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PIPE 2.1 covered with 7 cm steel plate ( k = 45 ) . The temperature at the inner
surface of the firebrick is l ,230 °C and at the outer face ofthe steel plate is
60°C. Atmosphere 27°C. What is the value of the combined coefficient for
1. A vertical furnace wall is made up of an inner wall of firebrick 20 cm thick convection and radiation from the outside wall?
followed by insulating brick 15 cm thick and an outer wall of steel 1 cm A. 39.13 W/m2-K C. 41.3 W/m2-K
thick. The surface temperature of the wall adjacent to the combustion B. 32.12 W/m-K D. 38.5 W /m2-K
chamber is 1200°C while that of the outer surface of steel is 50 °C. The
12. The hydraulic fonnula CA✓ 2gh is used to find the
thennal conductivities of the wall material in W/m-K are : firebrick, 10;
A. Quantity ofdischarge through an orifice
insulating brick, 0.26; and steel , 45. Neglecting the film resistances and
B. Velocity of flow in a closed conduit
contact resistance ofjoints, detennine the heat loss per sq.m. of wall area.
C. Length of pipe in a closed network
A. 1.93 kW/m2 C. 1.25 kW/m2
D. Friction factor of pipe
B. 3.23 kW/m 2
D. 2.05 kW/m2
13. One side ofrefrigerated cold chamber is 6 m long by 3.7 m high and consists
2. Fuel oil mechanical atomization depends on:
of 168 mm thickness of cork between outer and inner walls of wood. The
A. viscosity C. temperature
outer wood wall is 30 mm thick and its outside face temperature is 20°C, the
B. pressure D. volume
inner wood wall is 35 mm thick and its inside face temperature is -3°C.
Taking the coefficient of thennal conductivity of cork and wood as 0.042
3. A composite wall is made up of an external thickness of brickwork 110 mm and 0.20 W/m-K respectively, calculate the heat transfer per second per sq.
thick inside which is a layer of fiberglass 75 mm thick. The fiberglass is m ofsurface area.
faced internally by an insulating board 25 mm thick. The coefficient of A. 5.138 J C. 4.318 J
thermal conductivity for the three are as follows: B. 3.158 J D. 2.318 J
Brickwork 1.5 W/m-K
14. Which property of fluids is of fundamental importance in the study of
Fiberglass 0.04 W/m-K
hydraulics?
Insulating board 0.06 W/m-K
A. Unit weight C. Specific gravity
The surface transfer coefficients of the inside wall is 3.1 W/m 2-K while that
B. Mass density D. All of the above
of the outside wall is 2.5 W/m2-K. Take the internal ambient temperature as
10°C and the external temperature is 27°C. Determine the heat loss through 15. Hot gases at 280°C flow on one side ofa metal plate of10mm thickness and
such wall 6 m high and 10 m long. air at 35°C flows on the other side. The heat transfer coefficient of the gases
is 31.5 W/m2-K and that of the air is 32 W/m2-K. Calculate the over-all
A. 330.10 W C. 430.10 W transfer coefficient. k= 50 W/m-K
B. 303.10 W D. 520.10 W A. 15.82 W/m2-K C. 12.32 W/m2-K
B. 12.32 W/m2-K D. 14.82 W/m2-K
16. Evaluation ofequipment performance requires
4. The gas constant per molecule, called
A. constant supervision C. manufacturer's representative
A. Archimedes constant C. Avogadro's constant
B. daily log sheet D. all of these
B. Mollier's constant D. Boltzmann's constant

17. The surface temperature ofthe hot side of the furnace wall is 1200°C. It is
5. One insulated wall ofa cold-storage compartment is 8 m long by 2.5 m high
and consists of an outer steel plate 18 mm thick. An inner wood wall 22.5 desired to maintain the outside of the wall at 38 °C. A 152 mm of refractory
mm thick, the steel and wood are 90 mm apart to fonn a cavity which is silica is used adjacent to the combustion chamber and 10 mm of steel covers
filled with cork. If the temperature drop across the extreme faces of the the outside. What thickness of insulating bricks is necessary between
refractory and steel, if the heat loss should be kept at 788 W/m2 ? use k =
composite wall is 15 °C. Calculate the heat transfer per hour through the wall
13.84 W/m-K for refractory silica; 0.15 for insulating brick, and 45 for steel.
and the temperature drop across the thickness of the cork. Take the
A. 220 mm C. 250 mm
coefficients of thermal conductivity for steel, cork and wood as 45, 0.045,
and 0.18 W/m-K respectively. B. 200 mm D. 310 mm
A. 408.24 kJ, 12.12°C C. 608.24 kJ, l l .12°C 18. This kind of process, as the opening of water faucet and letting the water
B. 708.24 kJ, 13.12 C °
D. 508.24 kJ, 14.12° C flow, is called
A. Throttling process C. Orifice
6. Work per unit time is: B. Torrecelli's constant D. Pressure and velocity
A. specific heat C. specific mass
B. torque D. power 19. 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 .20°C hotter than the outside surface. How much power is produced by the
7. A cubical tank of2 m sides is constructed ofmetal plate 12 mm and contains
heat source? The thermal conductivity ofpolystyrene foam is 0.033 W/m °C.
water at 75°C. The surrounding air temperature is l 6 °C. Calculate the
A. 253 W C. 320 W
overall heat transfer coefficient from water to air. Take the coefficient of
B. 216 W D. 306 W
thermal conductivity of the metal as 48 W/m-K, the coefficient of thermal
conductivity of the metal as 48 W/m-K, the coefficient of heat transfer of 20. "At absolute zero, the entropy of a pure substance (in equilibrium at O deg
water is 2.5 kW/m2-K and the coefficient of heat transfer of the air is 16 R) in some "perfect crystalline fonn becomes zero"
W/m2-K. A. First Law of Thermodynamics
A. 15.84 W/m2°C C. 11.84 W/m2°C B. Third Law of Thermodynamics
B. 12.84 W/m2°C D. 10.84 W/m2°C C. Second Law of Thermodynamics
D. Fourth Law of Thermodynamics
8. The number of molecules in a mole of any substance is a constant called
A. Thompson's constant C. Otto cycle 21. An insulated steam pipe located where the ambient temperature is 32°C, has
B. Rankine cycle D. Avogadro's number an inside diameter of 50 mm with 10 mm thick wall. The outside diameter
9. A cold storage compartment is 4.5 m long by 4 m wide by 2.5 m high. The of the corrugated asbestos insulation is 125 mm and the surface coefficient
four walls, ceiling and floor are covered to a thickness of 150 mm with of still air, ho= 12 W/m2-K. Inside the pipe is steam having a temperature of
insulating material which has a coefficient of thennal conductivity of 5.8 x 150°C with film coefficient hi = 6000 W/m2-K. Thermal conductivity of
10-2 W/m-K. Calculate the quantity of heat leaking through the insulation pipe and asbestos insulation are 45 and 0.12 W/m-K respectively. Detern1ine
per hour when the outside and inside face temperatures of the material is the heat loss per unit length of pipe.
15°C and -5°C respectively. A. 154 W C. 140 W
A. 2185.44 kJ C. 2305.44 kJ B. 120 W D. 130 W
B. 3285.44 kJ D. 4567.44 kJ 22. Atmospheric pressure at sea level is:
A. 76 mm Hg C. 14.7 psi
B. 29 ft water D. 101.325 kg/sq.cm.
10. Amount ofheat required to change the temperature of 1 g of water 1 deg C
A. British thermal unit C. Calorie
B. Joules D. Heat

23. A pipe 200 mm outside diameter and 20 m length is covered with a layer, 70
11. A furnace wall consist of 35 cm firebrick ( k = 1.557 W/m-K) , 12 cm
mm thick of insulation having a thermal conductivity of0.05 W/m-K and a
insulating refractory ( k = 0.346 ) and 20 cm common brick ( k = 0.692 )
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thennal conductance of 10 W/m2-K at the outer surface If the temperature together the resultant temperature is 28°C. Find the resultant temperature if
of the pipe is 350 °C and the ambient temperature 15 °C, calculate the x and z were mixed.
external surface temperature of the lagging. A. 27.27 °C C. 22.85°C
A. 32.6°C C. 45.6°C B. 25.92 °C D. 23.86° C
B. 27.6°C D. 52.6 °C
37. This heated air, being lighter, rises and circulates through the house or is
24. Soot on tubes will result in: forced through by a fan is called
A. loss of efficiency C. loss of water A. vacuum C. steam
B. loss of steam D. loss of fire B. vapor D. forced convection

25. A copper rod whose diameter is 2 cm and length 50 cm has one end in boiling 38. The journals of a shaft are 380 mm diameter, it runs at 105 rpm and the
water, the other end in a jacket cooled by flowing water which enters at coefficient of friction between journals and bearings is 0.02. If the average
10°C. The thennal conductivity of the copper is 0.102 kCal/m-s- °C. If 0.20 load on the bearings is 200 kN, find the heat generated per minute at the
kg of water flows through the jacket in 6 min, by how much does the bearings.
temperature of the water increase? A. 501.375 kJ C. 407.705 kJ
A. 10.38°C C. 15.38°C B. 502.575 kJ D. 532.325 kJ
°
B. 9.58 C D. 12.38°C 39. Is one with rigid boundaries exchanging neither energy nor mass with its
surroundings
A. Entropy C. isolated system
26. How many watts will be radiated from a spherical black body 15 cm in B. ideal gases D. heat
diameter at a temperature of 800 °C ?
A. 5.34 kW C. 6.15 kW
B. 4.24 kW D. 3.24 kW 40. A reverse Carnot cycle requires 3 Hp and extracts energy from a lake to heat
a house. If the house is kept at 70°F and requires 2000 Btu per minute, what
27. Air constant by weight: is the temperature of the lake ?
A. 23% oxygen C. 22% oxygen A. 41°F C. 37 °F
B. 21% oxygen D. 20% oxygen B. 36 F °
D. 42 °F
41. Is a chart on which enthalpy is the ordinate and entropy the abscissa
28. A surface condenser serving a 50,000 kW steam turbo-generator unit
A. Ericson cycle C. Charle's Law
receives exhaust steam at the rate of 196,000 kg/hr. Vacuum in condenser is
B. Mollier Chart D. Bernoulli's Law
702 mm Hg. Sea water for cooling enters at 29.5°C and leaves at 37.5 °C.
For stean1 turbine condenser, manufacturers consider 950 Btu/lb of steam
turbine condensed as heat given up to cooling water. Calculate the 42. An oxygen cylinder of volume 2.3 ft3 has a pressure of 2200 psig and is at
logarithmic mean temperature difference. Tsat@ 7.733kPa = 40.82 °C. 70 °F. Determine the mass of oxygen in the cylinder.
A. 6.27°C C. 6.57°C A. 28.66 lbs C. 32.78 lbs
B. 8.57 C °
D. 4.57°C B. 35.24 lbs D. 24.50 lbs

29. A boiler in which the products of combustion pass through the tube which
is surrounded by water. 43. An unbalanced one in search of an equilibrium state or a steady state
A. water-tube boiler C. fire-tube boiler A. ram effects C. equilibrium flow
B. vertical-tube boiler D. horizontal-tube boiler B. radiosity D. transient process

30. A wall with an area of 10 m2 is made of a 2 cm thickness of white pine (k= 44. A group of 50 persons attend a secret meeting in room which is 12 m wide
0.113 W/m0C) followed by 10 cm of brick (k = 0.649 W/m °C). The pine is by 10 m long and a ceiling height of 3 m. The room is completely sealed off
on the inside where the temperature is 30 °C while the outside temperature and insulated. Each person gives off 150 kCal per hour of heat and occupies
a volume of 0.20 m3. The room has an initial pressure of 101.3 kPa and
is 10°C. Assuming equilibrium conditions exist, what is the temperature at
the interface between the two metals? temperature of 16°C. Calculate the room temperature after 10 minutes. Use
A. 12.45 °C C. 17.21°C R = 0.287 kJ/kg-K and Cv = 0.171 kCal/kg-K.
A. 33.1 °C C. 32.6°C
B. 10.42 C°
D. 19.31°C
B. 35.2 C
°
D. 29.4 °C
31. An instrument used to determine the specific gravity of a solution
A. Tachometer C. Hygrometer 45. The term velocity head is called:
B. Sling psychrometer D. Hydrometer A. friction head C. fluid friction
B. head loss D. pressure head

32. A counterflow heat exchanger is designed to heat fuel oil from 45 °C to

46. The flow energy of 124 liters per minute of a fluid passing a boundary to
100°C while the heating fluid enters at l 50 °C and leaves at l l 5 °C. Calculate
system is 108.5 kJ/min. Determine the pressure at this point.
the arithmetic mean temperature difference.
A. 875 kPa C. 775 kPa
A. 30°C C. 60°C B. 545 kPa D. 675 kPa
B. 40 C °
D. 50°C
47. Heat transfer by contact is called:
A. Convection C. radiation
33. Work done in pushing a fluid across a boundary, usually into or out of a B. conduction D. none of the above
system
A. torque C. kinetic energy 48. Work done by a substance in reversible nonflow manner in accordance with
B. partial pressure D. flow energy V = 100/P ft3, where P is in psia. Evaluate the work done on or by the
substance as the pressure increases from 10 psia to 100 psia.
34. A pipe with an outside diameter of 2.5 in. is insulated with a 2 in. layer of A. 33 432.22 ft-lb C. 42, 654.22 ft-lb
asbestos ( ka = 0.396 Btu-in./hr-ft2- °F), followed by a layer of cork 1.5 in. B. -33 157.22 ft-lb D. - 42, 654.22 ft-lb
thick (kc= 0.30 Btu-in./hr-ft2- °F). If the temperature of the outer surface of
the cork is 90 °F, calculate the heat lost per 100 ft of insulated pipe. Ti =
290°F 49. Form of energy, associated with the kinetic energy of the random motion of
large numbers of molecules
A. 832.64 Btu/hr C. 2847.42 Btu/hr
A. Heat of fusion C. Internal energy
B. 3652.51 Btu/hr D. 2242.12 Btu/hr
B. Kinetic energy D. Heat

50. The following expressions relate to a particular gaseous mass: PV = 95T, h

35. If heat energy a gas at the bottom, the hotter gas expands, gets lighter per = 120 + 0.60T where these units obtain in psf, V in ft 3/lb, T in ° R and h in
unit volume and begins to be replaced by gravitational movements called:
A. free electrons C. free convection Btu/lb. If the specific heats are temperature dependent only, find Cp and Cv.
B. isobaric process D. isothermal process A. 0.6 Btu/lb0R, 0.48 Btu/lb0R C. 0.54 Btu/lb0R, 0.5 Btu/lb 0R
B. 0.5 Btu/lb0R, 0.32 Btu/lb 0R D. 0.70 Btu/lb0R, 0.40 Btu/lb 0R

36. With three different quantities x, y, and z of the same kind of liquid of
temperatures 9, 21 and 38°C respectively, it is found that when x and y are
mixed together the resultant temperature is l 7 °C and when y and z are mixed
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PIPE 2.2 65. The ratio ofthe sum of individual maximum demands of the system to the
total demand ofthe whole system:
A. demand factor C. Utilization
51. The part ofthe boiler designed for burning the fuel. B. Power factor D. diversity factor
A. chimney C. gauge cock
B. tube D. furnace 66. The ratio ofthe average load over the designated period oftime to peal load
in that period oftime:
52. Calculate the change in enthalpy as 1 kg ofnitrogen is heated from 1000 K A. Diversity factor C. Capacity factor
to 1500 K, assuming the nitrogen is an ideal gas at a constant pressure. The B. Plant use factor D. None ofthe above
temperature dependent specific heat ofnitrogen is Cp = 39.06 - 512. 79 T-1. 5
+ 1072.7 T·2 - 820.4T"3 where Cp is in kJ/kg-mol, and T is in K. 67. Fuel oil in a day tank for use ofan industrial boiler is tested with hydrometer.
A. 620 kJ C. 540 kJ
The hydrometer reading indicates a S.G. = 0.924 when the temperature of
B. 697.27 kJ D. 865.54 kJ
the oil in the tank is 35°C. Calculate the higher heating value ofthe fuel.
53. One kilogram ofwet steam at a pressure of 8 bar ( Vg = 0.2404 m3/kg, vr = A. 43,852.13 kJ/kg C. 54,326.13 kJ/kg
0.0011148 m 3/kg ) and dryness 0.94 is expanded until the pressure is 4 bar ( B. 52,542.13 kJ/kg D. 42,752.13 kJ/kg
vg = 0.4625 m 3/kg, vr = 0.0010836 m 3/kg ). Ifexpansion follows the law PV11
= C, where n = 1.12, find the dryness fraction of the steam at the lower 68. Is an open system in which there is no change ofstored mass
pressure. A. cooling system C. dew point
A. 0.9072 C. 0.2457 B. steady flow system D. elastic system
B. 0.4525 D. 0.2504
54. The first act when taking over boiler watch is to: 69. A diesel electric plant supplies energy for Meralco. During a 24 hr period,
A. check the steam C. check the water in the boiler the plant consumed 200 gallons offuel at 28 °C and produced 3930 kW-hr.
B. clean strainers D. check the boiler feed pump Industrial fuel used is 28°API and was purchased at P 5.50 per liter at 15.6 °C
55. 2.5 liters ofsuperheated steam at 25 bar and 400 °C ( v = 0.1252 m3/kg) is . What should the cost offuel be produce one kw-hr?
expanded in an engine to a pressure of 0.1 bar (vg = 14.674 m3 /kg , vr = A. P 1.05 C. P 1.072
0.0010102 m 3/kg) when its dryness fraction is 0.9. Find the final volume of B. P 1.00 D. P 1.10
the steam. 70. Is the attraction between like molecules.
A. 363.74 liters C. 163.74 liters A. Absorption C. diffusion
B. 263.74 liters D. 563.74 liters B. adhesion D. cohesion
56. The weight of a body means the
A. mass ofa body C. force ofgravity ofa body 71. A certain coal has the following ultimate analysis :
B. volume ofa body D. molecular weight C = 70.5 % H = 4.5 % 02 = 6 % N2 = 1.0 %
S 3.0%
= Ash 11 %
= Moisture 4%=

57. A 1.5 kg of wet steam at a pressure of 5 bar (hr = 640 kJ/kg, hrg = 2109 A stoker fired boiler of 175,000 kg/hr steaming capacity uses this coal as
kJ/kg) dryness 0.95 is blown into 70 liters ofwater of12 °C (h = 50.4 kJ/kg).
fuel. Calculate the volume ofair in m3/hr with air at 60 °F (15.6°F) and 14.7
Find the final enthalpy ofthe mixture.
A. 72.60 kJ/kg C. 97.60 kJ/kg psia (101.325 kPa) the coal is burned with 30% excess air. Boiler efficiency
B. 87.70 kJ/kg D. 104.80 kJ/kg of70% and factor ofevaporation of1.10.

A. 212,861.04 m3/hr C. 216,271.04 m 3/kg

58. The amount ofheat passing through a body of1 sq.m cross section and 1 m B. 201,541.04 m3/hr D. 241,254.04 m 3/kg
thick in 1 hours at a temperature difference of 1 deg C.
A. quantity ofheat C. Latent heat ofsolid
B. Specific heat D. Thennal conductivity 72. The sum ofthe pressure head, elevation head, and the velocity head remains
constant. This is known as:
A. Torrecelli's theorem C. Bernoulli's theorem
59. Wet saturated steam at 16 bar (hr = 859 kJ/kg , hrg = 1935 kJ/kg, x = 0.98) B. Archimedes Principle D. Boyle's Law
reducing valve and is throttled to a pressure of8 bar ( hr = 721 kJ/kg, hrg =
2048 kJ/kg ). Find the dryness fraction ofthe reduced pressure steam.
A. 0.7754 C. 0.9933 73. A diesel power plant consumed 1 m3 offuel with 30 °API at 27°C in 24 hrs.
B. 0.6676 D. 0.8865 Calculate the fuel rate in kg/hr.
A. 36.21 C. 27.34
B. 28.25 D. 32.42
60. Calculate the higher heating value of liquid dodecane fuel. The chemical 74. When system is in thern1odynamic equilibrium with the natural environment
formula ofDodecane is C12H26. it is in:
A. 48,255 kJ/kg C. 62,541 kJ/kg A. dead state C. equilibrium
B. 52,545 kJ/kg D. 78,575 kJ/kg B. sink D. neutral

61. Is a substance that exists, or is regarded as existing, as a continuum 75. A diesel power plant uses fuel with heating value of43,000 kJ/kg. What 1s
characterized by low resistance to flow and the tendency to assume the shape the density ofthe fuel at 25°C?
of its container. A. 820 kg/m3 C. 970 kg/m3
A. fluid C. ice B. 854 kg/m3 D. 940 kg/m3
B. gas D. volume
62. A 650 BHP diesel engine uses fuel oil of28 °API gravity, fuel consumption
is 0.65 lb/BH P-hr. Cost offuel is P 7.95 per liter. For continuous operation, 76. A body wholly or partly immersed on a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal
determine the minimum volume of cubical day tank m cm3, ambient to the weight ofthe fluid it displaces. This is known as:
temperature is 45°C. A. Bernoulli's Theorem C. Pascal's Theorem
A. 7,432,890 cm3 C. 5,291,880 cm3 B. Torrecelli's Theorem D. None ofthe above
B. 5,987,950 cm 3
D. 4,542,980 cm3
63. The negative sign is for a gage reading called: 77. A fuel oil has the following contents: 85.5 % carbon, 11.9% hydrogen, 1.6%
A. transmission ofpressure C. pressure head oxygen, and 1 % impurities. Calculate the percentage CO2 in the flue gas for
B. vapor pressure D. vacuum pressure complete combustion.
A. 20.94 % C. 35.94 %
B. 29.54 % D. 16.75 %
64. A typical industrial fuel oil, C16H32 with 20% excess air by weight.
Assuming complete oxidation ofthe fuel, calculate the actual air-fuel ratio
by weight. 78. The ratio ofkWh generated to the product ofthe capacity ofthe plant in KW
A. 12.52 kgair/kgfuel C. 12.45 kgair/kg fuel to the total number ofhours the plant has been in actual use.
B. 10.54 kgair/kgfuel D. 17.65 kgair/kgfuel A. Diversity factor C. Load factor
B. Utilization factor D. Demand factor
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79. Is the attraction between unlike molecules 92. States that a heat engine cannot transfer heat from a body to another at a
A. diffusion C. extraction higher temperature unless external energy is supplied to the engine.
B. cohesion D. adhesion A. First Law ofThermodymanics
B. Second Law of Thermodynamics
C. Planck's Law
80. A water tube boiler has a capacity of 1000 kg/hr of steam. The factor of
D. Third Law of Thermodynamics
evaporation is 1.3, boiler rating is 200%, boiler efficiency is 65%, heating
surface area is 0.91 m2 per bo. Hp , and the heating value of fuel is 18,400
kCal /kg. The total coal available in the bunker is 50,000 kg. Determine the 93. Steam is admitted to the cylinder of an engine in such a manner the average
no. of hrs to consume the available fuel. pressure is 120 psi. The diameter of the piston is 10 in. and the length of
A. 853.36 hrs C. 954.46 hrs stroke is 12 in. What is the Hp of the engine when it is making 300 rpm?
B. 726.57 hrs D. 120.75 hrs A. 171.5 Hp C. 145.2 Hp
B. 174.7 Hp D. 165.4 Hp
81. The negative changes cease, the bodies are said to be in:
A. thermal equilibrium C. change in volume 94. Steam enters a turbine stage with an enthalpy of 3628 kJ/kg at 70 m/s and
B. slug D. change in pressure leaves the same stage with an enthalpy of 2846 kJ/kg and a velocity of 124
m/s. Calculate the power if there are 5 kg/s steam admitted at the turbine
throttle?
82. Two boilers are operating steadily on 91,000 kg of coal contained in a
A. 4597.45 kW C. 3883.81 kW
bunker. One boiler is producing 1591 kg of steam per hour at 1.2 factor of
B. 3276.55 kW D. 2785.42 kW
evaporation and an efficiency of 65% and another boiler produced 1364 kg
of steam per hour at 1.15 factor of evaporation and an efficiency of 60%.
How many hrs will the coal in the bunker run the boilers if the heating value
95. The type of heat that changes the physical state of a substance
of coal is 7,590 kCal/kg?
A. specific heat C. sensible heat
A. 230.80 hrs C. 320.47 hrs
B. latent heat D. over heat
B. 250.54 hrs D. 210.80 hrs
83. Summation of all heads in ones section is equal to the summation of all heads
96. Water containing a high proportion of chemicals is:
in another section.
A. Potable C. Soft
A. Archimde's Principle C. Torrecelli's Principle
B. Treated D. Hard
B. Bernoulli's Principle D. Boyle's Law

84. Absolute viscosity of a fluid varies with pressure and temperature and is 97. Steam with an enthalpy of 800 kCal/kg enters a nozzle at a velocity of 80
defined as a function of: m/s. Find the velocity of the steam at the exit of the nozzle if its enthalpy is
A. Density and angular deformation rate reduced to 750 kCal/kg, assuming the nozzle is horizontal and disregarding
B. Density, shear stress and angular deformation rate heat losses. Take g = 9.81 m/s 2 and J constant = 427 kg m/kCal.
C. Density and shear stress A. 752.37 mis C. 651.92 mis
D. Shear stress and angular defonnation rate B. 564.45 mis D. 765.54 m/s
98. A thermocouple is another name of:
85. The heating value of fuel supplied in a boiler is 40,000 kJ/kg. If the factor A. two conductors C. two thermometers
of evaporation is 1.10 and the actual specific evaporation is 10, what is the B. two insulators D. two thermostats
efficiency of the boiler?
A. 62.07 % C. 77.07 %
99. Steam is expanded through a nozzle and the enthalpy drop per kg of steam
B. 52.09 % D. 64.72 %
from the initial pressure to the final pressure is 60 kl 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.
86. When a certain mass of fluid in a particular state passes through a series of
A. 186.4 m/s , 879 m2 C. 240.6 m/s, 764 m2
processes and returns to its initial state, it undergoes a
B. 226.7 m/s , 278 m 2
D. 346.4 m/s , 866 m 2
A. Cycle C. irreversible process
B. reversible non-flow process D. equilibrium 100. The escape of burned gases from the combustion chamber through the piston
rings and into the crankcase:
A. blowby C. scavenging
87. A boiler contains 3.5 tons of water initially having 40 ppm dissolved solids
B. priming D. foaming
and after 24 hrs the dissolved solids in the water is 2500 ppm. If the feed
rate is 875 kg/hr, find the ppm of dissolved solids contained in the feed
water.
A. 410 ppm C. 370 ppm
B. 380 ppm D. 490 ppm
88. A type of water turbine where a jet of water is made to fall on the blades or
buckets and due to the impulse of the water, the turbine starts moving
A. Pelton wheel C. Francis turbine
B. Reaction turbine D. Kaplan turbine

89. A travelling-grate stoker can bum bituminous coal with 10% moisture and
10 % ash at a rate of 500,000 BTU/hr-ft2 . A boiler with a steam rating of
200,000 lb/hr will be fired with the above fuel having a high heat value of
12,200 BTU/lb. If the boiler efficiency is 80% , and if it takes 1000 BTU
to evaporate and superheat one pound of feedwater to the desired
temperature, find the hourly coal supply and grate area needed.
A. 20,500 lb, 500 ft2 C. 23,200 lb, 450 ft2
B. 25,200 lb, 600 ft2 D. 20,800 lb, 270 ft2
90. The process of one substance mixing with another because of molecular
motion
A. saturation C. adhesion
B. absorption D. diffusion

91. What is the rate of evaporation of a water tube boiler if the factor of
evaporation is 1.10, percent rating of 200% and the heating surface area is
250 m2?
A. 7,817.16 kg/hr C. 6,876.05 kg/hr
B. 7,650.67 kg/hr D. 5,898.54 kg/hr