If the initial volume of an ideal gas is

compressed to one-half its original

A. Doubles
B. Remains constant
C. Quadruples
D. Halves
If the gage pressure of a medium is 30
kPa (vacuum) and the atmospheric
pressure is 101.3 kPa, the absolute
pressure will be:

A. 131.3 kPa
B. 71.3 kPa
C. -71.3 kPa
D. -131.3 kPa
If a particle has a velocity of 4 meters
per second and a kinetic energy of 144
Joules, then the mass, in kilograms of
this particle must be:
A. 44
B. 18
C. 16
D. 24
A condenser vacuum gauge reads 715
mm Hg when the barometer stands at
757 mm Hg. State the absolute
pressure in the condenser in kN/m2 or
kPa.
A. 5.6 kPa
B. 6.5 kPa
C. 5.9 kPa
D. 5.2 kPa
Determine the force in Newton in a
piston of 465 mm2 area with a pressure
of 0.172 MPa.

A. 65 N
B. 80 N
C. 72 N
D. 111 N
One piston of a hydraulic press has an area
of 1 cm2. The other piston has an area of 25
cm2. If a force is 150 N is applied on the
smaller piston, what will be total force on the
larger piston is both surfaces are the same
level?
A. 6N
B. 3750 N
C. 175 N
D. 4250 N
If the pressure of a confined gas at a
constant temperature is tripled, what
will happen to the volume?

A. The volume will be tripled

A. 36.72 hp
B. 2954 hp
C. 49.23 hp
D. 66 hp
A water tank of 18 ft wide, 14 ft long
and 4 ft high, calculate the pressure at
the bottom of the tank.

A. 1.733 psi
B. 2.337 psi
C. 1.999 psi
D. 3.773 psi
The pressure on 750 mm Hg in kN/m2.

A. 90
B. 103
C. 100
D. 110
A double purpose tank 18 ft wide, 24 ft
long and 4 ft depth is filled with water.
What is the weight of water in the tank
in long tons?
A. 49 tons
B. 54 tons
C. 48 tons
D. 50 tons
Oil flow though a 16 tubes on a single
cooler with a velocity of 2 m/s. The
internal diameter of the tube is 30 mm
and oil density is 0.85 gm/ml. Find the
volume flow in liters per sec.
A. 22.62
B. 62.22
C. 32.22
D. 42.62
A substance temperature was 620 deg
R. What is the temperature in deg C?

A. 50.7
B. 71.11
C. 45.54
D. 94.44
Unknown volume of container gas of gas of
1 atmosphere is allowed to expand to
another container of 10 m3 volume at 500
mm Hg at constant temperature. Find the
unknown volume.

A. 6.58 m3
B. 5.67 m3
C. 6.75 m3
D. 7.65 m3
An iron block weighs 5 Newtons and
has volume of 200 cm3. What is the
density of the block?

A. 2458 kg/m3
B. 2584 kg/m3
C. 2485 kg/m3
D. 2549 kg/m3
If air at a pressure of 22.22 psia and at
temperature of 800oR, what is the
specific volume?

A. 11.3 ft3/lbm
B. 13.3 ft3/lbm
C. 33.1 ft3/lbm
D. 31.3 ft3/lbm
The specific gravity of mercury is
13.55. What is the specific weight of
mercury?

A. 123.9 kN/m3
B. 132.9 kN/m3
C. 139.2 kN/m3
D. 193.2 kN/m3
The equivalent weight of mass 10 kg at
a location where the acceleration of
gravity is 9.77 m/sec2.

A. 97.7 N
B. 77.9 N
C. 79.7 N
D. 977 N
A transportation company specializes in the
shipment of pressurized gaseous materials. An
order is received from 100 liters of particular gas at
STP 932oF and 1 atm). What minimum volume
tank is necessary to transport the gas at 80oF and
maximum pressure at 8 atm?

A. 16 liters
B. 10 liters
C. 14 liters
D. 12 liters
100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of
alcohol (density = 790 kg/m3). What is
the specific volume of the resulting
mixtures, assuming that the fluids
mixed completely?

A. 0.82 x 10-3cu.m/kg
B. 0.63 x 10-3cu.m/kg
C. 0.88 x 10-3cu.m/kg
D. 1.16 x 10-3cu.m/kg
How much does 30 lbm weigh on the
moon? (gmoon = 5.47 ft/s2).

A. 2.0 lbf
B. 3.4 lbf
C. 3.2 lbf
D. 5.096 lbf
A 10 kg block is raised vertically 3
meters. What is the change in potential
energy?

A. 320 J
B. 294 J
C. 350 kg-m2/s2
D. 350 N-m
How many cubic meters is 100 gallons
of liquid?

A. 3.7850 cu.m
B. 0.3785 cu.m
C. 0.1638 cu.m
D. 1.638 cu.m
Steam turbine is receiving 1014 lbm/hr
of steam, determine the horsepower
output of the turbine if the work done by
steam is 251 BTU/lbm
A. 100 Hp
B. 200 Hp
C. 462.7 Hp
D. 6002.7 Hp
What is the resulting pressure when
one pound of air at 15 psia and 200oF
is heated at constant volume to 800oF?

A. 52.1 psia
B. 28.6 psia
C. 15 psia
D. 36.4 psia
A bicycle tire has a volume of 600 m3. It
is inflated with carbon dioxide to
pressure of 551.43 kPa at 20oC. How
many grams of CO2 are contained in
the tire? RCO2 = 0.18896 kJ/kg.K
A. 5.98 g
B. 4.63 g
C. 6.43 g
D. 3.83 g
The absolute pressure at the bottom of
a vertical column of water is 15.5 psia.
What is the height of this column?

A. 22 in.
B. 12 in.
C. 9.2 in.
D. 9.8
A water temperature rise of 18oF in the
water cooled condenser is equivalent in
o
C to:

A. 7.78oC
B. 263.56oK
C. 10oC
D. -9.44oC
An oil storage tank contains oil with
specific gravity of 0.88 and depth of 20
meters. What is the hydrostatic
pressure at the bottom of the tank in
kg/cm2?
A. 1.67
B. 1.56
C. 1.76
D. 1.87
A vertical column of water will be
supported to what height by standard
atmospheric pressure?

A. 34 ft
B. 24 ft
C. 36 ft
D. 26 ft
The specific weight of liquid is 60 lb/ft3
what is the equivalent to kN/m3.

A. 9.334
B. 9.643
C. 9.249
D. 9.420
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
B. 0.258 bar
C. 58.2 kPa
D. 0.141 bar
What is the absolute pressure exerted
on the surface of a submarine cruising
300 ft below the free surface of the
sea? Assume specific gravity of sea
water is 1.03.
A. 133.9 psia
B. 100.7 psia
C. 148.6 psia
D. 103.7 psia
Air enters a nozzle steadily at 2.21
kg/m3 and 30 m/s. What is the mass
flow rate through the nozzle if the inlet
area of the nozzle is 80 cm2?
A. 0.35 kg/s
B. 5.3 kg/s
C. 3.5 kg/s
D. 0.53 kg/s
The work required to accelerate an
800-kg car from rest to 100 km/h on a
level road:

A. 308.6 kJ
B. 608.3 kJ
C. 806.3 kJ
D. 386 kJ
Assuming that there are no heat effects
and no friction effects, find the speed of
a 3220-lbm body after is falls 778 ft from
rest.
A. 422 ft/sec
B. 224 ft/sec
C. 424 ft/sec
D. 424 ft/sec
What is the flow rate through a pipe 4
inches in diameter carrying water of 11
ft/sec?

A. 430.84 gpm
B. 340.28 gpm
C. 7.18 gpm
D. 39.16 gpm
What is the resulting pressure when
one pound of air at 0.3 psig and 200 oF
is heated at constant volume to 800oF?

A. 0.572 psig
B. 7.857 psia
C. 28.6 psia
D. 1.2 psig
A mixture of 0.4 lbm of helium and 0.2
lbm of oxygen is compressed
polytropically from 14.7 psia and 60oF
to 60 psia according to n = 1.4.
Determine the final temperature, T2.
A. 727.7oR
B. 777.2oR
C. 722.7oR
D. 277.7oR
During the working stroke of an engine the
heat transferred out of the system was 150
kJ/kg of working substances. The internal
energy also decreased by 400 kJ/kg of
working substance. Determine the work
done.
A. 250 kJ/kg
B. 600 kJ/kg
C. 550 kJ/kg
D. 350 kJ/kg
Find the density of oil with a specific
gravity of 1.6 in g/cm3.

A. 15.68 g/cm3
B. 0.8 g/cm3
C. 99.84 g/cm3
D. 1.6 g/cm3
What is the absolute pressure if the
gauge pressure is reading 9 bar and
the atmospheric pressure is 0.9 bar?

A. 6.3 bar
B. 9.9 bar
C. 7.8 bar
D. 8.1 bar
The tank of an air compressor has a
volume of 3 ft3 and is filled with air at a
temperature of 40oF. If a gage on the
tank reads 150 psig, what is the mass
of the air in the tank?
A. 1.78 lbs
B. 2.67 lbs
C. 2.00 lbs
D. 1.98 lbs
What is the mass of acytelene gas,
V=0.94 cu.ft, R=59.35 ft.lb/lboF, P = 200
psia

A. 0.816 lb
B. 0.829 lb
C. 0.841 lb
D. 0.852 lb
A refrigerating system operates on the
reversed Carnot Cycle. The higher
temperature of the refrigerant in the system
is 120oFand the lower is 10oF. The capacity
is 20 tons. Neglect losses. Determine the
coefficient of performance.

A. 2.732
B. 7.372
C. 5.373
D. 4.273
Aluminum has a specific heat of 0.902
J/g x oC. How much heat is lost when a
piece of aluminum with a mass of
23.984 g cools from a temperature of
415.0oC to a temperature of 22.0oC?
A. 8500 J
B. 80000 J
C. 6000 J
D. 7500 J
If the temperature of an air parcel is -
20.5oC, and its density is 0.690 kg/m3 is
the pressure of the air parcel?

A. 40 kPa
B. 60 kPa
C. 50 kPa
D. 70 kPa
A 35.0 mL sample of gas is enclosed in a
flask at 22 degrees Celsius. If the flask was
placed in an ice bath at 0 degrees Celsius,
what would the new gas volume be the
pressure is held constant?

A. 34.1 ml
B. 32.29 ml
C. 32.1 ml
D. 33.1 ml
The thermal efficiency of a Carnot cycle
operating between 170oC and 620oC is
closest to:

A. 44%
B. 63%
C. 50%
D. 73%
A Diesel cycle has a cut-off ratio of 2.20
and a compression ratio of 10. Find the
cycle efficiency.

A. 55.10%
B. 52.23%
C. 59.735%
D. 62.37%
A Diesel cycle has an initial
temperature of 27oC. If the cut-off ratio
is 2.50 and compression ratio is 12,
find the maximum cycle temperature.
A. 1634.4oC
B. 2010.3oC
C. 1753.44oC
D. 1983.4oC
A diesel engine takes in air at 1 bar,
26oC has a compression ratio of 19.
Calculate the operating clearance in
percent.
A. 8.08
B. 7.52
C. 8.56
D. 5.55
An Otto cycle has an initial pressure of
100 kPa and has a pressure of 400 kPa
after adiabatic compression. Find the
cycle efficiency.
A. 32.70%
B. 36.70%
C. 34.70%
D. 38.70%
An Otto cycle has a clearance of 8%
and heat added of 1000 kJ. Find the
heat rejected.

A. 564 kJ
B. 709 kJ
C. 353 kJ
D. 867 kJ
An Otto cycle has a heat rejected of
300 kJ and work of 700 kJ. Find the
cycle efficiency.

A. 56%
B. 70%
C. 60%
D. 50%
An Otto cycle has a pressure ratio of 7.
What is the cycle compression ratio?

A. 5.18
B. 7.34
C. 6.34
D. 4.01
Find the power rating of a rotating shaft
which develops a torque of 188 N-m at
1350 rpm.

A. 101.54 hp
B. 63.35 hp
C. 53.63 hp
D. 35.63 hp
Determine the pressure exerted on a
diver at 30 m below the free surface of
the sea. Assume a barometric pressure
of 101 kPa and the specific gravity of
sea water is 1.03.
A. 404 kPa
B. 420 kPa
C. 410 kPa
D. 430 kPa
An air compressor has an inlet enthalpy
of 35 BTU/lb and an exit enthalpy of 70
BTU/lb. The mass flow rate of air is 3
lb/s. If the heat loss is 466.62 BTU/min,
find the work input to the compressor.
A. 139.59 hp
B. 159.59 hp
C. 149.59 hp
D. 169.59 hp
An automobile tire is inflated to 35 psig
at 54oF. After being driven, the
temperature rises to 80oF. Determine
the final gage pressure assuming that
the tire is inflexible.
A. 36.51 psig
B. 38.51 psig
C. 37.51 psig
D. 39.51 psig
A condenser vacuum gauge reads 600
mm Hg when the barometer reads 760
mm Hg. What is the absolute
condenser pressure in bar?
A. 0.0213
B. 0.213
C. 0.061
D. 0.610
Water flows in a pipe at the rate of 10
kg/s. if the velocity of flow is 10 m/s,
find the pipe diameter.

A. 30.23 mm
B. 38.39 mm
C. 35.68 mm
D. 42.39 mm
What is the resulting pressure when
one kilogram of air at 104 kPa and
98oC is heated at constant volume at
450oC?
A. 202.67 kPa
B. 186.53 kPa
C. 194.67 kPa
D. 198.65 kPa
Determine the degrees of superheat of
steam at 101.325 kPa and 170oC.

A. 50oC
B. 60oC
C. 70oC
D. 80oC
Calculate the approximate enthalpy of
water at 90oC.

A. 366.83 kJ/kg
B. 386.83 kJ/kg
C. 376.83 kJ/kg
D. 396.83 kJ/kg
A Carnot cycle operates between 30oC
and 350oC. Find the cycle efficiency.

A. 51.36%
B. 45.37%
C. 63.45%
D. 76.45%
A Carnot cycle has a maximum
temperature of 550oF and minimum
temperature of 100oF. If the heat added
is 4200 BTU/min, find the horsepower
output of the engine.
A. 34.53
B. 44.13
C. 40.56
D. 65.40
A Carnot cycle has sink temperature of
100oF and a cycle efficiency of 70%.
Find the temperature of the heat
source.
A. 1306.70oF
B. 1506.70oF
C. 1406.70oF
D. 1606.70oF
Fifty kilograms of cooling water per
second enter the condenser at 25oC
and leaves at 50oC. Find the heat
carried away by water.
A. 1234.45 kW
B. 2340.53 kW
C. 5233.75 kW
D. 3140.25 kW
A basic refrigeration cycle requires 25
kW when operating at a condenser
temperature of 70oC and a COP of
3.50. Determine the sink temperature.
A. -8.22oC
B. -12.22oC
C. -10.22oC
D. -6.22oC
A 3500 kW plant has a utilization factor
of 71% and a load factor 39.6%. What
is the average load on the plant?

A. 9840.6 kW
B. 13860 kW
C. 24850 kW
D. 19521.2 kW
A 95 MW power plant factor has an
average load of 35000 kW and a load
of 65%. Find the reserve over peak in
MW?
A. 21.15
B. 41.15
C. 32.41
D. 58.75
A power plant is said to have a use
factor of 50% and a capacity factor of
44%. How many hours did it operated
during this year?
A. 6600.32
B. 8600.32
C. 7708.8
D. 5658.23
A plant with an installed capacity of
30,000 kW has a utilization factor of
83% and a capacity factor of 56%. Find
the load factor.
A. 66.47%
B. 68.47%
C. 67.47%
D. 69.47%
There are 18 kg of exhaust gas formed
per kg of fuel oil burned in the
combustion of diesoline C16H32. What is
the excess air in percent?
A. 28.4%
B. 21.5%
C. 30.1%
D. 15.53%
An engine has brake thermal efficiency of
26%, it uses 2 gallons of gasoline per hour.
Gas has a heating value of 20500 BTU/lbm
and specific gravity of 0.80. Find: Power
output of engine in kW.

A. 18.85 kW
B. 20.85 kW
C. 19.85 kW
D. 21.85 kW
The specific gravity of oil tested at 24oC
is 0.852. Find its API in degrees.

A. 35.98
B. 32.98
C. 37.62
D. 23.54
The heating value supplied in a boiler is
41000 kJ/kg if the factor of evaporation
is 10 kg steam/kg fuel. What is the
efficiency of the boiler?
A. 60.55%
B. 78.05%
C. 53.08%
D. 54.97%
An ideal gasoline engine operates with an
initial cycle temperature of 48oC and exhaust
temperature of 150oC. The change in
temperature during the combustion is 150oK.
Calculate the ideal thermal efficiency.

A. 32%
B. 34%
C. 33%
D. 35%
What is the water rate in kg/hr of an auxiliary
boiler which produces steam at .80 MPa and
98% dry from feed water at 43oC. The fuel
calorific value is equivalent to that of 1.2
metric tons/day. Assume an efficiency of
70%.
A. 580
B. 700
C. 615
D. 480
Two boiler of equal steaming capacity generate
steam to a common header of 15 MPa pressure.
One boiler produces wet steam. If the mixture is
saturated steam, find the quality of the steam in
the second boiler: @ 1.5MPa & 250oC h = 2925
kJ/kg ; @ 1.5 MPa, hf = 845 kJ/kg hfg = 1947 kJ/kg

A. 0.940
B. 0.978
C. 0.9317
D. 0.985
Determine power required for 2000 kg car to
climb 100 m long uphill road with a slope of
30o (from horizontal) in 10 seconds from rest
to a final velocity of 30 m/s disregard friction,
air drag and rolling resistance

A. 188.066 kW
B. 1880.66 kW
C. 980.66 kW
D. 900 kW
A small steam turbine generator power plant
of 5200 MW capacity has a full load steam
rate of 6.0 kg/kW-hr. No load steam
consumption may be taken as 10% of full
load consumption. At 60% load, calculate
the hourly steam consumption of this unit.

A. 20,500 kg/hr
B. 25,000 kg/hr
C. 18,500 kg/hr
D. 19,968 kg/hr
The enthalpy of refrigerant is 359 kJ/kg at
the compressor entrance and 381 kJ/kg at
the compressor exit. The heat loss from the
compressor is 12% of the work input.
Determine the power input in kW.

A. 25.83
B. 24.65
C. 20.30
D. 25.83 (?)
A diesel has 0.6 m x 1m bore and
stroke and operates at 5% clearance
for a power output of 500 HP and cut-
off ratio of 2.5, calculate the rate of heat
input in kW.
A. 5090
B. 5900
C. 6200
D. 7500
A six cylinder diesel engine when tested in the lab
at 2000 rpm produces a net brake force of 204 N
with all its 6 cylinder firing only but 163.6 N when
on cylinder was cut-off. What is the mechanical
efficiency of the diesel engine if the brake arm
length is .75 m.

A. 82.5%
B. 84.14%
C. 88.5%
D. 91%
The surface level of water in 92.5 m that of a
hydraulic turbine. The efficiency (i.e., the
portion of available potential energy the
turbine uses) is 90%. Determine the volume
flow rate water required needed to produce
100,000 MW.
A. 117.5 m3/s
B. 124.5 m3/s
C. 122.5 m3/s
D. 112,500 m3/s
In a Carnot cycle engine, the volume
after adiabatic compression is 8.5% of
the before the compression. The sink
temperature is 30oC. Determine:
thermal efficiency.
A. 60.71%
B. 62.7%
C. 61.6%
D. 63.7%
How many days would an inventory of 1000
bbl of fuel oil with a relative density of 0.90
at an evaporating temperature of 35oC is
consumed if used in a 9 MW diesel engine
with a full load brake thermal efficiency of
35% at rated load.
A. 3 days
B. 1.8 days
C. 2.5 days
D. 2 days
In a geothermal power plant hot ground
water from a hot spring used to power heat
engine. If the ground water is at 95oC
estimate the max power output if the mass
flow rate of ground water is 0.25 kg/s
atmosphere is at 20oC.
A. 14.0 kW
B. 16 kW
C. 15.0 kW
D. 12.8 kW
A household with a COP is 1.8 remove
heat from a refrigerant space at a rate
of 0.90 kJ/min. Determine the rate of
heat transfer to the kitchen air.
A. 40 kJ/min
B. 90 kJ/min
C. 50 kJ/min
D. 140 kJ/min
Two Carnot heat engine operate in series
between a source at 527 and sink at 17oC.
The first engine rejects 400 kJ to the second
engine. If both engines have the same
efficiency, calculate the source temperature
for the second.
A. 272oC
B. 94.65oC
C. 208.66oC
D. 510oC
A hydraulic turbine which has a diameter of
66 in. a speed of 350 rpm, coefficient of
velocity of 0.98, peripheral speed factor of
0.45, generator efficiency of 90% and jet
diameter from nozzle of 6 in. determine the
power input in HP.
A. 2862
B. 4933
C. 3809
D. 5366
What is the thermal efficiency of an air
standard Brayton cycle if the air enters
and leaves the gas turbine at 1000oK
and 500oK, respectively?
A. 40.74%
B. 50.00%
C. 45%
D. 54.86%
The Philippines is embarking into the use of renewable
energy sources like wind power to save on its energy
needs. Determine the maximum power in kW that may
be derived from a 55kph wind if the wind rotor to used
has a blade diameter of 32 m and the over-all
conversion efficiency maybe taken as 35% average air
pressure is 100 kPa and ambient temperature of 32 oC
must be assumed?

A. 573
B. 1050
C. 504
D. 350
A 500 HP internal combustion engine has a
mean effective brake pressure of 551.5 kPa
at full-load. What is the mean effective
indicated pressure of the mechanical
efficiency of engine is 85%

A. 468.77 kPa
B. 373 kPa
C. 648.823 kPa
D. 588.235 kPa
A spark ignition engine operates on an
Otto cycle with a compression ratio of 9
and temperature limits of 30oC and
1000oC. If the power input is 500 kW,
calculate the mass flow rate of air.

A. 1.99 kg/s
B. 2.99 kg/s
C. 2.19 kg/s
D. 2.59 kg/s
The enthalpy of ground water in a 19 MW
geothermal power plant is 1000 kJ/kg, if the
quality after throttling is 28% and overall
plant efficiency is 20%. What is the mass
flow rate of steam entering the turbine?

A. 27 kg/s
B. 18 kg/s
C. 76 kg/s
D. 34 kg/s
Calculate the power that can be developed
from a hydroelectric power plant having ff.
data: Catchment’s area = 90 km2 ; Average
annual rain fall = 120 cm ; Run-off = 85% ;
Available head = 350 m ; Over all Station
efficiency = 75%

A. 8.75 MW
B. 9.99 MW
C. 6.8 MW
D. 7.5 MW
If the actual COP is 5.0, the indicted
hp/ton of refrigeration is.

A. 4.71 HP/TR
B. 24.26 HP/TR
C. 0.889 HP/TR
D. 0.94 HP/TR
In a double acting 2-stroke cycle engine, 8
cylinder, the diameter of the cylinder is 700 mm,
and the stroke is 1350 mm and the piston rod,
diameter is 250 mm. Running at 108 rpm,
indicated mean effective pressure above and
below the piston are 5.86 and 4.90 Bar
respectively, calculate the brake power of the
engine in kW if the mechanical efficiency is 80%.

A. 5060 kW
B. 6030 kW
C. 7330 kW
D. 7540 kW
A steam turbine receives a steam flow of
1.35 kg/s and delivers 500 kW. The heat
loss from the casing is negligible. Find the
change in specific enthalpy across the
turbine when the velocities at the entrance
and exit and the difference in elevation at
the entrance and exit are negligible.
A. -370.37 kJ/kg
B. -372.37 kJ/kg
C. -371.37 kJ/kg
D. -373.37 kJ/kg
An evaporator has a temperature of
3oC with the entrance enthalpy of
352.75 kJ/kg. At 3oC hf = 319.56 kJ/kg
and hf= 642.45 kJ/kg. Find the equality
after the expansion.
A. 16.27%
B. 15.67%
C. 21.48%
D. 10.28%
A refrigerant compressor has a theoretical piston
displacement of 8.04 m3/s. the refrigerant enters
the compressor with a density of 16 kg/m3. The
enthalpy of the refrigerant increases by 110 kJ/kg
across the evaporator. What is the refrigerating
capacity of the system?

A. 10 TR
B. 20 TR
C. 15 TR
D. 25 TR
An ice plant produces 20 tons of ice per
day at -16oC from water 25oC. If
miscellaneous losses are 12% of the
freezing and chilling load, calculate the
refrigerating capacity of the plant in TR.

A. 21.35 TR
B. 31.5 TR
C. 43.12 TR
D. 36.3 TR
A central power plant, whether the energy source is nuclear or
fossil fuel is a heat engine operating between the temperature
of the reactor or furnace and the usually represented by a
river or other body of water. Consider a modern nuclear
power plant generating 750,000 kW for which the reactor
temperature is 586oK and a river is available with a water
temperature of 293oK. What is the minimum amount of the
heat must be discarded to the river?

A. 500,000 kW
B. 1,000,000 kW
C. 750,000 kW
D. 1,500,000 kW
A Carnot cycle engine has a sink
temperature of 45oC. Its thermal
efficiency is 48.20%. The heat rejected
is 742 kJ/min. Determine the power
output in kW.
A. 23.87 kW
B. 11.51 kW
C. 12.37 kW
D. 18.33 kW
An ice plant produces at 15 cm x 5 cm
x 100 cm ice block using brine at -12oC.
What is the approximate freezing time
per block?
A. 11.5 hrs.
B. 15.5 hrs.
C. 13.3 hrs.
D. 17.5 hrs.
A cold storage plant has an average wall
gain load of 11 kW and air change head of 5
kW. The plant is used to cool 18.6 MT of
product (c = 3.85 kJ/kgoC) from 30oC to 40oC
in 24 hrs. If the plant operates 18 hrs per
day, what is the ref. capacity?

A. 10.1 TR
B. 12.6 TR
C. 11.5 TR
D. 13.5 TR
Re-circulated air of 10 kg/s with 53 kJ/kg dry
air enthalpy and outside of 4 kg/s with 90
kJ/kg dry air enthalpy enters the conditioning
unit. Determine the air conditioning capacity
of air conditioning apparatus if supply
enthalpy to conditioned space is 42 dry air.

A. 154 kW
B. 302 kW
C. 204 kW
D. 4.484 kW
An automobile engine uses 10.20 L of
gas/hr. The density of gasoline is 67 kg/m3.
The engine uses 13.20 kg of air of fuel. Air is
supplied at 101 kPa, 30oC. Determine the
volume rate of air flow in m3/hr, R of air is
287.08 J/kgoK
A. 6.789
B. 8.769
C. 7.769
D. 9.769
The power output of a compression ignition
engine is 2400 kW when it uses 545 kg of
fuel per hour. The higher the heating value
of fuel is 43920 kJ/kg. The frictional power of
the engine is 260 kW. Find the indicated
thermal efficiency.

A. 36.1%
B. 40%
C. 37.1%
D. 4.5
30 kg/s of dry air enters an adiabatic drying
chamber at 88oC and with a humidity ratio of
0.16 kg/ kg d.a. The exhaust air leaves the
drying chamber at 40oC. What is the rate of
water removal in the drying chamber? At
40oC, Psat. = 7.375 kPa; at 88oC, hg =
2656.8 kJ/kg
A. 0.24 kg/s
B. 0.46 kg/s
C. 0.38 kg/s
D. 0.58 kg/s
Compute the specific volume of an air-
vapor mixture in cubic meters per
kilogram of dry air when the following
conditions prevail: t = 40oC, w = 0.015
kg/kg, and Pt = 100 kPa.

A. 0.99 m3/kg
B. 0.89 m3/kg
C. 0.79 m3/kg
D. 0.69 m3/kg
Compute the humidity ratio of air
considering the density at 27oC and 98
kPa is 1.32 kg/m3.

A. 0.34 kgvapor/kgair
B. 0.43 kgvapor/kgair
C. 0.35 kgvapor/kgair
D. 0.53 kgvapor/kgair