1. A closed rigid container has a volume of 1 m3 and holds air at 344.8 KPa and 273K.

Heat
is added until the temperature is 600K. Determine change of internal energy.
A 758.80 kJ
B. 1034.00 kJ
C. 1230:35 kJ
D 1330.35 kJ

2. A perfect gas has a value of R = 58.8 ft-b/b-°R and k = 1.26. If 20 Biu are added to 5 lb of
this gas at constant volume when the initial temperature is 90°F, find the change in entropy
A. 0.1350 Btu/°R
B. 0.2350 BtuR
C. 0.0350 Btu/°R
D. 0.3350 Blu°R
3. While the pressure remains constant at 689.5 Pa the volume of a system of air changes
from 0.567 m° to 0.283 m°. Determine the heat added/rejected.
A. 682.29 kJ
B. 782.29 kJ
C. 882.29 kJ
D. 982.29 kJ

4. A piston cylinder containing air receives heat at a constant temperature of 500 K and an
initial pressure of 200 kPa. The initial volume is 0.01 m* and the final volume is 0.07 m*.
Determine the work
A. -3.89 kJ
B. -4.89 kJ
C. -5.89 kJ
D. -5.89 kJ

5. A nigid tank contains a perfect gas with R = 2.08 kJ/kg.K and k = 1.67. Calculate the final
temperature in °C if it initially at 30°C and 15 kJ/kg of heat is added
A. 34.83
B. 36.54
C. 32.72
D. 38.43
6. Air is heated from 27°C to 327°C. How much does the specific internal energy of the air
changed as a result of this heating?
A. 301.5 kJ/kg decrease
B. 301.5 kJ/kg increase
C. 215.4 kJ/kg decrease
D. 215.4 kJ/kg increase

T 1=27 ° C
T 2=327 °C

7. Air at 1 MPa, 27°C is contained in a piston-cylinder device that is arranged to maintain a

constant pressure. How much heat in kJ/kg is required to raise the temperature of this air to
527°C?
A. 180
B. 370
C. 500
D. 1040

8. A piston-cylinder device contains 1 kg hydrogen gas. Heat is transferred to the hydrogen

as its temperature increases by 10°C. What is the boundary work done during this process?
A 143 kJ
B. 102 kJ
C. 80 kJ
D. 41 kJ

9. A 05 kg steel (c = 0.5 kJ/kg K) rivet cools from 800 K to 300 K upon being installed in a
riveted structure. The entropy change in kJ/K of this rivet is:
A. -0.631
B. -0.245
C. 0.245
D. 0.631
10. A 1750 kg car is raised to a height of 1.8 m by hydraulic hoist. The hydraulic pump has a
constant pressure of the car? 800 kPa on its piston. How much volume in m° should the
pump displace to deliver the required work for lifting
А. 0.0386
B. 0.0581
C. 0.0213
D. 0.0472

11. A fresh poured concrete hardens the chemical transformation release energy at a rate of
2 W/kg. Assume the center of a poured layer does not have any heat loss and that it has as
average heat capacity of 0.9 kJ/kg K find the temperature rise in °C during one hour of the
hardening (curing) process.
A. 7
B. 6
C. 8
D. 9

12. Air at a pressure of 100 kPa has a volume of 0.32 mª. The air is compressed in a
reversible adiabatic manner until the temperature is 190°C. The reversible work is -63 kJ/kg.
Determine the initial temperature.
A. 98.23°C
B. 102.19°C
& 123.45°0
D. 143.45°C
13. Three cubic feet of oxygen are compressed in a piston-cylinder in reversible adiabatic
process from a temperature of 300 K and a pressure of 102 kPa until the final volume is one
tenth the initial volume. Determine final temperature
A. 753.56 K
B. 853.56 K
C. 953.56 K
D. 1,053.56 K

14. In a reversible adiabatic manner, 176 m°/min of air are compressed from 277 K and 101
kPa to 700 kPa. Determine the change of enthalpy.
A. 56.24 kW
B. 66.24 kW
C. 76.24 kW
D. 86.24 kW

15. Air contained in a piston-cylinder and is compressed in a reversible adiabatic manner

from a temperature of
300 K and a pressure of 120 kPa to a final pressure of 480 kPa. Determine final
temperature.
A. 345.79°C
B. 445.79°C
C. 545.79 C
D. 645.79°C
16. Air contained in a piston-cylinder and is compressed in a reversible adiabatic manner
from a temperature of 300 K and a pressure of 120 kPa to a final pressure of 480 kPa.
Determine work per kilogram
A. -94.61 kJ/kg
B. -124.61 k./kg
C. -104 61 kJ/kg
D. -304.61 kJ/kg

17. One kilogram per second of air initially at 101 kPa and 300 K is compressed
polytropically, according to the process PV13 = C. Calculate the power necessary to
compress the air to 1380 kPa.
A. 37.72 kW
B. 137.72 kW
C. 237.72 kW
D. 337.72 kW

18. Air is compressed polytropically, in a cylinder according to PV = C. The work required is

180 kJ/kg. Determine the change of internal energy.
A. 449.06 kJ/kg
B. 179.62 kJ/kg
C. 159.62 kJ/kg
D. 169.62 kJ/kg
19. Air is expanded from 1 MPa, 327°C to 200 kPa in a closed piston cylinder device
executing PV1.2 = constant process. The work produced during this process in kJ/kg is
A. 202.6
B. 263.4
C. 3617
D 422.8

20. An air compressor has an inlet air enthalpy of 35 Btu/lb and exit enthalpy of 70 Btu/lb.
The mass flow of air is 3
Ib/sec. If heat loss is 466.62 Btu/min, find the work input to the compressor
A. 139.51 hp
B. 149.51 hp
C. 159.51 hp
D. 169.51 hp

21. 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
22. A Carnot cycle has a maximum temperature of 220°€ and minimum temperature of
20°C. Find the cycle efficiency
A 54.23%
B. 58.35%
C.43.20%
D. 40.57%

23. An engine has a bore of 15 cm and a stroke of 48 cm. If the volumetric compression is
2200 cm, find the engine efficiency.
A. 46.2
B. 44.2
C. 45.4
D. 40.3

24. 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 26°C. What is the temperature of the hot source?
А. 245.57°С
B. 210.10°C
C. 250.18°C
D. 325.0°C

25. The maximum thermal efficiency possible for a power cycle operating between 1400°F
and 280ºF is:
A. 58%
B. 58.73%
C. 60.22%
D. 57.40%
26. A heat engine is operated between temperature limits of 1380 °C and 230°C. Engine
supplied with 14,142 kJ per kW-Hr Find the Carnot cycle efficiency in percent.
A. 70.10
B. 65.05
C. 67.56
D. 69.32

27. 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 28°C, find the work in kJ per kg
A. 2976
B. 2166
C. 2437
D. 992.50

28. The thermal efficiency of a particular engine operating on an ideal cycle is 45%.
Calculate the heat supplied per
1500 watt-br of work developed in kJ
A 12,343
B. 12,000
C. 14,218
D. 11,108
29. An Otto cycle has an initial condition of 100 kPa and 30°C. The compression ratio is 10
and the maximum temperature is 1400°C. Find the cycle mean effective pressure per kg of
air.
А. 395.67 kPa
В. 491.34 kPa
C.503.95 kPa
D. 674.30 kPa

30. 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%

31. 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

32. 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

33. An Otto cycle has an initial condition of 31°C 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 kNm
B. 689.73 kN/m?
C: 709.73 kN/m?
D. 739.73 kN/m?
34. The compression ratio of Otto cycle is 10. If maximum temperature of the cycle is
1200°C, find the temperature after expansion
A. 30.5.41°C
B. 307.41°C
C. 31141°C
D. 313.41°C

35. An Ocean -Thermal Energy Conversion power plant generates 10,000 KW using a warm
surface water inlet temperature of 26°C and a cold deep-water temperature of 15°C. On the
basis of a 3°C drop in the temperature of the wam water and a 3°C 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/m°
A. 108
B. 120
C. 146
D. 160

36. 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

37. 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 m* and
5.573 m' respectively. Calculate the thermal efficiency.
A. 0.754
B. 0.782
C. 0.713
D. 0.667
38. 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 °C respectively. The
heat added is 1500 KJ/kg. Calculate the mean effective pressure in kPa.
A. 1230
B. 1132
C. 1354
D. 1068

39. An inventor presented the following test results of the engine he designed power
developed, 35 kW; fuel consumption, 3.1 kg/br, fuel heating value, 49,540 kJ/kg, operating
temperature limits, 28°C and 1200°C.
A. his claim is valid
B. his claim is not valid
C. inconclusive
D. none of the above

40. Two Carnot engines A and B operate in series between a high-temperature reservoir at
1200 K and low-temperature reservoir at 450 K. 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

41. 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%
42. A Camot engine operates using a 527°C energy reservoir and a 27°C energy reservoir.
The thermodynamic efficiency of this engine is:
A. 50%
B. 62.5%
C. 73.6%
D. 103%

ANSWER KEY: 40. D

1. B 41. C
2. C 42. B
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. D
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. B
13. А
14. C
15. B
16. C
17 C
18. A
19. A
20. C
21. D
22. D
23. A
24. D
25. C
26. D
27. D
28. В
29. C
30. D
31. A
32. A
33. D
34. D
35. C
36. B
37. D
38. B
39. B