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46. A mixture of 500 g water and 200 g of fluid which has a density of 800 kg/m3. Determine the mass density of the mixture in
kg/L.
A. 0.539 B. 0.752 C. 0.368 D. 0.933
47. Gas is flowing in a pipe with a velocity of 40 m/s. What is the kinetic energy of the gas per kilogram of gas?
A. 0.4 B. 0.6 C. 0.2 D. 0.8
48. An insulated 2 kg box falls from a balloon 3.5 km above the earth. What is the change in internal energy of the box after it has
hit the earth’s surface?
A. 58.6 B. 48.6 C. 78.6 D. 68.6
49. Shaft work of - 15 Btu/lb and heat transfer of - 10 Btu/lb. What is the change in enthalpy of this system?
A. 5 B. 10 C. 7.5 D. 2.5
50. A fluid at 100 psia has a specific volume of 4 ft3/lb and enters an apparatus with a velocity of 500 ft/sec. Heat radiation losses in
the apparatus are equal to 10 Btu/lb of fluid supplied. The fluid leaves the apparatus at 20 psia with a specific volume of
15 ft3/lb and a velocity of 1,000 ft/sec. In the apparatus, the shaft work done by the fluid is equal to 195,000 ft - lbf/lbm. Does
the internal energy of the fluid increases or decreases, and how much is the change?
A. 243 B. 250 C. 257 D. 264
51. A fluid enters with a steady flow of 3.7 kg/s and an initial pressure of 690 kPa ; initial density of 3.2 kg/m3 ; initial velocity of
60 m/s and an initial specific internal energy of 2 000 kJ/kg. It leaves at 172 kPa ; r = 0.64 kg/m3 ; v = 160 m/s and
u = 1 950 kJ/kg. The heat loss is found to be 18.6 kJ/kg. Find the work in kilowatts.
A. - 131.083 kW B. - 121.083 kW C. - 141.083 D. - 151.083 kW
52. In a steady flow apparatus, 135 kJ of work is done by each kilogram of fluid. The specific volume of the fluid, pressure and
speed at the inlet are 0.37 m3/kg ; 600 kPa and 16 m/s. The inlet is 32 m above the floor, and the pipe is at floor level. The
discharge conditions are 0.62 m3/kg ; 100 kPa and 270 m/s. The total heat loss between the inlet and discharge is 9 kJ/kg of
fluid. In flowing through this apparatus, does the specific internal energy increase or decrease, and by how much?
A. 20 B. 25 C. 30 D. 35
53. A steam turbine receives 70 pounds of steam per minute with an enthalpy of 1,600 Btu per pound and a velocity of 100 ft/sec.
It leaves the turbine at 900 ft/sec and 1,320 Btu/lb enthalpy. The radiation loss is 84,000 Btu/hr. Find the horsepower output.
A. 393 B. 403 C. 413 D. 423
54. A steam turbine takes in steam, with specific enthalpy of 3 095 kJ/kg, at a rate of 80 kg/min. The steam leaves the turbine with
specific enthalpy of 2 660 kJ/kg. If heat losses from the turbine are 120 kW. Determine the power output.
A. 420 B. 440 C. 460 D. 480
55. Steam enters a turbine stage with a enthalpy of 3 628 kJ/kg at 70 m/s and leaves the same stage with an enthalpy of
2 846 kJ/kg and a velocity of 124 m/s. Calculate the work done by steam.
A. 776.76 kJ/kg B. 873.45 kJ/kg C. 567.23 kJ/kg D. 923.34 kJ/kg
56. The power output from the steam turbine is 500 kW when the steam rate is 1.4 kg/s. The reduction in specific enthalpy
between the inlet and outlet is 380 kJ/kg. Determine the heat flow per second when the inlet and the outlet velocities are 20 m/s
and 80 m/s, respectively. The inlet is located 800 mm above the outlet.
A. - 18 B. - 38 C. - 28 D. - 48
57. A steam turbine is supplied with steam having a specific enthalpy of 3.22 MJ/kg at a rate of 3 000 kg/h. The steam leaves the
turbine with a specific enthalpy of 2.35 MJ/kg and a specific volume of 16 m3/kg. Heat losses may be taken as 60 MJ/h. If the
exhaust duct diameter is 450 mm, calculate the power developed by the turbine if the velocity of steam at inlet is negligible.
A. 695 B. 685 C. 705 D. 715
58. Determine the power output of a steam turbine which has a radiation loss of 75 kJ/s. The mass flow rate of the superheated
steam is 10 kg/s. The difference in specific enthalpy between the throttle and outlet of the turbine during the expansion process
is 438.5 kJ/kg. Neglect the effect of the potential and kinetic energies.
A. 4 340 kW B. 4 330 kW C. 4 310 kW D. 4 320 kW
59. Determine the exit velocity of the steam leaving a steam turbine with an inlet velocity and enthalpy of 200 m/s and 3 000 kJ/kg,
respectively. The exhaust enthalpy is 2 800 kJ/kg.
A. 663.325 m/s B. 636.523 m/s C. 366.253 m/s D. 336.523 m/s
60. A superheated steam enters a steam turbine with an enthalpy of 2 700 kJ/kg and speed of 120 m/s. Determine the exit speed if
the exhaust enthalpy is 2 500 kJ/kg.
A. 640 m/s B. 645 m/s C. 650 m/s D. 655 m/s
61. Determine the exit velocity of a steam turbine undergoing an ideal expansion process. The throttle conditions are 120 ft/sec
and 1,800 Btu/lb and exits the turbine at 1,750 Btu/lb.
A. 1,387.152 ft/sec B. 1,157.382 ft/sec C. 1,587.312 ft/sec D. 1,857.312 ft/sec
62. Steam flows into a turbine at the rate of 10 kg/s and 10 kW of heat are lost from the turbine. Ignoring elevation and kinetic
energy effects, calculate the power output of the turbine. Note: h1 = 2 739.0 kJ/kg ; h2 = 2 300.5 kJ/kg.
A. 4 605 kW B. 4 973 kW C. 4 375 kW D. 4 000 kW
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63. Steam with an enthalpy of 800 kCal/kg enters a nozzle at a velocity of 80 m/s. Find the velocity of the steam at the exit of the
nozzle if its enthalpy is reduced to 750 kCal/kg, assuming the nozzle is horizontal and disregarding heat losses. Take:
go = 9.81 m/s2 and J = 427 kg - m/kCal
A. 561.24 m/s B. 142.5 m/s C. 52.41 m/s D. 652.14 m/s
64. A gas turbine has a mass flow rate of 35 kg/s. The specific enthalpy of the inlet gas is 1 225 kJ/kg while the exhaust gas has a
specific enthalpy of 350 kJ/kg. The velocity in the inlet and outlet of the exhaust gasses are 150 m/s and 60 m/s, respectively. If
a heat loss of 1 000 kW, calculate the power output of this turbine.
A. 19 995 kW B. 29 995 kW C. 24 995 kW D. 14 995 kW
65. The enthalpy of air is increased by 139.586 kJ/kg in a compressor. The rate of air flow is 16.42 kg/min. The power input is
48.2 kW. Which of the following values most nearly equals the heat loss from the compressor in kW?
A. - 10.0 B. + 10.2 C. - 9.95 D. + 9.95
66. Air flows steadily at a rate of 0.5 kg/s through an air compressor, entering at 7 m/s speed ; 100 kPa pressure and 0.95 m3/kg
specific volume and leaving at 5 m/s ; 700 kPa and 0.19 m3/kg. The internal energy of the air leaving is 90 kJ/kg greater than
that of the air entering. Cooling water in the compressor jacket absorbs heat from the air at the rate of 58 kJ/s. Compute for
the power needed by the compressor, kW.
A. - 82 B. - 102 C. - 92 D. - 122
67. A rotary air compressor delivers compressed air at a rate of 5 kg/min and at a temperature of 228 0C when the inlet air
temperature is 15 0C. Heat losses amount to 1.8 kW. Calculate the power input to the compressor, if the outlet air velocity is
80 m/s and inlet air velocity is 5 m/s.
A. 20 B. 16 C. 24 D. 30
68. The mass flow rate of air in a compressor is 17 kg/min. The power needed by the compressor is 49 kW which causes the
enthalpy to increase by 140 kJ/kg. Find the heat loss to the jacket water of the cylinder.
A. 9.33 kJ/s B. 3.99 kJ/s C. - 3.99 kJ/s D. - 9.33 kJ/s
69. A reciprocating compressor uses 0.4 kg/s of air. The enthalpy at the suction side is 96.5 kJ/kg while at the discharge side is
175 kJ/kg. The heat energy loss is 35 kJ/kg since the cylinder is water cooled. Determine the power needed by the compressor
by neglecting the effect of potential and kinetic energies.
A. 45.4 kW B. - 54.4 kW C. 54.4 kW D. - 45.4 kW
Situational Problem ( 70 – 71 )
An air compressor takes in air at 20 0C with density 1.2 kg/m3. The inlet pipe has a diameter of 20 mm and the velocity of the air in
the inlet pipe is 80 m/s. The outlet air temperature is 160 0C. Assume Cp of air equal to 1.005 kJ/kg - K and that KE and PE
changes are negligible.
70. Determine the power input to the compressor if there is negligible heat flow from the compressor ( adiabatic ).
A. 4.14 B. 4.24 C. 4.34 D. 4.44
71. Determine the power input to the compressor if the heat flow is 20 % of the adiabatic power input.
A. 5.00 B. 5.19 C. 5.29 D. 5.09
72. A fresh water heat exchanger is used to cool the oil in a marine engine. Water temperature into the exchanger is 15 0C and the
water temperature out is 30 0C. Oil temperature in is 150 0C and the oil flow is 80 L/min. The oil has a Relative Density of 0.9
and a specific heat capacity of 1.8 kJ/kg - K. If the outlet oil temperature is 100 0C. Determine the flow rate of water in liters
per minute.
A. 103 B. 130 C. 310 D. 301
73. A steam condenser receives 10 kg/s of steam with an enthalpy of 2 770 kJ/kg. Steam condenses into liquid and leaves with an
enthalpy of 160 kJ/kg. Cooling water passes through the condenser with temperature increases from 13 0C to 24 0C. Calculate
the cooling water flow rate in kg/s.
A. 583 B. 567 C. 523 D. 528
74. The temperature of the cooling water in a steam condenser increases from 13 0C to 28 0C when 9 kg/s of exhaust steam from a
turbine enters with an enthalpy of 2 670 kJ/kg. The condensate leaving has an enthalpy of 260 kJ/kg. Determine the mass flow
rate of the cooling water.
A. 435.554 kg/s B. 375.125 kg/s C. 345.355 kg/s D. 485.618 kg/s
75. A refrigerant flows through a water-cooled condenser at a rate of 25 kg/min. The specific enthalpy of the refrigerant entering
the condenser is 400 kJ/kg and leaving is 220 kJ/kg. Determine the mass flow of cooling water through the condenser for a
temperature increase of the water of 10 0C, assuming no external heat exchanges.
A. 1.2 B. 1.4 C. 1.8 D. 2.8
76. A container having a volume of 0.2 m3 contains nitrogen at a pressure of 100 kPa and a temperature of 15 0C. If 0.2 kg of
nitrogen is pumped into this container, calculate the final pressure after the gas has returned to its initial temperature.
A. 205.514 kPa B. 185.514 kPa C. 145.514 kPa D. 165.154 kPa
77. A 20 m3 tank contains nitrogen at 25 0C and 800 kPa. Some nitrogen is allowed to escape until the pressure in the tank drops
to 600 kPa. If the temperature at this point is 20 0C, determine the amount of nitrogen that has escaped.
A. 42.9 kg B. 32.9 kg C. 22.9 kg D. 52.9 kg
78. A rigid tank contains 10 kg of air at 150 kPa and 20 0C. More air is added to the tank until the pressure and temperature rise
to 250 kPa and 30 0C, respectively. Determine the amount of air added to the tank.
A. 4.12 kg B. 3.12 kg C. 5.12 kg D. 6.12 kg
79. A 5 m3 tank contains chlorine at 300 kPa and 300 K after 3 kg of chlorine has been used. Determine the original mass if the
original temperature was 315 K. Use: R for chlorine = 117.28 J/kg - K
A. 40.6 kg B. 35.6 kg C. 45.6 kg D. 50.6 kg
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80. A 10 m3 air receiver at 500 kPa and 80 0C when some of its mass was used to fill up air drums the temperature drops to 40 0C.
Each air drum has a capacity of 0.4 m3 at 101.325 kPa and 30 0C. Determine the number of air drums filled at the required
conditions.
A. 86 B. 71 C. 81 D. 76
81. A volume of 450 cm3 of air is measured at a pressure of 740 mm Hg absolute and a temperature of 20 0C. What is the volume
in cm3 at 760 mm Hg absolute and 0 0C?
A. 516.12 B. 408.25 C. 620.76 D. 375.85
82. If air is at pressure, p, of 3,200 lb/ft2, and at a temperature, T, of 800 0R, what is the specific volume, v?
A. 14.2 ft3/lb B. 13.3 ft3/lb C. 11.2 ft3/lb D. 9.8 ft3/lb
83. The mass of air in the room 3 m x 5 m x 20 m is known to be 350 kg. Find its density.
A. 1.617 kg/m3 B. 1.716 kg/m3 C. 1.167 kg/m3 D. 1.176 kg/m3
84. 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g alcohol ( ρ = 790 kg/m3 ). What is the specific volume of the resulting mixtures, assuming
the fluids mixed completely?
A. 0.82 x 10 3 cm3/g B. 0.88 x 10 3 cm3/g C. 0.63 x 10 3 cm3/g D. 1.20 x 10 3 cm3/g
85. 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of alcohol ( ρ = 790 kg/m3 ). What is the specific gravity of the resulting mixtures,
assuming the fluids mixed completely?
A. 0.96 B. 0.63 C. 0.82 D. 0.86
86. One useful equation used is the change of enthalpy of compressible liquid with constant specific heat is ___________.
h2 – h1 = Cp ( T2 – T1 ) + v ( P2 – P1 )
for water: Cp = 4.187 kJ/kg - K ; v = 1.00 x 10 - 3 m3/kg and has the following states
state 1: t1 = 19 0C P1 = 1.013 x 10 5 Pa
state 2: t2 = 30 0C P2 = 0.113 MPa
What is the change in enthalpy from state 1 to state 2?
A. 46.07 kPa/kg B. 56.07 kJ/kg C. 46.07 kJ/kg D. 46.07 kN/kg
87. Steam at 1,000 lb/ft2 pressure and 300 0R has a specific volume of 6.5 ft3/lb and a specific enthalpy of 9,800 ft - lb/lb. Find the
internal energy per pound mass of steam.
A. 5,400 B. 3,300 C. 6,400 D. 2,500
88. Given steam pressure of 900 lb/ft2, temperature of 300 0F, specific volume of 5.8 ft3/lb. If the specific enthalpy is 9,500 ft - lb/lb,
what is the internal energy per lb of the system?
A. 4,400 B. 3,900 C. 3,600 D. 4,280
89. A value of 450 cc of air is measured at a pressure of 740 mm Hg absolute and a temperature of 20 0C. What is the volume in
cc at 760 mm Hg absolute and 0 0C?
A. 516.12 B. 408.25 C. 620.76 D. 375.85
90. If the initial volume of an ideal gas is compressed to one-half its original volume and to twice its original temperature, the
pressure _________.
A. doubles B. quadruples C. remains constant D. halves
91. A transportation company specializes in the shipment of pressurized gaseous materials. An order is received for 100 liters of a
particular gas at STP ( 32 0F and 1 atm ). What minimum volume tank is necessary to transport the gas at 80 0F and a
maximum pressure of 8 atm?
A. 16 liters B. 14 liters C. 10 liters D. 12 liters
92. A bicycle has a volume of 600 cm3. It is inflated with carbon dioxide to pressure of 80 psia at 20 0C. How many grams of
carbon dioxide are contained in the tire?
A. 5.98 g B. 6.43 g C. 4.63 g D. 3.83 g
93. An ideal gas at 0.60 atmospheric and 87 0C occupies 0.450 liter. How many moles are in the sample?
( R = 0.0821 L - atm/mole - K )
A. 0.0002 mole B. 0.0378 mole C. 0.0198 mole D. 0.0091 mole
94. A certain gas at 101.325 kPa and 16 0C whose volume is 2.83 m3 are compressed into a gas storage vessel of 0.31 m3 capacity.
Before admission, the storage vessel contained the gas at a pressure and temperature of 137.8 kPa and 24 0C; after admission
the pressure has increased to 1 171.8 kPa. What should be the final temperature of the gas in the vessel in Kelvin?
A. 298.0 B. 319.8 C. 180.0 D. 420.0
95. Ammonia weighing 22 kg is confirmed inside a cylinder equipped with a piston has an initial pressure of 413 kPa at 38 0C. If
2 900 kJ of heat is added to the ammonia until its final pressure and temperature are 413 kPa and 100 0C, respectively, what is
the amount of work done by the fluid in kJ?
A. 667 B. 304 C. 420 D. 502
96. A large mining company was provided with a 3 m3 of compressed air tank. Air pressure in the tank drops from 700 kPa to
180 kPa while the temperature remains constant at 28 0C. What percentage has the mass of air in the tank reduced?
A. 74 B. 72 C. 76 D. 78
97. Find the change in internal energy if air changes its temperature from 100 0F to 450 0F.
A. 50 Btu/lb B. 40 Btu/lb C. 60 Btu/lb D. 30 Btu/lb
98. A 5 kg of air undergoes a certain process with an initial temperature of 100 0C. If the internal energy decreases by 230 kJ,
what is the final temperature?
A. 35.987 0C B. 53.987 0C C. 44.987 0C D. 62.987 0C
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99. A tank contains 80 ft3 of air at a pressure of 350 psi; if the air is cooled until its pressure and temperature decreases to 200 psi
and 70 0F, respectively, what is the decrease in internal energy?
A. + 4,575 B. - 5,552 C. 5,522 D. 0
The increase of enthalpy of a certain gas is 141.9 kJ when the pressure increases from 103.448 kPa to 1 034.48 kPa and the volume
decreases from 0.4772 m3 to 0.0745 m3.
102. The temperature of nitrogen ( k = 1.399 ) initially is 860 0F. When heat was abstracted its temperature decreases to 200 0F.
Determine the change in specific enthalpy.
A. 164.138 Btu/lb B. - 164.138 Btu/lb C. - 64.138 Btu/lb D. 64.138 Btu/lb
103. Determine the vacuum efficiency of a surface condenser which operates at a vacuum of 635 mm Hg and exhaust steam enters
the condenser at 45.81 0C. The barometric is 760 mm Hg.
A. 80.4 % B. 85.2 % C. 92.2 % D. 98.3 %
104. An ideal gas at 45 psig and 80 0F is heated in a closed container to 130 0F. What is the final pressure?
A. 54.23 psia B. 65.23 psia C. 75.23 psia D. 43.23 psia
105. Determine the temperature of 10 liters of water at 30 0C after 83.74 kiloJoules of heat have been added to it.
A. 32 0C B. 34 0C C. 30 0C D. 28 0C
106. One kilogram of water ( Cp = 4.2 kJ/kg - K ) is heated by 300 Btu of energy. What is the change of temperature, in K?
A. 75.4 B. 95.4 C. 55.4 D. 115.4
107. What is the temperature in 0C of 2 liters of water at 30 0C after 500 Calories of heat have been added?
A. 35.70 B. 30.25 C. 38 D. 39.75
108. If 10 lb of water are evaporated at atmospheric pressure until a volume of 288.5 ft3 is computed, how much work is done?
A. 1,680 Btu B. no work C. 610,000 ft - lb D. 550,000 ft - lb
109. Determine the average Cp value in kJ/kg - K of a gas if 522 kJ/kg of heat is necessary to raise the temperature from 300 K to
800 K making the pressure constant.
A. 1.440 B. 1.044 C. 1.038 D. 1.026
110. How much heat, kJ must be transferred to 20 kg of air to increase the temperature from 20 0C to 280 0C if the pressure is
maintained constant.
A. 2 500 B. 2 050 C. 5 200 D. 5 500
111. A closed vessel contains air at a pressure of 160 kN/m2 gage and temperature of 30 0C. The air is heated at constant volume to
60 0C with the atmospheric pressure of 759 mm Hg. What is the final gage pressure?
A. 174 B. 186 C. 167 D. 172
112. Assuming compression is according to the law P V = constant. Calculate the initial volume of gas at a pressure of 2 bar which
will occupy a volume of 6 m3 when it is compressed to a pressure of 42 bar.
A. 126 m3 B. 120 m3 C. 130 m3 D. 136 m3
113. In a constant temperature, closed system process, 100 Btu of heat is transferred to the working fluid at 100 0F. What is the
change of entropy of the working fluid?
A. 0.18 kJ/K B. 0.57 kJ/K C. 0.25 kJ/K D. 0.34 kJ/K
114. How much work is necessary to compress air in insulated cylinder from 0.20 m3 to 0.01 m3? Use: t1 = 20 0C and P1 = 100 kPa.
A. 113.4 kJ B. 121.4 kJ C. 110.1 kJ D. 115.9 kJ
115. Air compressed in a Diesel engine from an initial pressure of 13 psia and a temperature of 120 0F to one-twelfth of its original
volume. Calculate the final temperature assuming compression to be adiabatic.
A. 987 B. 980 C. 981 D. 1,010
116. Air is compressed polytropically so that quantity P V 1.4 = C. If 0.02 m3 of air at atmospheric pressure ( 101.3 kPa ) and 4 0C
are compressed to a gage pressure of 405 kN/m2, determine the final temperature of the air in 0C.
A. 123.23 0C B. 187.23 0C C. 165.70 0C D. 283.45 0C
117. Determine the specific volume of an ideal gas which has an existing pressure of 950 kPa ; 2 400 kJ/kg enthalpy and 2 200 kJ/kg
internal energy.
A. 0.21 m3/kg B. 0.31 m3/kg C. 0.41 m3/kg D. 0.11 m3/kg
118. Calculate the specific enthalpy of a saturated steam vapor having a specific internal energy value of 2 506 kJ/kg ; a pressure of
100 kPa and a specific volume of 1.694 m3/kg.
A. 2 765 B. 2 675 C. 2 567 D. 2 576
119. A steam expands adiabatically in a turbine from 2 000 kPa, 400 0C ( h = 3 247.6 kJ/kg ; s = 7.1271 kJ/kg - K ) to 400 kPa,
250 0C ( h = 2 964.2 kJ/kg ; s = 7.3789 kJ/kg - K ). What is the effectiveness of the process in percent assuming an atmospheric
temperature of 15 0C? Neglect changes in kinetic and potential energy.
A. 82 B. 84 C. 80 D. 86
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120. Steam enters the superheater of a boiler at a pressure of 25 bar and dryness fraction of 0.98 ( hf = 962.11 kJ/kg ;
hfg = 1 841.01 kJ/kg ) and leaves at the same pressure at a temperature of 370 0C ( h = 3 171.8 kJ/kg ). Calculate the heat
energy supplied in the superheater.
A. 407.46 B. 408.57 C. 405.51 D. 406.54
121. What is the total required heating energy in raising the temperature of a given amount of water when the energy supplied is
1 000 kW - h with heat losses of 25 %?
A. 1 000 kJ/s B. 1 500 kJ/s C. 1 333 kJ/s D. 1 250 kJ/s
122. A vessel of 0.058 m3 capacity is well insulated and is divided equally by rigid conducting diaphragm. Initially both halves
contain air at pressure of 137.8 kPa and 413.4 kPa and a temperature of 27 0C and 177 0C, respectively. What is the increase of
entropy of the system in kJ/ 0C?
A. 1.0020 B. 0.5080 C. 0.00173 D. 0.1080
126. Oil of Relative Density 0.85 flows with a velocity of 3.5 m/s through a pipe of internal diameter 300 mm. Determine the mass
flow rate of the oil.
A. 210 B. 120 C. 102 D. 201
Oil of Relative Density of 0.85 flows through a pipe that connects to a single-pass heat exchanger consisting of 30 copper tubes of
internal diameter 25 mm. If the velocity of the oil in the tubes and the pipe is 3 m/s.
Water flows with velocity 5 m/s in a pipe of diameter 300 mm. Further downstream, a pipe of 100 mm diameter connects into the
300 mm pipe. The water leaves the 100 mm pipe with velocity 8 m/s.
133. During a nonflow process there is a decrease of 200 kJ in the internal energy of a system while 1 MJ of work is transferred out
of the system. Determine the heat flow.
A. 400 B. 600 C. 800 D. 1 000
In a closed system containing 1.5 kg of water at 20 0C, heat and work are transferred. The heat transferred is 150 kJ in, and the
final temperature of the water is 48 0C.
137. A large internal combustion engine takes in air at 2 kg/s and fuel of relative density 0.85 at 8.8 L/min. The exhaust pipe has a
diameter of 400 mm and the exhaust gas has a density of 0.4 kg/m3. Assuming steady flow conditions, calculate the velocity of
the exhaust gas.
A. 32.4 B. 24.3 C. 34.2 D. 42.3
There are 3 lb of air in a rigid container at 25 psia and 100 0F. Take the gas constant of air as 53.35 ft - lbf/lbm - 0R.
138. If the temperature is raised to 180 0F, determine the volume of the container.
A. 20 B. 35 C. 25 D. 30
139. If the temperature is raised to 180 0F, what is the resulting pressure?
A. 29 B. 39 C. 19 D. 49
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140. A tank contains 5 kg air when heated changes its temperature from 50 0C to 250 0C. Determine the ΔS.
A. 1.765 kJ/K B. 4.325 kJ/K C. 7.765 kJ/K D. 10.325 kJ/K
141. A 5 m3 nitrogen gas tank at 200 kPag and 50 0C. Determine the mass of the nitrogen gas inside the tank.
A. 10.341 kg B. 20.709 kg C. 15.709 kg D. 25.341 kg
142. A rigid container initially at 16 psig and 80 0F. When heated its temperature increases to 300 0F, calculate the final gage
pressure.
A. 28.51 B. 18.32 C. 23.51 D. 33.32
143. One pound of air at 15 psia is heated at constant volume process from 200 0F to 800 0F. Find the final absolute pressure.
A. 78.125 B. 128.636 C. 178.125 D. 28.636
144. A 4 m x 3 m x 10 m air conditioned room at 101 kPa and 26 0C. Determine the mass of the air inside the room in the absence of
the occupants.
A. 64.237 kg B. 114.695 kg C. 14.237 kg D. 140.695 kg
145. An open drum contains 100 gallons of water at 25 0C was heated for 10 minutes. The observed heat lost was 5 % during the
process. Determine the heating capacity of the heater in kJ/s.
A. 308.127 B. 208.546 C. 158.546 D. 258.127
146. A 0.02 m diameter pipe has a steady flow of water at a velocity of 25 m/s. Determine the mass flow rate in this pipe. Assume
that the specific volume of water is 1.1 m3/kg.
A. 0.00714 B. 0.00147 C. 0.00417 D. 0.00114
A closed rigid container has a volume of 1 m3 and holds air at 345 kPa and 273 K. Heat is added until the temperature is 600 K.
149. An insulated box containing helium gas falls from a balloon 4 km above the earth's surface. Calculate the temperature rise in
0
C of the helium ( Cv = 3 114.3 J/kg - 0C ) when the box hits the ground.
A. 18.7 0C B. 25.3 0C C. 12.6 0C D. 15.2 0C
150. Calculate the bottom pressure of a surge tank in which the depth is 20 meters.
A. 196.12 kPa B. 186.12 kPa C. 176.12 kPa D. 166.12 kPa
153. A cold cola at 2 0C absorbs 18 kJ of heat to 20 0C in 15 minutes period. What is the average heat transfer?
A. 200 W B. 40 W C. 20 W D. 100 W
155. Air enters a duct at 1 MPa and 527 0C at a velocity of 100 m/s. If the flow area is 1 m2, what is the mass flow in kg/s?
A. 354.54 B. 254 C. 243 D. 435.54
156. It is required to lift five people on an elevator a distance of 100 m. The work is found to be 341.2 kJ and the gravitational
acceleration is 9.75 m/s2. Determine the average mass per person.
A. 59.99 B. 69.56 C. 79.99 D. 89.56
157. Determine the pressure at the bottom of a tank which contains fluid ( RD = 0.9 ). The fluid occupies 25 m of the tank height.
A. 200.413 kPa B. 245.152 kPa C. 220.725 kPa D. 265.918 kPa
158. An open container contains water 2.8 m high and oil ( s.g. = 0.86 ). How high is the oil if the pressure gage reading at the
bottom of the tank is 52.3 kPa?
A. 8.943 m B. 6.943 m C. 4.943 m D. 2.943 m
159. In a hydraulic press the large piston has a cross sectional area A1 = 200 cm2 and the small piston has a cross sectional area
A2 = 5 cm2. If the force applied is 250 N to the small piston. Compute the force acting on the large piston.
A. 10 kN B. 12 kN C. 21 kN D. 20 kN
160. An air bubble rises from the bottom of a well where the temperature is 25 0C, to the surface where the temperature is 27 0C.
Find the percent increase in the volume of the bubble if the depth of the well is 5 m. Atmospheric pressure is 101,528 Pascal.
A. 49.3 % B. 56.7 % C. 41.3 % D. 38.6 %
161. Determine the throat diameter of a venturi meter whose inlet diameter is 20 cm. The pressure difference between the inlet and
throat is 40 kPa. The rate of discharge of the water main is 0.07 m3/s.
A. 9.833 cm B. 12.516 cm C. 6.915 cm D. 15.428 cm
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