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PPE - PROBLEM SET # 6

INSTRUCTION: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer of your choice.
MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. A steam engine develops 60 Bhp with saturated steam at 1034.25 Kpa absolute and exhaust at 124.11 Kpa. Steam
consumption is 736.36 kg/hr. Calculate the indicated engine efficiency based on 90% mechanical efficiency.
A. 69.74% B. 67.74% C. 66.74% D. 68.74%

2. The crank of a double acting steam engine rotates at 220 rpm. The bore and stroke of the steam engine is 300
mm x 470 mm, and the mean effective pressure acting upon the piston is 4.5 kg/cm2. Find the indicated
horsepower developed in the cylinder.
A. 144.14 KW B. 144.14 hp C. 150.14 hp D. 153.51 KW

3. Steam enters a steam engine at 2 Mpa and 230oC and exit at 0.1 Mpa. Steam consumption is 1500 kg/hr.
Determine the equivalent Rankine efficiency.
A. 31.22% B. 21.22% C. 33% D. 22.12%

4. The indicated efficiency of a steam engine is 65%. The engine entrance is 2600 KJ/kg and exit is 2100 KJ/kg. if
steam consumption is 3000 kg/hr and mechanical efficiency is 90%, what is the brake power of the engine?
A. 55 KW B. 84 KW C. 243.75 KW D. 70 KW

5. A steam engine 18” x 24” runs at 250 rpm. The diameter of piston rod is 3.5 in. The indicator card is 3.5 in long
and the area of the head end is 1.96 sq. in. Area of the crank end card is 1.86 sq. in. Spring scale is 800 lb. In
the test, a Prony brake with 10 ft lever arm registered an average load on the scale of 100 psi/in. What is the
mechanical efficiency of the engine?
A. 86.50% B. 88.00% C. 92.20% D. 84.10%

6. A steam engine has 10% brake thermal efficiency and consumes 750 kg/hr steam. The enthalpy of steam at the
entrance and exit of the engine are 2800 and 450 KJ/kg respectively. Determine the brake power of the engine in
KW.
A. 87 B. 76 C. 49 D. 35

7. Available enthalpy of turbine is ∆h = 1200 KJ/kg, turbine efficiency is 75%, full load capacity is 4,300 kw. Find the
full load steam consumption in kg/kw-hr.
A. 2.34 B. 4.51 C. 4.0 D. 7.45

8. A steam condenser receives 12 kg/s of steam with an enthalpy of 2670 KJ/kg. Steam condenses into a liquid and
leaves with an enthalpy of 260 KJ/kg. Cooling water passes through the condenser with temperature increases
from 13 degrees C to 28oC. Calculate the water flow rate in kg/s.
A. 533 B. 518 C. 460.50 D. 528

9. Steam expands adiabatically in a turbine from 2500 kpa, 400oC to 350 kpa, 240oC. What is the effectiveness of
the process in percent assuming an atmospheric pressure of 15oC? Neglect changes in kinetic and potential
energy. Steam Properties are:
At 2500 Kpa and 400oC: h = 3239.3 s = 7.0148
At 350 Kpa and 240oC: h = 2945.8 s = 7.4174
A. 61 B. 72 C. 80 D. 86

10. A heat exchanger was installed purposely to cool 0.80 kg of gas per second. Molecular weight is 28 and k = 1.32.
The gas is cooled from 150 oC to 70oC. Water is available at the rate of 0.50 kg/s and at a temperature of 14oC.
Calculate the exit temperature of the water in oC.
A. 48 B. 42 C. 46 D. 51.44

11. A steam turbine with 90% stage efficiency receives steam at 5 Mpa and 550°C and exhausts as 50 Kpa. Determine
the turbine work.

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 At 5 Mpa and 550°C: h1 = 3550.3 s1 = 7.1218
At 50 Kpa: hf = 340.49 hfg = 2305.4
sf = 1.091 sfg = 6.5029
A. 117 KJ/kg B. 132 KJ/kg C. 964.60 KJ/kg D. 143 KJ/kg

12. A steam turbine with 92% stage efficiency receives steam at 7 Mpa and 550oC and exhausts as 20 Kpa. Determine
the actual exhaust enthalpy.
A. 2413.89 KJ/kg B. 2389.07 KJ/kg C. 2341.9 KJ/kg D. 2541.9 KJ/kg

13. A steam turbine of 6 MW capacity has a Willan’s line equation of ms = 5.5L + 3,200 kg/hr. Determine the steam
consumption at 73% load, kg/hr.
A. 27,290 B. 26,100 C. 30,000 D. 28,920

14. A 18,000 KW geothermal plant has a generator efficiency and turbine efficiency of 90% and 80%, respectively. If
the quality after throttling is 16% and each well discharges 220,000 kg/hr, determine the number of wells are
required to produce if the change of enthalpy at entrance and exit of turbine is 500 KJ/kg.
A. 4 wells B. 5 wells C. 6 wells D. 8 wells

15. In a 10 MW geothermal power plant, the mass flow of steam entering the turbine is 20 kg/sec. The quality after
throttling is 25% and enthalpy of ground water is 750 KJ/kg. Determine the overall efficiency of the plant.
A. 7.4% B. 9.6% C. 16.67% D. 15.4%

16. A liquid dominated geothermal plant with a single flash separator receives water at 204°C. The separator pressure
is 1.04 Mpa. A direct contact condenser operates at 0.034 Mpa. The turbine has a polytropic efficiency of 0.85. For
a cycle output of 40 MW, what is the mass flow rate of the well-water in kg/s?
At 204°C: hf = 870.51 KJ/kg
At 1.04 Mpa: hf = 770.38 hfg = 2009.2 hg = 2779.6 sg = 6.5729
At 0.034 Mpa: hf = 301.40 hfg = 2328.8 sf = 0.9793 sfg = 6.7463
A. 2871 B. 2100 C. 1725.31 D. 2444

17. Ground water in a Geothermal Plant has a ground water flow of 46 kg/s. If the quality of hot water entering the
flash tank is 12%, find the mass of steam entering the turbine.
A. 5.52 kg/s B. 2.54 kg/s C. 3.40 kg/s D. 4.80 kg/s

18. In a 13 MW geothermal power plant, the mass flow of steam entering the turbine is 27 kg/s. The quality after
throttling is 23% and enthalpy of ground water is 730 KJ/kg. Determine the overall efficiency of the plant.
A. 15.72% B. 15.49% C. 15.17% D. 15.38%

19. Steam in a Rankine cycle is expanded from a 200 psia saturated vapor state to 20 psia. The turbine has an
efficiency of 0.8. What is the actual enthalpy after expansion?
At 200 psia (saturated vapor): h = 1199.3 Btu/lb s = 1.5466 Btu/lb-R
At 20 psia: sf = 0.3359 Btu/lb-R sfg = 1.3963 Btu/lb-R hf = 196.2 Btu/lb, hfg = 960.2
A. 960.2 Btu/lb B. 986.1 Btu/lb C. 1028.7 Btu/lb D. 1062.8 Btu/lb

20. A 150 MW turbo-generator requires 700,000 kg of steam per hour at rated load and 22,000 kg per hour at zero
load. Calculate the steam rate in kg/KW-hour at 75% of its rated load.
A. 5.83 B. 4.72 C. 3.54 D. 6.32

21. A 10 MW steam turbine-generator power plant has a full load steam rate of 5.5 kg/KW-hr. No load steam
consumption is around 10% of the full load steam consumption. Calculate the hourly steam consumption at half
load in kg/hr.
A. 30250 B. 29830 C. 32510 D. 31820

22. A 5-MW steam turbine generator power plant has a full-load steam rate of 6.0 kg/KW-hr. Assuming no-load
consumption at 10% of the full load. Compute the hourly steam consumption at 60% load in kg/hr.
A. 14500 B. 19200 C. 26500 D. 35600

23. A boiler uses 2400 kg of coal per hour and air required for combustion is 15 kg per kg coal. If ash loss is 10%,
determine the mass of gas entering the chimney.
A. 42,250 kg/hr B. 38,160 kg/hr C. 40,250 kg/hr D. 37,200 kg/hr

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24. The gas density of chimney is o.75 kg/m3 and air density of 1.167 kg/m3. If the driving pressure is 0.26 kpa,
determine the height of the chimney.
A. 65.71 m B. 63.56 m C. 64.63 m D. 87.2 m

25. The actual velocity of gas entering in a chimney is 5 m/s. The gas temperature is 25oC and pressure of 97 kpa with
a gas constant of 0.287 kJ/kg-k. Determine the chimney diameter if mass of gas is 53,000 kg/hr.
A. 1.82 m B. 1.37 m C. 1.58 m D. 1.92 m

26. A coal fired steam boiler uses 3,000 kg of coal per hour. Air required for combustion is 15.5 kg/kg of coal at
barometric pressure of 98.2 kpa. The flue gas has temperature of 285oC and an average molecular weight of 30.
Assuming an ash loss of 11% and allowable gas velocity of 8.5 m/s, find the diameter of chimney.
A. 1.794 m B. 1.91 m C. 2.3 m D. 1.81 m

ANSWER KEY:

1. C 7. C 13. A 19. D 25. A

2. B 8. C 14. B 20. B 26. A
3. B 9. B 15. C 21. A
4. C 10. D 16. C 22. B
5. C 11. C 17. A 23. B
6. C 12. B 18. C 24. B

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