. The
compression ratio is 12 to 1. The maximum cycle temperature is 2000 K. Determine the
cycle efficiency.
A. 60.34% B. 56.23% C. 54.22% D. 45.45%
20. A diesel engine is operating on a 4-stroke cycle, has a heat rate of 10,000 KJ/KW-hr
brake. The compression ratio is 10. The cut-off ratio is 2. Using K = 1.32, what is the brake
engine efficiency.
A. 63.5 B. 51.2 C. 73.5 D. 78.72
21. Determine the air-standard efficiency of an engine operating on the diesel cycle with
clearance of 6% when the suction pressure is 100 Kpa and the fuel is injected for 5% of
the stroke. Assume K = 1.4.
A. 54.96% B. 63.68% C. 43.07% D. 76.05%
22. An Otto cycle has an efficiency of 54%. If heat added is 400 KJ, find the work done.
A. 216 KJ B. 218 KJ C. 220 KJ D. 222 KJ
23. An Otto cycle has an efficiency of 60%. If work is 700 KJ, find the heat rejected.
A. 466.67 KJ B. 476.67 KJ C. 486.67 KJ D. 496.67 KJ
24. An Otto cycle has an efficiency of 48%. If heat rejected is 1000 Btu, find the heat
added.
A. 1716 Btu B. 1918 Btu C. 1923 Btu D. 2023 Btu
25. An Otto cycle has an initial condition of 31oC and 100 Kpa. The compression ratio is 8
and the heat added during the process is 1000 KJ/kg. Find the mean effective pressure.
A. 659.73 KJ/kg B. 689.73 KJ/kg C. 709.73 KJ/kg D. 739.73 KJ/kg
26. The compression ratio of Otto cycle is 10. If maximum temperature of the cycle is
1200oC, find the temperature after expansion.
A. 30.5.41oC B. 307.41oC C. 311.41oC D. 313.41oC
27. The initial temperature and pressure of Otto cycle are 28oC and 100 Kpa respectively.
The compression ratio is 6 and heat added during the process is 1300 KJ/kg. Find the
maximum pressure of the cycle.
A. 4648 Kpa B. 4748 Kpa C. 4848 Kpa D. 4948 Kpa
28. An diesel cycle has a cycle efficiency of 58%. If heat added is 1600 KJ/kg, find the
work.
A. 928 KJ B. 938 KJ C. 948 KJ D. 958 KJ
29. A diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 8 and initial temperature of 34oC. If
maximum temperature of the cycle is 2000oK, find the cycle efficiency.
A. 40.06% B. 41.06% C. 42.06% D. 44.06%
30. An Ocean –Thermal Energy Conversion power plant generates 10,000 KW using a
warm surface water inlet temperature of 26oC and a cold deep-water temperature of
15oC. On the basis of a 3oC drop in the temperature of the warm water and a 3oC rise in
the temperature of the cold water due to removal and
addition of heat, calculate the power required in KW to pump the cold-deep water to the
surface and through the system heat exchanger if the required pumping pressure increase
is 7kPa.Assume a Carnot cycle efficiency and density of cold water to be 1000 kg/m3.
A. 108 B. 120 C. 146 D. 160
31. The compression ratio of an air-standard gasoline engine is 8. The heat added is 1850
KJ/kg. If the initial pressure and temperature are 100kPa and 25oC respectively.
Determine the temperature in oC at the end of the isentropic expansion.
A. 1368 B. 1147 C. 969 D. 1452
32. Calculate the thermal efficiency of an air-standard Diesel cycle operating with a
compression ratio of 23 and cut-off ratio of 2.25
A. 0.603 B. 0.587 C. 0.656 D. 0.714
33. Calculate the thermal efficiency of an air-standard limited pressure cycle with a
compression ratio of 23, initial pressure and temperature of 100 kPa and 25oC
respectively, a pressure limited of 12 MPa, and total heat input of 1500 KJ/kg of air.
A. 0.687 B. 0.593 C. 0.648 D. 0.714
34. An elastic sphere containing gas at 120 kPa has a diameter of 1.0 m. Heating the
sphere causes it to expand to a diameter of 1.2 m. During the process the pressure is
proportional to the sphere diameter. Calculate the work done by the gas in KJ.
A. 41.8 B. 50.6 C. 45.6 D. 35.4
35. An ideal gas with a molecular weight of 7.1 kg/kg mol is compressed from 600 kPa
and 280 oK to a final specific volume of 0.5 m3/kg. During the process the pressure varies
according to p = 600 + 150v + 95v2 where p is in kPa and v in m3/kg. Calculate the work
of compression in KJ/kg?
A. 32.8 B. 28.7 C. 35.6 D. 30.4
36. Air is used in a Carnot engine where the volumes at the beginning of the constant
temperature heat addition and the constant-temperature heat rejection are 0.356 m3 and
5.573 m3 respectively. Calculate the thermalefficiency.
A. 0.754 B. 0.782 C. 0.713 D. 0.667
37. An air-standard Otto cycle has a compression ratio of 8. At the beginning of
compression the pressure and temperature of air are 100 kPa and 25 oC respectively. The
heat added is 1500 KJ/kg. Calculate the mean effective pressure in kPa.
A. 1230 B. 1132 C. 1354 D. 1068
38. The cycle work of an air-standard Otto engine is 1000 KJ/kg. The maximum cycle
temperature is 3200oC and the temperature at the end of isentropic compression is 650
oC. Calculate the compression ratio of the
engine.
A. 8.5 B. 7.22 C. 8.0 D. 0.311
39. Calculate the thermal efficiency of an air-standard Diesel cycle with minimum
temperature and pressure of 20 oC and 100 kPa, and maximum temperature of 1000oC.
The heat added is 800 KJ/kg.
A. 0.223 B. 0.365 C. 0.283 D. 0.311
40. An inventor presented the following test results of the engine he designed: power
developed, 35 KW; fuel consumption, 3.1 kg/hr; fuel heating value, 49,540 KJ/kg;
operating temperature limits, 28oC and 1200oC.
A. his claim is valid B. his claim is not valid C. inconclusive D. none of the above
41. A three-process cycle operating with 5.0 kgs of air as the working substance has the
following process: constant volume (1-2); constant pressure (2-3); and constant
temperature (3-1). Given that P1 = 100kPa,
T1 = 300oK and V1/V3 = 6, determine the heat added in KJ.
A. 6141 B. 5382 C. 7710 D. 1504
42. Two Carnot engines A and B operate in series between a high-temperature reservoir
at 1200oK and low temperature reservoir at 450oK. Engine A rejects heat to engine B,
which in turn rejects heat to the low temperature
reservoir. The heat received by engine A is 600 KJ. The two engines have equal thermal
efficiencies. Calculate the work of engine B in KJ.
A. 300 B. 168.5 C. 254.7 D. 140.6
43. A heat engine has a thermal efficiency of 45%. How much power does the engine
produce when heat is transferred into it at a rate of 109 KJ/hr?
A. 50 MW B. 75 MW C. 100 MW D. 125 MW
44. The thermodynamic efficiency of a heat engine that rejects heat at a rate of 20 MW
when heat is supplied to it at a rate of 60 MW is:
A. 33.3% B. 50% C. 66.7% D. 75%
45. A Carnot engine operates using a 527oC energy reservoir and a 27oC energy
reservoir. The thermodynamic efficiency of this engine is:
A. 50% B. 62.5% C. 73.6% D. 103%
46. An inventor claims to have created a heat engine which produces 10 KW of power for
a 15 KW input while operating between energy reservoirs at 27oC and 427oC. Is this
claim valid?
A. Yes B. No C. Probably D. None of the above
47. An Otto cycle has a compression ratio of 8 and a maximum temperature of 627oC. At
the beginning of the compression stroke, the pressure and temperature of the working
fluid are 100kPa and 27oC. Based upon the cold air-standard analysis assumption, how
much work is produced per cycle completion?
A. 43.7 KJ/kg B. 85.6 KJ/kg C. 97.4 KJ/kg D. 114.2 KJ/kg
48. A Sterling engine uses an energy source whose temperature is 727oC and energy
sink whose temperature is 27oC. How much heat must be added to the engine to produce
1 unit of work?
A. 1.0 B. 1.19 C. 1.43 D. 2.01
49. A Brayton cycle has a compression ratio of 9. Find the cycle efficiency.
A. 42.62% B. 44.62% C. 46.62% D. 48.62%
50. A Brayton cycle has an initial air temperature of 30oC. If pressure ratio is 12, find the
compressor work.
A. 310.28 KJ/kg B. 313.28 KJ/kg C. 316.28 KJ/kg D. 319.28 KJ/kg