POWER AND INDUSTRIAL PLANT

ENGINEERING
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1. Helium Gas is compressed in an adiabatic
compressor from an initial state of 14 psia
and 50°F to a final temperature of 320°F in a
reversible manner. Determine the exit
pressure of Helium.

a. 38.5 psia c. 42.5 psia

b. 40.5 psia d. 44.5 psia

Note: Can’t Solve

2. Heat engine receive heat from a source at
1200°K at a rate of 500 KJ/s and rejects the
waste heat to a sink of 300°K. If the power
output on the engine is 200 KW, the second
law efficiency of this heat engine is:

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

a. 8 KWh c. 1630 KWh

b. 16 KWh d. 58,800 KWh
4. A house is maintained at 22°C in winter by
electric resistance heaters. If the outdoor
temperature is 5°C, the second law efficiency
of the resistance heaters is:

a. 0% c. 34%
b. 5.8% d. 77%
5. A thermoelectric refrigerator that
resembles a small ice chest is powered by a
car battery, and has a COP of 0.10. If the
refrigerator cools a 0.350 L canned drink
from 20°C to 4°C in 30 min, determine the
average electric power consumed by the
thermoelectric refrigerator.

a. 130 watts c. 120 watts

b. 110 watss d. 140 watts
6. A Carnot refrigerator operates in a room
in which the temperature is 25°C and consumes
2 KW of power when operating. If the food
compartment of the refrigerator is to be
maintained at 3°C, determine the rate of heat
removal from the food compartment.

a. 1504.8 KJ/min c. 1625 KJ/min

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

a. 101.25 KJ/min c. 128.46 KJ/min

b. 63.05 KJ/min d. 80 KJ/min
8. Freon 22 air conditioning under standard
operating conditions of 35°C condensing and
5°C evaporating temperature. The volume flow
rate entering the compressor is 23.72 L/s.
Determine the refrigerating capacity if the
refrigerating effect is 164 KJ/kg. From the
table for R22 the specific volume at the
compressor entrance is 40.36 L/kg.

a. 339.3 TR c. 96.4 TR
b. 79.3 TR d. 27.4 TR
9. A twin cylinder ammonia compressor with
volume displacement of 14,726 cm³ operates at
300 rpm. Condenser and evaporator pressure
are 1200 Kpa respectively. Specific volume of
refrigerant at the entrance of compressor is
528.26 L/kg. Compression process is
polytropic with n = 1.20 and clearance factor
of compressor is 2 percent. Determine
horsepower required.

a. 60 hp c. 80 hp
b. 70 hp d. 90 hp

Note: Can’t Solve

10. It is desired to double the COP of a
reversed Carnot engine for cooling from 5.0
by raising the temperature of heat addition
while keeping the temperature of heat
refection constant. By what percentage must
the temperature of heat addition be raised?

a. 10.1% c. 8.1%
b. 9.1% d. 7.1%
11. How much does 30 lbm weight on the moon?
(gmoon = 5.47 ft/s²).

a. 2.0 lbf c. 3.4 lbf

b. 3.2 lbf d. 5.096 lbf
12. A small pump serving as model, when
tested in laboratory using water at 3600 rpm,
delivered 3.0 cfs at a head of 125 ft. If the
efficiency of this model pump is 84%. Predict
the horsepower input to the prototype pump if
it is to develop the same head as model pump
and the model pump has a scale ratio of 1:10.
Assume the efficiency of the prototype pump
is 90%.

a. 50.6 hp c. 3750 hp
b. 4730 hp d. 50.5 hp
13. A pump will be installed below the
reservoir water surface with a required net
positive suction head (NPSHR) of 50 ft. The
barometric pressure is 14.3 psia, and the
vapor pressure is 0.5 psia. Assume friction
losses in the intake piping are 5 ft. Find
the maximum allowable elevation of the pump
relative to the water surface intake to avoid
cavitations.

a. 45 ft c. 18.2 ft
b. 55 ft d. 23.2 ft
14. Centrifugal pump at best efficiency point
(BEP). Assume the pump characteristic are
head, h = 7m, flow rate, Q = 19 liters/sec,
and rotative speed n = 1170 rpm. Find the
specific speed in SI units.

a. 0.4 c. 10.41
b. 0.71 d. 3.94
15. How many identical turbines, operating at
139.0 rpm and 91% efficiency (specific speed
= 5.4), are needed to exploit a head of 1200
ft and a flow of 1660 ft³/s.

a. 2 turbines c. 4 turbines
b. 3 turbines d. 5 turbines
16. How many poles should a 60-Hz generator
have, if it is connected to a turbine
operating under a design head of 3000 ft with
a flow of 82 cfs? Assume turbine specific
speed and efficiency 3 and 84 percent
respectively.

a. 10-pole c. 14-pole
b. 12-pole d. 16-pole
17. What type of turbine delivers 25,000 bhp
at 500 rpm under a net head of 5350 ft.

a. Impulse turbine c. Kaplan turbine

b. Francis turbine d. Propeller turbine
18. A 26-hp pump delivers 475 gpm of gasoline
(γ = 42.5 lb/ft³) at 20°C with 78%
efficiency. What pressure rise result across
the pump?

a. 30.2 psi c. 120.3 psi

b. 32.7 psi d. 73.2 psi
19. The diameter of the discharge pipe is 8
in and that of the intake pipe is 10 in. The
pressure gage at discharge reads 32 psi, and
vacuum gage at the intake reads 12 in Hg. If
the discharge flow rate = 4.0 m³/s of water
and the brake horsepower is 49.0, find the
efficiency. The intake and the discharge are
the same elevation.

a. 82.1% c. 55.8%
b. 80.9% d. 58.40%
20. A centrifugal pump (efficiency 88%) lifts
water through a total height of 40m from
reservoir to discharge. Pumping is through
300m of 75mm diameter pipe at the rate of 20
liter/sec. If pipe friction factor , f =
0.025, what horsepower is required?

a. 28.4 KW c. 25 KW
b. 32.2 KW d. 9 KW
21. In order to predict the behavior of a
small oil pump, test are to be made on a
model using air. The oil pump is to be driven
by a 1/20-hp motor at 1800 rpm and a ¼-hp
motor is available to drive the air pump at
600 rpm. Using specific gravity of oil at
0.912 and density of air constant at 0.076
lb/ft³. What size model should be built?

a. The model should be 2 times as large as

the oil pump
b. The model should be 5 times as large as
the oil pump
c. The model should be 8 times as large as
the oil pump
d. The model should be 10 times as large as
the oil pump
22. What is the power ratio of a pump and its
1/5 scale model if the ratio of heads is 4 to
1?

a. 20 c. 12.5
b. 200 d. 125
23. 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 when
x and y are mixed together the resultant
temperature is 17°C and when y and z are
mixed together the resultant temperature is
28°C. Find the resultant temperature if x and
z were mixed.

a. 29.87°C c. 20.85°C
b. 25.92°C d. 24.86°C
24. 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 is the temperature
of the lake?

a. 35.29 °F c. 39.29 °F
b. 36.29 °F d. 40.29 °F
25. A group of 50 persons attend a secret
meeting in room which is 12 m wide by 10 m
long and a ceiling height of 3 m. The room is
completely sealed off 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
temperature of 16°C. Calculate the room
temperature after 10 minutes. Use R = 0.287
KJ/kg-K and Cv = 0.171 kCal/kg-K.

a. 33.1 °C c. 38.7 °C
b. 37.7 °C d. 31.7 °C
26. During takeoff in a spaceship, an
astronaut is subjected to accelerate equal to
5 times the pull of the earth’s standard
gravity. If the astronaut is 180 lbm and the
take off is vertical, what force does he
exert on the seat?

a. 4810.9 N c. 8829 N
b. 4414.5 N d. 9620 N
27. Determine the temperature for which a
thermometer with degree Fahrenheit is
numerically twice the reading of the
temperature in degree Celsius.

a. -24.6 c. 160
b. 320 d. -12.3
28. A pressure cooker operates by cooking
food at a higher pressure and temperature
than is possible at atmospheric conditions.
Steam is contained in the sealed pot, with
vent hole in the middle of the cover,
allowing steam to escape. The pressure is
regulated by covering the vent hole with a
small weight, which is displaced slightly by
escaping steam. Atmospheric pressure is 100
kPa, the vent hole area is 7-mm², and the
pressure inside should be 250 kPa. What is
the mass of the weight?

a. 0.107 kg c. 1.75 kg
b. 1.05 kg d. 0.1783 kg
29. A mixture of 0.4 helium and 0.2 lbm of
oxygen is compressed polytropically from 14.7
psia and 60°F to 60 psia according to n =
1.4. Determine the Polytropic work.

a. 139 Btu c. 339 Btu

b. 239 Btu d. 539 Btu
29. A mixture of 0.4 helium and 0.2 lbm of
oxygen is compressed polytropically from 14.7
psia and 60°F to 60 psia according to n =
1.4. Determine the final temperature, T2.

a. 727.7°R c. 722.7°R
b. 777.2°R d. 277.7°R
31. A pump municipality’s water supply system
receives water from the filtration beds and
pumps it up to the top of a water tower. The
tower’s height is 35 m, and the inlet piping
to the pump is 2 m below the pump’s intake.
The water temperature is 20°C, measured at
both the inlet and the discharge from pump.
The mass flow rate through the pump is 200
kg/s, the diameter of the inlet piping is
25cm, and the diameter of the discharge
piping is 15 cm. Determine the power required
by the pump.

a. 77.3 KW c. 34.42 KW
b. 33.77 KW d. 42.34 KW
32. A adiabatic tank containing air is used
to power an air turbine during times of peak
power demand. The tank as a volume of 500 m³
and contains air at 1000 kPa and 500°K.
Determine the mass remaining when the
pressure reaches 100 kPa.

a. 273.37 kg c. 772.73 kg
b. 672.73 kg d. 227.73 kg
33. A turbine receives 150 lbm/sec of air at
63 psia and 2450°R and expands it
polytropically to 14.7 psia. The exponent n
is equal to 1.45 for the process. Determine
the power.

a. 52,343.16 Btu/sec c. 53,343.16 HP

b. 53,343.16 kW d. 53,343.16 ft-lb/sec
34. Find the thrust and efficiency of two 2-m
diameter propeller through which flows a
total of 600 m³/s of air 11.3 N/m³. The
propeller are attached to an airplane moving
at 250 kph through still air. Neglect eddy
losses.

a. 36,077 N, 73% c. 66,033 N, 33%

b. 77,630 N, 37% d. 77,330 N, 77%
35. The fuel oil has the following analysis:

C = 89% N2 = 2%
H2 = 8% S = 1%

With 3% excess air, what is the actual amount

of air needed to burn the fuel oil?

a. 13.17 Kgair/Kgfuel c. 14.47 Kgair/Kgfuel

b. 13.47 Kgair/Kgfuel d. 14.17 Kgair/Kgfuel
36. A room contains air at 20° Celsius and 96
kPa at a relative humidity of 75%. Determine
the enthalpy of moist air.

Where: (Psat @ 20°C Celsius = 2.339 kPa)

(hg @ 20°C Celsius = 2538.1 kPa)

a. 45.919 KJ/kgda c. 49.515 KJ/kgda

b. 45.515 KJ/kgda d. 41.815 KJ/kgda