LOOKSLAM Part 1

POWER AN
INDUSTRIAL PLANT
ENGINEERING
1. An ideal gas at 0.80 atmospheres and 87°C
occupies 0.450 liter. How many moles are in the
sample? (R = 0.0821 liter-atm/mole-K).

a. 0.00002 mole c. 0.0122 mole

b. 0.0378 mole d. 0.0091 mole
2. Ammonia weighing 22 kgs is confirmed
inside a cylinder equipped with a piston has
a initial pressure of 413 Kpa at 38°C.If 3200
KJ of heat is added to the ammonia until its
pressure and temperature are 413 Kpa and
100°C respectively. What is the amount of
work done by the fluid in KJ?

a. 667 c. 420
b. 304 d. 502
3. A tank contains 90 ft³ of air at a
pressure of 350 psig; if air is cooled
until pressure and temperature decrease to
200 psig and 70°F respectively, what is the
decrease in internal energy?

a. 6232.09 Btu c. 5552

b. -5552 d. -6232.09 Btu
4. A large mining company was provoded
with 3 m³ of compressed air tank. Air
pressure drops from 700 Kpa to 150 Kpa
while the temperature remains constant
at 28°C. What percentage has the mass
of air in the tank been reduced?

a. 74.00 c. 76.56

b. 72.45 d. 78.57
5. A 4 m³/hr pump delivers water to a
pressure tank. At the start, the gage
pressure 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. Determined
the volume of water can be taken out until
gage reads 138 Kpa.

a. 31.20 liters c. 16.87 liters

b. 34.59 liters d. 29.50 liters
6. A refrigeration plant is rated at 15 tons
capacity. How many pounds of air per hour will
it cool 70 to 90°F at constant pressure.

a. 50,000 lb/hr c. 52,000 lb/hr

b. 37,500 lb/hr d. 45,000 lb/hr
7. An air standard engine has a compression
ratio of 18 and a cut-off ratio of 4. If the
intake air pressure and temperature are 100
Kpa and 27ºC, find the work in KJ per kg.

a. 2976 c. 1582
b. 2166 d. 2751
8. Determine the air-standard efficiency of an
engine on the diesel cycle with clearance suction
pressure is 99.97 Kpa and the fuel is injected
for 7% of the stroke. Assume K = 1.4.

a. 62.11% c. 73.58%
b. 51.20% d. 60.02%
9. Steam at 2 Mpa and 250°C in a rigid
cylinder is cooled until the quality is 30%.
Find the heat rejected from the cylinder.

At Mpa and 250°C:

v = 0.11144 m³/kg
u = 2679.6 KJ/kg
At 2 Mpa, (saturated):
vf = 0.0011767 m³/kg
vg = 0.09963 m³/kg
uf = 906.44
ufg = 1693.8

a.-432.23 KJ/kg c. -1265.02 KJ/kg

b. -926.26 KJ/kg d. 1082.34 KJ/kg
10. Atmospheric pressure boils at 212°F. At
the vacuum pressure at 24 in HG, the
temperature is 142°F. Find the boiling
temperature when the pressure is increased by
40 psia from atmospheric.

a. 449.42°F c. 479.13°F
b. 526.34°F d. 263.45°F
11. A throttling calorimeter is connected to
the desuperheated steam line supplying 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 steam line.

At 110 Kpa and 150ºC: h2 = 2775.g KJ/kg

At 2.5 Mpa: hf = 962.11 KJ/kg
hfg = 1841 KJ/kg
sf = 2.5547
sfg = 3.708

a. 6.8 KJ/kg-ºK c. 6.6 KJ/kg-ºK

b. 6.2 KJ/kg-ºK d. 7.5 KJ/kg-ºK
12. A diesel engine consumed 945 liters of fuel
per day at 35°C. If the fuel was purchased at
15.5°C and 30°API at P29.00/liter, determine the
cost of fuel to operate the engine per day.

a. P 5,677.50 c. P 48,088.90
b. P 4,677.50 d. P 27,127,76
13. A cylindrical tank 4m long and 3m diameter is
used for oil storage. How many days can the tank
supply the engine having 27°API with consumption
of 60 kg/hr?

a. 17.53 c. 12.84
b. 5.84 d. 19.84
14. A tank contains exactly one kilogram of
water consisting of liquid and vapor in
equilibrium at 1 Mpa. If the liquid contains
one-third and the remaining is vapor of the
tank, what is the enthalpy of the contents of
the tank?

At 1 Mpa: vf = 0.0011273 vfg = 0.19444

hf = 762.81 hfg = 2015.3

a. 644.40 KJ/kg c. 785.92 KJ/kg

b. 774.40 KJ/kg d. 435.29 KJ/kg
15. Steam leaves an industrial boiler at
827.4 Kpa and 171.6ºC. 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 115.6º?

At 827.4 Kpa (171.6ºC): hf = 727.25 KJ/kg

hfg = 2043.2 KJ/kg
From table 3: At 101.4 Kpa and 115.6ºC:
h2 = 2707.6 KJ/kg

a. 3.86% c. 4.56%
b. 3.08% d. 2.34%
16. Water substance at 70 bar and 65ºC enters a
boiler tube at constant instant diameter 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/sec)

From steam table:

At 70 bar(7 Mpa) and 65ºC: v1 = 0.001017 m³/kg
At 50 bar(5 Mpa) and 700ºK(427ºC):
v2 = 0.06081 m³/kg

a. 1.56 c. 1.672
b. 2.51 d. 3.230
17. Water substance at 70 bar and 65ºC enters a
boiler tube at constant instant diameter of 35 mm.
The water leaves the boiler tube at 50 bar and
700ºK at velocity of 100 m/s. Calculate the inlet
velocity(li/sec)

From steam table:

At 70 bar(7 Mpa) and 65ºC: v1 = 0.001017 m³/kg
At 50 bar(5 Mpa) and 700ºK(427ºC):
v2 = 0.06081 m³/kg

a. 0.821 c. 0.344
b. 1.261 d. 1.609
18. 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 80°F and produced
2900 KW-hrs. Industrial fuel used is 30ºAPI and
was purchased at P 30.00/li at 60ºF. Determine the
over-all thermal efficiency of the plant.

a. 26.08% c. 28.00%
b. 34.23% d. 18.46%
19. The dry exhaust gas oil engine has a following
gravimetric analysis:
 
CO2 = 21.6% 02 = 4.2% N2 = 74.2%
 
Specific heats at constant pressure for each
component of the exhaust gas in Kcal/kg °C are:
 
CO2 = 0.203 02 = 0.219 N2 = 0.248
 
Calculate the specific gravity if the molecular
weight of air is 28.97 kg/kg-mol

a. 0.981 c. 1.055
b. 1.244 d. 0.542
20. A butimous coal has a following composition:
 
C = 71.5% N = 1.3% W = 3.4%
H = 5.0% S = 3%
O = 7.0% Ash = 7.6%
 
Determine the theoretical weight of Nitrogen in
lb/lb of coal:

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

a. 2.130 c. 1.233
b. 3.230 d. 1.130
22. A volumetric analysis of a gas mixture is as
follows:
 
CO2 = 12% N2 = 80%
O2 = 4% CO = 4%
 
What is the percentage of CO2 on a mass basis?

a. 17.55% c. 12.73%
b. 15.55% d. 19.73%
23. The following coal has the following ultimate
analysis by weight:
 
C = 70.5% N2 = 1.0% Moisture = 4%
H2 = 4.5% S = 3.0%
O2 = 6.0% Ash = 1.1%
 
A stocker fired boiler of 195,000 kg/hr steaming
capacity uses this coal as fuel. Calculate volume
of air in m³/hr with air at 60°F and 14.7 psia
pressure if boiler efficiency is 70% and FE =
1.10.

a. 234,019 m³/hr c. 213,830 m³/hr

b. 215,830 m³/hr d. 264,830 m³/hr
24. A 23.5 kg steam per second at 5 Mpa and 400° C
is produced by a steam generator. The feedwater
enters the economizer at 145ºC and leaves at
205ºC.The steam leaves the boiler drum with a
quality of 93%. The unit consumes 3 kg of coal per
second as received having a heating value of
25,102 KJ/kg. What would be the over-all
efficiency of the unit in percent?
 
Steam properties:
 
At 5 Mpa and 400ºC: h = 3195 KJ/kg
At 5 Mpa: hf = 1154.23
hfg = 1640.1
At 205ºC: hf = 875.04
At 145ºC: hf = 610.63

a. 65.72 c. 88.28
b. 80.67 d. 78.82
25. A Rankine cycle steam enters the turbine at
2.5 Mpa (enthalpies & 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 hf = 340.49

sfg = 6.5029 hfg = 2305.4
vf = 0.0010300

a. 25.55% c. 34.23%
b. 45.23% d. 12.34%
26. A superheat steam Rankine cycle has turbine
inlet conditions of 17.5 Mpa and 530ºC expands in
a turbine to 0.007 Mpa. The turbine and pump
polytropic efficiency are 0.85 and 0.75
respectively, pressure losses between pump and
turbine inlet are 1.5 Mpa. What should be the pump
work in KJ/kg?

a. 17.34 c. 25.32
b. 27.32 d. 47.33
27. In an open feedwater heater for a steam plant,
saturated steam at 7 bar is mixed with subcooled
liquid at 7 bar and 25ºC. 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 flow
rate of subcooled liquid if steam flow rate is
0.865 kg/s.

Steam Properties are:

At 7 bar, saturated vapor: hg = 2763.5 KJ/kg
At 7 bar and 25ºC: hf = 105.5 KJ/kg
At 7 bar, saturated liquid: hf = 697.22 KJ/kg

a. 2.725 kg/s c. 2.869 kg/s

b. 3.353 kg/s d. 3.948 kg/s
28. 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 degrees C to
24ºC. Calculate the water flow rate in kg/s.

a. 583 c. 523
b. 567 d. 528
29. Steam expands adiabatically in a turbine from
2000 Kpa, 400ºC to 400 Kpa, 250ºC. What is the
effectiveness of the process in percent assuming
an atmospheric pressure of 18ºC. Neglect changes
in kinetic and potential energy.
 
Steam properties are:
 
At 2000 Kpa and 400ºC: h = 3247.6 KJ/kg
s = 7.1271 KJ/kg-K
At 400 Kpa and 250ºC: h = 2964.2 KJ/kg
s = 7.3789 KJ/kg-K

a. 82 c. 79.60
b. 84 d. 79.46
30. 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 80°F and produced
2900 KW-hrs. Industrial fuel used is 30ºAPI and
was purchased at P 30.00/li at 60ºF. Determine the
over-all thermal efficiency of the plant.

a. 26.08% c. 28.00%
b. 34.23% d. 18.46%
31. A diesel engine consumed 945 liters of fuel
per day at 35°C. If the fuel was purchased at
15.5°C and 30°API at P29.00/liter, determine the
cost of fuel to operate the engine per day.

a. P 5,677.50 c. P 48,088.90
b. P 4,677.50 d. P 27,127,76
32. An ideal gas at 0.80 atmospheres and 87°C
occupies 0.450 liter. How many moles are in the
sample? (R = 0.0821 liter-atm/mole-K).

a. 0.00002 mole c. 0.0122 mole

b. 0.0378 mole d. 0.0091 mole
33. A throttling calorimeter is connected to
the desuperheated steam line supplying 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 steam line.

At 110 Kpa and 150ºC: h2 = 2775.g KJ/kg

At 2.5 Mpa: hf = 962.11 KJ/kg
hfg = 1841 KJ/kg
sf = 2.5547
sfg = 3.708

a. 6.8 KJ/kg-ºK c. 6.6 KJ/kg-ºK

b. 6.2 KJ/kg-ºK d. 7.5 KJ/kg-ºK
34. A 4 m³/hr pump delivers water to a
pressure tank. At the start, the gage
pressure 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. Determined
the volume of water can be taken out until
gage reads 138 Kpa.

a. 31.20 liters c. 16.87 liters

b. 34.59 liters d. 29.50 liters
35. A tank contains exactly one kilogram of
water consisting of liquid and vapor in
equilibrium at 1 Mpa. If the liquid contains
one-third and the remaining is vapor of the
tank, what is the enthalpy of the contents of
the tank?

At 1 Mpa: vf = 0.0011273 vfg = 0.19444

hf = 762.81 hfg = 2015.3

a. 644.40 KJ/kg c. 785.92 KJ/kg

b. 774.40 KJ/kg d. 435.29 KJ/kg
36. Find the work posses for a Helium at 20°C.

a. 609 KJ/kg c. 228 KJ/kg

b. 168 KJ/kg d. 339 KJ/kg
37. Gas is confined in a 1 m³ tank at 200 kpa and
88°C.

a. Helium c. Methane

b. Ethane d. Ethene
38. Find the enthalpy of Helium if its internal
energy is 200 KJ/kg.

a. 144 KJ/kg c. 333.42 KJ/kg

b. 223.42 KJ/kg d. 168 KJ/kg

39. Compute the mass of a 2m³ propane at 280 kpa
and 40°C.

a. 6.47 kg c. 10.20 kg

b. 5.1 kg d. 9.47 kg
40. Compute the air flow in ft³/min of mechanical
ventilation required to exhaust an accumulation of
refrigerant due leaks of the system capable of
revolving air from the machinery room for a mass 4
lbs refrigerant.

a. 200 c. 220

b. 210 d. 230
41. Compute the free-aperture cross section in m²
for the ventilation of machinery room if the mass
of refrigerant is 9 kg.

a. 0.314 c. 0.514

b. 0.414 d. 0.614
42. Find the enthalpy of Helium if its internal
energy is 200 KJ/kg.

a. 144 KJ/kg c. 333.42 KJ/kg

b. 223.42 KJ/kg d. 168 KJ/kg

43. A 29.53” x 39.37” 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 c. 110.71 kg/hr

b. 108.71 kg/hr d. 112.71 kg/hr

44. Compute the maximum length of the discharge
pipe installed on the outlet of a pressure-relief
device in feet for internal pipe diameter of 0.5
inch and rated discharge capacity is 8 lb/min of
air. The rated pressure relief valve is 16 psig.

a. 0.286 ft c. 0.486 ft

b. 0.386 ft d. 0.586 ft
45. Find the loss of head in the pipe entrance if
speed of flow is 10 m/s.

a. 5.10 m c. 17.4 m

b. 10.2 m d. 2.55 m
46. Thermal power plant has a heat rate of
11,363 Btu/kw-hr. Find the thermal efficiency
of the plant.

a. 28% c. 34%

b. 30% d. 40%
47. What is the hydraulic gradient of a 1 mile, 17
inches inside diameter pipe when 3300 gal/min of
water flow with f = 0.03.

a. 0.00714 c. 0.00234

b. 0.00614 d. 0.00187
48. Wet material, containing 220% moisture (dry
basis) is to be dried at the rate of 1.5 kg/s in a
continuous dryer to give a product containing 10%
(dry basis). Find the moisture removed, kg/hr.

a. 3543.75 kg/hr c. 3563.75 kg/hr

b. 3513.75 kg/hr d. 3593.75 kg/hr

49. Copra enters a dryer containing 70% moisture
and leaves 7% moisture. Find the moisture removed
on each pound of solid in final product.

a. 6.258 lb c. 4.258 lb

b. 1.258 lb d. 2.258 lb
50. Compute the air flow in ft³/min of mechanical
ventilation required to exhaust an accumulation of
refrigerant due leaks of the system capable of
revolving air from the machinery room for a mass 4
lbs refrigerant.

a. 200 c. 220

b. 210 d. 230
51. 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 in dynes.

a. 106.33 x 10^3 dynes c. 106.33 x 10^5 dynes

b. 106.33 x 10^4 dynes d. 106.33 x 10^6 dynes

52. Find the pressure at the 100 fathom depth of
water in kpag.

a. 1,793.96 kpag c. 1,993.96 kpag

b. 1,893.96 kpag d. 1,693.96 kpag

53. Find the depth in furlong of the ocean (SG =
1.03) if the pressure at the sea bed is 2032.56
kpag.

a. 1 c. 3

b. 2 d. 4
54. Find the mass of 10 quartz of water.

a. 10.46 kg c. 11.46 kg
b. 9.46 kg d. 8.46 kg
55. Find the heat needed to raise the temperature
of water from 30°C to 100°C with 60% quality. Patm
= 101.325 kpa. Use the approximate enthalpy
formula of liquid.

a. 293.09 KJ/kg c. 1,547.90 KJ/kg

b. 1,772.90 KJ/kg d. 1,647.29 KJ/kg

56. Find the enthalpy of water at 212°F and 14.7
psi if the dryness factor is 30%. Use the
approximate enthalpy formula of liquid.

a. 461 Btu/lb c. 481 Btu/lb

b. 471 Btu/lb d. 491 Btu/lb

57. An air compressor consumes 1200 kw-hr per day
of energy. Electric motor e = 80%. If indicated
power of the compressor is 34 kw. Find the
mechanical efficiency of the compressor.

a. 117.65% c. 85%

b. 75% d. 90%
58. A refrigeration system consumed 28,300 kw-hr
per month of energy. There are 20% of energy is
lost due to cooling system of compressor and motor
efficiency is 90%. If the COP of the system is 6,
find TOR.

a. 43.15 TR c. 49.15 TR

b. 46.15 TR d. 41.15 TR
59. A 23 tons refrigeration system has a heat
rejected of 100 kw. Find the energy efficiency
ratio of the system.

a. 13.42 c. 15.42

b. 14.42 d. 16.42
60. A 200 mm x 250 mm, 8 cylinder, 4 stroke diesel
engine has a brake power of 150 KW. Mechanical
efficiency of 80%. If two of the cylinders were
accidentally cut off, what will be the new
friction power?

a. 31.50 kw c. 35.50 kw

b. 33.50 kw d. 37.50 kw
61. 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 c. 53 kw

b. 40 kw d. 60 kw
62. What is the approximate value of temperature
of water having enthalpy of 208 Btu/lb?

a. 138.67ºC c. 258.67ºC
b. 115.55ºC d. 68.67ºC
63. Convert 750ºR to ºK

a. 390.33ºK c. 410.33ºK
b. 395.33ºK d. 416.33ºK
64. An Otto cycle has a compression ratio of 8.
Find the pressure ratio during compression.

a. 18.38 c. 14.38
b. 16.38 d. 12.38
65. A diesel cycle has a cut off ratio of 2.5 and
expansion ratio of 4. Find the clearance of the
cycle.

a. 9.11% c. 11.11%
b. 5.55% d. 15.15%
66. A dual cycle has an initial temperature of
30ºC. 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. 3638.50ºC c. 3565.50ºC

b. 3365.50ºC d. 3965.50ºC
67. A three stages air compressor compresses air
from 100 kpa to 1000 kpa. Find the intercooler
pressure between the first and second stage.
 

a. 505.44 kpa c. 316.23 kpa

b. 108.44 kpa d. 215.44 kpa

68. A 10-stage air compressor compresses air from
100 kpa to 800 kpa. Find the intercooler pressure
between 1st and 2nd stage.

a. 282.84 kpa c. 123.11 kpa

b. 113.21 kpa d. 333.51 kpa

69. A 3-stage air compressor compresses air from
100 kpa to 700 kpa. Find the intercooler pressure
between the 2nd and 3rd stage.

 
a. 365.88 kpa c. 385.88 kpa

b. 375.88 kpa d. 395.88 kpa

70. 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 reject from B will be
added to C, each cycle operates between 30°C and
400°C. If heat added to A is 1000 kw, find the
work output of C.
 
a. 111.44 kw c. 247.53 kw

b. 549.78 kw d. 141.89 kw
71. Air is compressed adiabatically from 30ºC to
100ºC. If mass of air being compressed is 5 kg.
Find the change of entropy.
 
a. 1,039 KJ/ºK c. 0

b. 0.746 KJ/ºK d. 1,245 KJ/kg

72. Two kilogram of air in rigid tank changes its
temperature from 32ºC to 150ºC. Find the work done
during the process.
 

a. 236 c. 195

b. 170 d. 0
73. Determined the atmospheric pressure at a
location where barometric reading 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 13,570 kg/m³.

  a. 99.45 kpa c. 95.44 kpa

b. 97.41 kpa d. 98.66 kpa

74. The barometer of a mountain hiker reads 930
mbars at the beginning of a hiker trip and 780
mbars at the end. Assume g = 9.7 m/s².

 
a. 1274.21 m c. 1267.34 m

b. 1289.00 m d. 1583.34 m
75. The lower half of a 10 m high cylindrical
container is filler with water and the upper half
with oil that has SG = 0.85. Determine the
difference between the top and bottom of the
cylinder.

 
a. 90.74 kpa c. 83.38 kpa

b. 92.74 kpa d. 98.10 kpa

76. 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
and 80°C. Water is available at the rate of 0.30
kg/s at a temperature of 15°C. Calculate the
exit temperature of the water in °C.

a. 44.86 c. 46.45
b. 42.86 d. 40.34
77. A 350mm X 450mm steam engine running at
280rpm has an entrance steam condition of 2 Mpa
and 230°C and exit at 0.1 Mpa. The steam
consumption is 2,000 kg/hr and mechanical
efficiency is 85%. If indicated mean effective
pressure is 600 kPa, Determine break thermal
efficiency.

At 2 Mpa and 230ºC(Table 3): h1 = 2849.6

s1 = 6.4423
At 0.1 Mpa: h = 417.46 hf2 = 417.46
hfg = 2258
sf = 1.3026 sfg = 6.0568

a. 23.34% c. 14.16%
b. 15.25% d. 27.34%
78. A steam turbine recieves 5,000 kg/hr of
steam at 5 Mpa and 400ºC and velocity of 30
m/sec. It leaves the turbine at 0.006 Mpa and
85% quality and velocity of 15 m/sec. Radiation
loss is 10,000 KJ/hr. Find the KW developed.

At 5 Mpa and 400ºC: h1 = 3195.7 KJ/kg

s1 = 6.6459 KJ/kg
At 0.006 Mpa: hf = 151.53
hfg = 2415.9

a. 1273.29 c. 1373.60

b. 2173.29 d. 7231.29
79. A 18,000 KW geothermal plant has a generator
efficiency and turbine 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 well are required to
produce if the change of enthalpy at entrance
and exit of turbine is 500 kJ/kg.

a. 4 wells c. 6 wells
b. 2 wells d. 8 wells
80. A liquid dominated geothermal plant with a
single flash separator receives water at 204ºC.
The separator pressure is 1.04 Mpa. A direct
contact condenser operates at 0.034 Mpa. The
turbine has a polytropic effeciency of 0.75. For
a cycle output of 60 MW, what is the mass flow
rate of the well-water in kg/s?

At 20ºC: h = …
At 1.04 Mpa: h = …
At 0.034 Mpa: h = …

a. 2,933 c. 1,860
b. 2,100 d. 2,444
81. An engine generator speed rated 9000 KVA at
80% power factor, 3 phase, 4160 V has an
efficiency of 90%. If overall plant efficiency
is 28%, What is the heat generated by the fuel.

a. 18,800 KW c. 7500 KW

b. 28,800 KW d. 25,715 KW
82. The indicated thermal efficiency of a two
stroke engine is 60%. If friction power is 15%
of heat generated, determine the brake thermal
efficiency of the engine.

a. 43% c. 36%

b. 45% d. 37%
83. 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 heating value of 43,912 KJ/kg. Calculate
brake thermal efficiency.

a. 10.53% c. 14.64%

b. 27.45% d. 18.23%
84. A waste heat recovery boiler produces 1.8
Mpa (dry saturated) steam from 104°C feed water.
The boiler receive energy from 7 kg/sec of 954°C
dry air. After passing through a waste heat
boiler, the temperature of the air has been
reduce to 343°C. How much steam in kg is
produced per second?
Note: at 4.80 Mpa dry saturated, h = 2796.

a. 1.30 c. 1.81

b. 0.92 d. 3.43
85. A diesel electric power plant supplies
energy for Meralco. During 24-hour period, the
plant consumed 240 gallon of fuel at 28°C and
produced 3930 KW-hr. Industrial fuel used is
28°API and was purchased at P30 per liter at
15.6°C. What is the cost of fuel be to produce
one KW-hr?

a. P 6.67 c. P 41.07
b. P 1.10 d. P 5.00
86. In a gas turbine unit air enters the
combustion chamber at 550 kPa, 227°C and 43 m/s.
The products of combustion leave the combustor
at 511 kPa, 1004°C and 180 m/s. Liquid fuel
enters with heating value of 43, 000 kJ/kg. For
fuel-air ratio of 0.0229, what is the combustor
efficiency of the unit in percent?

a. 70.38% c. 75.38%
b. 79.38% d. 82.38%
87. A turbine has a mechanical efficiency of
93%, volumetric efficiency of 95% and total
efficiency of 82%. If effective head is 40m,
find the total head.

a. 48.72 m c. 36.22 m
b. 40.72 m d. 34.72 m
88. A pelton type turbine has 25 m head friction
loss of 4.5 m. The coefficient of friction head
loss(from Moorse) is 0.000093 and pedstock
length of 80m. What is the penstock diameter?

a. 1355.75 mm c. 6771.23 mm
b. 3476.12 mm d. 1686.73 mm
89. In an 9,000 KW hydro-electric power plant
the overall efficiency is 88% and the actual
power receive by the costumer is 110,000 KW-hrs
for the day. What is the secondary power could
this plant deliver during the entire day?

a. 58,960 KW-hr c. 65, 960 KW-hr

b. 80,080 KW-hr d. 70, 960 KW-hr
90. A Pelton type turbine was installed 30m
below the head gate of the penstock. The head
loss due friction is 12 percent of the given
elevation. The length of penstock is 100m and
coefficient of friction 0.00003. Determine the
power output in KW.(Use Morse equation)

a. 22,273 c. 32,345
b. 23,234 d. 34,452
91. Water flow steadily with a velocity of 3.05
m/s in a horizontal pipe having a diameter of
25.24 cm. At one section of the pipe, the
temperature and pressure of the water are 21ºC
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 c. 0.0307
b. 0.0050 d. 0.641
92. A hydro-electric plant having 30 sq.km
reservoir area and 100m head is used to generate
power. The energy utilized by the consumer whose
load is connected to the power plant during a
five-hour period is 13.5 x 10^6 kwh. The overall
generation efficiency is 75%. Find the fall in
the height of water in the reservoir after the
5-hour period.

a. 5.13 m c. 3.21 m
b. 1.32 m d. 2.20 m
93. The gas density of chimney is 0.75 kg/m³ and
air density of 1.15 kg/m³. Find the driving
pressure if the height of chimney is 63.71m.

a. 0.15 kpa c. 0.35 kpa

b. 0.25 kpa d. 0.45 kpa

94. The actual velocity of gas entering in a
chimney is 8 m/sec. The gas temperature is 25ºC
with a gas constant of 0.287 KJ/kg-ºK. Determine
the gas pressure for a mass of gas is 50,000
kg/hr and chimney diameter of 1.39 m.

a. 95 kpa c. 101 kpa

b. 98 kpa d. 92 kpa
95. A steam generator with economizer and air
heater has an overall draft loss of 25.78 cm of
water. If the stack gases are at 177°C, and if
the atmosphere is at 101.3 kPa, and 26°C, what
theoretical height of stack in meter 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 c. 651.10
b. 631.10 d. 671.10
96. A foundation measures 2ft X 14ft X 16ft.
Find the number of sacks of cement needed for
1:2:4 mixture

a. 302 c. 356
b. 404 d. 598
97. A rectangular foundation cross-section has a
bed plate dimension of 8ft x 10ft. The uniform
clearance on each side is 1 ft. The height of
foundation is 4.5 ft. If the weight of the steel
bas reinforcement needed is ½% of the height of
foundation, find the weight of steel bar. Use
concrete density 2400 kg/m3.

a. 173.47 kg c. 163.47 kg
b. 183.47 kg d. 153.47 kg
98. A steam pipe having a surface temperature of
250°C passes through a room where the
temperature is 27°C. The outside diameter of
pipe is 100mm and emissivity factor is 0.8.
calculate the radiated heat loss for 3m.

a. 1434.47 W c. 2851.82 W
b. 3746.35 W d. 3546.45 W
99. Brine enters a circulating brine cooler at
the rate of 60m3/hr at -8°C and leaves -18°C.
Specific heat of brine is 1.072 kJ/kg-K and
specific gravity of 1.12. Determine the tons of
refrigeration.

a. 53.5 TR c. 33.5 TR
b. 65.3 TR d. 56.9 TR
100. Water is flowing in a pipe with radius of
30cm at a velocity of 5 m/sec at the temperature
in the pipe. The density and viscosity of water
are as follow: density = 997.9 kg/sec viscosity
= 1.131 Pa-s. What is the Reynolds number in
this situation?

a. 2647 c. 3100
b. 96.2 d. 1140