A waste heat recovery boiler produces 4.

8 Mpa (dry
saturated) steam from 104 deg.C feedwater. The
boiler receive energy from 7kg/sec of 954deg.C dry
air. After passing through a waste heat boiler, the
temperature of the air is has been reduced to
343deg.C. How much steam in kg is produced per
second? Note: at 4.80Mpa dry saturated, h=2796.

A. 1.30
B. 0.92
C. 1.81
D. 3.43
A diesel electric plant supplies energy for Meralco.
During a 24-hour period, the plant consumed 240
gallons of fuel at 28deg.C and produced 3930kw-hr
industrial fuel used is 28API and was purchased at
P30/liter at 15.6deg.C. what is the cost of fuel to be
produce one kw-hr?

A. P6.87
B. P1.10
C. P41.07
D. P5.00
In a gas turbine unit, air enters the combustion
chamber at 550kpa, 277deg.C and 43m/s. The
products of combustion leave the combustor at
511kpa, 1004deg.C and 180 value of 43,000kj/kg.
for fuel-air ratio of 0.0229, what is the combustor
efficiency of the unit in percent?

A. 70.38%
B. 79.38%
C. 75.38%
D. 82.38%
The specific speed of turbine is 85rpm and running
at 450rpm. If the head is 20m and generator
efficiency is 90% what is the maximum power
delivered by the generator?

A. 450.51 kw
B. 354.52 kw
C. 650.53 kw
D. 835.57 kw
In the Francis turbine, the pressure gage leading to
the turbine casing reads 380kpa. The velocity of
water entering the turbine is 8m/s, if net head of
the turbine is 45m, find the distance from the
center of spiral casing to the tailrace?

A. 3.0m
B. 3.5m
C. 4.0m
D. 4.5m
A turbine has a mechanical efficiency of 93%,
volumetric efficiency of 95%, and total efficiency of
82%. If the effective head is 40m, find the total
head?

A. 48.72
B. 40.72
C. 36.22
D. 34.72
In an 9,000 kw hydro-electric plant the overall
efficiency is 88% and actual power receive by the
customer is 110,000 kw-hrs for that day. What is the
secondary power could this plant deliver during the
entire day?

A. 58,960 kw-hrs
B. 80,080 kw-hrs
C. 65,960 kw-hrs
D. 78,960 kw-hrs
A pelton type turbine has 25m head friction loss of
4.5m. The coefficient of friction head loss (from
morse) is 0.00093 and penstock length of 80m,
what is the penstock diameter?

A. 1,355.73mm
B. 3,476.12mm
C. 6,771.23mm
D. 1686.73mm
A pelton type turbine was installed 30m below the
head gate of the penstock. The head loss due to
friction is 12percent of the given elevation, the
length of penstock is 100m and coefficient of
friction is 0.00093. determine the power output in
kw. (use morse-equation).

A. 22,273
B. 23,234
C. 32,345
D. 34,452
Water flows steadily with a velocity of 3.05m/s in as
horizontal pipe having a diameter of 25.24cm. At
one section of the pipe, the temperature and
pressure of the water are 21deg.C and 689.3 kpa,
respectively. At a distance of 304.8m downstream,
the pressure is 516.9 kpa. What is the friction
factor?

A. 0.134
B. 0.0050
C. 0.0307
D. .0641
A hydro-electric plant having 30sq.km reservoir
area and 100m head is used to generate power. The
energy utilized by the consumers whose load is
connected to the power plant during a five-hour
period is 13.5 x106 kwh. The overall generation
efficiency is 75%. Find the fall in .height of water in
the reservoir after the 5-hour period

A. 5.13m
B. 1.32m
C. 3.21m
D. 2.2m
The gas density of chimney is 0.75kg/m3 and air
density of 1.15kg/m3 . find the driving pressure if
the height of chimney is 63.71m

A. 0.15kpa
B. 0.25kpa
C. 0.35kpa
D. 0.45kpa
The actual velocity of gas entering in a chimney is
8m/sec. the gas temperature is 25deg.C with a gas
constant of 0.287 kj/kg-K. determine the gas
pressure for a mass of gas is 50,000 kg/hr and
chimney diameter of 1.39m

A. 95 kpa
B. 98 kpa
C. 101 kpa
D. 92 kpa
 a steam generator with economizer and air heater
has an overall draft loss of 25.73cm of water. If the
stack gases are at 177degC and if the atmosphere
is at 101.3 kpa and 26deg.C, what theoretical
height of stack in meters is needed when no draft
fan are used? Assume that the gas constant for the
flue gases is the same as that for air?

A. 611.10
B. 631.10
C. 651.10
D. 671.10
A foundation measures 12ft x 14ft x 16ft find the
number of sacks of cement needed for 1:2:4
mixture.

A. 302
B. 598
C. 356
D. 404
A rectangular foundation cross-section has a bed
plate dimension of 8ft x 10ft. The uniform clearance
on each side 1ft the height of foundation is 4.5ft if
the weight of the steel bar reinforcements needed is
½% of weight of foundation, find the weight of steel
bars. Use concrete density of 2400kg/m3

A. 173.47 kg
B. 183.47 kg
C. 163.47 kg
D. 153.47 kg
The initial condition of air in an air compressor is
98kpa and 27deg.C and discharges air at 450kpa.
The bore and stroke are 335mm and 381mm
respectively with percent clearance of 8% running
at 300rpm. Find the volume of air at suction.

A. 541.62 m3/hr
B. 551.62m3/hr
C. 561.62m3/hr
D. 571.62m3/hr
An air compressor has a suction volume of 0.35
m3 /sec at 97kpa and discharges to 650kpa . How
much power saved by the compressor if there are
two stages?

A. 18.27kw
B. 16.54 kw
C. 13.86kw
D. 11.58kw
A two stages air compressor has an intercooler
pressure of 4kg/cm2 . What is the discharge
pressure if suction pressure is 1kg/cm2?

A. 3 kg/cm2
B. 9 kg/cm2
C. 12 kg/cm2
D. 16kg/cm2
A two stage air compressor air at 100 kpa and
22deg.C discharges to 750kpa. If intercooler intake
is 105deg.C , determine the value of n.

A. 1.400
B. 1.288
C. 1.345
D. 1.326
A single acting air compressor has a volumetric
efficiency of 89%, operates at 500rpm. It takes in
air at 100kpa and 30deg.C and discharges it at 600
kpa. The air handled is 8m3 /min measured at
discharge condition. If compression is isentropic,
find mean effective pressure in kpa.

A. 233.34
B. 973.17
C. 198.34
D. 204.82
A water-jacketed air compressor handles 0.343 m3/s
of air entering at 96.5kpa and 21deg.C and leaving
at 480kpa and 132deg.C , 10.9kg/h of cooling water
enters the jacket at 15deg.C and leaves at 21deg.C.
determine the compressor brake power?

A. 26.163 kw
B. 62.650 kw
C. 34.44 kw
D. 19.33 kw
A double suction centrifugal pumps delivers 20
ft3/sec of water at a head of 12m and running at
650rpm. What is the specific speed of the pump?

A. 5014.12 rpm
B. 6453.12 rpm
C. 2770.73 rpm
D. 9968.73 rpm
Determine the number of stages needed for a
centrifugal pump if it is used to deliver 400ga/min
of water and pump power of 15hp . Each impeller
develops a head of 30ft.

A. 6
B. 7
C. 5
D. 4
the suction pressure of a pump reads 3in of mercury
vacuum and discharge pressure reads 140psi is use
to deliver 120gpm of water with specific volume of
0.0163 ft3/lb . Determine the pump work?

A. 4.6 kw
B. 5.7 kw
C. 7.4 kw
D. 8.4 kw
A submersible pump delivers 350rpm of water to a
height of 5 ft from the ground. The pump were
installed 150 ft below the ground level and a draw
down of 8 ft during the operation. If the water level
is 25 ft above the pump, determine the pump
power.

A. 7.13 kw
B. 4.86 kw
C. 7.24 kw
D. 9.27 kw
A vacuum pump is used to drain a flooded mine
shaft of 20deg.C water. The pump pressure of
water at this temperature is 2.34 kpa. The pump is
incapable of lifting the water higher than 16m. What
is the atmospheric pressure?

A. 159.30
B. 132.33
C. 198.22
D. 171.9
A submersible multi-stage centrifugal deep well
pump 260gpm capacity is installed in a well 27 feet
below the static water level and running at
3000rpm. Drawdown when pumping at rated
capacity is 10 feet. The pump delivers a water into
25,000 gallons capacity overhead storage tank.
Total discharge head developed by pump including
friction in piping is 243 feet calculate the diameter
of the impeller of this pump in inches if each
impeller diameter developed a head of 38ft.

A. 3.28
B. 5.33
C. 3.71
D. 6.34
A fan draws 1.42 m3 per second of air at a static
pressure of 2.54cm of water through a duct 300mm
diameter and discharges it through a duct of
275mm diameter. Determine the static fan
efficiency if total fan mechanical is 75% and air
measured at 25deg.C and 760mm

A. 50.11%
B. 53.69%
C. 65.67%
D. 45.43%
A water cooler uses 50lb/hr of melting ice to cool
running water from 80deg.F to 42deg.F. based on
the inside coil area, u1=110 btu/hr-ft2-f. find the
gpm of water cooled.

A. 0.10 gpm
B. 0.21 gpm
C. 0.38 gpm
D. 0.45 gpm
The charge in diesel engine consists of 10.34 grams
of fuel with lower heating value of 42,571 kj/kg and
409 grams of fuel and products of combustion. At
the beginning of compression, t1= 60deg.C . Let rk
= 14. for constant cp = 1.11 kj/kg-c what should be
the cut-off ratio in the corresponding ideal cycle?

A. 2.05
B. 2.97
C. 5.34
D. 2.34
The gain entropy during isothermal nonflow process
of 5lb of air at 60deg.f is 0.462 btu/R. find v1/v2?

A. 3.85
B. 0.296
C. 1.0
D. 0.259
An auditorium seating 1500 people is to be
maintained at 80deg.F dry bulb and 65deg.F wet
bulb temperature when outdoor air is at 91deg.F
drybulb and 75deg.F wet bulb . Solar heat load is
110,000 btu/hr and supply air is at 60deg.F,
determine the amount of supply air.

A. 93,229.17 lb/hr
B. 83,229.17 lb/hr
C. 73,229.17 lb/hr
D. 63,229.17 lb/hr
In an brayton cycle that operates between
temperature limits of 300deg.K and 1173K with k =
1.4, determine the temperature at the end of
compression (isentropic) for maximum work of the
cycle.

A. 700K
B. 690.5K
C. 730K
D. 350K
At 35% solution leaves the absorber and 30%
solution enters the absorber. The heat removed
from the absorber by cooling water is 547.6btu and
ammonia is superheated by 10deg. Find the pound
per pound of ammonia gas from the evaporating
coils.

A. 11
B. 14
C. 13
D. 12
A carnot refrigeration system operates at tmax/tmin
= 1:5. find the kw per ton of refrigeration?

A. 1.91
B. 2.15
C. 1.76
D. 1.55
Assume 8 ft3 of air at 100psi, 100deg.F are
compressed isothermally to a volume of 2 ft3. for
each of end states the process find the bulk
modulus.

A. 400 and 100 psi

B. 400 and 110 psi
C. 400 and 120 psi
D. 400 and 130 psi
A empty open can is 30cm high with a 15 cm
diameter. The can, with the open end down, is
pushed under water with a density of 1000 kg/m3.
find the water level in the can when the top of the
can is 50 cm below the surface.

A. 17.20 cm
B. 2.12 cm
C. 4.20 cm
D. 5.87 cm
A cylindrical pipe with water flowing downward at
0.03 m3/s having top diameter of 0.08, bottom
diameter of 0.04 m and height of 1.5m . Find the
pressure between the pipe.

A. 154.63 kpa
B. 197.93 kpa
C. 252.44 kpa
D. 243.92 kpa
Determine the size of pipe which will deliver 8 liters
of medium oil (v = 6.10 x 10-6 m2/s) assuming
laminar flow conditions.

A. 622. mm
B. 754 mm
C. 950 mm
D. 835 mm
The type of flow occupying in a 1 cm diameter pipe
which water flows at a velocity of 2.50 m/s . Use v =
1.13 x 10-6 m2/s of water.

A. Turbulent
B. constant
C. laminar
D. none of these
What force is exerted by water jet 60 mm diameter
if it strikes a wall at the rate of 15 m/s?

A. 636.17 N
B. 4421.62 N
C. 764.23 N
D. 563.34 N
A 300 mm diameter pipe discharges water at the
rate of 200 l/s . Point 1 on the pipe has a pressure
of 260kpa and 3.4 m below point 1 is point 2 with a
pressure of 300 kpa. Compute the head loss
between points 1 and 2.

A. 4.29 m
B. 2.59 m
C. 6.32 m
D. 1.87 m
Water flowing at the rate of 10m/s from an orifice at
bottom of a reservoir find the pressure at the
bottom of reservoir.

A. 30 kpag
B. 60 kpag
C. 50 kpag
D. 40 kpag
Steam flows through a nozzle at 400C and 1 Mpa ( h
= 3263.9 kj/kg) with velocity of 300 m/s . Find the
stagnation enthalpy.

A. 3300 kj/kg
B. 3290 kj/kg
C. 3320 kj/kg
D. 3309 kj/kg
Air flow through a nozzle at a speed of 350 m/s .
Find the stagnation temperature if entrance
temperature is 200C.

A. 241.25 C
B. 251.25 C
C. 261.25 C
D. 271.25C
Carbon dioxide flows through a nozzle with a speed
of 100 m/s . Compute the dynamic temperature.

A. 92.56 K
B. 94.56 K
C. 96.56 K
D. 98.56 K
Carbon dioxide flows through a nozzle with a speed
of 380 m/s. the entrance condition of nozzle is 250C
and 1200 kpa. Find the stagnation pressure.

A. 2,136.34 kpa
B. 2,146.34 kpa
C. 2,156.34 kpa
D. 2,166.34 kpa
Air enters a diffuser with a velocity of 200 m/s .
Determine the velocity of sound if air temperature
is 30C.

A. 349 m/s
B. 359 m/s
C. 369 m/s
D. 379 m/s
Air flows through a nozzle with temperature of
entrance of 420K stagnation temperature of 468K .
Find the mach number.

A. 0.744
B. 0.754
C. 0.764
D. 0.774
Air at 300K and 200 kpa is heated at constant
pressure to 600K . Determine the change of internal
energy.

A. 245.58 kj/kg
B. 235.58 kj/kg
C. 225.58 kj/kg
D. 215.58 kj/kg
An insulated rigid tank initially contains 1.5lb of
helium at 80F and 50 psia. A paddle wheel with
power rating of 0.02 hp is operated within the tank
for 30 min. determine the final temperature.

A. 159.22 F
B. 235.58 F
C. 179.22 F
D. 189.22 F
A 4 m2 asphalt pavement with emissive of 0.85 has
a surface temperature of 50C. Find the maximum
rate of radiation that can be emitted from the
surface.

A. 2,068.32 watts
B. 2,078.32 watts
C. 2,088.32 watts
D. 2,098.32 watts
Air at 10C and 80 kpa enters a diffuser of a jet
engine steadily with a velocity of 200 m/s . The inlet
area of diffuser is 0.40 m2. determine the mass flow
rate of air.

A. 72.79 kg/s
B. 74.79 kg/s
C. 76.79 kg/s
D. 78.79 kg/s
Consider a refrigeration whose 40 watts light bulb
remains on continuously as a result of a malfunction
of the switch. If the refrigerator has a COP of 1.3
and the cost of electricity is 8 cents per kw-hr,
determine the increase in the energy consumption
of the refrigerator and its cost per year if the switch
is not fixed.

A. P49.59
B. P47.59
C. P45.59
D. P43.59
A 75 hp motor that has an efficiency of 91% Is worn
out and is replaced by a high-efficiency motor that
has an efficiency of 95.4%. Determine the reduction
in heat gain of the room due to higher efficiency
under full-load conditions.

A. 2.24 kw
B. 2.44 kw
C. 2.64 kw
D. 2.84 kw
A household refrigerator that has a power input of
450 watts and a COP of 2.5 is to cool five large
watermelons, 10 kg each, to 0 degC . If the
watermelons are initially at 20 deg c, determine
how long will take for the refrigerator to cool them.
The watermelons can be treated as water whose
specific heat is 4.2 kj/kg-K.

A. 2220 seconds
B. 2230 seconds
C. 2240 seconds
D. 2250 seconds
When a man returns to his wall-sealed house on a
summer day, he finds that the house is at 32 degC.
He returns on the air conditioner which cools the
entire house to 20deg C in 15mins. If COP is 2.5,
determine the power drawn by the air conditioner.
Assume the entire mass within the house is 800kg
of air for which cv = 0.72 kj/kg-K, cp = 1.0 kj/kg-K.

A. 1.072 kw
B. 2.072 kw
C. 3.072 kw
D. 4.072 kw
A heat source is 800K losses 2000 of heat to a sink
at 500K. Determine the entropy generated during
this process.

A. 1.5 kj/k
B. 2.5 kj/k
C. -2.5 kh/k
D. 4 kj/k
Helium gases is compressed in an adiabatic
compressor from an initial state of 14 psia and 50F
to a final temperature of 320F in a reversible
manner. Determine the exit pressure of helium.

A. 38.5 psia
B. 40.5 psia
C. 42.5 psia
D. 44.5 psia
Air pass thru a nozzle with efficiency of 90%. The
velocity of air at the exit is 600 m/s. find the actual
velocity at the exit.

A. 382 m/s
B. 540 m/s
C. 458 m/s
D. 568 m/s
A 50 kg block of iron casting at 500K is thrown into
a large lake that is at a temperature of 258K. The
iron block eventually reaches thermal equilibrium
with the lake water. Assuming average specific heat
of 0.45 kj/kg-k for the iron, determine the entropy
generated during this process.

A. -12.65 kj/K
B. 16.97 kj/k
C. 4.32 kj/k
D. 6.32 kj/k
A windmill with a 12 m diameter rotor is to be
installed at a location where the wind is blowing at
an average velocity of 10 m/s. using standard
condition of air ( 1atm, 25 deg C), determine the
maximum power that can be generated by the
windmill.

A. 68 kw
B. 74 kw
C. 72 kw
D. 70 kw
Consider a large furnace that can supply heat at a
temperature of 2000 degR at a steady rate of 3000
btu/s. determine the energy? Assume an
environment temperature of 77K.

A. 2305.19 kw
B. 2315.19 kw
C. 2325.19 kw
D. 2335.19 kw
A heat engine receives heat from a source at 1200
degK at a rate of 500 kj/s and rejects the waste heat
to a medium at 300 degK. The power output of the
heat engine is 180 kw. Determine the irreversibility
rate for this process.

A. 190 kw
B. 195 kw
C. 200 kw
D. 205 kw
A dealer advertises that he has just received a
shipment of electric resistance heaters for
residential buildings that have an efficiency of
100%. Assuming an indoor temperature of 21 degC
and outdoor temperature of 10 degC, determine the
second law efficiency of these heaters.

A. 8.74 %
B. 6.74 %
C. 3.74 %
D. 4.74%
A thermal power plant has a heat rate of 11,363
btu/kw-hr. find the thermal efficiency of the plant.

A. 34%
B. 30%
C. 26%
D. 24%
A rigid tank contains 2 kmol of N2 and 6 kmol of
CO2, gases at 300 deg K and 115 mpa. Find the
tank volume using ideal gas equation.

A. 7.33 m3
B. 5.33 m3
C. 3.33 m3
D. 1.33 m 3
A spherical balloon with a diameter of 6 m is filled
with helium at 20 deg C and 200 kpa. Determine
the mole number.

A. 9.28 kmol
B. 10.28 kmol
C. 11.28 kmol
D. 13.28 kmol
The air in an automobile tire with a volume of 0.53
ft3 is at 90degF and 20 psig. Determine the amount
of air that must be added to raise the pressure to
the recommended value of 80psig. Assume the
atmospheric pressure to be 14.7 psia and the
temperature and the volume to remain constant.

A. 0.026 lb
B. 0.046 lb
C. 0.066 lb
D. 0.086 lb
A rigid tank contains 20 lbm of air at 20 psia and 70
deg F. more air is added to the tank until the
pressure and temperature rise to 35 psia and 90
deg F, respectively. Determine the amount of air
added to the tank.

A. 11.73 lb
B. 13.73 lb
C. 15.73 lb
D. 17.73 lb
A rigid tank contains 5 kg of an ideal gas at 4 atm
and 40 deg C. now a valve is opened, and half of
mass of the gas is allowed to escape. If the final
pressure in the tank is 1.5 atm, the final
temperature in the tank is:

A. -38 deg C
B. -30 deg C
C. 40 deg C
D. 53 deg C
The pressure of an automobile tire is measured to
be 200 kpa (gage) before the trip and 220 kpa
(gage) after the trip at a location where the
atmospheric pressure is 90 kpa. If the temperature
of the air in the tire before the trip is 25 deg C, the
air temperature after the trip is:

A. 45.6 deg C
B. 54.8 deg C
C. 27.5 deg C
D. 26.7 deg C
Water is boiling at 1 atm pressure in a stainless pan
on an electric range. It is observed that 2 kg of
liquid water evaporates in 30 min. the rate of heat
transfer to the water is:

A. 2.97 kw
B. 0.47 kw
C. 2.51 kw
D. 3.12 kw
Consider, a person standing in a breezy room at 20
deg C. determine the total rate transfer from this
person of the exposed surface area and the average
outer surface temperature of the person are 1.6 m2
and 29 deg C, respectively, and the convection heat
transfer coefficient is 6 w/m2 with emissivity of
0.95.

A. 86.40 watts
B. 81.70 watts
C. 198.1 watts
D. 168.1 watts
Water is boiler in a pan on a stove at sea level.
During 10 mins of boiling, it is observed that 200
grams of water has evaporated. Then the rate of
heat transfer to the water is:

A. 0.84 kj/min
B. 45.1 kj/min
C. 41.8 kj/min
D. 53.5 kj/min
An aluminum pan whose thermal conductivity is
237 w/m-C has a flat bottom whose diameter is 20
cm and thickness 0.4 cm. heat is transferred to
boiling water in the pan through its bottom at a rate
of 500 watts. If the inner surface of the bottom of
the pan is 105 deg C, determine the temperature of
the surface of the bottom of the pan.

A. 95. 27 deg C
B. 105.27 deg C
C. 115.27 deg C
D. 125.27 deg C
For heat transfer purposes, a standing man can be
modeled as a 30 cm diameter, 170 cm long vertical
cylinder with bottom both the top and bottom
surfaces insulated and with the side surface at an
average temperature of 34 deg C. for a convection
heat transfer coefficient heat loss from this man by
convection in an environment at 20 deg C.

A. 316.46 watts
B. 326.46 watts
C. 336.46 watts
D. 346.46 watts
A 5 cm diameter spherical ball whose surface is
maintained at a temperature of 70 deg C is
suspended in the middle of a room at 20 deg c. if
the convection heat transfer coefficient is 15 N/m2-
C and the emissivity of the surface is 0.8, determine
the total heat transfer from the ball.

A. 23.56 watts
B. 32.77 watts
C. 9.22 watts
D. 43.45 watts
A frictionless piston-cylinder device and a rigid tank
contain 1.2 kmol of a ideal gas at the same
temperature, pressure, and volume. Now heat is
transferred and the temperature of both system is
raised by 15 deg C. the amount of extra heat that
must be supplied to the gas in the cylinder that is
maintained at constant pressure.

A. 0
B. 50 kj
C. 100 kj
D. 150 kj
A supply 50 kg chicken at 6 deg C contained in a
box is to be frozen to -13 deg C in a freezer.
Determine the amount of heat that needs to be
removed. The latent heat of the chicken is 247
kj/kg, and its specific heat is 3.32 kj/kg-C above
freezing and 1.77 kj/kg-C below freezing. The
container box is 1.5 kg and the specific heat of the
box material is 1.4 kj/kg-C. also the freezing
temperature of chicken is -2.4 deg C.

A. 15,206.4 kj
B. 50.4 kj
C. 15,156 kj
D. 1,863 kj
Water is being in a closed pan on top of a range
while being stirred by a paddle wheel. During the
process, 30 kj of heat is transferred to the water,
and 5 kj of heat is lost to the surrounding air. The
paddle-wheel work amounts to 560 N-m. determine
the final energy of the system if its initial energy is
10 kj.

A. 35.5 kj
B. 45.5 kj
C. 25.5 kj
D. 14.5 kj
A classroom that normally contains 40 people is to
be air-conditioned with window air-conditioning
units of 5 km cooling capacity. A person at rest mat
be assumed to dissipate heat at a rate of about 360
kj/hr. these are 10 light bulbs in the room, each with
a rating of 100 watts. The rate of heat transfer to
the classroom through the temperature of 21 deg C,
determine the number of window air-conditioning
units required.

A. 1 unit
B. 2 units
C. 3 units
D. 4 units
A 4m x 5m x 6m room is to be heated by a
baseboard resistance wear. It is desired that the
resistance heater be able to raise the air
temperature in the room from 7 to 23 deg C within
15 mins. Assuming no heat losses from the room
and an atmoshperic pressure of 100 kpa, resistance
heater. Assume constant specific heats at room
temperaute.

A. 2.34 kw
B. 1.91 kw
C. 4.56 kw
D. 6.34 kw
A student living in a 4m x 6m x 6m dormitory room turns on
her 150watts fan before she leaves the room on a summer
day, hoping that the room will be cooler when she comes
back in the evening. Assuming all the doors and window are
tightly closed and disregarding any heat transfer through
the walls and the windows, determine the temperature in
the room when she comes back 10hours later. Use specific
heat value at room temperature, and assume the room to
be at 100 kpa and 15 deg C in the morning whe she leaves.

A. 28.13 deg C
B. 38.13 deg C
C. 48.13 deg C
D. 58.13 deg C
A piston cylinder device whose piston is resisting on
top of a set of stops initially contains 0.50 kg of
helium gas at 100kpa and 25 deg c . The mass of
the piston is such that 500 kpa of pressure is
required to raise it . How much heat must be
transferred to the helium before the piston starts
rising?

A. 1557.13 kj
B. 1657.13 kj
C. 1757.13 kj
D. 1857.13 kj
In order to cool 1 ton (1000 kg) of water at 20 deg C
in an insulated tank, a person pours 80 kg of ice at
-5 deg C into the water. Determine the final
equilibrium temperature in the tank. The melting
temperature and the heat of fusion of ice at
atmospheric pressure are 0 deg C and 333.7 kj/kg
respectively.

A. 12.43 deg C
B. 14.43 deg C
C. 16.43 deg C
D. 18.43 deg C
A fan is powered by a 0.5 hp motor and delivers air
at a rate of 85 m3/min . Determine the highest
value for the average velocity of air mobilized by
the fan. Take the density of air to be 1.10 kg/m3.

A. 10.23 m/s
B. 21.12 m/s
C. 25.34 m/s
D. 32.23 m/s
Ocean thermal energy conversion power plant generates 10,000
kw using a warm surface water inlet temperature of 26 deg C and
a cold deep-water temperature of 15 deg C. on the basis of a 3
deg C drop in the temperature of the warm water and a 3 deg 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 12 kpa.
Assume a carnot cycle efficiency and density of cold water to be
1000 kg/m3

A. 108
B. 160
C. 145
D. 250
A plate-type solar energy collector with an
absorbing surface covered by a glass plate is to
receive an incident radiation of 800 w/m2 . The
glass plated transmissivity of 0.85. the absorbing
surface has an absorptivity of 0.90. the area of the
collector is 5 m2. how much solar energy in watts is
absorbed by the collector?

A. 2500
B. 3060
C. 3510
D. 2880
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 1.3 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. 87.5
D. 35.4
A tank contains liquid nitrogen at -190 deg C is
suspected in a vacuum shell by three stainless steel
rods 0.80 cm in diameter and 3 meters long with a
thermal conductivity of 16.3 w/m2-deg C . If the
ambient air outside the vacuum shell is 15 deg C ,
calculate the magnitude of the conductive heat flow
in watts along the support rods.

A. 0.168
B. 0.176
C. 0.182
D. 0.0587
An ideal gas with molecular weight of 7.1 kg/kg mol
is compressed from 600 kpa and 280 deg K to a
final specific volume of 0.5 m3/kg . Calculate the
work of compression in kj/kg?

A. 32.8
B. 33.3
C. 35.6
D. 28.7
A one cubic container contains a mixture of gases
composed of 0.02 kg-mol of oxygen and 0.04 kg-
mol of helium at a pressure of 220 kpa. What is the
temperature of this ideal gas mixture in degrees
kelvin?

A. 441
B. 450
C. 400
D. 350
Methyl alcohol (CH3OH) is burned with 25% excess
air. How much unburned oxygen in kg-mol-
oxygen/kg-mol-fuel will there in the products if the
combustion is complete?

A. 0.35
B. 0.45
C. 0.37
D. 0.65
A 12 DC electrical motor draws a current of 15
apms. How much work in kj does this motor produce
over a 10-minute period of operation?

A. 108.0
B. 318.2
C. 216.0
D. 129.6
A 4 liter ( 2-liter per revolution at standard pressure
and temperature ) spark ignition engine has a
compression ratio of 8 and 2200 kj/kg heat addition
by the fluid combustion. Considering a 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. 166.53 hp
B. 73.12 hp
C. 97.4 hp
D. 148 hp
A simper rankine cycle produces 40 MW of power,
50 MW of process heated and rejects 50 MW of heat
to the surroundings. What is the utilization factor of
this cogeneration cycle neglecting the pump work?

A. 50%
B. 80%
C. 64%
D. 60%
The rate of heat transfer to the surroundings from a
person at rest is about 400 kj/hr . Suppose that the
ventilation system fails in an auditorium containing
120 people and assuming that the energy goes into
the air of volume 1500 m3 initially at 300 deg K and
101 kpa, calculate the rate in deg c/min of air
temperature change.

A. 0.81
B. 0.53
C. 0.63
D. 1
An insulated box containing helium gas falls from a
balloon 4.5 km above the earth’s surface. Calculate
the temperature rise in deg C of the helium when
box hits the ground.

A. 15.2
B. 14.1
C. 25.3
D. 12.6
Consider two carnot heat engines operating in
series. The first engine receives heat from the
reservoir at 2400 deg K and rejects the waste heat
to another reservoir at temperature T. the second
engine receives heat by the first one, convert some
of it to work, and rejects the rest to a reservoir at
300 deg K . If thermal efficiencies of both engines
are the same, determine the temperature T.

A. 849 deg K
B. 578 deg K
C. 763 deg K
D. 978 deg K
An ideal gas mixture consists of 2kmol of n2 and 6
kmol of CO2. the apparent gas constant of mixture
is:

A. 0.208
B. 0.825
C. 0.531
D. 0.231
An ideal gas mixture consists of 2 kmol of n2 and 6
kmol of CO2. the mass fraction of CO2 is:

A. 0.175
B. 0.250
C. 0.825
D. 0.750
A carnot cycle operates between the temperature
limits of 300 deg K and 1500 deg K, and produces
600 kw of net power. The rate of entropy change of
the working fluid during the heat addition process
is:

A. 0
B. 0.4 kw/k
C. 0.5 kw/k
D. 2.0 kw/k
Air in an ideal diesel cycle is compressed from 3 to
0.15 and then it expands during the constant
pressure heat addition process to 0.3 h, under cold
air standard conditions, the thermal efficiency of
this cycle is:

A. 35%
B. 65%
C. 70%
D. 44%
Helium gas in an ideal otto cycle is compressed
from 20 deg C and 2 h to 0.25 L and its temperature
increases by an additional 800 deg C during the
heat addition process. The temperature of helium
before the expansion process is :

A. 1700 C
B. 1240 C
C. 1440 C
D. 880 C
In an ideal otto cycle, air is compressed from 1.20
kg/m3 and 2.2 L to 0.26 L and the net work output
of the cycle is 440 kj/kg. the mean effective
pressure for the cycle is:

A. 612 kpa
B. 528 kpa
C. 599 kpa
D. 416 kpa
An ideal brayton cycle has a net work output of 150
kj/kg and backwork of 0.4. if both the turbine and
the compressor had an isentropic efficiency of 80%,
the net work putput of the cycle would be:

A. 50 kj/kg
B. 75 kj/kg
C. 98 kj/kg
D. 120 kj/kg
Air enters a turbojet engine at 200 m/s at a rate of
20 kg/s, and exits at 800 m/s relative to the aircraft.
The thrust developed by the engine is:

A. 6 kn
B. 16 kn
C. 20 kn
D. 12 kn
A thermal power has a net power 10 MW the
backwork ratio of the plant is 0.005. determine the
compressor work.

A. 50.15 KW
B. 50.35 KW
C. 50.25 KW
D. 50.45 KW
A heat engine receives heat from a source at 1200
deg F at a rate of 500 kj/s2 and rejects the waste
heat to a sink at 300 deg K. if the power output of
the engine is 200 KW, the second law efficiency of
this heat engine is:

A. 35%
B. 53%
C. 75%
D. 40%
A water reservoir contains 100,000 kg of water at
an average elevation of 60 m . The maximum
amount of electric power that can be generated
from this water is:

A. 8 KWh
B. 1630 KWh
C. 16 KWh
D. 58,800 KWh
A house is maintained at 22 deg C in winter by
electric resistance heaters. If the outdoor
temperature is 5 deg C, the second law efficiency of
the resistance heaters is :

A. 0%
B. 34%
C. 77%
D. 5.8%
A thermoelectric refrigerator that resembles a small
ice chest is powered by a car battery, and has a
COP of 0.10. if the refrigerator cools a 0.350 L
canned drink from 20 deg C to 40 deg C . In 30 min,
determine the average electric power consumed by
the thermoelectric refrigerator.

A. 130 W
B. 120 W
C. 110 W
D. 140 W
The refrigerant volume flow rate at the entrance of
compressor were obtain from a test on a twist
cylinder, single acting 15cm x 20cm, 320rpm
compressor ammonia refrigerating a plant to be 33
liters/sec. determine the volumetric efficiency of the
compressor.

A. 77.65 %
B. 87.60 %
C. 97.60 TR
D. 65.65 %
Compute the humidity ratio of air at 70% relative
humidity and 25 degrees C when the barometric
pressure is 101.325 kpa from steam tables. Psat at
34 deg C = 3.169 kpa.

A. 0.014 kg water vapor / kg dry air

B. 0.14 kg water vapor / kg dry air
C. 1.4 kg water vapor / kg dry air
D. 0.0014 kg water / kg dry air
A pressure gage registers 50 psig in a region where
the barometer reads 14.8 psia find the absolute
pressure in kpa.

A. 666.66 kpa
B. 556.66 kpa
C. 446.66 kpa
D. 336.66 kpa
Consider 1 kg of air at 32 deg C that expanded by a
reversible polytropic process with n = 1.25 until the
pressure is halved. Determine the heat
transfer.specific heat at constant volume for air is
0.1786 kj/kg-k.

A. 17.02 kj heat rejected

B. 17.02 kj heat added
C. 7.05 kj heat rejected
D. 7.05 kj heat added
50 kg of cooling water per second enter the
condenser at 25 deg C and leaves at 50 deg C find
the heat carried away by water.

A. 1,234.45 kw
B. 5,233.75 kw
C. 2,340.53 kw
D. 3,140.25 kw
10 kg per seconds of steam enter the turbine with
an enthalpy of 3200 kj/kg and enter the condenser
with an enthalpy 2500 kj/kg in a Rankine cycle. If
the turbine efficiency 80% and generator efficiency
90%. Determine the power plant output.

A. 4,320 kw
B. 3,213 kw
C. 4,056 kw
D. 5,040 kw
Determine the quality of steam in a vessel
containing 2 kg of saturated vapor and 8 kg of
saturated liquid.

A. 100 %
B. 20 %
C. 80 %
D. 60 %
The condenser of a reheat power plant rejects heat
at a rate of 600 kw. the mass flow rate of a cooling
water is 5 kg per second and the inlet cooling water
temperature is 35 deg C. calculate the condenser
cooling water exit temperature.

A. 43.45 deg C
B. 53.45 deg C
C. 63.66 deg C
D. 74.34 deg C
A heat engine has a thermal efficiency of 50 %. How
much power does the engine produce when heat is
transferred at a rate of 109 kj/hr.

A. 50 MW
B. 75 MW
C. 139 MW
D. 147 MW
1 kg of air is compressed adiabatically and in a
steady flow manner. The compression efficiency is
80 % the work done on the air is 265 kj/kg. compute
the heat.

A. 212 kj/kg
B. 100 kj/kg
C. 0
D. 331.25 kj/kg
300 kj of heat flow by conduction from the outside
to the inside of a cold storage in 1 hour if the
temperature and all other conditions are the same.
What is the heat flowing? through the cold storage
room in 2 hours.

A. 600 kj
B. 900 kj
C. 300 kj
D. 1200 kj
Determine the specific weight of air at 760 mm Hg
absolute and 22 deg C.

A. 1.024 kg/m3
B. 1.316 kg/m3
C. 1.197 kg/m3
D. 1.266 kg/m3
Find the enthalpy of helium if its internal energy is
200 kj/ kg.

A. 144 kj/kg
B. 223.42 kj/kg
C. 333.42 kj/kg
D. 166 kj/kg
Compute the mass of 2m3 propane at 280 kpa and
40 deg C.

A. 6.47 kg
B. 5.1 kg
C. 10.20 kg
D. 9.47 kg
Compute the air flow in ft3/min of mechanical
ventilation required to exhaust an accumulation of
refrigerant due to leaks of the system capable of
revolving air from the machinery room for a mass of
4 kg refrigerant.

A. 200
B. 210
C. 220
D. 230
Compute the free - aperture cross – section in
meter2 for the ventilation of a machinery room if
the mass of refrigerant is 9 kg.

A. 0.314
B. 0.414
C. 0.514
D. 0.614
A 29.53 in x 39.37 in pressure vessel contains
ammonia with f = 0.041. compute the minimum
required discharge capacity of the relief device in
kg/hr.

A. 106.71 kg/hr
B. 108.71 kg/hr
C. 110.71 kg/hr
D. 112.71 kg/hr
Compute the maximum length of the discharge pipe
installed on the outlet of a pressure relief device in
ft for internal pipe diameter of 0.5 in. and rated
discharge capacity is 8 lb/min of air. The rated
pressure relief valve is 16 psig.

A. 0.286 ft
B. 0.386 ft
C. 0.486 ft
D. 0.586 ft
A thermal power plant has a heat rate of 11,363
Btu/kw-hr. find the thermal efficiency of the plant.

A. 28 %
B. 30 %
C. 34%
D. 40 %
Find the loss of head in the pipe entrance if speed of
flow is 10m/s.

A. 5.10 m
B. 10.2 m
C. 17.4 m
D. 2.55 m
Wet material containing 220 % moisture (dry basis)
is to be dried at the rate of 1.5 kg/s in a continuous
drier to give a product containing 10% ( dry basis).
Find the moisture remove kg/hr.

A. 3543.75 kg/hr
B. 3513.75 kg/hr
C. 3563.75 kg/hr
D. 3563.75 kg/hr
Copra enters a drier containing 70% moisture and
leaves at 7 % moisture. Find the moisture remove
on each pound of solid in final product.

A. 6.258 lb
B. 1.258 lb
C. 4.258 lb
D. 2.258 lb
A 1m x 1.5m cylindrical tank is full of oil with SG =
0.92. find the force acting at the bottom of the tank
and dynes.

A. 106.33 x 107 dynes

B. 106.33 x 104 dynes
C. 106.33 x 105 dynes
D. 106.33 x 106 dynes
Find the pressure at 100 fathom depth of water
kpag.

A. 1,793.96 kpag
B. 1,893.96 kpag
C. 1,983.96 kpag
D. 1,693.96 kpag
Find the depth in furlong of the ocean ( Sg = 1.03) if
the pressure at the sea bed is 2032.56 kpag.

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Find the mass of ten quartz of water.

A. 10.46 kg
B. 9.46 kg
C. 11.46 kg
D. 8.46 kg
Find the mass of carbon dioxide having a pressure
20 psia at 200 deg F with 10 ft3 volume.

A. 1.04 lbs
B. 1.14 lbs
C. 1.24 lbs
D. 1.34 lbs
Find the heat needed to raise the temperature of
water from 30 deg C to 100 deg C with 60 % quality.
Consider an atmospheric pressure of 101.325 kpa
use the approximate enthalpy formula of liquid.

A. 293.09 kj/kg
B. 1773.90 kj/kg
C. 1547.90 kj/kg
D. 1647.29 kj/kg
An air compressor consumed 1,200 kw-hr per day of
energy the electric motor driving the compressor
has an efficiency of 80 %. If the indicated power of
the compressor is 34 kw, find the mechanical
efficiency of the compressor.

A. 117.65 %
B. 75 %
C. 85 %
D. 90 %
A refrigeration system consumed 28,800 kw-hr per
month of energy. There are 20 % energy is loss due
to cooling system of compressor and motor
efficiency is 90 %. If COP of the system is 6, find the
tons of refrigeration of the system.

A. 43.15 TR
B. 46.15 TR
C. 49.15 TR
D. 41.15 TR
A 23 tons of refrigeration system has a heat
rejected of 100 kw . Find the energy efficiency ratio
of the system.

A. 13.42
B. 14.42
C. 15.42
D. 16.42
A 200 mm x 250 mm, 8-cylinder , 4-stroke diesel
engine has a brake power of 150 kw. The
mechanical efficiency is 80 %. If two of the cylinders
were accidentally cut-off, what will be the new
friction power?

A. 31.50 kw
B. 33.50 kw
C. 35.50 kw
D. 37.50 kw
If the energy efficiency ratio of the refrigeration
system is 12.6, what is the COP of the system.

A. 3.69
B. 4.23
C. 5.92
D. 6.83
An air compressor has a power of 40 kw at 4 %
clearance. If clearance will increase to 7% what is
the new power?

A. 70 kw
B. 40 kw
C. 53 kw
D. 60 kw
What is the approximate value of temperature of
water having enthalpy of 208 BTU/lb .

A. 138.67 deg C
B. 115.55 deg C
C. 258.67 deg C
D. 68.67 deg C
An otto cycle has a compression ratio of 8. find the
pressure ratio? During compression.

A. 18.38
B. 16.38
C. 14.38
D. 12.38
A diesel cycle has cut-off ratio of 2.5 and the
expansion ratio of 4. find the clearance of the cycle.

A. 9.11 %
B. 5.55 %
C. 11.11 %
D. 15.15 %
A dual cycle has an initial temperature 30 deg C.
the compression ratio is 6 and the heat addition at
constant volume process is 600 kj/kg. if cut-off ratio
is 2.5. find the maximum temperature of the cycle.

A. 3638.50 deg C
B. 3365.50 deg C
C. 3565.50 deg C
D. 3965.50 deg C
A 10-stage air compressor air from 100 kpa to 800
kpa. Find the intercooler pressure between the 1st
and 2nd stage.

A. 282.84 kpa
B. 113.25 kpa
C. 123.11 kpa
D. 333.51 kpa
A three-stage air compressor air from 100 kpa to
1000 kpa find the intercooler pressure between 1st
and 2nd stage?

A. 505.44 kpa
B. 108.44 kpa
C. 316.23 kpa
D. 215.44 kpa
A 3-stage air compressor compresses air from 100
kpa to 700 kpa. Find the intercooler pressure
between 2nd and 3rd stage.

A. 365.88 kpa
B. 375.88 kpa
C. 385.88 kpa
D. 395.88 kpa
Carnot cycle A, B and C are connected in series so
that the heat rejected from A will be the heat added
to B and heat rejected from B will be added to C,
each cycle operates between 30 deg C to 400 deg
C. if heat added to A is 1000 kw , find the work
output of C.

A. 111.44 kw
B. 549.78 kw
C. 247.53 kw
D. 141.69 kw
2 kg of air in a rigid tank changes its temperature
from 32 deg C to 150 deg C. find the work done
during the process?

A. 236
B. 170
C. 195
D. 0
Determine the atmospheric pressure at
a location where barometric reading is
740 mm Hg and gravitational
acceleration is g = 9.7 m / s2. Assume
the temperature of mercury to be 10˚C,
at which the density is 13,670 kg / m3 .

A. 99.45 kPa
B. 97.41 kPa
C. 95.44 kPa
D. 98.66 kPa
The barometer of a mountain hiker
reads 930 mbars at the beginning of a
hiking trip and 780 mbars at the end.
Neglecting the effect of altitude on local
gravitational acceleration. Determine
the vertical distance climbed. Assuming
g = 9.7 m / s2

A. 1274.21 m
B. 1289.00 m
C. 1267.34 m
D. 1583.34 m
The lower half of a 10 m high
cylindrical container is filled with
water and the upper half with oil that
has SG = 0.85. Determine the
pressure difference between the top
and bottom of the cylinder.

a. 90.74 kPa
b. 92.74 kPa
c. 83.38 kPa
d. 96.10 kPa
An ideal gas at 0.80 atmospheres
and 87o C, 0.45 liter. How many
moles are in the sample? (R =
0.0821 liters-atm/mole-K

a. 0.0002 mole
b. 0.0378 mole
c. 0.0122 mole
d. 0.0091 mole
A certain gas at 101.325 kPa and 10o C
whose volume is 2.83 m3 are compressed
into a storage vessel at 0.31 m3 capacity.
Before admission, the storage vessel
contained the gas at a pressure and
temperature of 137.8 kPa and 26o C after
admission the pressure has increased to
1171.6 kPa. What should be the final
temperature of the gas in the vessel in
Kelvin
a. 296.0
b. 319.8
c. 180.0
d. 314.2
A perfect gas has a value of R = 58.8 ft-
lb/lb-oR and k = 1.26. if 20 BTU are added
to 10 lbs of the gas at constant volume
when initial temperature is 90o F. Find the
final temperature.

a. 97oF
b. 104oF
c. 154oF
d. 185oF
Ammonia weighing 22 kg is confirmed
inside a cylinder equipped with a piston
has an initial pressure of 413 kPa at 38o
C. If 3200 kJ of heat is added to the
ammonia until its final pressure and
temperature are 413 kPa at 100o C,
respectively, what is then amount of
work done by the fluid in kJ?
a. 667
b. 304
c. 420
d. 502
A tank contains 90 ft3 of air at a pressure
of 350 psig. If the aire is cooled until its
pressure and temperature decreases to
200 psig and 70oF, what is the decrease in
internal energy?

a. 6232.09 BTU
b. -5552 BTU
c. 5552 BTU
d. -6232.09 BTU
A large mining company was provided
with a 3 m3 of compressed air tank. Air
pressure in the tank drops from 700 kPa
to 150 kPa while the temperature remains
constant at 28oC. What percentage has
the mass of air in the tank been reduced?

a. 74.00
b. 72.45
c. 78.56
d. 78.57
A 4 m3/hr pump delivers water to a
pressure tank. At the start, the gage reads
138 kPa until it reads 276 kPa and then
the pump was shut off. The volume of the
tank is 180 liters. At 276 kPa the water
occupied 2/3 of the tank volume.
Determine the volume of water that can
be taken out until the gage reads 138 kPa.
a. 31.20 liters
b. 34.59 liters
c. 16.67 liters
d. 29.50 liters
A refrigeration plant is rated at 15 tons
capacity. Howz many pounds of air per
hour will it cool from 70 to 90oF at
constant pressure.

a. 50,000 lb/hr
b. 37,500 lb/hr
c. 52,000 lb/hr
d. 45,000 lb/hr
Determine th air – standard efficiency of
an engine operating on the diesel cycle
with clearance of 6% when the suction
pressure is 99.97 kPa and the fuel is
injected for 7% of the stroke. Assume k =
1.4

a. 62.11%
b. 51.20%
c. 73.58%
d. 60.02%
Steam at 2 Mpa and 250oC in a rigid
cylinder is cooled until the quality is 30%.
Find the heat rejected from the cylinder:
at 2 Mpa and 250oC v = 0.11144 m3/kg u
= 2679.6 kJ/kg. At 2 Mpa (saturated,) vf =
0.0011767 m3/kg vg = 0.0011767 0.09963
m3/kg uf = 906.44 ug = 1693.8
a. -432.23 kJ/kg
b. -926.26 kJ/kg
c. -1265.02 kJ/kg
d. 1082.34 kJ/kg
At 1.3 MPa, mixture steam and water has
an entropy of 3 kJ/kg-oK. Find the enthalpy
of the mixture: at 1.3 MPa
sf = 2.2525 sg = 6.4953 hf = 814.93 hg
= 1972.7

a. 1627.71 kJ/kg
b. 1533.33 kJ/kg
c. 1234.45 kJ/kg
d. 1162.40 kJ/kg
Mixture with 70% quality at 500 kPa is
heated isothermally until its pressure is
300 kPa. Find the heat added during the
process: at 500 kPa sf = 1.8607 sfg =
4.9606 at 300 kPa and 151.86oC cs =
7.0888

a. 745.92 kJ/kg
b. 535.16 kJ/kg
c. 983.44 kJ/kg
d. 765.34 kJ/kg
A tank contains exactly one kilograms of
water consisting of liquid and vapor in
equilibrium at 1 Mpa. If the liquid
contains one – third and the remaining is
the enthalpy of the contents of the tank?
At 1 MPa: vf = 0.0011273 vfg = 0.19444
hf = 762.81 hfg = 2015.4

a. 644.40 kJ/kg
b. 774.40kJ/kg
c. 785.92 kJ/kg
d. 485.29 kJ/kg
Water substance at 70 bar and 65oC
enters a boiler tube at constant inside
diamete of 35 mm. The water leaves the
boiler tube at 50 bar and 700oK at velocity
of 100 m/s. Calculate the inlet volume
flow (L/s)
From steam tables: at 70 bar (7MPa) at
65oC
v1 = 0.001017 m3/kg at 50 bar (5MPa) and
700 o
K (427oC) v2 = 0.06081 m3/kg
a. 0.821
b. 1.261
c. 0.344
d. 1.609
Water substance at 70 bar and 65oC enters a boiler
tube at constant inside diamete of 25 mm. The water
leaves the boiler tube at 50 bar and 700oK at velocity of
150 m/s. Calculate the inlet vELOCITY (m/s)
From steam tables: at 70 bar (7MPa) at 65oC
v1 = 0.001017 m3/kg at 50 bar (5MPa) and 700oK
(427oC) v2 = 0.06081 m3/kg

a. 1.56
b. 2.51
c. 1.672
d. 3.230
Steam leaves an industrial boiler at 827.4
kPa and 171.6 oC. A portion of the steam is
passed through a throttling calorimeter and
is exhausted to the atmosphere when the
calorimeter pressure is 101.4 kPa. How
much moisture does the steam leaving the
boiler contain if the temperature of the
steam at the calorimeter is 115.6 oC? At
827.4 kPa
(171.6 oC) hf = 727.25 kJ/kg hfg = 2043.2
kJ/kg. From table 3: at 101.4 kPa and 115.6oC
ha.
2 =3.78%
2707.6 kJ/kg
b. 3.08%
c. 4.56%
d. 2.34%
Atmospheric pressure boils at 212oF. At
the vacuum pressure at 24 in Hg, the
tempreature is 142oF. Find the boiling
temperature when the pressure is
increased by 40 psia from atmospheric.

a. 449.42oF
b. 526.34oF
c. 479.13oF
d. 263.45oF
A certain coal has the following ultimate
analysis:
C = 69% N2 = 5% H2 = 2.5% S = 7%.
Determine the amount of oxygen if the
heating value of fuel is 26,961.45 kJ/kg

a. 1.5%
b. 2.5%
c. 3.5%
d. 4.5%
A diesel engine consumed 645 liters of
fuel per day at 35oC. If the fuel was
purchased at 15.5oC and 30oAPI at
P29.00/L, determine the cost of fuel to
operate the engine per day.

a. P5677.50
b. P4577.50
c. P46,088.90
d. P27,127.76
A cylindrical tank 4 m long and 3 m
diameter is used for oil storage. How
many days can the tank supply the
engine having 27oAPI with fuel
consumption of 60 kg/hr

a. 17.53
b. 5.84
c. 12.84
d. 19.84
The dry exhaust gas from oil engine has
the following fravimetric analysis:
CO2 = 21.6% O2 = 4.2% N2 = 74.2%
Specific heats at constant pressure for
each component of the exhaust gas in
kcal/kg-oC are
CO2 = 0.203 O2 = 0.219 N2 = 0.248.
calculate the specific gravity if the
molecular weight of air is 28.97 kg/kg-mol
a. 0.981
b. 1.244
c. 1.055
d. 0.542
A bituminous coal has the following
composition:
C = 71.5% H = 5.0% O = 7.0% N =
1.3%
S = 3% Ash = 7.6% W = 3.4%
Determine the theoretical weight of
Nitrogen in lb/lb of coal.

a. 2.870
b. 7.526
c. 2.274
d. 6.233
A gaseous fuel mixture has a molar
analysis:
H2 = 14% CH4 = 3% CO = 27%
O2 = 0.6% CO2 = 4.5% N2 = 50.9%
Determine the air – fuel ratio for complete
combustion on molar basis.

a. 2.130
b. 3.230
c. 1.233
d. 1.130
A volumetric analysis of a gas mixture is
as follows:
CO2 = 12% O2 = 4% N2 = 82% CO = 4%
What is the percentage of CO2 on a mass
basis?

a. 17.55%
b. 15.55%
c. 12.73%
d. 19.73%
An impulse wheel at best produces 125 hp
under a head of 210 ft. By what percent
should the speed be increases for a 290 –
ft head?

a. 82.5%
b. 17.5%
c. 72.41%
d. 27.59%
Find the work posses for a helium gas at
20 deg C?

a. 609 kJ/kg
b. 168 kJ/kg
c. 229 kJ/kg
d. 339 kJ/kg
What is the hydraulic gradient of a 1 mile,
17 inches inside diameter pipe when
3300/min of water flow with f = 0.03

a. 0.00714
b. 0.00614
c. 0.00234
d. 0.00187
Convert 750oR to oK.

a. 390.33oK
b. 395.33oK
c. 410.33oK
d. 416.33oK
Air is compressed adiabatically from 30oC
to 100oC. If mass of air being compressed
is 5 kg. Find the change in entropy.

a. 1.039 kJ/kg
b. 0.746 kJ/kg
c. 0
d. 1.245 kJ/kg
An air standard engine has a compression
ratio of 18 and a cut – off ratio of 4. if the
intake air piressure and temperature are
100 kPa and 27oC, find the work in kJ per
kg.

a. 2976
b. 2166
c. 1582
d. 2751
A throttling calorimeter is connected to
the desuperheated steam line
supplying the steam to the auxiliary
feed pump on a ship. The line pressure
measures 2.5 MPa. The calorimeter
pressure is 110 kPa and 150oC.
Determine the entropy of the stea,m
line. At 110 kPa and 150oC:
h2 = 2775.6 kJ/kg
At 2.5 Mpa: hf = 952.11 kJ/kg-K hfg =
1841 kJ/kg
a. 6.8 kJ/kg-K
b. 6.2 kJ/kg-k
c. 6.6 kJ/kg-k
d. 7.5 kJ/kg-k
A logging firm in Isabella operates a
Diesel Electric Plant to supply its electric
energy requirements. During a 24 hour
period, the plant consumed 250 gallons of
fuel at 80oF and produced 2900 kW-hr.
Industrial fuel used is 30oAPI and was
purchased at P30.00/L at 60oF. Determine
the overall thermal efficiency of the
plant.a
a. 26.08%
b. 34.23%
c. 28.00%
d. 18.46%
The following coal has the following
ultimate analysis by weight: C = 70.5%
H2 = 4.5%
O2 = 6.0% N2 = 1.0% S = 3.0%
Ash = 11%
Moisture = 4%. A stocker fired boiler of
195,000 kg/hr streaming capacity uses
this coal as fuel. Calculate volume of air in
m3/hr with air at 60oF and 14.7 psia
pressure if boiler efficiency is 70% and
FE
a. = 1.10. m3/hr
234,019
b. 215,830 m3/hr
c. 213,830 m3/hr
d. 264,830 m3/hr
and 400 oC is produced by a steam
generator. The feedwater enters the
economizer at 145 oC and leaves at
205 oC. The steam leaves the boiler drum
with a quality of 98%. The unit consumes
3 kg of coal per second as received
having a heating value of
25,102 KJ/kg. What would be the overall
efficiency of the unit in percent? Steam
properties:
At 5 Mpa and 400 oC : h = 3195.7 KJ/kg
At 5 Mpa: hf = 1154.23, hfg = 1640.1
Ata. 65.
205 o
C :72
hf = 875.04 At 145 oC : hf = 610.63
b. 80. 67
c. 88.28
d. 78.82
turbines at 2.5 MPa (enthalpies and
entropies given) and condenser of
50 kPa (properties given), what is
the thermal efficiency of the cycle?
At 2.5 Mpa : hg = 2803.1 KJ/kg Sg =
6.2575
At 50 kPa : Sf = 1.0910 Sfg =
6.5029
hf = 340.49 hfg = 2305.4 Vf =
a. 25. 55 %
0.0010300
b. 45. 23 %
c. 34. 23 %
d. 12. 34 %
A thermal power plant generates 5
MW and the heat generated by fuel
is 13, 000 KJ/sec. If thermal
efficiency is 36.15%, find the power
needed for the auxiliaries.
a. 310 kW
b. 300 kW
c. 400 kW
d. 350 kW
A superheat steam Rankine cycle
has turbine inlet conditions of 17.5
Mpa and 530 oC expands in a turbine
to 0.007 Mpa. The turbine and pump
polytropic efficiencies are 0.85 and
0.75 respectively, pressure losses
between pump and turbine inlet are
1.5 Mpa. What should be the pump
work
a. 17. in
34KJ/kg?
b. 27. 32
c. 25. 32
d. 47. 33
 In an open feedwater heater for a steam
plant, saturated steam at 7 bar is mixed
with subcooled liquid at 7 bar and 25 oC.
Just enough steam is supplied to ensure
that the mixed steam leaving the heater
will be saturated liquid at 7 bar when
heater efficiency is 95%. Calculate the
mass flowrate of subcooled liquid if steam
flowrate is 0.865 kg/s.
Steam properties are: At 7 bar, saturated
vapor: hg = 2763.5 KJ/kg
At 7 bar and 25
a. 2.725 kg/s
b. 3.356 kg/s
c. 2.869 kg/s
d. 3.948 kg/s
A steam condenser receives 10 kg / s of steam with an
enthalpy of 2770 kJ / kg. Steam condenses into a
liquid and leaves with an enthalpy of 160 kJ / kg.
Cooling water passes through the condenser with
temperature increases from 13˚C to 24˚C. Calculate
the water flow rate in kg / s.

A. 583
B. 567
C. 523
D. 528
Steam expands adiabatically in a turbine from 2000 kPa,
400˚C to 400 kPa, 250˚C. What is the effectiveness of
the process in percent assuming an atmospheric
pressure of 18˚C. Neglect changes in kinetic and
potencial energy. Steam properties are : @ 2000 kPa and
400˚C: h = 3247.6 kJ / kg , s = 7.1271 kJ / kg-K @ 400 kPa
and 250˚C : h = 2964.2 kJ / kg , s = 7.3789 kJ / kg-K

A. 82
B. 84
C. 79.60
D. 79.46
A heat exchanger was installed purposely to cool 0.50
kg of gas per second. Molecular weight is 32 and k =
1.32. The gas is cooled from 150˚C to 80˚C. Water is
available at the rate of 0.30 at the rate of 0.30 kg / s
and at a temperature of 15˚C. Calculate the exit
temperature of the water in ˚C.

A. 44.86
B. 42.86
C. 46.45
D. 40.34
A 350 mm x 450 mm steam engine running at 280 rpm has
an entrance steam condition of 2 MPa and 230˚C and exit
at 0.1 MPa. The steam consumption is 2000 kg / hr and
mechanical efficiency is 85%. If indicated mean effective
pressure is 600 kPa, determine brake thermal efficiency, at
2MPa and 230˚C (Table 3) : h1 = 2849.6 , s1 = 6.4423. @
0.1 MPa : sf = 1.3026 , hf = 417.46 , sfg = 6.0568 , hfg =
2258 , hf2 = 417.46 kJ / kg.

A. 23.34
B. 15.25
C. 14.16
D. 27.34
A steam turbine receives 5000 kg / hr of steam at 5
MPa and 400˚C and velocity of 30 m / s. It leaves the
turbine at 0.006 MPa and 85% quality and velocity of
15 m / s. Radiation loss is 10,000 kJ / hr. Find the kW
developed. At 5 MPa and 400˚C : h1 = 3195.7 kJ / kg ,
s1 = 6.6459 at 0.006 MPa : hf = 3195.7 kJ / kg : s1 =
6.6459 at 0.006 MPa : hf = 151.53 , hfg = 2415.9

A. 1273.29
B. 2173.29
C. 1373.60
D. 7231.29
A steam turbine with 85% stage efficiency receives
steam at 7 MPa and 550˚C and exhausts as 20 kPa.
Determine the turbine work. At 7 MPa and 550˚C : h1
= 3530.9 kJ / kg , s1 = 6.9486 at 20 kPa (0.020 MPa) :
sf = 0.8320 , hf = 251.40 sfg = 7.0766 , hfg = 2358.3

A. 1,117 kJ / kg
B. 1,132 kJ /kg
C. 1,123.34 kJ / kg
D. 1054.95 kJ / kg
A stem turbine with 80% stage efficiency receives
steam at 7MPa and 550˚C and exhausts at 20 kPa.
Determine the quality at exhaust. At 7 MPa. And
550˚C , h1 = 3530.9 kJ / kg , s1 = 6.9486 at 20 kPa
(0.020 MPa) , sf = 0.8320 , hf = 251.40

A. 96.96%
B. 76.34%
C. 82.34%
D. 91.69%
A 18,000 kW geothermal plant has a generator
efficiency of 90% and 80%, respectively. If the quality
after throttling is 20% and each well discharges
400,000 kg / hr , determine the number of wells are
required to produce if the change of enthalpy at
entrance and exit of turbine is 500 kJ / kg.

A. 4 wells
B. 2 wells
C. 6 wells
D. 8 wells
A liquid dominated geothermal plant with a single flash
separator receives water at 204˚C. The separator pressure is
1.04 MPa. A direct contact condenser operates at 0.034 MPa.
The turbine has a polytropic efficiency of 0.75. For a cycle
output of 60 MW, what is the mass flow rate of the well –
water in kg / s? At 204˚C : hf = 870.51 kJ / kg , at 1.04 MPa :
hf = 770.38 , hfg = 2009.2 , hg = 2779.6 , sg = 6.5729 , at 0.034
MPa : hf = 301.4 , hfg = 2328.8 , sf = 0.9793 , sfg = 6.7463.

A. 2,933
B. 2,100
C. 1,860
D. 2,444
An engine generator rated 9000kVA at 80% power
factor, 3 phase, 4160 V has an efficiency of 90%. If
over all plant efficiency is 28%, what is the heat
generated by the fuel?

A. 18,800 kW
B. 28,800 kW
C. 7,500 kW
D. 25,714 kW
The indicated thermal efficiency of a two stroke diesel
engine is 60%. If friction power is 15% of heat
generated, determine the brake thermal efficiency of
the engine.

A. 43%
B. 45%
C. 36%
D. 37%
A 305 mm x 457 mm, four stroke, single acting diesel
engine is rated at 150 kW at 260 rpm. Fuel
consumption at rated load is 0.56 kg / kW-hr with a
heating value of 43,912 kJ / kg. Calculate the brake
thermal efficiency.

A. 10.53 %
B. 27.45 %
C. 14.64 %
D. 18.23 %
If the average energy in the nuclear
reactor is 200 MeV/fission, what is the
power output reactor if there are
2.34x10^-19 fission per second?

A. 550 W C. 370 MW
B. 120 W D. 750 MW
A steam engine delivers 1000 kg/hr
steam. The enthalpies at entrance and
exit of the engine are 3000 KJ/kg and
400KJ/kg respectively, Calculate the
brake power of the engine if the brake
thermal eff’cy is 20%.

A. 144.44 KW C. 254.34 KW
B. 200.45 KW D. 345.75 KW
4 kg air enters a turbine with enthalpy of 600 KJ
and velocity of 250 m/s. The enthalpy at exit is 486
KJ and velocity of 170 m/s. What is the work
develop if there is a heat loss of 10 KJ?

A. 128.83 KJ C. 80.2 KJ
B. 171.2 KJ D. 28.3 KJ
Air flows in a duct @ pressure of 150 Kpa with a
velocity of 200 m/s. The temperature of air is 310 K.
Determine the isentropic stagnation temp.?

A. 320 C. 341
B. 332 D. 361
The cooling water leaves the condenser at 60 deg. C.
The ambient air is at 35 deg. C DB and 28 deg. C WB.
Determine the cooling tower eff’cy?

A. 41.67 C. 78
B. 80 D. 53.33
An engine operating in a Carnot Cycle between temp.
of 500 deg. C and 30 deg. C produces 50 KJ of work.
What change in entropy occurs during the heat
rejection portion of the cycle?

A. 106.4 J/K C. 120.5 J/K

B. 160.4 J/K D. 102.5 J/K
Steam generator operating at 92% eff’cy leaves water
at 15.6 deg C. while steam leaves the desuperheater
at h=3,374.8 KJ/kg. Estimate the evaporation factor if
the boiler consumes coal of calorific value 24,500
KJ/kg.

A. 6.81 m C. 8.21 m
B. 6.72 m D. 7.21 m
Determine the mass of ice produce from water per day for
the ff: conditions; water temp. 22 deg. C, tonnage of the
unit 150 tons, operating temp. 22 deg. C tonnage of unit
150 tons operating temp. -5 deg. C and 28 deg. C, latent
heat of ice 330 KJ/kg.

A. 107,498 kg C. 134,112 kg

B. 120,465 kg D. 140,362 kg
An amount of 4000 BTU of heat is transferred
from a reservoir at 800 deg. F to a reservoir at
200 deg. F. Find the entropy change of the
system.

A. 2.89 C. 1.34
B. 3.24 D. 3.21
Determine the net cycle heat rate of steam power
plant with a gross cycle heat rate of 75% and the ratio
of turbine output to net cycle work output is 1.11.

A. 83.25% C. 87.45%
B. 76.25% D. 80.76%
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 1.4 m. During the process the pressure is
proportional to the sphere diameter. Calculate the work
done by the gas.

A. 143.92 KJ C. 154.5 KJ
B. 200.7 KJ D. 133.91 KJ
The heat pump has a performance factor of 8.0. If
the heat pump is used as a refrigerator, what is the
required horsepower per ton of refrigeration?

A. 0.942 C. 0.765
B. 0.456 D. 0.673
A steam turbine has an entrance enthalpy of 3000
KJ/kg in an exit enthalpy of 2000 KJ/kg. What is the
stage eff’cy if the actual enthalpy after isentropic
expansion is 2200 KJ/kg.

A. 82% C. 86%
B. 70% D. 80%
An engine supplied with steam at pressure 1.5 Mpa in
temp. 250 deg. C, and pressure of the exhaust is 0.016
Mpa. Assuming isentropic expansion. Find the dryness
fraction of the steam after expansion. Steam properties; At
1.5 Mpa, 250 deg. C: S=6.711 KJ/kg-K . At 0.016 Mpa; Sf=
0.772 KJ/kg-K, Sfg=7.231 KJ/kg-K.

A. 0.8235 C. 0.7689
B. 0.8978 D. 0.7654
An air conditioning engineer has given the following
data to be air conditioned: sensible heat gain 50,000
BTU/hr. Room latent heat gain 10,000 BTU/hr.
Outside condition 50 deg F. Calculate the refrigeration
tonnage required with 10% safety factor.

A. 5.5 C. 1.5
B. 3.5 D. 6.5
A refrigeration system produces 20kg/hr of ice from
water at 20 deg.C Find the tonnage of the unit?

A. 0.66 C. 0.77
B. 0.55 D. 0.88
In an air standard Brayton cycle, the compressor
receives air at 101.325 Kpa , 21 deg. C and it leaves at
600 Kpa at the rate of 4 kg/s. Determine the turbine
work if the temperature of the air entering the
turbine is 1000 deg. C.

A. 3000 KW C. 2028 KW
B. 2701 KW D. 3500 KW
The entrance and exit of enthalpies of a steam
turbine are 4000 and 3000 KJ/kg respectively. What is
the mass of steam entering the turbine if the
generator power is 3 MW and generator eff’cy is
90%.

A. 12,000 kg/hr C. 17,000 kg/hr

B. 14,000 kg/hr D. 24,000 kg/hr
A circular chip (k=150 W/m-K) with a diameter 10 mm and
thickness 4 mm embedded in a circuit board. Its front surface is
exposed to the flow of a coolant (h=250 W/m^2-K) with
temperature of 10 deg. C, while its side in black surfaces are
perfectly insulated. If at any point in the chip the temp. must not
exceed 90 deg. C, What is the steady state heat dissipation of the
chip?

A. 2.86 W C. 2.01 W
B. 1.56 W D. 1.74 W
A new temperature scale is to be used where
freezing and boiling temp. of water is at 100 deg. N
and 100 deg. N respectively. Calculate the absolute
zero in deg. N?

A. -992.6 deg. N C. -995.6 deg. N

B. -932.7 deg. N D. -932.4 deg. N
A 6 MW steam turbine generator power plant has a
full-load steam rate of 8 kg/KW-hr. Assuming that no
load steam consumption as 15% of full-load steam
consumption, compute for the hourly steam
consumption at 75% load, in kg/hr?

A. 37,800 kg/hr C. 30,780 kg/hr

B. 38,700 kg/hr D. 30,870 kg/hr
Liquid propane is contained in a storage tank at a pressure of
1.4 Mpa, which is the equilibrium vapor pressure at the
pumping conditions. The propane has a specific gravity of 0.58.
If the level of the liquid propane is 4 m above the centerline of
the pump and the frictional losses in the suction line is equal 2
m, What is the available NPHS if the velocity in the suction line
is 1.50 m/s?

A. 6.12 m C. 4.12 m
B. 2 m D. 2.12 m
The turbine power of a geothermal power plant is 2 MW
and the enthalpy at the inlet of the turbine is 250 KJ/kg.
Steam flows at the rate of 2.5 kg/s. If the enthalpy at the
outlet of the condenser is 300 KJ/kg and the temp. rise of
the cooling water is 10 deg. C. What is the volume flow
rate of the cooling water?

A. 109.37 m^3/hr C. 120.37 m^3/hr

B. 237.68m^3/hr D. 320.47m^3/hr
A rectangular duct 0.15 m by 0.12 cm long and carries
standard air at the rate of 0.3 m^3/s. calculate the total
pressure required at the inlet to the duct in order to
maintain this flow. Assume that for the duct, the friction
factor is 0.005.

A. 567.58 N/m^2 C. 851.67 N/m^2

B. 671.85 N/m^2 D. 716.58 N/m^2
Annual peak load on a 15,000KW power plant is 10,500KW. Two
substation are supllied by this plant. Annual energy dispatched
through substationA is 27,500,000 KW-Hr. with a peak load at 8900
KW, 16,500,000 are sent through substation B with a peak load at
6,650 KW. Neglect line losses. Find the diversity factor between
substations and capacity factor of the power plant.

A.1.48 , 0.446 C. 1.75 , 0.335

B.1.48 , 0.335 D. 1.75, 0.446
A 6 stage centrifugal pump delivers 1600 GPM of water
against the net pressure rise of 800 Lbf /in^2. what is the
specific speed if it rotates at 1750 RPM.

A.248.54 C. 1020
B.952.82 D. 546.23
A 5inches diameter cylinder rotates at 3600RPM. Air is flowing
past the cylinder at 100ft/s. How much is the lift on the cylinder
per unit length? The density of air is 0.00234 slug/ft^3.

A.0.15 lb/ft C. 20.75 lb/ft

B.11.75 lb/ft D. 23.65 lb/ft
The suction pressure of a 4-stage compressor is 140 Kpa. It
compresses air at the rate of 15 m^3/min, clearance is
about 8% and 200rpm. The compressor discharges
compressed air at pressure of 1000 Kpa. The compressor
uses inter-cooling determine the ideal pressure at the first
stage intercooler.

A.228.87 Kpa C. 453.45 Kpa

B.345.67 Kpa D. 345.45 Kpa
A vertical draft tube is installed on a francis turbine and the total head
to the center of the spiral casing at the inlet is 38m and velocity of
water at the inlet is 5m/s. the discharge is 2.1m^3/s. the hydraulic
effcy. is 0.87 and over all effcy. Is 0.84. the velocity at the inlet ant exit
are 5m/s and 1.5m/s respectively. The top of the draft tube is 1m
below the center line of the spiral casing while the tailrace (water)
lever is 3m from the top of the draft tube. There is no velocity of whirl
at either top or bottom of draft tube and leakage losses are negligible.
What is the power output in the turbine in KW?

A.748.8 KW C. 901.3 KW
B.682.9 KW D. 832.6 KW
A windmill with a 6m radius rotor is to be installed where
atmospheric pressure conditions prevail at 101.325Kpa
and 21 deg C. it was observed that wind is blowing
steadily at an average velocity of 20m/s. assuming that
conversion effcy. Is somewhere between 20% to 25%,
determine the maximum available power from the
windmill.

A.124.78 KW C. 167.25 KW
B. 135.81 KW D. 225.78 KW
Calculate the scale ratio for the model turbine if the
prototype to model speed and head ratio is 0.675
and 12 respectively.

A.5.54 C. 5.82
B.5.13 D. 5.32
A pelton wheel running at a speed of 600rpm is
driven by 2 similar jets. At this speed it transmit
600Kw to the shaft. The effcy of the runner is 90%
and the velocity of the fluid at inlet to the bucket is
50m/s. estimate the diameter of its jet.

A.0.0165 m C. 0.0143 m
B.0.0435 m D. 0.0123 m
An impulse turbine which has a diameter, D = 60
inch. Speed N=350rpm, bucket angle B=160 deg.,
coef of velocity Cv=0.98, relative speed O|=0.45, a
generator em=0.90, k=0.90, and aa jet diameter
from nozzle of 6 inches. Compute the power input in
HP?

A.2,862 Hp C. 2,933 Hp
B.2,521 Hp D. 2,366 Hp
If the specific heat at constant pressure for CO2 is
given as 0.201Btu/lb-R, whatis the value of the
specific heat at constant volume?

A.0.156 Btu/lb-R C. 0.435 Btu/lb-R

B.0.365 Btu/lb-R D. 0.435 Btu/lb-R
Estimate the circulation ratio in the down comer riser
circuit when the mass of water flowing. Through it is 10
kg/s, while the riser exit saturated liquid water flows at
8.5 kg/s.

A.1.18 C. 5.9
B.6.67 D. 0.85
For a certain drier, the feed has a moisture
regain of 160%. Determine the percent moisture
of the feed.

A.60 C. 61.54
B.62.43 D. 50
The Reynolds number of a sphere falling in the
air is 1x10^6. If the sphere’s radius is 1ft. What is
its velocity?

A.2.5 ft/s C. 40.6 ft/s

B. 5.1 ft/s D. 81.2 ft/s
What is the thermal efficiency of an air-
standard Brayton cycle if the pressure ratio is
10.

A.48.21%
s C. 45.36%
B.50.16% D. 42.44%
A refrigeration cycle system produces 20 kg/hr
of ice from water at 20 deg C. Find the tonnage
of the unit.

A. 0.66 C. 0.77
B. 0.55 D. 0.88
A two meter id pipe is flowing half full. What is
the hydraulic radius?

A.1.00 m C. 1.50 m
B. 0.50 m D. 1.75 m
A 1 kg steel ( C = 0.5 kJ/kg.K) rivet cools from 800K to
300 K upon being installed in a riveted structure. The
entropy change in kJ/K of this rivet is.

A.-0.245 C. -0.631
B. -0.49 D. -0.546
A dam 15m high has water behind it to a depth of 10
m. what is the overturning force per meter of width?

A.1.6 MJ C. 2.3 MJ
B. 2.0 MJ D. 1.8 MJ
What is the lifting force in kN for a 10 m diameter
spherical balloon with helium inside at 101 kPa and
320 K surrounded by air at 101 kPa and 298.15K?

A.17.38 kN C. 18.73 kN
B. 5.28 kN D. 8.25 kN
A vertical bulkhead 9.6 m wide and 6 m deep
separates two tanks. One tank contains oil of relative
density of 0.8 to a depth of 4.2 m. find the total load
on the bulkhead in MN.

A.1.472 C. 1.168
B. 2.013 D. 2.347
Fresh water flows through a short smooth
horizontal pipe of tapered bore. At the large end
the velocity is 1.5 m/s. at the small end the
pressure is 14 kN/m^2. Calculate the velocity at
this end.

A.4.4 m/s C. 6.6 m/s

B.5.5 m/s D. 3.3 m/s
In a Rankine cycle, steam turbine with exhaust
enthalpy of 2500 kJ/kg of steam. If the exit enthalpy
of a condenser is 500 kJ/kg, what is the heat
rejected?

A.1000 KW C. 1700 KW
B.1200 KW D. 1500 KW
A commercial air conditioner is rated by means of its
EER or energy effcy ratio. For a certain air-
conditioner with a cooling capacity of 4 KW and
requires 1000 W, approximate the EER of this unit.

A.13.65 C. 10.10
B.12.80 D. 11.11
In a simple gas turbine plant working on the ideal constant
pressure cycle, air taken into the compressor at 1 bar, 16
deg C and delivered at 5.4 bar. If the temperature at turbine
inlet is 700 deg C. Calculate the ideal thermal efficiency?
Take k = 1.4.

A.38.23 % C. 45.66 %
B.42.61% D. 35.38 %
Circulation in the 10 m riser if the specific
volume in the down comer is 0.0014 and in the
riser top is 0.0032 m^3/kg.

A.19.71 kPa C. 21.45 kPa

B.12.45 kpa D. 15. 74 kPa
Find the COP of the refrigeration whose energy
supply equals one-fourth the amount of heat it
extraxts.

A.3 C. 5
B. 4 D. 2
The down comer-riser circuit receives saturated
water a rate of 10.5kg/s from the boiler. If
circulation ratio is 11.5, what is the top dryness
fraction?

A.0.095 C. 0.081

B. 0.087 D. 0.913
Three liquids of specific gravities 0.7, 0.8 and 0.9
respectively are mixed in the proportion of 3,4
and 5 by mass. Find the relative density of the
mixture.

A.0.81 C. 0.73
B.0.62 D. 0.92
What would be the resistance of the scale deposit if
the overall heat coefficient for a tube reduced from
1500 W/m^2.K to 1100 W/m^2.K?

A.3500 W/m^2.K C. 4125 W/m^2.K

B.2600 W/m^2.K D 5000 W/m^2.K
A round 457 rpm mm duct is to be replaced by a
rectangular duct with aspect ratio of 4:1 what should be the
dimensions of the rectangular duct?

A.884 mm and 221 mm

B.900 mm and 250 mm
C. 800 mm and 200 mm
D. 700 mm and 150 mm
The 600 kg hammer of a pile drive is lifted a 2m
above the piling head. If the hammer is released,
what will be its velocity at the instant it strikes
the piling? Local g = 9.65 m/s^2

A.6.21 m/s C. 1.2 m/s

B.3.25 m/s D. 4.5 m/s
A 3 hp refrigerator or heat pump operates between 0
deg F and 100deg F. the maximum theoretical heat
that can be transferred from the cold reservoir is
nearest to:

A.1300 Btu/hr C. 35000 Btu/hr

B.2300 Btu/hr D. 43000 Btu/hr
A window type air conditioner is rated with
compressor power of 1 Hp. The unit has an EER of
11.1. Determine the maximum cooling capacity of the
unit in tons of refrigeration.

A.0.54 C. 0.69
B.0.63 D. 0.51
A potential waterfall for hydroelectric power plant
has water available at a rate of 160 m^3/s under a
head of 18 m. find the number of Francis turbines
required if it runs at 120 rmp, specific speed of 350
and 80% hydraulic efficiency.

A.2 C. 4
B.3 D. 6
A galvanized steel duct of 0.4 m diameter and
20 m long carries air at 20 deg C and 1.013 bar.
If the surface roughness for the ducts is0.15
mm, find the roughness factor.

A. 0.000475 C. 0.000375
B. 0.000365 D. 0.000485
The mechanical effcy of a single cylinder four
stroke engine is 80%. The frictional power is
estimated to be 25 kW. Calculate the brake
power developed by the engine.

A.250 kW C. 100 kW
B.150 kW D. 200 kW
A rectangular duct section 35 cm x 50 cm size carries
75 m^3/min of air having density of 1.15 kg/m^3. if
the friction factor of sheet metal is 0.01, find the
pressure loss per 100 m length of duct.

A.29 mm of H2O C. 25 mm of H2O

B.36 mm of H2O D. 35 mm of H2O
About 3 hp per ton is required to maintain a
temperature of -40 deg C in a refrigerator. If the
refrigerator works on the reverse carnot cycle,
determine the heat rejected to the sink per ton of
refrigeration.

A.69.72 kCal/min C. 81.61 kCal/min

B.70.24 kCal/min D. 84.65 kCal/min
Consider a 1200 kg car cruising steadily on a level
road at 90 km/h. now the car starts climbing a hill that
is sloped 30 deg from horizontal. If the velocity of the
car is to remain constant during climbing, determine
the additional power that be delivered by the engine.

A.197 Hp C. 159 hp
B.207 hp d. 105 hp
A pelton type turbine was installed 30 m 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. determine the power output in kW.

A.14,292.74 C.19,242.74
B.12,492.74 D. 17442.92
In a geothermal power plant, the enthalpies of the
ground water and the turbine inlet are 1500 kJ/kg
and 3500 kJ/kg respectively. If the enthalpy of the hot
water in the flash tank is 700 kJ/kg and the mass flow
rate of steam is 15 kg/s, what is the mass flow rate of
ground water?

A.52.50 kg/s C. 55.49 kg/s

B.48.69 kg/s D. 345.48 kg/s
An amount of air with BD temperature of 35 deg C.
WB temperature of 28 deg C is passed through an air
conditioner and exhaust at DB temperature of 24 deg
C and RH of 50%. Cooling coil temperature is
approximately 18 deg C. determine the by-pass factor
of the air conditioning system.

A.0.69 C. 0.26
B.0.43 D. 0.35
An average car consumes about 5 L of gasoline a day, and the capacity of the fuel
tank of a car is about 50L. Therefore, a car needs to be refueled once every 10
days. Also the density of gasoline ranges from 0.68 to 0.78 kg/L, and its lower
heating value is about 44,000kJ/kg (that is, 44,000kJ of heat is released when 1 kg
of gasoline is completely burned). Suppose all the problems associated with the
radioactivity and waste disposal of nuclear fuels are resolve, and a car is to be
powered by U-235. if a new car becomes equipped with 0.1kg of the nuclear fuel
U-235, determine if this car will ever need refueling under average driving
condition.

A. The car needs to be refueled after 10 years

B. The car needs to be refueled after 50 years
C. The car does not needs to be refueled
D. The car needs to be refueled after 100 years
Steam at 1.5 Mpa, 300 deg. C is supplied to an engine and
exhaust at 0.014 Mpa. The consumption of steam is 28,500
kg/hr when the indicated power is 3000 KW. Calculate the
steam consumption in kg/KW-hr and the indicated thermal
eff’cy.

A. 9.5 kg/KW hr, 13.45%

B. 10 kg/KW-hr, 11.45%
C. 8.5 kg/KW/hr, 12.34%
D. 10.5 kg/KW-hr, 10.47%
Steam enters the nozzle of an impulse turbine at 2
Mpa,300 deg. C and leaves at 0.30 Mpa, 0.98 dry. The
angle of the nozzles is 20 deg. To the direction of
motion of the blades and blade velocity is 380 m/s.
Calculate the velocity of the steam leaving the
nozzles.

A.829.4 m/s C. 545.7 m/s

B.924.8 m/s D. 754.8 m/s
The pressure and temp. entering the turbine are 1800
Kpa and 38 deg. C. The pressure leaving the turbine is
20 Kpa. The quality of steam entering the condenser
is 90%. What is the turbine work? Steam
properties;@ 1800 Kpa and 380 deg. C (h= 3207.2
KJ/kg) @ 20 Kpa, hf=251.4 KJ/kg hg=2609.7 KJ/kg.

A.1833.33 Kj/kg C. 597.5 KJ/kg

B.1333.8 KJ/kg D. 833.33 KJ/kg
A hydro-electric generating station is supplied from a
reservoir of capacity 6,000,000 m^3 at head of 170 m.
Assume hydraulic eff’cy of 80% and electrical eff’cy of
90%. The fall in the reservoir level after a load of 15 MW
has been supplied for 3 hrs, If the area of the reservoir is
2.5 km^2 is closest to:

A.5.39 cm C. 5.98 cm
B.4.32 cm D. 4.83 cm
Air is drawn into a gas turbine working on the constant
pressure cycle at 1 bar, 21 deg. C and compressed to 5.7
bar. The temp. at the end of heat supply is 680 deg. C.
Taking expansion and compression to be adiabatic where
Cv= 0.718 KJ/kg-K, Cp= 1.055 KJ/kg-K, Calculate the heat
energy supplied per kg at constant pressure.

A.472 KJ/kg C. 501 KJ/kg

B.389 KJ/kg D. 489 K/kg
A small swimming pool 25 x 75 ft is to be filled with
water at a temperature of 70 deg. F to a depth of 5 ft.
Hot water at 160 deg. F and cooled water at 40 deg. F
are available. How many cubic ft of each (neglecting
the thermal capacity of the tank itself) should be
used in filling the tank?

A.2344 ft^3 C. 2345 ft^3

B.3423 ft^3 D. 3145 ft ^3
A research laboratory building is to be heated and ventilated, air
is to be supplied to a room 12 m by 18 m from the outside at the rate
of 1 m^3/min air replacement for each square meter of floor space.
The design condition include 20 deg.C room temperature and -20 deg.C
outside air temperature. In addition the pressure in the room is to be
maintained at a positive pressure of 7 Kpa, to ensure that there will be
no air laekage into the laboratory. How much heat would be required
to condition the air for this room?

A.177.11 KW C.168.7 KW
B.154.8 KW D. 185.3 KW
A circular cylinder 4 ft long and 3 ft in diameter is in
an air stream. The flow velocity is 5ft/s
perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder. Given that
the coefficient of drag on the cylinder is 1.3 and the
density of air is 0.00234 slug/ft^3. What is the force
in the cylinder?

A.0.09 C. 0.46
B.0.11 D. 0.91
A reverse Carnot cycle air refrigeration equipment
has a compressor working with a compression
ratio of 12. The temp. limits of the cycle are 300 K
and 270 K. Determine the refrigerating effect of
the unit.

A.2.45 TR C. 2.06 TR
B.1.86TR D. 1.26 TR
The filament of a 100W bulb maybe considered
blackbody radiating into a black enclosure at 80 deg.
C. Considering only radiation, calculate the filament
temp. in deg. C, if the filament diameter is 0.10 mm
and the length is 6 cm.

A. 3109.97deg.C C. 3245.45 deg.C

B. 2837 deg. C D. 2313.5 deg.C
A circular duct of 40 cm is selected to carry air in an
air-conditioner space at a velocity of 440 m/min to
keep the noise at desired level. If this duct is replaced
by a rectangular duct of aspect ratio 1.5, find the size
of rectangular duct for equal friction method when
the velocity of air in two ducts is same.

A.45cm x 30 cm C. 50 cm x 35 cm
B.40 cm x 25 cm D. 30 cm x 15 cm
45 KW of the shaft power is developed by a turbine
working under an available head of 40 m. The energy
transferred from the water to the runner is 350 J.
Assuming a mechanical eff’cy of 95%, what is the
discharge through the turbine in m^3/s?

A.0.0345 C. 1.511
B.0.135 D. 1.234
A cast iron pipe of equilateral triangular cross
section with side length of 20.75 in. has water flowing
through it. The flow rate is 6000 gpm (13.37ft^3/s) and
the friction factor for the pipe is 0.017. What is the
pressure drop in a 100 ft section?

A.211.8 lb/ft^2 C. 123.5 lb/ft^2

B.311.8 lb/ft^2 D. 178.5 lb/ft^2
A block of wood floats in water with 6 inches
projecting above the water surface. If the same block
were placed in alcohol of specific gravity 0.82, the
block would , project 4 inches above the water
surface of alcohol. Determine the wood of block.

A.0.603 C. 0.701
B.0.504 D. .243
Air is used in a Carnot engine where the volumes at
the beginning of the constant temp. heat addition
and end of the constant temp. heat rejection are
0.456 cm^3 and 6.78 cm^3 respectively. Calculate
the thermal eff’cy.

A.0.667 C. 0.786
B.0.656 D. 0.765
What should be the cooling requirement due to emission of body to
maintain a comfortable temp. in a dance hall that had an
attendance of 1500 people if it has been determined that 75% of
the people will be dancing and others will be seated. Test have
shown that an adult will give off 71.8 W of sensible heat while
engaging in moderate dancing and 57.1 of sensible heat while
sitting. The latent heat emissions for similar situations have been
found to equal 177.3 W for dancers and 45 .5 W for sitters.
A.200 KW C. 301 KW
B.267 KW D. 319 KW
A reverse Carnot cycle air conditioner of 4 TR capacity
operates with a cooling coil of temp. of 5 deg. C. The
surrounding air at 45 deg. C is used as a cooling
medium rising to the temp. of 55 deg. C. The temp. of
heat rejection is 60 deg. C. Determine the mass flow
rate of air entering the heat exchanger.

A.0.07 kg/s C. 0.16 kg/s

B.0.12 kg/s D. 0.04 kg/s
Air is compressed in a diesel engine from an initial
pressure of 13 psi and a temp. of 120 deg. F to one-
twelve of its initial volume. Calculate the final temp.
and pressure assuming the compression to be
adiabatic.

A.1570 deg. R C. 1548 deg. R

B.2000 deg. R D.1786 deg. R
The flow rate of water through a cast iron pipe is
5000 gallons per minute. The diameter of the pipe is
1 foot and the coefficient of friction is 0.0173. What is
the pressure drop over a 100 foot length pipe?

A.221.078 lb /ft^2 C. 313.45 lb/ft^2

B.411.058 lb/ft^2 D. 337.26lb/ft^2
What is the thermal efficiency of an air-standard
brayton cycle if the air enters and leaves the
turbine at 1000 K and 550 K respectively?

A.40.74% C. 50.38%
B.44.99% D. 54.86%
A cylinder 10 ft long and 2 ft in diameter is
suspended in air flowing at 8ft/s. the density of air is
0.00234 slug/ft^3 and the coefficient of drag of the
sphere is 1.3. What is the drag on the cylinder?

A.0.39 lbf C. 4.99 lbf

B.1.95 lbf D. 0.311lbf
Consider a person standing in a breezy room at 20
deg.C. determined the total rate of heat transfer from
this person if the exposed surface area and the average
outer surface temperature of the person are 1.6 m^2 and
29 deg.C, respectively, and the conversion heat transfer
coefficient is 6 W/m^2-C.

A.168.1 W C. 137.5 W
B.174.5 W D. 154.7 W
About 3 HP per ton is required to maintain a temp. of
-40 deg. C in a refrigerator. If the refrigerator works on
the reverse Carnot cycle, determine the heat rejected
to the sink per ton of refrigeration.

A.69.72 kCal/min. C. 81.61 kCal/min.

B.70.44 kCal/min. D. 84.65 kCal/min.
What is the over-all eff’cy of a 30 MW steam power
plant with a boiler eff’cy of 92%, cycle eff’cy of 44%,
mechanical loss of 5%, generator eff’cy of 93% and
gross power production of 32,000 KW.

A.33.98 % C. 35.44 %
B.36.88 % D. 38.84 %
In a simple gas turbine plant working on the ideal
constant pressure cycle, air is taken into the
compressor at 1 bar, 16 deg. C and delivered at 5.4
bar. If the temp. at turbine inlet is 700 deg. C.
Calculate the ideal thermal eff’cy? Take k=1.4

A.38.23 % C. 45.66 %
B.42.61 % D. 35.38 %
Steam is expanded through a nozzle and the enthalpy drop
per kg of steam from the initial pressure to the final
pressure is 60 KJ. Neglecting friction, find the velocity of
discharge and the exit area of the nozzle to pass 0.20 kg/s if
the specific volume of the steam at exit is 1.5 m^3/kg.

A. 346.4 m/s , 879 m^2

B. 356 m/s , 278 m^2
C. 765.6 m/s , 467 m^2
D. 346.4 m/s , 866 m^2
Calculate the thermal diffusivity of pure aluminum
with density of 2,702 kg/m^3, thermal conductivity of
237 W/m-K and specific heat of 0.903 KJ/kg-K.

A. 97.1 x 10^-6 m^2/s

B. 23.25 x 10^-6 m^2/s
C. 14.9 x 10^-6 m^2/s
D. 34.5 x 10^-6 m^2/s
If the conditioned space receives 80,000 kg of air
per hour and air supply temp. rises about 10 deg.
C and air picks up latent heat of about 150 KW.
Determine the sensible heat factor of the system.

A.0.597 C. 0.612
B.0.554 D. 0.509
A horizontal jet fresh water 40 mm diameter
impinges on a stationary flat plate which is
perpendicular to the jet, and the direct force to
prevent the plate moving is measure d to be 225 N.
Assuming that there is no splash back of water, find
the initial velocity of the jet.

A.13.39 m/s C. 16.21 m/s

B.12.42 m/s D. 14.34m/s
There are required 2200 KW net, from a gas turbine unit
for pumping of crude oil. Air enters the compressor
section at 100 Kpa, 280 K, the pressure ratio Rp=10. The
turbine section recieves the hot gases at 1,100 K. assume
the closed brayton cycle and determine the required air
flow.

A.7.91 kg/s C. 8.11 kg/s

B.7.16 kg/s D. 8.91 kg/s
A pelton wheel running at a speed of 400 rpm is
driven by a water power of 5000 KW. The elevation is
150 m and the velocity coefficient is 0.97. find the
number of jets required if if its diameter is limited
at 0.15m.

A.3 C. 5
B.4 D. 6
The sun generates an average of 2 KW/m^2 when
tapped as source of energy where in a flat plate
collector with an area of 1.5 m^2 is used. Flow rate of
water inside the collector is 40 liters per hour.
Calculate for the temperature rise of the working fluid
in deg.C.

A.65.14 deg. C C. 55.14 deg.C

B.60.15 deg.C D. 50.15 deg.C
A refrigerator is rated at a USA one ton capacity, it maintains
a cooling temperature 4.4 deg, C. (EVAPORATIVE
TEMPERATURE). A refrigerant with a refrigerating effect of
136 kj/kg is in the condenser just a head of the expansion
valve. If the refrigerant vapor has a density of 19.80
kg/m^3, what should be the capacity of the compressur?

A.0.078 m^3/min C. 0.102 m^3/min

B.0.091 m^3/min D. 0.113 m^3/min
A cold storage is required to store 20 tons fish.
The fish is supplied at a temperature of 30 deg.
C. The specific heat of fish above the freezing
point is 2.93 KJ/kg. K. The fish is stored in cold
storage that is maintained at -8 deg. C. The
freezing point of that is maintained at -4 deg. C.
The latent heat of solidification of the fish is 235
KJ/kg. If the plant requires 75 KW to drive it,
find the time taken to achieve cooling. Assume
the actual COP as 0.3 times the Carnot COP of
the refrigerating plant.

A.14.72 hrs C. 10.41 hrs

B.9.64 hrs D. 12.03 hrs
A rectangular duct section 35 cm x 50 cm size
carries 75 m^3/min. of air having a density of
1.15 kg/m^3. Determine the equivalent diameter
of circular duct if the quantity of air carried in
both cases is the same.

A.0.26 m C. 0.46 m
B.0.36 m D. 0.56 m
The cubic capacity of a 4-stroke over square park
ignition engine is 245 cm^3. The over square
ratio is 1.1. The clearance volume is 27.2 cm^3.
Calculate the stroke.

A.6.36 cm C. 2.38 cm
B.3.42 cm D. 8.45 cm
Steam enters the turbine at the rate of 11,000 kg/hr
with enthalpies of 3,000 KJ/kg and 1,000 KJ/kg at the
entrance and exhaust respectively. Steam is extracted
from the turbine at 3,500 kg/hr for heating purposes
with enthalpy of 2,700 KJ/kg. Calculate the turbine
work.

A.5,468.33 KW C. 4,458.33 KW
B.4,569.33 KW D. 5,425.33 KW
The two phase flow in a riser has a volume
quality and moisture of 0.60 and 90%
respectively. If the ratio of the specific volume of
vapor to that of the liquids is 20, estimate the
slip ratio.

A.1.48 C. 1.74
B.1.67 D. 1.32
Dry saturated steam at 8 bar (0.8 Mpa) is expanded in
turbine nozzles to a pressure of 5 bar 0.97 dry. Find the velocity
at exit. If the area at the exit is 14.5 cm^2, find the mass flow of
the steam in kg/s. Steam properties: At 8 bar (0.8 MPa), At
5 bar; (0.5 Mpa) Vg=0.3748m^3/kg, hf=640 KJ/kg, hg=2769
KJ/kg, hfg=2109 KJ/kg
A.1.625 kg/s, 407.4 m/s
B. 2.456 kg/s, 786.5 m/s
C. 2.257 kg/s, 233.8 m/s
D. 3.125 kg/s, 125.7 m/s
A proposed hydro-electric plant site, the average elevation of head
water is 600m, the tail water elevation is 480 m. The average annual water
flow is determined to be equal to that volume flowing through a
rectangular channel 4 m wide and 0.5 m deep an average velocity of 5.5
m/s. Assuming that the plant will operate 350 days per year, find the annual
energy in KW-hr that the plant site can develop if the hydraulic turbine that
will be used has an eff’cy of 80% and generator eff’cy of 92 %. Consider a
headwork loss of 4 % of the available head.

A.67,458,581 C. 54,786,518
B.76,854,851 D. 48,576,185
Steam with an enthalpy of 800 kCal/kg enters a
nozzle at a velocity of 80m/s. Find the velocity of he
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 g= 9.81
m/s^2 and J constant = 427 kg m/kCal.

A.452.37 m/s C. 651.92 m/s

B.245.45 m/s D. 427.54 m/s
A double suction heater pump is moving 1.1 liters/s
turns at 900 rpm. The pump adds 7 m head of water.
What is the specific speed?

A.155.1 rpm C. 500.7 rpm

B.255.7 rpm D. 243.34 rpm
Two different types of heat exchangers are being considered parallel flow
and counter flow. The heating fluid is water at a rate of 4 kg/min which
enters at 60 deg C and leaves at 40 deg C. the heated fluid is also water at a
rate of 8 kg/min. it enters at 10 deg C and leaves at 20 deg C. what would be
the relative size of the two types of heat exchanger?

A.They would be equal in size

B.The counter flow heat exchanger would 10% larger
C. The parallel flow heat exchanger be 5% smaller
D.The parallel flow heat exchanger would be 6% larger
Calculate the use factor of a power plant if the
capacity factor is 35% and it operates 8000 hrs
during the year?

A.38.325% C. 35.823%
B.33.825% D. 32.538%
The system shown in the figure consists in the part of the
transformer serving customers X,Y, Z. Estimate the peak
load on the transformer.
X - store building with 5 KW lighting, 25 KW small motor power
Y–store building with 18 KW lighting, 35 KW small motor power
Z – office building with 55 KW lighting, 80 KW large motor power

A.75.08 KW C. 95.84 KW
B.85.07 KW D. 105.76 KW
A daily load curve which exhibited a 15 minute peak of
150,000 KW is drawn to scales of 1 cm = 3 hrs and 1
cm = 10,000 KW. The area under the curve is
measured by a planimeter and found to be 60 cm^2.
what is the load factor based on the 15 minute peak?

A.0.50 C. 0.55
B.0.75 D. 0.65
If the rated capacity of the steam is 50,000 KW
and the actual maximum demand is 35,000 KW,
what is the utilization factor?

A.0.60 C. 0.50
B.0.70 D. 0.80
A hydro electric plant having sq. km reservoir area and 100
m head is used to generate power. The energy utilized by
the consumers whose load is connected to the power plant
during a five hour period is 13.5 x 10^6 KW-hr. The over-all
generation eff’cy is 75 %. Find the fall in the height of water
in the reservoir after the 5 hr period.

A.2.13 C. 3.21
B.1.32 D. 0.53
A Pelton wheel is to be designed to run at 300 rpm
under an effective head of 150 m. The ratio of the
nozzle diameter to the diameter of the pitch circle is
1/12. Assuming eff’cy of 84 %, what is the size of the
wheel in meter. Assume a speed ratio of 0.45.

A.1.05 C. 1.55
B.2.00 D. 2.86
An engine requires 4,300 kg of dry steam per hour.
The quality of steam is 90 %. What must be the
weight of steam?

A.4,778 kg/hr C. 5,258 kg/hr

B.4,000 kg/hr D. 6,000 kg/hr
After checking on the properties and phase
descriptions of water, the quality is found to be
X=0.70. How many percent of the mass is in the
liquid phase?

A.70 % C. 100 %
B.0.70 % D. 30 %
What is the hydraulic gradient of a 1 mile, 17
inches inside diameter pipe when 3,300 gal/min
of water flow with f= 0.03.

A.0.00714 C. 0.00234
B.0.00614 D. 0.00187
1. A carnot refrigerator operates in a room in which the
temperature is 25 C and consumes 2 kW of power when
operating. If the food compartment of the refrigerator is to be
maintained at 3 oC, determine the rate of heat removal from the
food compartment

a. 1504. 8 KJ/min
b. 1625 KJ/min
c. 12.86 KJ/min
d. 9.57 KJ/min
2. A household refrigerator with EER 8.0 removes heat from
the refrigerated space at a rate of 90 kJ/min. Determine the
rate of heat transfer to the kitchen air

a.101.25 kJ/min
b.128.46 kJ/min
c.63.05 kJ/min
d.80 kJ/min
3. An air conditioning system is used to maintain a
house at 75oF when the temperature outside is95oF.
The house is gaining heat through the walls and
windows at a rate of 1250 Btu/min. determine the
minimum power input required for this air conditioning
system.

a. 10.06 hp
b. 1.41 hp
c. 1.36 hp
d. 7.94 hp
4. A refrigeration system is to cool bread loaves with an average
mass of 450 g from 22 C to -10 C at rate of 500 loaves per hour
by refrigerated air. Taking the average specific and latent heats
of bread to be 2.93 KJ/kg C and 109.3 KJ/kg, respectively
determine the product load.

a.541.7 kJ/min
b. 761.5 kJ/min
c. 351.6 kJ/min
d.409.9 kJ/min
5. A house that was heated by electric resistance
heaters consumed 1200 kWh of electric energy in a
winter month. If this house were heated instead by a
heat pump that has an average performance factor PF
of 2.4, determine how much money the home ewner
would be saved that month. Assume orice of
0.085$/kWh for electricity.

a. $42.5
b. $102
c. $59.50
d. $97.75
An amonia simple saturation cycle operates with a
suction pressure of 29.6kPa and a condenser
pressure of 1204 kPa develops 15 tons of
refrigeration. Determine the theoretical horsepower of
the compressor. The following enthalpies have been
found: condenser entrance 1653 kJ/kg, exit
346.6kJ/kg; compressor entrance 1450.2 kJ/kg exit
1653kj/kg

a. 7.23 hp
b. 15hp
c. 13hp
d. 8.23 hp
An amonia ice plant operates between a condenser temperature of 35 oC
and evaporator of -15oC. it produces 10 metric tons of ice per day from
water at 30oC to ice -5oC. Assuming simple saturation cycle, determine the
horsepower of the motor if the adiabatic efficiency of the compressor nc= .
95. The specific heat of ice is 2.094kj/kg oC and the latent heat is 335
kj/kg
From the table for ammonia the following enthalpies are: condenser
entrance= 1703kj/kg, exit 366.1 kj/kg; compressor entrance = 1443.9
kJ/kg, exit =1703kJ/kg

a. 17.68 hp
b. 15.5 hp
c. 18.61 hp
d. 21. 9 hp
A freon 22 air conditioning under standard operation conditions
of 35 C condensing and 5 C evaporation temperatures. The
volume flow rate entering the compressor is 23.72 L/s.
Determine the refrigeration capacity if the refrigerating effect is
164 kJ/kg. From the table for R22 the specific volume at the
compressor entrance is 40.36 L/kg

a. 339 TR
b. 96.4 TR
c. 79.3 TR
d. 27.4 TR
The refrigerating volume flow rate at the entrance of
compressor were obtained from a test on a twin
cylinder, single acting 15 cm x 20 cm, 320 rpm
compressor ammonia refrigerating plant to be 3 L/s.
Determine the volumetric efficiency of the compressor.

a.77.65 %
b.97.6 %
c.87.6%
d.65.65%
A vapor compression refrigeration system is designed
to have a 80 tons refrigerating of refrigeration . Its
actual cop is 4 and 30 percent of the power supplied to
the compressor is lost in the form of friction and
cylinder losses. Determine condenser cooling water
required for a temperature rise of 10oC.

a. 5.63 kg/s
b. 4.47 kg/s
c. 7.82 kg/s
d. 9.0 kg/s
A twin cylinder ammonnia compressor with volume
displacement of 14,726 cm3 operates at 300 rpm. Condenser
and evaporator pressure are 1200 Kpa and 227 Kpa
respectively. Specific volume of refrigerant at he entrance of
compressor is 582.2 L/kg. compression process is polytropic
with n = 1.20 and clerance factor of compressor is 2 percent.
Determine horsepower required.

a.60 hp
b.80 hp
c.70 hp
d.90 hp
A reversed carnot cycle has a refrigerating COP of 2.5.
determine the ratio Th/Tl ?

a.1.4
b.1.25
c.1.5
d.1.2
Three thousand cubic feet per minute of air and
circulated over an air circulated over an air-cooled
condenser. If the load on the condenser is 64800
BTU/hr, compute the temperature rise of the air
passing over the condenser. Specific volume of
standard air (13.3) ft^3/lb).

a.10 F
b.20 F
c.15 F
d.25F
Saturated vapor ammonia at -16 C (H1=1442.6 kJ/kg) leaves the
evaporator and enters the compressor at -6 C ( H1= 1465 Kj/kg). The
refrigerant leaves the condenser as saturated liquid at 40 C ( h4=390.6
KJ/kg). And enter the expansion valve at 35 C (h5=366.1 KJ/kg. Heat
rejected from the condenser amount to 50kW. The work to compressor is
208 kJ/kg, while the heat loss from compressor is 33 kJ/kg. if 95 kJ/kg of
heat are lost in the piping between the compressor discharge and
condenser inlet, determine the refrigerating capacity of the capacity of the
system.

a. 49.5 TR
b. 12.88 TR
c. 46.61 TR
d. 13.24 TR
In an actual refrigeration cycle using R12 as working fluid, the
refrigerant flow rate is 0.05 kg/s. vapor enters the expansion
valve at 1.15 Mpa, 40 C (h= 238.5 kJ/kg) and leaves the
evaporator at 175 kPa,-15 C (h=345 kJ/kg). The electric input
to motor driving the compressor is measured and found 3.0
kW. Motor efficiency at this load is 92 percent and mechanical
efficiency 82%. Determine the actual coefficient of
performance for this cycle.

a.1.58
b.1.78
c.2.36
d.1.34
In ammonia refrigeration system the temperature in the
evaporator is -12 C and the ammonia at the evaporator entry
is 0.1511 dry while at exit is .95 dry. If the rate of ammonia
circulation is 5.64kg/min, determine the refrigerating capacity
of the system . Enthalpy of saturated liquid and vapor at -12 C
is 144.929 KJ/kg and 144.74 kJ/kg respectively.

a. 17.82 TR
b. 27.82 TR
c. 34.82 TR
d. 4.82 TR
A two stage cascade vapor compression refrigeration system
uses ammonia in the low-temperature loop and R12 in the high
temperature loop. The ammonia provides 15 tons cooling. If
the high loop temperature requires 10.12 kW compressor
power and loop 15.93kW, determine the COP of the system.

a. 2.027 TR
b. 3.314 TR
c. 5.22 TR
d. 9.1 TR
When a man returns to his well sealed house on a summer
day, he finds that the house is at 32 C. he turns on the air
conditioner, which cools the entire house to 20 C in 15 min. if
COP of the air conditioner system is 2.5. determine the power
drawn by the air conditioners. Assume the entire mass within
the house is equivalent to 800kg of air for which c=0.72 kJ/kg
C

a. 7.68 kW
b. 19.2 kW
c. 3.07 kW
d. 12.03 kW
It is desired to double the cop of a reversed carnot
engine for cooling from 5.0 by raising the temperature
of heat addition while keeping the temperature of heat
rejection constant. By what percentage must the
temperature of heat addition be raised?

a.10.1 %
b.8.1 %
c.9.1 %
d.7.1 %
A single acting compressor has a volumetric efficiency of 87%,
operates at 500 rpm. It takes in ammonia at 277 kPa and
discharge it at 1204 kPa. The ammonia handled is 4.13 m 3
/min measured at the discharge condition. If the compression
is polytropic with n = 1.20, determine the piston displacement
per stroke.

a.0.0095 m3 c. 19.7 m3
b.16.59 m3 d. 0.03814 m3
21. An ammonia water cooled compressor receives
the refrigerant at specific volume 62 L/kg. It has a
piston displacement rate of 5 m^3/min. If a squirrel
cage motor running at 1200 rpm drives the
compressor and average piston speed is 490 m/min,
calculate size of cylinder bore.

A.20.4 cm C.26.0 cm
B.16.13 cm D. 13.6 cm
22. A small pump serving as model, when tested in laboratory
using water at 3600 rpm, delivered 3.0 cfs at a head of 125ft. If
the efficiency of this model pump is 84%.Predict the
horsepower input to the prototype pump if it is to develop the
same head as model pump and the model pump has scale
ratio of 1:10.Assume the efficiency of the prototype pump is
90%.

A.50.6 hp C. 4730 hp
B.3740 hp D. 60.5 hp
Pump at its best eff’cy point (BEP) has a
capacity of 10,500 gpm while developing a
head of 60 ft at a rotative speed of 1450
rpm. What is the specific speed of the
pump?

A.2,760 C. 1,450
B.2,476 D. 6,892
A pump will be installed below the reservoir water
surface with a required net positive suction head
(NPSHR) of 50 ft. The barometric pressure is 14.3
psia, and the vapor pressure is 0.5 psia. Assume
friction losses in the intake piping are 5 ft. Find the
maximum allowable elevation of the pump relative
to the water surface intake to avoid cavitation.

A.45 ft C. 55 ft
B.18.2 ft D. 23.2 ft
Centrifugal pump at best point (BEP).
Assume the pump characteristic are head,
h=7 m, flow rate, Q= 19 liters/sec, and
rotative speed n= 1,170 rpm. Find the
specific speed in SI units.

A.0.4 C. 0.71
B.10.41 D. 3.94
A 15 in. diameter fan operates at 1600 rpm and
develops a head of 6 in. of water and delivers 120 cfm.
What volumetric capacity for geometrically similar fan
that will develop 6 in of water at 1300 rpm?

A.147.70 cfm C. 181.8 cfm

B.97.5 cfm D. 79.2 cfm
A radial flow pump operating at maximum eff’cy at a
specific speed of 2500 is to deliver 260 gpm against a head
of 129 ft at a rotative speed of 2100 rpm. Find the required
number of stages(i.e.. Impellers).

A.2 stages C. 3 stages

B.4 stages D. 5 stages
How many identical turbine, operating at 139.0 rpm
and 91% eff’cy ( specific speed =5.4),
Are needed to exploit a head of 120 ft and a flow of
1660 ft^3/s.

A.2 turbines C. 3 turbines

B.4 turbines D. 5 turbines
How many poles should a 60-Hz generator
have, if it is connected to a turbine operating
under a design head of 3000 ft with a flow of 82
cfs? Assume turbine specific spped and eff’cy 3
and 84 pecent respectively.

A.10-pole C. 12-pole
B.14-pole D. 16-pole
It is proposed to build a dam in a river
where the flow rate is 10 m^3/s and a 32-m drop
in elevation can be achieved for flow through a
turbine. If the turbine is 82 percent efficient, what
maximum power that can be achieved? Specific
gravity of river water is 0.998.

A.2570 KW C. 3133 KW
B.3820 KW D. 262 KW
What type of turbine delivers 25,000 BHP at
500 rpm under a net head of 5350 ft.

A. Impulse turbine
B. Kaplan turbine
C. Francis turbine
D. Propeller turbine
A 26 HP pump delivers 475 gpm of gasoline
(Y=42.5 lb/ft3) at 20oC with 78% efficiency. What
pressure rise across the pump?

A.30.2 Psi C. 32.7 Psi

B.120.3 Psi D. 73.2 Psi
A model pump delivering water at 180oF
(Y=60.6 lb/ft3; Pvapor= 7.54 Psia) at 900 gpm and
2,500 rpm begins to cavitate when the inlet
pressure and velocity are 13 Psia and 22 fps.
Find the required NPSH of a prototype which is 4
times larger and runs at 1,100 rpm.

A.63.5 ft C. 20.49 ft
B.6.61 ft D. 36 ft
The diameter of the discharge pipe is 8 in. and
that of the intake pipe is 10 in. The pressure gage
at discharge 32 Psi, and vacuum gage at the
intake reads 12 in Hg. If the discharge flow rate=
4.0 ft3/s of water and the brake horsepower is
49.0, find the eff’cy. The intake and the discharge
are at the same elevation.
A.82.1 % C. 80.9 %
B.55.8 % D. 58.46 %
A piston POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT-PUMP (PDP) has 6-
in diameter and 2.5-in stroke. Its crankshaft rotates at
300 rpm. Calculate its output at 94 percent
volumetric eff’cy.

A.12.27 cfm C. 13.5 cfm

B.10 cfm D. 11.53 cfm
A centrifugal pumps (eff’cy 88%) lifts water trough
a total height of 40 m from reservoir to discharge.
Pumping is though 300 m of 75 mm diameter pipe
at the rate of 20 liter/sec. If pipe friction factor,
f= 0.025, what horsepower is required?

A.28.1 kW C. 32.2 kW
B.25 kW D. 9 kW
In order to predict the behavior of a small oil pump, tests are to be made
on a model using air. The oil pump is to be driven by a 1/20-hp motor at
1800 rpm and ¼-hp motor Is available to drive the air pump at 600 rpm.
Using specific gravity of oil at 0.912 and the density of air constant at 0.076
lb/ft^3, what size model should be built?

A. The model should be 2 times as large as the oil pump.

B. The model should be 5 times as large as the oil pump.
C. The model should be 8 times as large as the oil pump.
D. The model should be 10 times as large as the oil pump.
A double-overhung impulse turbine installation
is to develop 20,000 hp at 275 rpm under a net
head of 1100 ft. determine the specific speed.

A.4.34 C. 6.14
B.203.61 D 144
An impulse wheel at best produces 125 hp
under a head of 210 ft. by what percent
should be speed be increased for a 290-ft
head?

A.82.5 % C. 17.5%
B.72.41% D. 27.59%
What is the power ratio of a pump and its 1/5
scale model if the ratio of the heads is 4 to 1

A.20 C. 200
B.12.5 D. 125
The speed of a centrifugal pump is doubled.
By the factor does the pump head change?

A.0.125 C. 0.25
B.4 D. 8
Determined the temperature for which a
thermometer with degrees Fahrenheit is
numerically twice the reading of the
temperature in degrees Celsius.

A. -24.6 C. 160
B. 320 D. -12.3
During the takeoff in spaceship, an astronaut
is subjected to acceleration equal to 5 times the
pull of the earth’s standard gravity. If the
astronaut is 180 lbm and the takeoff is vertical,
what force does the seat?

A.4810.9 N C. 8829 N
B.4414.5 N D. 9620 N
A pressure cooker operates by cooking food at a higher
pressure and temperature than is possible at atmospheric
conditions.Steam is obtained in the sealed pot, with vent hole
in the middle of the cover, allowing steam to escape. The
pressure is regulated by covering the vent hole with a small
weightwhich is displaced slightly escaping the
steam.Atmospheric pressure is 100Kpa, the vent hole area is
7mm^2, and pressure inside should be 250Kpa.What is the
mass of the weight?
A.0.107 kg C. 1.75 kg
B.1.05 kg D. 0.1783 kg
A barometer can be used to measure an airplane’s
altitude by comparing the barometric pressureat a
given flying altitude to that on the ground.Determine
an airplane’s altitude if the pilot measures the
barometric pressure at 700mm-Hg, the ground
reports it at 758 mm-Hg, and the average air density
is 1.19 kg/m3. g=9.8 m/s2.
A.987 m C. 788 m
B.633 m D. 663 m
A mixture of 0.4 LBm of helium and 0.2 LBm of
oxygen is compressed polytropically from 14.7
psia and 60 deg F to 60 psia according to
n=1.4.Determine the polytropic work.

A.139 Btu C. 339 Btu

B.239 Btu D. 539 Btu
A pump in a municipality’s water-supply system receives
water from the filtration beds and pumps it up to the top of a
water. The tower’s height is 35m, and the inlet piping in the
pump is 2m below the pump’s intake. The water temperature is
20oC, measure at both the inlet and the discharge from the
pump. The mass flow rate through the pump is 100kg/s, the
diameter of the inlet piping is 25cm, and the diameter of the
discharge piping is 15cm. Determine the power required by the
pump.

A.77.3 Kw C. 34.42 Kw
B.33.77 Kw D. 42.34 Kw
A turbine receives 150 lbm/s of air at 63 Psia and
2,450 oR and expands it polytropically to 14.7 Psia.
The exponent n is equal to 1.45 for the process.
Determine the power.

A. 52,343.16 BTU/sec
B. 53,343.16 KW
C. 53,343.16 HP
D. 53,343.16 ft-lb/s
An adiabatic tank containing air is used to power
an air turbine during times of peak power
demand. The tank has a volume of 500 m3 and
contains air at 1000 Kpa and 500oK. Determine
the mass remaining when the pressure reaches
100 Kpa.

A.276.37 kg C. 772.73 kg
B.672.73 kg D. 227.73 kg
An adiabatic tank containing air is used to
power an air turbine during times of peak
power demand. The tank has a volume of 500
m^3 and contains air at 1000 Kpa and 500 deg.
K. The temperature at this instant.

A. -14.03 o C C. 14.03 o F
B. 14.03 o K D. 14.03 o R
An otto cycle operates on 0.1 lb/s og air from 13
Psia and 130 deg. F at the beginning of the
compression. The temp. at the end of
combustion is 5000 deg. R; compression ratio is
5.5; hot air standard, k=1.3. Find the
horsepower of the engine.

A.51.99 HP C. 54.1 HP
B.53.1 HP D. 55.1 HP
Determine the air-fuel ratio on a molar basis
for the complete combustion of octane, with
theoretical amount of air.

A. 59.5 kg air/kg fuel

B. 95.5 kg air/kg fuel
C. 69.5 kg air/kg fuel
D. 49.5 kg air/kg fuel
During steady state operation, a gear box receives 60 KW
through the input shafts and delivers power through the output
shaft. For the gearbox as the system, the rate of energy transfer is
by convection. h= 0.171 KW/m^2-K is the heat transfer coefficient,
A= 1.0 m^2 is the outer surface area of the gearbox, Tb=300 deg. K
(20 deg. C) is the temperature of the surroundings away from the
immediate vicinity of the gearbox. Determine the power
delivered to the output shaft in KW if the heat transfer rate is -1.2
KW.

A.98.8 KW C. 68.8 KW
B.78.8 KW D. 58.8 KW
A single acting air compressor with a clearance of 6 %
takes in air at atmospheric pressure and temp of 85 deg.
F, and discharges it at a pressure of 85 Psia. The air
handled is 0.25 ft^3/cycle measured at discharge
pressure. If the compression is isentropic, find the piston
displacement per cycle, if the compressor is running at
750 rpm.

A.0.0750 ft3/cycle C. 1.030 ft3/cycle

B.0.025 ft3/cycle D. 1.090 ft3/cycle
A single acting air compressor with a clearance of 6 %
take in air at atmospheric pressure and temp. of 85
deg. F, and discharges it at a pressure of 85 Psia. The
air handled is .25 ft^3/cycle measured at discharge
pressure . If the compression is isentropic, Find the
air HP of the compressor if rpm is 750.

A.16 HP C. 69 HP
B.96 HP D. 61 HP
A nozzle receives 0.5 kg/s of air at a pressure of 2700
kPa and a velocity of 30 m/s and with an enthalpy of
923 kJ/kg, and the air leaves at a pressure of 700 kPa,
and with an enthalpy of 660 kJ/kg. determine the exit
velocity from the nozzle.

A.923 m/s C. 700 m/s

B.726 m/s D. 660 m/s
How many hours would it take to boil down 1.2
kg of water in a kettle if a constant supply of
heat at 1.25 kW is supplied to the kettle?

A.36 hrs C. 18 hrs

B.52 hrs D. 0.6 hrs
A 3.0 liter, 5-cylinder, 4 stroke cycle SI engine, with a volumetric
efficiency of 82%, operates at 3000RPM using gasoline with a ʎ=0.91.
bore and stroke are related as S = 1.08B. At a certain point in the engine
cycle, the gas temperature in the combustion chamber is Tg = 2100oC
while the cylinder wall temperature is Tw = 190oC. viscosity, and thermal
conductivity, gases (air at 1145oC) Ug = 5.21x10-5 kg/m-sec , Kg= 0.090
W/m-K are respectively. Convective heat transfer coefficient of C1 =
0.035 and C2 = 0.08. calculate the approximate convection heat transfer
rate to the cylinder wall at this instant.

A.54.32 kW/m2 C. 35.42 kW/m2

B.32.54 kW/m2 D. 45.44 kW/m2
A two – stage, double-acting compressor is to deliver 90
lb/min of air from 14.3psia and 90oF to final pressure of 185
psia. The normal barometer is 29.8in-Hg and the temperature
is 80oF. the pressure drop in the intercooler is 3 psi and the
speed is 210 rpm and pV1.34 = C during compression and
expansion. The clearance is 5% for both cylinders. The
temperature of the cooling water increase by 18oF. find the
volume of free air.

A.1282 CFM C. 1320 CFM

B.1230 CFM D. 1822 CFM
A power plant has a steam operating header pressure of
150psig and saturated with engine exhaust at atmospheric
pressure. Initial feed – water temperature is 65oF. what will
be the fuel saving in percent if a feed – water heater is
installed using exhaust steam and heating the water to
205oF? enthalpy of steam at header h = 1195.6btu/lb.

A.15.12 % C. 12.15 %
B.12.04 % D. 21.21 %
Consider 4800 lb of steam per hour flowing
through a pipe at 100 psia pressure. Assume a
velocity of 5280 ft/min. what size of pipe is
required? Specific volume of steam 100 psia
v=4.432 ft3/lb.

A.3 in C. 4 in
B.5 in D. 6 in
A boiler plant generates 225,000 lbs of steam and burns
13.9 tons of coal per hour. The coal has a heating value
11,400 BTU/lb. A test of the particulates leaving the
boiler shows that 3,804 lb of particulate is being
discharged per hour. What is the particulate discharged
per million BTU heat input to the furnace?

A.12 lb/106 BTU C. 15 lb/106 BTU

B.14 lb/106 BTU D. 16 lb/106 BTU
A reciprocating compressor handles 1,400 cfm of
air measured at the intake where P1= 18Psia and
t1= 90oF. The discharge pressure is 92Psia.
Calculate the work if the process of the
compression is isothermal.

A.-180.5 HP C. -227.6 HP
B.-179.5 HP D. -228.6 HP
The fuel oil has the ff: analysis; C= 89%, N2= 2%,
H2= 8%, S= 1% with 3% excess air, what is the actual
amount of air needed to burn the fuel oil?

A. 13.17 kgair/kgfuel
B. 13.47 kgair/kgfuel
C. 14.47 kgair/kgfuel
D. 14.17 kgair/kgfuel
A pump discharges 550 gpm of water to a height
of 35 ft. With an eff’cy of 80%, What is the power
input?

A.6.09 HP C. 4.74 HP
B.6.32 HP D.4.94 HP
A room contains air at 20oC and 96Kpa at a
relative humidity of 75%. Determine the enthalpy
of moist air where: (Psat at 20 oC= 2.339 Kpa) (hg
at 20oC = 2538.1 kJ/kgda).

A.45.919 KJ/kgda C. 49.515KJ/kgda

B.45.515 KJ/kgda D. 41.815 KJ/kgda
A piston moves inside the cylinder at a velocity of
6.0bm/s. the 160 mm. diameter piston is centrically
located within the 160.2 mm. inside diameter cylinder.
The film of oil is separating the piston from the
cylinder has an absolute viscosity of 0.4 N-s/m2.
Assuming a linear velocity profile, find the shear stress
in the oil. (T=ρ(v/H))

A.50,000 N/m2 C. 24,000 N/m2

B.40,000N/m2 D. 34,000 N/m2
A centrifugal pump with a 3 ft. impeller diameter
operates at 800 rpm. If the speed is to be
increased to 1200 rpm, determined the impeller
diameter that should be used so that the same
shaft input power would be required.

A.5.32 ft C. 5.23 ft
B.2.35 ft D. 2.93 ft
Determine the mass of water vapor contained
in a 150 m^3 room at 100 Kpa, 23 deg.C and
40% relative humidity. From steam tables:
[email protected] = 2.810 Kpa.

A.1.6342 kg C. 1.9342 kg
B.1.2342 kg D. 2.2342 kg
What is the power of the pump, HP, if it
delivers 925 gal/min of water against a head of
15 m?

A.P = 15.38 HP C. P = 16.38 HP

B.P = 10.5 HP D. P = 11.5 HP
Kerosene is pumped into an aircraft fuel tank
through a hose that has an inside diameter of 4
cm. if the velocity of the kerosene is 8 m/s
through the hose. Determine the mass flow rate.
Assume that kerosene has a density of 800
kg/m3.

A.7.06 kg/s C. 7.56 kg/s

B.8.06 kg/s D. 8.56 kg/s
During experiment on Charles Law, the volume of gas
trapped in the apparatus was 10000mm3 when the
temperature was 18 oC. The temperature of the gas was
then raised to 85 oC. Determine the new volume of gas
trapped in the apparatus if the pressure exerted on the gas
remained constant.

A.12302.41 mm3 C. 8128.49 mm3

B.70833.33 mm3 D. 2117.64 mm3
Specific volume of the number of cubic meters of
mixture per kilogram of dry air. If dry air has these
following properties: Ra = 287 J/kg.K, T = 303 K,
Pa99.604 kPa. Solve for specific volume.

A.0.873 m3/kg C. 0.853 m3/kg

B.0.9953 m3/kg D. 0.783 m3/kg
At a pressure of 60oF, A motorbike tire is
inflated to 33psig. As it is driven along the C-5
road, the temperature rise to 76oF. assuming
the volume remains constant. Determine the
final gauge pressure.

A.34.47 psig C. 49.17 psig

B.35.00 psig D. 34.30 psig
Steam enters a turbine stage with an enthalpy of
3700 KJ/kg and a velocity of 89 m/s and leaves with
an enthalpy of 2864 KJ/kg with a velocity of 128
m/s, if the rate of a steam flow through the turbine
if 0.44 kg/s, what is the work done in kW?

A.365 kW C. 365.64 kW
B.366.0 kW D. 366.5 kW
76. A car engine with a power output of 65 hp
has a thermal efficiency of 24%. Determine
the fuel consumption rate of this car if the fuel
has a heating value of 19,000 Btu/ lb

A.36.28 lb/hr C. 37.28 lb/hr

B.37.28 lb/hr D. 35.30 lb/hr
77. Compute the humidity ratio of air at 70%
relative humidity and 25oC when the barometric
pressure is 101.325 Kpa. From steam tables:
Psat @ 34oC = 3.169 Kpa

A.0.014 Kg water vapor / kg Dry Air

B. 0.14 Kg water vapor / kg Dry Air
C. 1.4 Kg water vapor / kg Dry Air
D.0.0014 Kg water vapor / kg Dry Air
78. Consider 1 Kg of air at 32oC that expanded by a
reversible polytropic process with n = 1.25 until the
pressure is halved. Determine the heat transfer.
Specific heat at constant volume for air is
0.1786 Kj/Kg - K

A. 17.02 Kj heat rejected C. 17.02 Kj heat added

B. 7.05 Kj heat rejected D. 7.05 Kj heat added
79. A carnot cycle uses nitrogen (k = 1.399) as
the working substance. The heat supplied is
54 kJ and the adiabatic expansion ratio is 10.
Determine the heat rejected.

A.10 kJ C. 32.4 kJ
B. 21.6 kJ D. 54 kJ
80. A tank contains 20 kg of air at 200 kpa (gage) and
23oC. During heating process the temperature of air rises.
For safety purposes, a technician installed a relief – type
valve so that pressure of air inside the tank never exceed
260 kpa (gage).
At what air temperature the relief valve will start releasing
air?

A.112 oC C. 92 oC
B.82 oC D. 102 oC
81. An air compressor takes 9kg/min of air at 98kpa;
v1=0.125 m3/kg. And discharges it at 680 kpa;
v2 = 0.03 m3/kg. The increase of internal energy is 93
kJ/kg and the work done on air is 163 kJ/kg;
the change in potential and kinetic energy are neglected.
How much heat is transferred per kg of air?

A.264.15 C. 61.85
B.288.65 D. 78.15
82. During a reversible process there are abstracted 317
kJ/s from 1.134 kg/s of a certain gas while the
temperature remains constant at 26.7oC. For this gas cp =
2.232 and
cv = 1.713 kJ/kg-k. The initial pressure is 586 kPa.
Determine the final volume flow rate.

A.0.301 m3/s C. 0.03 m3/s

B. 0.5 m3/s D. 0.05 m3/s
83. An inventor claims to have developed a refrigeration
unit which maintains the refrigerated space at 20oF within
a room where the temperature is 80oF. He claims a
coefficient of performance of at least 7.50. how do you
evaluate his claim?

A. No data available to evaluate the claim

B. Possible
C. Impossible
D. More observation are required
84. A 200 mm x 300 mm ammonia water cooled
compressor at 1200 rpm receives refrigerant at 200
kPa, -10oC, h=1442 kJ/kg, 619.9 L/kg specific
volume and is compressed to a final pressure and
h=1759 kJ/kg, k of ammonia is 1.12. for a mass of
1kg/s of ammonia. Calculate the work of the
compressor horsepower.

A.317 C. 425
B. 713 D. 524
 85. A manufacturer of Carnot refrigerators has the choice of
varying either the evaporator temperature, T 1=250K or the
condenser temperature T2=500K by plus of minus 25K; no
restrictions are placed on the operating temperatures. In the best
interest of economy, what would you recommend to this
manufacturer?

A. Fix the temperature of condenser and increase the temperature of evaporator by 25K
B. Fix the temperature of condenser and decrease the temperature of the evaporator by
25K
C. Fix the temperature of evaporator and increase the temperature of the condenser by
25K
D. Fix the temperature of evaporator and decrease the temperature of the condenser by
25K
86. A creamery must cool 40,000liters of milk received
each day from initial temperature of 20oC to final
temperature of 2oC in 10 hours. If refrigeration losses
amount to 30% of the cooling load what must be the
capacity of the refrigerating machine if the specific heat of
milk is 0.93 Btu/lb-R and SG = 1.15.

A.33 TR B.43 TR
C.38 TR D.48 TR
87. A refrigeration system produces 250 Btu/lb
of cooling. In order to have a rating of one ton
of refrigeration, what mass of refrigerant shall
be used in the refrigeration system?

A.1152 lb/day C. 1920 lb/day

B. 180 lb/day D. 360 lb/day
88. Express ten tons of refrigeration in CHU/hr

A.840 C. 970.3
B. 2257 D. 66,666.67
89. A standard vapor compression
refrigeration system requires a compressor
work of 5kW. The condenser releases 15 kJ/s
of heat. Determine the amount of air to be
conditioned if the decrease in enthalpy at the
air conditioning unit is 50kJ/kg.

A.0.40 C. 0.20
B. 0.60 D. 0.80
90. The refrigerant load of vapor compression
refrigeration system is 50kJ/kg. the COP is 6.
the enthalpy of the refrigerant leaving the
compressor is 85 kJ/kg. determine the
enthalpy entering the compressor.

A.72 kJ/kg C. 77 kJ/kg

B. 83 kJ/kg D. 88 kJ/kg
91. A 3 – hp refrigerator of heat pump
operates between 0oF and 100oF. The
maximum theoretical heat that can be
transferred from the hot reservoir is nearest to

A.76,000 Btu/hr C. 13,000 Btu/hr

B. 23,000 Btu/hr D. 43,000 Btu/hr
92. What is the enthalpy of a refrigerant
entering the compressor in kJ/kg if the COP of
the refrigeration system is 4.80 and the
compressor work is 207.30 kJ/kg? The
enthalpy at the entrance of the evaporator is
58.20 kJ/kg.

A.1035.24 kJ/kg C. 1043.25 kJ/kg

B. 1520.42 kJ/kg D. 1053.24 kJ/kg
93. A refrigeration system operates on an ideal
vapor compression using R-12 with a saturated
temperature -1.1oC (hg=351.003 kJ/kg) and a liquid
R-12 temperature at 30oC ( hf=288.54 kJ/kg). What
is the mass flow rate of the refrigerant if the
refrigerating capacity is 1.776 TR in kg/s?

A.0.40 kg/s C. 0.30 kg/s

B. 0.20 kg/s D. 0.10 kg/s
94. Ten gallons per minute of cooling water
undergo an 8oC temperature rise during passage
through a shell and tube condenser. If the
refrigerant flow rate is 3 kg/min and the tons of
refrigeration is 5.15, what is the work of isentropic
compression in kJ/kg?

A.40 C. 60
B.70 D. 80
95. A businessman after feasibility study found out
that the ice consumption of his locality to be 48,000
kg of ice per day. He wants to manufacture ice at
-10oC from water available at 25oC. Determine the
capacity of the compressor in hp.

A.207 C. 80
B.107 D. 90
96. In a process carried out on a closed system,
the work transferred into the system was 4200kJ
and the increase in the total energy of the system
was 3500kJ. Determine the heat transferred.

A.-700 C. 7700
B.-7700 D. 700
97. Determine the atmospheric pressure at a
location where the barometric reading is 740mm hg
and the gravitational acceleration is g=9.81m/s2.
Assume the temperature of mercury to be 10oC, at
which its density is 13,570 kg/m3.

A.99.7 kPa C. 98.5 kPa

B.101.325 kPa D. 97.5 kPa
98. A fluid in a cylinder is at a pressure of 700N/m2.
It is expanded at a constant pressure from a
volume of 0.28m3. Determine the work done.

A.960 kJ C. 1000 kJ
B. 955 kJ D. 980 kJ
99. An iron block weighs 7 newtons and has a
volume of 200 cubic centimeters. What is the
density of the block?

A.3465 kg/m3 C. 1255 kg/m3

B. 3565 kg/m3 D. 2550 kg/m3
100. If the density of the gas is 0.003 slugs per
cubic foot. What is the specific weight of the gas ?

A.9.04 N/m3 C. 76.3 N/m3

B. 15.2 N/m3 D. 98.2 N/m3
101. The specific gravity of mercury relative to
water is 13.55. what is the specific weight of
mercury? ( the specific weight of water is 62.4 lbf
per cubic foot)

A.82.2 kN/m3 C. 132.9 kN/m3

B. 102.3 kN/m3 D. 150.9 kN/m3
102. If the specific weight of a liquid is 58.5 lbf per
cubic foot, what is the specific volume of the liquid?

A.0.5321 cm3/g C. 0.9504 cm3/g

B. 0.6746 cm3/g D. 1.0675 cm3/g
103. Which of the following are not units of
pressure?

A.Pa C. kg/m-s2
B.bars D. kg/m2
104. A cylinder weighs 150 lbf. Its cross sectional
area is 40 square inches. When the cylinder stands
vertically on one end. What pressure does the
cylinder exert on the floor?

A.14.1 kPa C. 63.2 kPa

B. 25.8 kPa D. 89.7 kPa
105. What pressure is a column of water 100
centimeters high equivalent to?

A.9810 dyne/cm2 C. 0.1 bars

B. 9810 N/m2 D. 0.1 atm
106. Water is flowing in a pipe with a radius of 10”
at a velocity of 5 m/s. At the temperature in the
pipe, the density and viscosity of the water are as
follows:
ρ
= 997.9 kg/m3 µ = 1.131 Pa-s. what is the
Reynold’s number for this situation?

A.44.1 C. 1140
B. 88.2 D. 2241
107. What is the flow rate through a pipe 4” in
diameter carrying water at a velocity of 11ft/s?

A.27,200 cm3/s C. 993 cm3/s

B. 726 cm3/s D. 19, 200 cm3/s
108. How long must be a current of 5.0 amperes
pass through a 10 ohm resistor until a charge of
1200 columbs passes through?

A.1 min C. 3 min

B. 2 min D. 4 min
109. A car moving at 70 km/hr has a mass of 1700
kg. what force is necessary to decelerate it at a rate
of 40 cm/s2.

A.0.680 N C. 680 N
B.42.5 N D. 4250
110. One hundred millimeters of water in a plastic
bag of negligible mass is to be catapulted upwards
with an initial acceleration of 20.0 m/s2. what farce
is necessary to do this? Assume the gravity is 9.81
m/s2 and the density of water is 1g/cm3

A. 2.00 N C. 15.0 N
B. 2.98 N D. 2.00 kN
111. A boy pulls a sled with a mass of 20kg
horizontally over a surface with a coefficient of
friction of 0.20 . It takes him 10 minutes to pull the
sled 100 yards. What is his average power output
over these 10 minutes?

A. 4 W C. 8 W
B. 6 W D. 10 W
112. A force of 200 lbf acts on a block at an angle of
28o with respect to horizontal. The block is pushed
2 feet horizontally. What is the work done by this
force?

A. 215 J C. 480 J
B. 320 J D. 540 J
113. Two particles collide. Stick together, and
continue their motion together. Each particle has a
mass of 10g, and their respective velocities before
the collision were 10 m/s and 100 m/s. what is the
energy of the system after the collision?

A. 21.8 J C. 42.8 J
B. 30.2 J D. 77.9 J
114. Two protons, each of charges 1.6 x 10-19
coulomb, are 3.4 micrometers apart. What is the
change in the potential energy of the protons if they
are brought 63 nanometers closer together?

A. 6.4 x 10-29 J C. 1.28 x 10-24 J

B. 7.16 x 10-24 J D. 3.21 x 10-24 J
115. A copper bar is 90 centimeters long at 86oF.
What is the increase in its length when the bar is
heated to 95oF? The linear expansion coefficient for
copper is 1.7 x 10-5 /oC

A. 2.12 x 10-5 m C. 5.25 x 10-5 m

B. 3.22 x 10-5 m D. 7.65 x 10-5 m
116. A slab of iron with temperature, Ti1=48oC is used to heat a fat
glass plate that has an initial temperature of T g1=18oC. Assuming
no heat is lost to the environment, and the masses are m i=0.40kg
for the slab and mg=310g for the plate. What is the amount of heat
transferred when the two have reached equal temperatures?
Assume ci=0.11 kcal/kg-oC for iron and cg=0.20 kcal/kg-oC for
glass.

A. 860 cal C. 53 kcal

B. 32 kcal D. 320 kcal
117. Calculate the energy transfer rate across a 6” wall of
firebrick with a temperature difference across the wall of
50oC. The thermal conductivity of firebrick is 0.65 BTU/hr-
ft-oF at the temperature of interest.

A. 112 W/m2 C. 369 W/m2

B. 285 W/m2 D. 429 W/m2
118. A house has brick walls 15 millimeters thick. On a
cold winter day, the temperature of the inner and outer
surfaces of the walls are measured and found to be 20oC
and -12oC, respectively. If there is 120m2 of exterior wall
space, and the thermal conductivity of bricks is 0.711 J/m-
s-oC, how much heat is lost through the walls per hour?

A. 182 J C. 655 kJ
B. 12.5 kJ D. 655 MJ
119. Air has a specific heat of kJ/kg-K. If 2 BTU of energy
is added to 100 g of air, what is the change in air
temperature?

A. 10.0 oC C. 44.1 oC
B. 21.1 oC D. 88.2 oC
120. Air has specific heat (cp) of 1kJ/kg-K. if 100 g of air
are heated with 1500 W heater, which of the following
occurs?
I. The air heats up at a rate of 15K/s
II. The air reaches a final temperature of 15000 K
III. The air undergoes a non-isentropic process

A. I only C. I, II, and III

B. I and II D. I and III
121. The change of enthalpy of an incompressible liquid with constant specific
heat is given by:
h2 - h1 = c(T2 - T1) = _(P2 – P1)
Where: Tn= temperature at a state, nPn= pressure at state, nv = specific volume of the
liquid
Water with cp = 4.18 kj/kg –K and v = 1.00 x 10-3 m3/kg has the following final
states:
State I: T1=19oC p1=1.013 x 105 Pa
State II: T2=30oC p2=0.113 Mpa
What is the change in enthalpy from state I to state II?

A. 46.0 kJ/kg C. 46.0 kPa/kg

B. 46.0 kN/kg D. 56.0 kJ.kg
122. In a constant temperature, closed system process,
100 BTU of heat is transferred to the working fluid at
100oF. What is the change in entropy of the working fluid?

A. 0.18 kJ/K C. 0.34 kJ/K

B. 0.25 kJ/K D. 0.57 kJ/K
123. If a 1/3 horsepower pump runs for 20 minutes, what
is the energy used?

A. 0.06 ergs C. 0.30 MJ

B. 0.25 kW D. 0.11 kW - hr
124. A machine is capable of accelerating a kg mass at 1
m/s2 for 1 minute. The machine runs at 60 rpm. What is
the power output of the machine?

A. 1 erg C. 1 J
B. 1 cal D. 1 W
125. A power of 6 kW is supplied to the motor of a crane.
The motor has an efficiency of 90%. With what constant
speed does the crane lift an 800lbf weight?

A. 0.09 cm/s C. 0.98 cm/s

B. 0.32 cm/s D. 1.52 cm/s
126. An engine has an efficiency of 26%. It uses 2 gallons
of gasoline per hour. Gasoline has a heating value of
20,500 BTU/lbm and a specific gravity of 0.8. what is the
power output of the engine?

A. 0.33 kW C. 26.0 kW
B. 20.8 kW D. 41.7 kw
127. Two liters of an ideal gas, at a temperature of
Ti=25oC and a pressure of Pi=0.101 Mpa, are in a 10cm
diameter cylinder with a piston at one end. The piston is
depressed, so that the cylinder is shortened by 10
centimeters. The temperature increases by 2oC. What is
the change in pressure?

A. 0.156 MPa C. 0.251 MPa

B. 0.167 MPa D. 0.327 MPa
128. The average power output of a cylinder in a combustion engine is given by:
P=pLAN
Where: p=average pressure on the piston during the stroke
L=length of piston stroke
A=area of the piston head
N=number of strokes per second
An 8 cylinder engine has the following specifications at optimum speed:
p=283kPa, L=14cm, d=diameter of piston head = 12cm, N=1500 strokes/min.
what is the average power output of this engine?

A. 89.5 N/s C. 89.5 x103 J-m/s

B. 89.5 kW D. 89.5 kJ
129. What is the power required to transfer 97,000
coulombs of charge through a potentials rise of 50 volts in
one hour?

A. 0.5 kW C. 1.3 kW
B. 0.9 kW D. 2.8 kW
130. A current of 7 amperes passes through a 12 ohm
resistor. What is the power dissipated in the resistor?

A. 84 w C. 0.79 hp
B. 0.59 hp D. 7 hp
131. If the average energy in a nuclear reaction is 200
MeV/fission, what is the power output of a reactor if there
are 2.34 x 1019 fission per second?

A. 550 W C. 30 MW
B. 120 kW D. 750 MW
132. A surface tension force, σ , of water in air is
approximately 0.00518 lbf/ft. if the atmospheric pressure is 14.7
psi, what is the pressure inside a droplet 0.01” in diameter?

A. 14.53 psia C. 14.87 psia

B. 14.70 psia D. 14.78 psia
133. What is the pressure at point A in the tank if h=2
feet? (g=32.3 ft/sec2, and p=1.94 slug/ft3)

A. 75 lbf/ft2 C. 100 lbf/ft2

B. 85 lbf/ft2 D. 125 lbf/ft2
134. Determine the average velocity through a circular
section in which the velocity distribution is given as
v = vmax. The distribution is symmetric with respect to the
longitudinal axis, r=0. ro is the outer radius, vmax is the
velocity along the longitude axis.

A. C.
B. D.
135. A pipe has a diameter of 4” at section AA, and a
diameter of 2” at section BB. For an ideal fluid flow, the
velocity is given as 1ft/sec at section AA. What is the flow
velocity at section BB?

A. 4 ft/sec C. 1.0 ft/sec

B. 0.5 ft/sec D. 2.0 ft/sec
136. A mixing tank mixes two inlet streams containing salt.
The salt concentration in stream 1 is 5% by weight, and
stream 2 is 15% by weight. Stream 1 flows at 25 kg/s, and
stream 2 flows at 10 kg/s. there is only one exit stream.
Find the salt concentration in the exit stream.

A. 5% C. 11%
B. 8% D. 13%
137. Water is pumped at 1 m3/s to an elevation of 5
meters through a flexible hose using a 100% efficient
pump rated at 100 kW. Using the same length of hose,
what size motor is needed to pump 1 m3/s of water to a
tank with no elevation gain? In both cases both ends of
the hose are at temperature pressure. Neglect kinetic
energy effect.

A. 51 kW C. 36 kW
B. 22 kW D. 43 kW
138. What is the actual volumetric flow rate for the
discharge of the tank shown? The coefficient of
contraction for the orifice is 0.61, and the coefficient of
velocity is 0.98

A. 6.78 ft3/s C. 9.79 ft3/s

B. 6.92 ft3/s D. 11.34 ft3/s
139. The upper plate is fixed, while the lower plate moves
in the positive x direction at 0.5 m/s. The plate separation
is 0.001m, the fluid viscosity is 0.7cp and the velocity
profile is linear. Calculate the shear stress Txv in the
moving fluid.

A. 0.05 Pa C. 0.25 Pa
B. 0.15 Pa D. 0.35 Pa
140. Calculate the Reynolds number, Re, for water at
20oC flowing in an open channel. The water flowing at a
volumetric rate of 200 gal/sec. the channel has a height of
4 feet and a width of 8 feet. At this temperature, water has
a kinetic viscosity of 1.04 x 105 ft2/sec.

A. 600,000 C. 1.0 x 106

B. 800,000 D. 1.2 x 106
141. A fluid with a kinetic viscosity of 2.5 x 10-5 ft2/sec is
flowing at 0.1 ft/sec from an orifice 3” in diameter. How
can the fluid be described?

A. The fluid is completely turbulent

B. The fluid is laminar
C. The fluid is in transition zone
D. Turbulent cannot be calculated; it must be measured
142. The Reynolds number of a sphere falling in air is 1 x
106. If the spheres radius is 1 ft, what is its velocity?
(ρair=0.00234 slug/ft3, µair=3.8 x 10-7 lb-sec/ft2)

A. 2.5 ft/sec C. 40.6 ft/sec

B. 5.1 ft/sec D. 81.2 ft/sec
143. From the Blasius solution for laminar boundary layer
flow, the average coefficient of skin friction is : If air
flowing past a 33 feet long plate at a velocity of 100 ft/sec,
what is the force on the plate?

A. 0.00114 lbf C. 0.086 lbf

B. 0.00344 lbf D. 0.114 lbf
144. The flow rate of water through a cast iron is 5000
gallons per minute. The diameter of the pipe is 1 foot, and
the coefficient of friction is ƒ = 0.0173. What is the
pressure drop over a 100 foot length of pipe?

A. 21.078 lbf/ft2 C. 337.26 lbf/in2

B. 23.78 lbf/ft2 D. 337.26 lbf/ft2
145. A cast iron pipe of equilateral triangular cross section
with side length of 20.75” has water flowing through it.
The flow rate is 5000 gallons per minute, and the friction
factor for the pipe is ƒ = 0.017. what is the pressure drop
in a 100 foot section?

A. 24.3 lbf/ft2 C. 178.5 lbf/ft2

B. 48.7 lbf/ft2 D. 309.7 lbf/ft2
146. A circular cylinder 4 feet long and 3 feet in diameter
is in air stream. The flow velocity is 5 ft/sec perpendicular
to the axis of the cylinder. Given that the coefficient of
drag, CD, on the cylinder is 1.3, and the density of air is
0.00234 slug/ft3, what is the force on the cylinder?

A. 0.09 lbf C. 0.46 lbf

B. 0.11 lbf D. 0.91 lbf
147. Air flows past a 2 diameter sphere at 100 ft/sec.
What is the drag force experienced by the sphere given
that it has a coefficient of drag of 0.5 and that the density
of the air is 0.00234 slug/ft3?

A. 0.041 lbf C. 0.128 lbf

B. 0.064 lbf D. 0.244 lbf
148. A cylinder 10 feet long and 2 feet in diameter is
suspended in air flowing at 8ft/sec. the density of air is
0.00234 slug/ft3, and the coefficient of drag of the sphere
is 1.3. what is the drag on the cylinder?

A. 0.311 lbf C. 1.95 lbf

B. 0.39 lbf D. 3.89 lbf
149. A coil has an inlet temperature of 70oF and outlet of
80oF. If the mean temperature of the coil is 130oF, find the
bypass factor of the coil.

A. 0.28 C. 0.82
B. 1.20 D. 0.83
150. Compute the pressure drop of 35oC air flowing with
a mean velocity of 5 m/s in a circular sheet-metal duct
400mm in diameter and 25m long. Use a friction factor,
f=0.04 and ρair=1.3799 kg/m3.

A. 431.22 Pa C. 312.24 Pa
B. 221.34 Pa D. 422.31 Pa