Calculate the specific volume of an air-vapor below freezing point which is -3C.

The latent
mixture in cubic meters per kilogram of dry air heat of freezing is 55.5 kCal/kg.
when the ff. conditions: t=30C, w=0.015 A. 25.26 C. 14.38
kg/kg, and Pt =90kpa B. 15.26 D. 24.38
A. 0.99 m3/kg C. 0.79 m3/kg D
B. 0.89 m3/kg D. 0.69 m3/kg
A
The power requirement of Carnot refrigeration
A coil has an inlet temperature of 60 F and an in maintaining a low temperature region at 300
outlet of 90F. If the mean temperature of the K 1.5 kW per ton. Find the heat rejected.
coil is 110F. Find the bypass factor of the coil.
A. 0.20 C. 0.40 A. 4.02 kW C. 5.02 kW
B. 0.30 D. 0 .50 B. 7.02 kW D. 6.02 kW
C C

A rectangular duct has a diameter of 0.25 m by A vapor compression refrigeration system is

1 m. determines of the equivalent diameter of designed to have a capacity of 150 tons of
the duct. refrigeration. It produces chilled water from
A. 0.40 m C. 0.70 m 22C to 2C. Its actual coefficient of
B. 0.80 m D. 0.30 m performance is 5.86 and 35% of the power
A supplied to the compressor is lost in the form
of friction and cylinder cooling losses.
The mass of an outside air at 50C in an air Determine the condenser cooling water
conditioning unit is 60 kg. Find the required for a temperature rise of 10C.
temperature after mixing if the outside air A. 14.75kg/s C. 18.65 kg/s
mixed with 40 kg with recirculated air at 35C. B. 15.65 kg/s D. 13.75 kg/s
A. 44C C. 52C A
B. 39C D. 47C Determine the heat extracted from 2000 kg of
A water from 25C to ice at -10C.
A. 621,150 kJ C. 821,150 kJ
A creamery must cool 20,000 liters of milk B. 721,159 kJ D. 921,150 kJ
received each day from initial temperature at D
29C to a final temperature at 2C in 5 hours. If
refrigeration losses amount to 10 percent of A single acting, twin cylinder, Ammonia
the cuilling load, what must be the capacity of compressor with bore equal to stroke is driven
the refrigeration machine? by an engine at 250 rpm. The machine is
Note: specific heat of milk 3.9 kJ/kg-K and S.G. installed in a chilling plant to produce 700 kW
= 1.05 of refrigeration at -18C evaporating
A. 38.5 TOR C. 37.5 TOR temperature. At this temperature the cooling
B. 36.5 TOR D. 39.5 TOR effect per kg mass is 1160 kJ. The specific
A volume of vapor entering the compressor is
0.592 m3 per kilogram. Assume 85%
How many tons of refrigeration are required to volumetric efficiency. Determine the bore in
produce 10 metric tons of ice per day at -10C mm.
from raw water at 22C if miscellaneous losses A. 400 mm C. 450 mm
are 15% of the chilling and freezing load? B. 300 mm D. 500 mm
A. 17 TOR C. 15 TOR A
B. 20 T0R D. 24 TOR
A A cylindrical flash tank mounted with its axis
horizontal is used to separate liquid ammonia
Five hundred kilogram of poultry enters a from ammonia vapor. The ammonia vapor
chiller at 8C and are frozen and chilled to a bubbles through the liquid with 70 m3/min
final temperature of -18C for a storage in 15 leaving the disengaging surface. The
hours. The specific heat above and below the disengaging rate is limited to 60 m/min and the
freezing are 3.18 kJ/kg-KC and 1.55 kJ/kg-KC liquid level is to operate with the liquid level
respectively. The latent heat is 246 kJ/kg and one-third of the diameter from the top.
the freezing temperature is -5C. Compute the Determine the diameter if the tank is 1.5 m
product load. long.
A. 2.75 kW C. 2.95 kW A. 830 mm C. 860 mm
B. 2.85 kW D. 3.15 kW B. 730 mm D. 760 mm
B A

Fish weighing 11,000 kg with a temperature of A 150 Hp motor is used to drive a compressor.
20C is brought to a cold storage and which If the heat loss from the compressor is 25 kW
shall be cooled to -10C in 11 hours. Find the and the mass flow rate of the refrigerant
required plant refrigerating capacity in tons of entering the compressor is 0.50 kg/s,
refrigeration if the specific heat of fish is 0.7 determine the difference of the enthalpies
kCal/kgC above freezing and 0.30 kCal/kgC between the inlet and outlet of the
compressor.
 A. 143.80 kJ/kg C. 173.80 kJ/kg Determine the coil face area required to
B. 153.80 kJ/kg D. 183.80 kJ/kg maintain a face velocity of 400 Ft/min if the air
C flow rate over the coil is 2100 Ft3/hr
A. 3.25 Ft2 C. 5.25 Ft2
Determine the estimated condenser load for an B. 4.45 Ft2 D. 6.25 Ft2
open-type compressor having a cooling C
capacity of 16,500 Btu/hr and a heat rejection
factor of 1.32. A centrifugal pump discharge 20 L/s against a
A. 22,280 Btu/hr C. 21,780 Btu/hr head of 17 m when the speed is 1500 rpm. The
B. 20,780 Btu/hr D. 91,780 Btu/hr diameter of the impeller was 30 cm and the
C brake horsepower was 6.0. A geometrically
To cool farm products 300 kg of ice at -4.4C similar pump 40 cm in diameter is to run at
are placed in bunker twenty four hours later 1750 rpm. Assuming equal efficiencies, what
the ice have melted into water at 7.2C. What brake horsepower is required?
is the average rate of cooling provided by the A. 51.55 HP C. 40.15 HP
ice in kJ/Hr? B. 50.15 HP D. 45.15 HP
A. 2679.28 kJ/Hr C. 3679.28 kJ/Hr C
B. 5679.28 kJ/Hr D. 4679.28 kJ/Hr
D A pump delivers 20 cfm of water having a
The load on a watercooled condenser is density of 62 lb/ft3. The suction and discharge
90,000 Btu/hr. if the quantity of water gage reads 5 in. Hg vacuum and 30 psi
circulated through the condenser is 15 gpm, respectively. The discharge gage is 5 ft above
determine the temperature rise of the water in the suction gage. If pump efficiency is 70%,
the condenser. what is the motor power?
A. 12F C. 16F A. 5.31 Hp C. 4.31 Hp
B. 14F D. 18F B. 3.31 Hp D. 6.31 Hp
A C

If the load on a watercooled condenser in Calculate the air power of a fan that delivers
150,000 Btu/hr and the temperature rise of the 1200 F Ft3/hr of air through a 1m by 1.5m
water in the condenser is 10F. What is the outlet. Static pressure is 120 mm WG and the
quantity of water circulated in gpm? density of air is 1.18
A. 30 C. 20 A. 20.45 kW C. 30.45 kW
B. 40 D 50 B. 25.64 kW D. 35.64 kW
A B

The weight of ammonia circulated in a machine The piston displacement of a double acting
is found to be 21.8 lb/hr. if the vapor enters the compressor is 0. 358 m3 delivers gas from
compressor with a specific volume of 9.6 Ft3/hr, 101.325 kPa and 300 K to 675 kPa at the rate
calculate the piston displacement, assuming of 0.166 m3/s at 150 rpm. Value of n for
80% percent volume efficiency. compression and expansion is 1.33. Find the
A. 261.6 Ft3/hr C. 281.8 Ft3/hr compressor percent clearance.
3
B. 271.6 Ft /hr D. 291.6 Ft3/hr A. 19.66 C. 15.69
A B. 10.75 D. 16.96
D
A single stage ammonia compressor is
producing 10 tons of refrigeration and the Determine the specific speed of a centrifugal
power consumed is 15 Hp. Suction pressure is pump delivers 7500 gpm acting against a total
25 psi, condensing pressure is 180 psi. Brine head of 370 ft and operating at 1000 rpm.
temperature is 20F off brine cooler. Determine A. 1072 rpm C. 1041 rpm
the actual coefficient of performance. B. 1027 rpm D. 1014 rpm
A. 10.14 C. 12.14 B
B. 11.14 D. 13.14
D An induced draft fan is used to extract 270000
m3 of flue gas per hour from a boiler furnace.
In an ammonia condensing machine The fan is to deliver at a total pressure of 250
(compressor plus condenser) the water used mm water gage. Determine the size of the
for condensing is 55F. Calculate the ideal COP. electric motor in kW if a mechanical efficiency
A. 11.875 C. 10.875 of 55% is considered.
B. 12.875 D. 13.875 A. 444.33 kW C. 433.44 kW
A B. 343.44 kW D. 334.44 kW
D
How much refrigeration capacity is required to
cool 2000 cfm of air from 85F to 70F? The fan has a total head of 190 m and static
A. 2.7 TOR C. 1.7 TOR pressure of 20 cm WG. If the air density is 1.2
B. 3.7 TOR D. 4.7 TOR kg/m3. What is the velocity of air flowing?
A A. 16.21 m/s C. 16.66 m/s
B. 27.21 m/s D. 17.77 m/s
D
 A. 37,800 kg/hr C. 30,780 kg/hr
A pump delivers 500 gpm of water against a B. 38,700 kg/hr D. 30,870 kg/hr
total head of 200 ft and operating at 1770 rpm. A
Changes have increased the total head to 375
ft. At what rpm should the pump be operated The feed water to a boiler is 92% condensate
to achieve the new head at the same and 8% make-up containing 270 ppm solids.
efficiency? What weights of solids enter the boiler per
A. 2800 rpm C. 3434 rpm hour at 22,680 kg per steam evaporation?
B. 3600 rpm D. 2424 rpm A. 0.49 kg solids/hr C. 0.39 kg
D solids/hr
B. 0.59 kg solids/hr D. 0.69 kg
The diesel electric plant supplies energy for solids/hr
meralco. During a 24 hr period, the plant A
consumed 200 gallons of fuel at 28C and
produced 3930 Kw-hr. industrial fuel is used is The 1370 diameter steam drum on a boiler is
28API and was purchased at P 5.50 per liter at 2440 mm long has a 250 mm gage glass at
15,6C. What should the cost of fuel be mid-drum level. Find the maximum steam
produced one kw-hr? generation that could be cared for by a blow
A. P 1.05 C. P 1.069 down of half a water gauge each 8 hr. shift.
B. P 1.10 D. P 1.00 Pressure, 17.5 kg/cm2 gage. Sr = 150 PPM, Sb =
A 2000 PPM
A. 450.59 kg/hr C. 650.59 kg/hr
A boiler contains 3.5 tons of water initially B. 550.59 kg/hr D. 750.59 kg/hr
having 40 ppm dissolved solids after 24 hrs the B
dissolved solids in the water is 2500 ppm. If
the feed rate is 875 kg/hr, find the ppm of Given a horizontal conveyor, 46 m centers, 175
dissolved solids contained in the feed water. pounds per hr capacity of handling bituminous
A. 410 ppm C. 390 ppm coal at 0.5 m/s with 800 kg per m 3. Other data
B. 320 ppm D. 420 ppm as follows
A Flight width and depth 610 mm x 200
mm
Quantity of material 0.108
mm3/m
Coefficient of friction elements 0.10
A travelling-grate stoker can burn bituminous Material coefficient of friction 0.59
coal with 10% moisture and 10% ash at a rate Assume an engineering-type chain with sleeve
of 500,000 Btu/hr-Ft2. A boiler with a steam bearing rollers weighing with flights, 89.3
rating of 200,000 lb/hr will be fired with the kg/m. Calculate the chain pull in kg
above fuel having a high heat value of 12,200 A. 2180.33 C. 1555.36
Btu/lb. if the boiler efficiency is 80%, and if it B. 4550.10 D. 3166.46
takes 1000 BTU to evaporate and superheat D
one pound of feed water to the desired
temperature, find the hourly coal supply and Air is drawn into a gas turbine working on the
grate area needed. constant pressure cycle at 1 bar 21C and
A. 20,500 lb, 500 Ft2 C. 28,200 lb, compressed to 5.7 bars. The temperature at
400 Ft2 the end of heat supply is 680C. Taking
B. 26,400 lb, 700 Ft2 D. 22,600 lb, expansion and compression to be adiabatic
200 Ft2 where Cv = 0.718 kJ/kg-K, Cp = 1.055 kJ/kg-K,
A calculate the heat energy supplied per kg at
constant pressure.
A steam is expanded through a nozzle and the A. 472 kJ/kg C. 501 kJ/kg
enthalpy drop per kg of steam from the initial B. 389 kJ/kg D. 489 kJ/kg
pressure to the final pressure is 60 kJ. A
Neglecting the friction, find the velocity of In an air-standard Bryton cycle, the
discharge and the exit area of the nozzle to compressor receives air at 101.325 kPa, 21C
pass 0.20 kg/s if the specific volume of the and it leaves at the rate of 4 kg/s. determine
steam at exit is 1.5 m3/kg. the turbine work if the temperature of the air
A. 346.4 m/s, 879 m2 C. 765.6 m/s, entering the turbine is 1000C
467 m2 A. 3000 kW C. 2028 kW
2
B. 356.7 m/s, 278 m D.346.4 m/s, B. 2701 kW D. 3500 kW
866 m2 C
D
The net power output of an air-standard
A 60 MW steam turbine generator power plant Brayton cycle is 200 kW. Air enters the
has a full-load steam rate of 8 kg/kW-hr. compressor at 32C and leaves the high-
assuming that no-load steam consumption as temperature heat exchanger at 800C. What is
15% of full-load steam consumption, compute the mass flow rate of air if it leaves the turbine
for the hourly steam consumption at 75% load, at 350C?
in kg/hr. A. 0.57 kg/s C. 0.77 kg/s
 B. 0.67 kg/s D. 0.87 kg/s A
D
A 75 MW power plant has an average load of
In an air-standard Brayton cycle the inlet 35,000 kW and a load factor of 65%. Find the
temperature and the pressure are 20C and reserve over peak.
101.325 kPa. The turbine inlet conditions are A. 21.15 MW C. 25.38 MW
1200 kPa and 900C. Determine the air flow B. 23.41 MW D. 18.75 MW
rate if turbines produce 12 MW. A
A. 21.41 kg/s C. 19.25 kg/s
B. 20.20 kg/s D. 18.10 kg/s A power plant is said to have/had a use factor
B of 48.5% and a capacity factor of 42.4%. How
many hrs. Did it operate during the year?
A gas turbine power plant operating on the A. 6,600.32 hrs C. 8,600.32 hrs
Brayton cycle delivers 15 MW to a standby B. 7,658.23 hrs D. 5,658.23 hrs
electric generator. What are the mass flow rate B
and the volume flow rate of air if the minimum
and maximum pressures are 100 kPa and 500 A 50,000 kW steam plant delivers an annual
kPa respectively, and temperature of 20C and output of 238,000,000 kW-hr with a peak load
1000C? of 42,860 kW. What is the annual load factor
A. 31.97 kg/s, 26.88 m3/s C. 41.97 and capacity factor?
kg/s, 26.88 m3/s A. 0.634, 0.534 C. 0.634, 0.543
B. 36.98 kg/s, 28.99 m3/s D. 46.98 B. 0.643, 0.534 D. 0.643, 0.534
kg/s, 28.99 m3/s C
A
Calculate the use factor of a power plant if the
A hydro-electric power plant consumes capacity factor is 35% and it operates 8000 hrs
60,000,000 kW-hr per year. What is the net if during the year?
the expected flow is 1500 m 3/min and over-all A. 38.325 % C. 35.823 %
efficiency is 63%? B. 33.825 % D. 32.538 %
A. 34.34 m C. 44.33 m A
B. 43.43 m D. 33.44 m
C A 39.5 m high chimney of radial brick masonry
is described by the ff. top and bottom. D 2 = 1.9
A pelton type turbine has a gross head of 40 m m, d2 = 1.5 m, D1 = 3.2 m, d1 = 2.3 m.
and a friction head loss of 6 m. What is the Determine the moment due to wind load.
penstock diameter if the penstock length is 90 A. 172,051 kg-m C. 150,160 kg-m
m and the coefficient of friction head loss is B. 160,388 kg-m D. 182,030 kg-m
0.0001 (Morse). D
A. 2040 mm C. 2440 mm
B. 3120 mm D. 2320 mm It is desired to deliver 5 gpm at a head of 640
A ft in a single stage pump having s specific
speed not to exceed 40. If the speed is not to
A hydro-electric impulse turbine is directly exceed 1352 rpm, how many stages are
coupled to a 24 pole, 60 Hz alternator. It has a required?
specific speed of 60 rpm and develops 3000 A. 3 C. 5
Hp. What is the required diameter assuming a B. 4 D. 2
peripheral speed ratio of 0.45? D
A. 0.661 m C. 0.443 m
B. 0.552 m D. 0.775 m A centrifugal pump discharge 20 L/s against a
A head of 17 m when the speed is 1500 rpm. The
diameter of the impeller was 30 c, and the
The tail water and the headwater of a hydro- brake horsepower was 6.0. A geometrically
electric power plant are 150 m and 200 m similar pump 40 cm in diameter is to run at
respectively. What is the water power if the 1750 rpm. Assuming equal efficiency, what
flow is 15 m3/s and a head loss of 10% of the brake horsepower is required?
gross head? A. 51.55 Hp C. 40.15 Hp
A. 6,621.75 kW C. 5,621.76 kW B. 50.15 Hp D. 45.15 Hp
B. 7,621.65 kW D. 4,621.56 kW C
A
A condensate pump at sea level takes water
from a surface condenser where the vacuum is
15 in. of mercury. The friction and turbulence
In a hydro-electric plant, water flows at 10 m/s in the piping in the condenser hot well and the
in a penstock of 1 m2 cross-sectional area. If pump suction flange is assumed to be 6.5 ft. if
the net head of the plant is 30 m and the the condensate pump to be installed has a
turbine efficiency is 85%, what is the turbine required head of 9 ft, what would be the
output? minimum height of water level in the hot well
A. 2,501.55 kW C. 3,626.34 kW that must be maintained above the centerline
B. 2,100.21 kW D. 3,124.65 kW of the pump to avoid cavitations?
 A. 2.5 ft C. 18 ft Where: = 0 = angle of contact angle and
B. 15.5 ft D. 5.5 ft surface tension = 0.00156 lbm/ft @ 68F.
B A. 0.3056 ft C. 0.4312 ft
A pump delivers 2o cfm of water having a B. 0.2504 ft D. 0.2432 ft
density of 62 lb/ft3. The suction discharge gage A
reads 5 in. Hg vacuum and 30 psi respectively.
The discharge gage is 5 ft above the suction
gage. If the pump efficiency is 70%, what is What is the velocity of sound in 150F (66C)
motor power? air at a standard pressure? Note: density of air
A. 5.31 Hp C. 4.31 Hp @ 150F is 0.064 lbm/ft3.
B. 3.31 Hp D. 6.31 Hp A. 1295 ft/s C. 2345 ft/s
C B. 3245 ft/s D. 1096 ft/s
A
A fan has a total head of 190 m and a static
pressure of 20 cm WG. If the air density is 1.2 What is the pressure 8000 ft below the water
kg/m3, what is the velocity of air flowing? surface of the ocean? Neglect compressibility.
A. 16.21 m/s C. 16.66 m/s A. 512,000 psf C. 157,000 psf
B. 17.21 m/s D. 17.766 m/s B. 324,500 psf D. 213,000 psf
D A

A jet of water is discharge through a 1 inch If atmospheric air 14.7 psia and 60F at sea
diameter orifice under constant head of 2.1 ft level, what is the pressure at 12000 ft altitude
total discharge is 228 lb, in 90 seconds. The jet if air is incompressible? Note: @ 60F; the
is observed to pass through a point 2 ft density of air is 0.0763 lbm/ft3 ; P1 = 14.7 psia
downward and 4 ft away from vena contrata. A. 5.467 psia C. 8.342 psia
Coefficient of contraction. B. 9.345 psia D. 2.346 psia
A. O.786 C. 0.567 C
B. 0.685 D. 0.345
B If atmospheric air 14.7 psia and 60F at sea
level, what is the pressure at 12000 ft altitude
A jet of water is discharge through a 1 inch if air is compressible? Note @ 60F; the density
diameter orifice under constant head of 2.1 ft of air is 0.0763 lbm/ft3 ; P1 = 14.7 psia
total discharge is 228 lb, in 90 seconds. The jet A. 5.467 psia C. 8.342 psia
is observed to pass through a point 2 ft B. 9.53 psia D. 2.346 psia
downward and 4 ft away from vena contrata. B
Coefficient of velocity.
A. 0.976 C. 0.567 A two-pass surface condenser is to be designed
B. 0.758 D. 0.845 using overall heat transfer coefficient of 480
A BTU/F lbm/ft2 of outside tube surface. The
tubes are to be 1 inch outside diameter with
What is the velocity of sound 150F (66C) air 1/16 in walls (or 7/8 in. inside diameter).
at a standard pressure? Note: density of air @ Entering circulating water velocity is to be 6
150F is 0.064 lbm/ft3. ft/s. steam enters the condenser at a rate of
A. 1215 ft/s C. 2345 ft/s 100,000 lb/hr at a pressure of one psia and an
B. 3245 ft/s D. 4321 ft/s enthalpy of 1090 Btu/lb. condensate leaves at
A saturated liquid at one psia. Circulating water
enters the condensate at 85 deg. F and leaves
Ideal Oxygen is throttled at 140F from 10 atm at 95 deg. F. Note: 1 psia condensate has
to 5 atm. What is the temperature change? temperature of 101.7 deg. F. wet steam
A. 0 C. infinity entering becomes condensate at 101.7 deg. F
B. Negative D. 1 with hf = 69.72 Btu/lb. calculate the total
A number of tubes to be used in each passes.
A. 18,200 tubes C. 10,450 tubes
A duct 0.40 m high and 0.80 wide suspended B. 15,400 tubes D. 11,456 tubes
from the ceiling in a corridor, makes a right A
angle turn in the horizontal plane. The inner
radius is 0.2 m and the outer radius is 1.0 m Determine the approximate load on a cooling
measured from the same center. The velocity tower if the entering and leaving temperatures
of air in the duct is 10 m/s. compute the are 96F and 88F, respectively and the flow
pressure drop in this elbow. Assuming; f = 0.3, rate of the water over the tower is 30 gpm.
= 1.204 kg/m3 and L = 10 m. A. 2500 Btu/min C. 3000 Btu/min
A. 341 Pa C. 143 Pa B. 2000 Btu/min D. 3500 Btu/min
B. 441 Pa D. 144 Pa B
A
Determine the quantity of water lost by bleed
To what weight will 68F ethyl alcohol rise in a off if the water flow rate over the tower 30
0.005 inch internal diameter glass capillary gpm and the range is 10F. Percent bleed-off
tube? The density of alcohol is 49 lbm/ft 3. requires 33%.
A. 0.077 gpm C. 0.099 gpm
 B. 0.088 gpm D. 0.066 gpm Brickwork 1.5 W/m-K
C Fiberglass 0.04 W/m-K
Insulating board 0.06 W/m-k
How many tons of refrigeration is required to The surface transfer coefficient of the inside
produce 10 metric tons of ice per day at -10C wall is 3.1 W/m 2-K while that of the outside
from raw water at 22C if miscellaneous losses wall is 2.5 W/m2-K. Take the internal ambient
are 15% of the chilling and freezing load? temperature as 10C and the external
A. 17 TOR C. 15 TOR temperature is 27C. Determine the heat loss
B. 20 TOR D. 24 TOR through such wall 6 m high and 10 m long.
A.
A 330.10 W C. 430.10 W
B.
230.10 W D. 530.10 W
A

Refrigeration is 2 m high, 1.2 m wide and 1 m

deep. The over-all heat transfer coefficient is
o.532 W/m2 C. how many kilograms of 0C ice
will melt per hour if the inside temperature is
maintained at 10C while the surrounding air
temperature is at 35C?
A. 1.60 kg C. 2.60 kg
B. 1.80 kg D. 2.80 kg
A compartment is 8 m long by 2.5 m high and
Determine the heat extracted from 2000 kg of
water from 25C to ice -10C.
A. 621,150 kJ C. 821,150 kJ
B. 721,150 kJ D. 921,150 kJ
D 15C. Calculate the heat transfer per hour
How many independent properties are required
to completely fix the equilibrium state of a
pure gaseous compound?
A. 1 C. 2
B. 3 D. 4
C 13.12C
Calculate the heat transfer per hour through a
solid brick wall 6 m long, 2.9 m high, and 225
mm thick, when the outer surface is at 5C and
the inner surface at 17C, the coefficient of
thermal conductivity of the brick being 0.6
W/m-K.
A. 2,004.48 kJ C. 2,400.48 kJ
B. 3,004.48 kJ D. 3,400.48 kJ
A the inner wood wall 35 mm thick and its inside
A vertical furnace wall is made up of an inner
wall of firebrick 20 cm thick followed by
insulating brick 15 cm thick and an outer wall
of steel 1 cm thick. The surface temperature of
the wall adjacent to the combustion chamber is
1200C while that of the outer surface of steel
is 50C. The thermal conductivities of the wall
material in W/m-K are; firebrick, 10; insulating
brick, 0.26; and steel, 45. Neglecting the film
resistance and contact resistance of joints,
determine the heat loss per sq.m. Of the wall
area.
A. 1.93 W/m2 C. 1.55 W/m2
2
B. 2.93 W/m D. 2.55 W/m2
A B. 16.82 W/m2-K D. 17.82 W/m2-K
A composite wall is made up of an external
thickness of brickwork 110 mm thick inside
which is a layer of fiberglass 75 mm thick. The
fiberglass is faced internally by an insulating
board 25 mm thick. The coefficients of thermal
conductivity for the three are as follows:
One insulated wall of a cold-storage
consist of an outer steel plate 18 mm thick. An
inner wood wall 22.5 mm thick, the steel and
wood are 90 mm apart to form a cavity which is
filled with cork. If the temperature drop across
the extreme faces of the composite wall is
through the wall and the temperature drop
across the thickness of the cork. Take the
coefficients of thermal conductivity for steel,
cork and wood as 45, 0.045, and 0.18 W/m-K
respectively.
A. 408.24 kJ, 12.12C C. 608.24 kJ,
B. 708.24 kJ, 11.12C D. 508.24 kJ,
14.12C
D
One side of refrigerated cold chamber is 6 m
long by 3.7 m high and consist 168 mm
thickness of cork between outer and inner
walls of wood. The outer wood wall is 30 mm
thick and its outside face temperature is 20C,
face temperature is -3C. taking the coefficient
of thermal conductivity of cork and wood 0.42
and 0.20 W/m-k respectively, calculate the heat
transfer per second per sq. m of surface area.
A. 5.138 J C. 6.318 J
B. 4.138 J D. 3.318 J
B
Hot gases at 280C flow on one side of a metal
of 10mm thickness and air at 35C flows on the
other side. The heat transfer coefficient of the
gasses is 31.5 W/m2-K and that of the air is 32
W/m2-K. Calculate the over-all transfer
coefficient.
A. 15.82 W/m2-K C. 14.82 W/m2-K
A
The surface temperature of the hot side of the
furnace wall is 1200C.it is desired to maintain
the outside of the wall at 38C. A 152 mm of
refractory silica is used adjacent to the
combustion chamber and 10 mm of steel
covers the outside. What thickness of
insulating brick is necessary between
refractory and steel, if the heat loss should be
kept at 788 W/m2, and 45 for steel.
A. 220 mm C. 260 mm
B. 240 mm D. 280 mm
A A. 501.375 kJ
A hollow sphere has an outside radius of 1 m
and is made of polystyrene foam with a
thickness of 1 cm. a heat source inside keeps
the inner surface 5.20C hotter than the
outside surface? The thermal conductivity of
polystyrene foam is 0.033 W/mC.
A. 200 W C. 300 W
B. 216 W D. 316 W
B
An insulated steam pipe located where the
ambient temperature is 32C, has an inside
diameter of 50 mm with 10 mm thick wall. The
outside diameter of the corrugated asbestos
insulation is 125 mm and the surface
coefficient of still air is, ho = 12 W/m2-K. Inside
the pipe is steam having a temperature of
150C with film coefficient hi = 6000 W/m2-K.
Thermal conductivity of pipe and asbestos
insulation are 45 and 0.12 W/m2-K respectively.
Determine the heat loss per unit length of
pipe.
A. 110 W C. 130 W
B. 120 W D. 140 W
B mol, T is in K.
How many watts will be radiated from s
spherical black body 15 cm diameter at a
temperature of 800C?
A. 5.34 kW C. 6.34 kW
B. 4.34 kW D. 3.34 kW
A bar (Vg = 0.2404 m3/kg, vf = 0.0011148 m3/kg)
A wall with an area of 10 m2 cm thickness of
white pine (k = 0.113 W/mC) followed by 10
cm of brick (k = 0.649C W/mC). The pine is on
the inside where the temperature is 10C.
Assuming equilibrium conditions exist, what is
the temperature at the interface between the
two metals?
A. 15.65C C. 18.21C
B. 17.64C D. 19.31C
D Wet saturated steam at 16 bar (h f = 859 kJ/kg ,
A counter flow heat exchanger is designed to
heat fuel oil from 45C to 100C while the
heating fluid enters at 150Cvand leaves at
115C. Calculate the arithmetic mean
temperature difference?
A. 40C C. 60C
B. 50C D. 70C
C A 650 BHP diesel engine uses fuel oil of 28API
A pipe with an outside diameter of 2.5 in. is
insulated with a 2 in layer of asbestos (k a =
0.396 Btu/in./hr-ft2-F). If the temperature of
cork 1.5 in. thick (kc = 0.30 Btu/in./hr-ft2-F). If
the temperature of the outer surface of the
cork is 90F, calculate the heat loss per 100 ft
of insulated pipe.
A. 847.64 Btu/hr C. 2847.42 Btu/hr
B. 3847.51 Btu/hr D. 1847.14 Btu/hr
C excess air by weight. Assuming complete
The journals of a shaft are 380 mm diameter, it
runs at 105 rpm and the coefficient of friction
between journals and bearings is 0.02. If the
average load on the bearing is 200 KN, find the
heat generated per minute at the bearing?
C. 401.375 kJ
B. 505.575 kJ D. 501.575 kJ
A
The flow energy of 124 liters per minute of a
fluid passing a boundary to a system is 108.5
kJ/min. determine the pressure at this point.
A. 875 kPa C. 975 kPa
B. 675 kPa D. 575 kPa
A
Work done by a substance in reversible non
flow manner in accordance with V = 100/P ft 3,
where P is in psia. Evaluate the work done on
or by the substance as the pressure increases
from 10 psia to 100 psia.
A. 33,157.22 ft-lb C. 43,157.22 ft-lb
B. -33,157.22 ft-lb D. -43,157.22 ft-lb
B
Calculate the change in enthalpy as 1 kg of
nitrogen is heated from 1000 K to 1500 K,
assuming the nitrogen is an ideal gas at a
constant pressure. The temperature dependent
specific heat of nitrogen is Cp = 39.06 512.79
T1.5 + 1072.7 T2 820.4T3 where Cp is in kJ/kg-
A. 600 kJ C. 800 kJ
B. 697.27 kJ D. 897.27 kJ
B
One kilogram of wet steam at a pressure of 8
and dryness 0.94 is expanded until the
pressure is 4 bar (vg = 0.4625 m3/kg, vf =
0.0010836 m3). If the expansion follows the law
PVn = C, where n =1.12, find the dryness
fraction of the steam at the lower pressure.
A. 0.9072 C. 0.2260
B. 0.4197 D. 0.2404
A
hg = 1935 kJ/kg) reducing valve and is throttled
to a pressure of 8 bar (h r = 721 kJ/kg, hfg =
2048 kJ/kg). Find the dryness fraction of the
reduces pressure steam.
A. 0.8833 C. 0.9933
B. 0.7733 D. 0.6633
C
gravity, fuel consumption is 0.65 lb/BHP-hr.
cost of fuel is P 7.95 per liter. For continuous
operation, determine the minimum volume of
cubical day tank in cm3, ambient temperature
is 45C.
A. 4,372,890 cm3 C. 5,291,880 cm3
B. 5,987,909 cm3 D. 7,352,789 cm3
A
A typical industrial fuel oil, C16H32 with 20%
oxidation of the fuel, calculate the actual air- B. 15.76 kgair/kgfuel D. 17.65
fuel ratio by weight. kgair/kgfuel
A. 17.56 kgair/kgfuel C. 16.75 A
kgair/kgfuel