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1. A type of valve connected from discharge of 18. A spherical ball with a diameter of 5 centimeter
compressor directly to suction that is normally and whose surface is maintained at a temperature
closed and will open automatically only if there of 70 °C is suspended in the middle of a room at
is high discharge pressure 20°C. If the convection heat transfer coefficient
A. Check valve C. King valve is 15 W/m2-C and the emissivity of the surface is
B. Solenoid valve D. Relief valve 0.8, what is the total- heat transfer from the
ball.
2. What is the process in which both the intake and
A. 23.56 watts C. 43.45 watts
exhaust valves are closed, and the air-fuel mixture
B. 9.22 watts D. 32.77 watts
is processed by the upward piston movement?
19. Carbon dioxide (CO2) flows through a nozzle with
A. Power stroke C. Exhaust stroke
speed of 380 m/s. The entrance condition of the
B. Intake stroke D. Compression stroke
nozzle is 250 deg C and 1200 kPa. Compute for the
3. In which direction does heat flow?
stagnation pressure.
A. Down
A. 2,136.34 kPa C. 2,156.34 kPa
B. From warm substance to a cold substance
C. From a cold substance to a warm substance B. 2,166.34 kPa D. 2,146.34 kPa
D. Up 20. Determine the number of minute it takes for a
4. As a safety precaution, refrigerant cylinders current of 6 amperes to pass through a 10-ohm
should be stored and transported in the _____ resistor to have a charge of xxxx coulombs.
position to keep the pressure relief in contact A. 3 min C. 2.5 min
with the vapor space, not the liquid inside the B. 2.7 min D. 6.2 min
cylinder. 21. A newly installed turbine receives 150 lbm/sec of
A. Horizontal C. Upright air at a pressure of 63 psia and aq temperature of
B. Any D. Upside down 2450 °R and expands it polytropically to a pressure
5. In most common design of gas turbine, the pressure of 14.7 psia. The exponent n is equal to 1.45 for
ratio ranges from the process. Determine the power required.
A. 10 to 12 C. 12 to 18 A. 53,343.16 kW C. 52,343.16 BTU/sec
B. 15 to 20 D. 11 to 16 B. 53,343.16 ft-lb/sec D. 53,343.16 HP
6. It is a channel that conducts water away from the 22. A 4000 liters per hour of distillates are to be
turbine. cooled from 21 deg C to -12 degC and 12 per cent
A. Headrace Pipe C. Penstock of wax by weight is separated out at 15 degC, The
B. Forebay D. Tailrace specific heat of oil is 2 kJ/kg-degC and SG is
7. Is the ratio of the mass of water vapor in air and 0.87. The specific heat of the wax is 2.5 and the
the mass of air if it is saturated is called: latent heat of fusion is 290 kJ/kg. Allow 10 per
A. Relative humidity C. mass ratio cent for the losses, Determine the capacity of the
B. Vapor ratio D. humidity ratio Refrigerating Machine.
8. When the temperature of stack gases rises A. 372,960 BTU/hr C. 109,285 BTU/hr
considerably above the normal operating stack B. 372,987 BTU/hr D. 901,328 BTU/hr
temperature, it generally indicates 23. A Caterpillar diesel engine consumed 945 liters of
A. that the boiler is operating efficiently fuel per day at 35 deg C. If the fuel was purchased
B. a low boiler water level at a temperature of 15.5 deg C and 30 deg API at
C. a heavy smoke condition in the stack P29.00/li, determine the cost of fuel to operate
D. that the boiler tubes are dirty the Caterpillar diesel engine per day.
A. P27,127.76 C. P48,088.96
9. What is the color code for the cylinder of R—134a?
A. Orange C. Silver B. P5,677.76 D. P4,677.76
B. Green D. Light blue 24. A newly installed 6,000 kW steam turbine generator
power plant has a full-load steam rate of 8 kg/kW-
10. The applications and joining methods for this pipe
hr. Assuming that there is no-load steam
are very similar to those for PVC. However, this
consumption at 15 per cent of its full load steam
pipe can be used for hot water (up to 180 °F) in a
consumption, What is the hourly steam consumption
pressurized system (up to 100 psi).
at 75 per cent load, in kg/hr?
A. Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC)
A. 37,800 kg/hr C. 57,600 kg/hr
B. Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) pipe
B. 47,900 kg/hr D. 87,900 kg/hr
C. Polyetheyene (PE) pipe
25. Calculate the approximate enthalpy of water at 90°C
D. Acrylonitrilebutadiene Styrene (ABS) pipe A. 366.83 kJ/kg C. 386.83 kJ/kg
11. The term spalling refers to a boiler: B. 376.83 kJ/kg D. 396.83 kl/kg
A. flue gas content C. soot blower 26. A Japan made two-stage, double acting compressor
B. mud leg D. combustion chamber is to deliver 90 lb/min of air from a pressure of
12. Dominant refrigerant used in commercial 14.3 psia and at a temperature of 90 deg F to a
refrigeration system final pressure of 185 psia. The normal barometer
A. R11 C. R12 reading is 29.8 in-Hg and the temperature is at 80
B. R22 D. R502 deg F. The pressure drop in the intercooler is 3
13. In power plants, boiler feed water is chemically psi and the speed is 210 rpm and pV1.34 = C during
treated in order to: compression and expansion process. The clearance
A. prevent scale formation for both cylinders are 5 per cent respectively. The
B. increase the temperature of the water temperature of the cooling water was increased by
C. increase oxygen formation 18 deg F. Compute for the volume of free air.
D. increase water foaming A. 1320 CFM C. 1280 CFM
14. One advantage of a low—side float system is that B. 1230 CFM D. 1832 CFM
it: 27. The mass analysis of a fuel is 84% carbon, 14%
A. requires a large amount of refrigerant hydrogen and 2% ash. It is burned with 20% excess
B. can be used with a low starting torque motor air relative to stoichiometric requirement. If 100
C. eliminates flash gas in the evaporator kg/h of this fuel is burned in a boiler, what is
D. can be used with a water cooled condenser the volumetric flow rate of the gas if its
15. The hands feel painfully cold when the skin temperature and pressure are 250 °C and 1 bar
temperature reaches. respectively?
A. 14 °C C. 8 °C Note: Air contains 23.1% oxygen by mass. Ro= 8.3143
B. 10 °C D. 12 °C kJ/kg mol K and atomic mass relationships are:
16. One of the following valves that should be used in oxygen16, carbon 12, hydrogen 1.
a steam line to throttle the flow is the ______ A. 2569m3/hr C. 2759m3/hr
valve. B. 5689m3/hr D. 1256m3/hr
A. gate C. plug 28. A 150 Hp motor is used to drive the compressor. If
B. check D. globe the heat loss from the compressor is 25 kW and the
17. _______ consist of refrigerant mixtures of two or mass flow rate of the refrigerant entering the
more different compounds, often used individually compressor is 0.50 kg/s, determine the difference
as refrigerants for other applications. of the enthalpies between the inlet and outlet of
A. compound reaction thecompressor.
B. absorption A. 143.80 kj/kg
C. mixing of refrigerants B. 153.80 kj/kg
D. blends C. 173.20 kj/kg
D. 183.80 kj/kg
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29. Two boilers are operating steadily on 91000 kg of respectively. Determine the heat loss per unit
coal contained in a bunker. One boiler is producing length of pipe.
1591 kg of steam per hour at 1.2 factor of A. 120 W C. 130 W
evaporation and an efficiency of 65% and another B. 110 W D. 140 W
boiler produced 1364 kg of steam per hour at 1.15 40. Find the hydraulic gradient of 1 mile, 17 inches
factor of evaporation and an efficiency of 60%. How inside diameter of a pipe when 3300 gal/min of
many hrs will the coal in the bunker run the boilers water flow and with a friction of f = 0.03.
if the heating value of coal is 7,590 kcal/kg? A. 0.00814 C. 0.00514
A. 230.80 hrs C. 350.35 hrs B. 0.00714 D. 0.00614
B. 280.54 hrs D. 300.54 hrs 41. In a Geothermal power plant hot groundwater from a
30. An oxygen cylinder of volume 2.3 ft3 has a pressure hot spring is used to power a heat engine. If the
of 2200 psig and is at 70°F. Determine the mass of groundwater is at 95 deg C, estimate the maximum
oxygen in the cylinder. power output if the mass flow rate of groundwater
A. 25.66 lbs C. 27.66 lbs is 0.2 kg/sec. Atmosphere is at 20 deg C.
B. 26.66 lbs D. 28.66 lbs A. 12.8 Kw C. 15.0 kW
31. One insulated wall of a new cold—storage B. 14.0 kW D. 18.00 kW
compartment is 8m long by 2.5m high and consists 42. In an open feedwater heater for a steam plant,
of an outer steel plate 1.8 cm thick. An inner wood saturated steam at 7 bar is mixed with subcooled
wall 2.25 cm thick, the steel and wood are 9.0 cm liquid at 7 bar and 25°C. Just enough steam is
apart to form a cavity which is filled with cork. supplied to ensure that the mixed steam leaving the
If the temperature drop across the extreme faces heater will be saturated liquid at 7 bar when
of the composite wall is 15½C. Calculate the heat heater efficiency is 95% Calculate the mass flow
transfer per hour through the wall and the rate of the subcooled liquid if steam flow rate is
temperature drop across the thickness of the cork. 0.865 kg/s.
Take the coefficients of thermal conductivity for Steam properties:
steel, cork and wood as 45, 0.045, and 0.18 W/m-K @7 bar, saturated vapor: hg=2763.5kl/kg
respectively. @7 bar and 25°C: hf=105.5k/kg
A. 508.24 kJ, 14.12°C C. 608.24 kJ, 13.12°C @7 bar, saturated liquid: hf=697.22 k/kg
B. 708.24 kJ, 11.12°C D. 408.24 kJ, 12.12°C A. 2.725 kg/s C. 2.869 kg/s
32. Specific volume is the number of cubic meters of B. 3.356 kg/s D. 3.948 kg/s
mixture per kilogram of dry air. If dry air has 43. Fish weighing 11,000 kg with a temperature of 20°C
these following properties: Ra = 287 J/kg-K, T = is brought to a cold storage and which shall be
303 K, Pa = 99.604 kPa. Solve for the specific cooled to -10°C in 11 hours. Find the required
volume. plant refrigerating capacity in tons of
A. 0.873 m3/kg C. 0.953 m3 /kg refrigeration if the specific heat of fish is 0.7
B. 0.853 m3/kg D. 0.783 m3/kg kcal/kg -°C above freezing point and 0.30 kcal/kg-
33. A vertical jet of water supports a load of 200 N ℃ below freezing point. The freezing point is -
at a constant vertical height of 2 m from the tip 3°C. The latent heat of freezing is 55.5 kcal/kg.
of the nozzle. The diameter of the jet is 25 mm. A. 25.26 TOR C. 14.38 TOR
Find the velocity of the jet at the nozzle tip B. 15.26 TOR D. 24.38 TOR
A. 21.13 m/s C. 23.28 m/s 44. One (1) piston of a new hydraulic press has an area
B. 28.32 m/s D. 22.82 m/s of 1 cm sq. The other piston has an area of 25 cm
34. Find the power of a rotating shaft which develops sq. If force of 150 N is applied on the smaller
a torque of 188 N·m at 1350 rpm. piston with an area of 1 sq cm, what will be the
A. 101.54 hp C. 63.35 hp Total force on the larger piston if both piston
B. 53.63 hp D. 35.63 hp surfaces are of the same level?
35. Three-hundred kilojoules of heat flow by conduction A. 1175 N C. 4250 N
from the outside to the inside of a cold storage B. 6750 N D. 3750 N
in one hour. If the temperature and all other 45. What is the surface area should be provided by the
conditions are the same, what is the heat flowing filament of a 100W evacuated light globe where t =
through the cold storage room in two hours? 2482 degC and emissivity = 0.38 for the filament?
A. 600 kJ C. 300 kJ Assume the ambient temperature to be 25.6 deg C.
B. 900 kJ D. 1,200 kJ A. 1.24 sq cm C. 2.45 sq cm
36. A college student living in a dormitory room of 4 B. 0.806 sq cm D. 0.206 sq cm
meters x 6meters x 6meters turns on her 150 watts 46. A certain gas with a pressure of 101.325 kPa and a
electric fan before she leaves the room on a summer temperature of 10 deg C whose volume is 2.83 cu m
day, hoping that the room will be cooler when she are compressed into a storage vessel of 0.31 cu m
comes back in the evening. Assuming all the doors capacity. Before admission, the storage vessel
and windows are tightly closed and disregarding any contained the gas at a pressure and temperature of
heat transfer through the walls and the windows, 137.8 kPa and 26 deg C; after admission, the
determine the temperature in the room when she pressure has increased to 1171.8 kPa. What is the
comes back 10 hours later. Use specific heat values final temperature of the gas in the vessel in deg
at room temperature, and assume the room to be at Kelvin?
100 kPa and 15 C in the morning when she leaves. A. 314.2 deg K C. 180.0 deg K
A. 58.13°C C. 38.13°C B. 319.8 deg K D. 298.0 deg K
B. 48.13°C D. 28.13°C 47. An hydraulic turbine Which has a diameter of 60
37. Clean water from DCWD is being heated in a closed in., speed of 350 rpm, coefficient of velocity of
stainless pan on top of gas range while being 0.98, peripheral speed factor of 0.45, generator
stirred by a paddle wheel. During the process, 30 efficiency of 90% and jet diameter from nozzle of
kJ of heat is transferred to the water, and 5kJ of 6 in. Determine the power input in hp.
heat is lost to the surrounding air. The paddle- A. 2933 C. 2862
wheel work amounts to 500 N-m. What will be the B. 2366 D. 2512
final energy of the system if its initial energy 48. A brand new air standard engine has a compression
is 10 kJ? ratio of 18 and a cut-off ratio of 4. Find the work
A. 25.5 kJ C. 40.5 kJ in KJ per kg, if the intake air pressure and
B. 30.5 kJ D. 35.5 kJ temperature are 100 kPa and 27 deg C.
38. What will be its Refrigeration capacity if it is A. 1782 KJ/kg C. 2176 kJ/kg
required to cool 2000 cfm of air from its initial B. 1582 kJ/kg D. 2776 kJ/kg
temperature of 85 deg F to its final temperature 49. A volumetric analysis of a gas mixture is a
of 68 deg F? follows:
A. 3.99 TOR C. 2.88 TOR CO2: 12% 02: 4% N2: 80% CO:4%
B. 2.77 TOR D. 3.06 TOR What percentage of CO2 on a mass basis?
39. An insulated steam pipe located where the ambient A. 17.55% C. 12.73%
temperature is 32 °C, has an inside diameter of 5.0 B. 15.55% D. 19.73%
cm with 1.0 cm thick wall. The outside diameter of 50. Determine the air-standard efficiency of an engine
the corrugated asbestos insulation is 12.5 cm and operating on the diesel cycle with a clearance of
the surface coefficient of still air, ho = 12 W/m2- 6% when the suction pressure is 99.7 kPa and the
K. Inside the pipe is steam having a temperature fuel is injected for 7% of the stroke. Assume k=1.4
of 170 °C with film 6000 W/m2-K. Thermal A. 62.11% C. 73.58%
conductivity of pipe and asbestos coefficient hi = B. 51.20% D. 60.02%
6000 w/m2-K. Thermal conductivity of pipe and
asbestos insulation are 45 and 0.12 W/m-K
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51. What is the lower heating value LHV in BTU/lb of 66. A 22.7kg/s flow of air enters a preheater at a
bunker fuel with an HHV of 18,400 BTU/lb and 11.5% temperature of 28 °C and leaves at a temperature
hydrogen content? of 150 °C; 23.7kg/s of exhaust gases, cp=l.09kJ/kg-
A. 17,279 C. 16,279 K, and enters at a temperature of 315 C. The overall
B. 18,279 D. 19,279 coefficient of heat transfer is 710 W/m2-C.
52. If the ultimate strength drops by 30%, the steam Calculate the surface area for counterflow.
temperature rises from _____ for unalloyed steel. A. 22.82 m2 C. 32.54 m2
A. 400 to 500 °C C. 500 to 600 °C B. 27.49 m2 D. 28.77 m2
B. 300 to 400 °C D. 600 to 700 °C 67. You are working the 4:00 PM to Midnight shift at
53. Pure steam at a pressure of 30 bar, and at a energy producing, coal burning steam plant. The
temperature of 375 C, is generated in a boiler at first thing you would do when coming to work is:
the rate of 30000 kg/h from feed water at a A. blow down gauge glass & determine water level
temperature of 130 °C. The fuel has a calorific B. clean the fires
value of 42 MJ/kg and the daily consumption is 53 C. add green coal and build up the fire
tonne. What will be the equivalent engine power if D. blow down the boiler
the overall efficiency of the plant is 0.13. 68. A 300 x 400 mm branch duct leaves a 300 mm x 600
A. 2546 kW C. 8954 kW mm main duct at an angle of 60 deg. The air
B. 5634 kW D. 3349kW temperature is 20 deg C. The dimensions of the main
54. What is the absolute pressure exerted on the duct remain constant following the branch. The flow
surface of a US submarine cruising at 300 ft below rate upstream is 2.7 cu m/sec. What is the pressure
the free surface of the Mediterranean sea? Assume downstream in the main duct. Note: at 20 deg C, P
specific gravity of sea water is 1.03. = 1.2041 kg/cu m.
A. 103.7 psia C. 138.6 psia A. 634 Pa C. 346 Pa
B. 148.6 psia D. 100.7 psia B. 743 Pa D. 464 Pa
55. Component of absorption refrigeration system in 69. A rigid steel container is closed at one end and
which the solution is cooled by cooling water. measures 8 in diameter by 12 in long. The container
A. Absorber C. Evaporator is held vertically and is slowly moved downward
B. Rectifier D. Generator until the pressure in the container is 17 psia.
56. Two kilogram of gas is confined in a 1 m^3 tank at What will be the depth of the top of the container
200 kPa and 88°C. What type of gas is in the tank? from the free water surface?
A. Helium C. Methane A. 69.89 in C. 42.69 in
B. Ethane D. Methane B. 63.69 in D. 59.29 in
57. A steam generator with economizer and air heater 70. Boiling point of Freon-12 at atmospheric pressure
has an overall draft loss of 25.78 cm of water. If is:
the stack gases are at a temperature of 177 deg C A. 21 deg F C. 5 deg F
and if the atmosphere is at 101.3 kPa with a B. 15 deg F D. 28 deg F
temperature of 26 deg C, what is the theoretical 71. A water tube boiler has a capacity of 1000 kg/hr
height of stack in meters is needed when no draft of steam. The factor of evaporation is 1.3, boiler
fan are used? Assume that the gas constant for the rating is 200%, boiler efficiency is 65% and
flue gases is the same as that for air. heating surface area is 0.91 m^2 per bo.Hp. The
A. 651 m C. 631 m heating value of fuel is 18,400 kcal/kg. The total
B. 671 m D. 611 m coal available in the bunker is 50,000 kg.
58. A hot suction line might be caused by: Determine the no. of hrs. to consume the available
A. insufficient lubrication fuel.
B. expansion valve closed too much A. 853.36 hrs C. 979.46 hrs
C. insufficient refrigerant B. 706.57 hrs D. 100.75 hrs
D. too much refrigeration 72. A mixture of 0.4 lbm of helium and 0.2 lbm of oxygen
59. In a hydro-electric plant, water flows at 10 m/s is compressed polytropically from 14.7 psia and
in a penstock of 1 m^2 cross-sectional area. if the 60°F to 60 psia according to n = 1.4. Determine the
net head of the plant is 30 m and the turbine polytropic work.
efficiency is 85%, what is the turbine output? A. 139 Btu C. 339 Btu
A. 2,501.55 kW C. 3,626.34 kW B. 239 Btu D. 539 Btu
B. 2.100.21 kW D. 3,124.65 kW 73. As a rule of thumb, for a specified amount of
60. Ammonia that is circulated in a refrigeration compressed air, the power consumption of the
machine is found to be 0.36333 lb/min. If the vapor compressor decreases by _____ for each 3 °C drop
enters the compressor with a specific volume of 7.3 in the temperature inlet air to the compressor.
cu ft/lb, what will be the Piston displacement, A. 2 percent C. 1 percent
assuming 80 per cent volume efficiency? B. 1.5 percent D. 2.5 percent
A. 291.6 cu ft/hr C. 261.6 cu ft/hr 74. At a pressure of 1300 kPa, the mixture of steam and
B. 281.8 cu ft/hr D. 198.9 cu ft/hr water has an entropy of 3 kJ/kg-degK. What is the
61. The bottom blow down on a boiler is used to: enthalpy of the mixture?
A. reduce steam pressure in the header At 1.3 Mpa: sf = 2.2515, sg = 6.4953, hf = 814.93,
B. increase boiler priming hfg = 1972.7
C. increase the boiler water level A. 1,234.45 kJ/kg C. 1,627.71 kJ/kg
D. remove mud drum water impurities B. 1,533.33 kJ/kg D. 1,162.40 kJ/kg
62. A tank contains 90 ft^3 of air at a pressure of 350 75. Steam enters a turbine stage with an enthalpy of
psig: if the air is cooled until its pressure and 3700 kJ/kg and a velocity of 80 m/s and leaves with
temperature decreases at 200 psig and 70°F an enthalpy of 2864 kJ/kg with a velocity of 12.8
respectively, what is the decrease in internal m/s. If the rate of a steam flow through the turbine
energy? is 0.44 kg/s, what is the work done in kW?
A. 6232.09 Btu C. 5552 Btu A. 365 kW C. 366.0 kW
B. -5552 Btu D. -6232.09 Btu B. 365.64 kW D. 366.50 kW
63. Find the work possess for a helium gas at 20°C. 76. If the refrigeration system has a capacity of 2
A. 609 kJ/kg C. 229 kJ/kg tons, which of the following statements is correct?
B. 168 kJ/kg D. 339 kJ/kg A. The system has a COP of 2.
64. Piping installation crossing an open space that B. The unit has 2 circuits
affords passageway in any building shall be not C. The system has a refrigerating load of 400
less than ____ above he floor unless the piping s BTU/min
located against the ceiling of such space and D. The system uses 2 tons of refrigerants.
permitted by the authority having jurisdiction. 77. What is the resulting pressure when one kilogram
A. 2.2 m C. 4.2 m of air at 104 kPa and 98°C is heated at constant
B. 3.5 m D. 5.5 m volume to 450°C?
65. A closed feedwater heater, with a transmittance of A. 202.67 kPa C. 186.53 kPa
U = 350 BTU/hr-sqft-F, uses condensing steam at a B. 194.67 kPa D. 198.65 kPa
pressure of 20 psia (tsat = 227.96degF) for heating 78. An elastic sphere containing gas at 120 kPa has a
85,000 lb/hr of water from a temperature of 60 deg diameter of 1.0 meter. Heating the sphere causes
F to a temperature of 215 deg F. Calculate the it to expand to a diameter of 1.3 meters. During
transmitting area? the process, the pressure is proportional to the
A. 234 sq ft C. 622 sq ft sphere diameter. Calculate the work done by the gas
B. 627 sq ft D. 876 sq ft in KJ.
A. 57.6 kJ C. 87.5 kJ
B. 77.4 kJ D. 67.8 kJ
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79. Based on industry practice, for a specified amount 93. How much does 30 lbm weigh on the moon? (gmoon =
of compressed air, the power consumption of the 5.47 ft/s^2).
compressor decreases by _____ for each 3½ drop in A. 2.0 lbf C. 3.4 lbf
the temperature inlet air to the compressor. B. 3.2 lbf D. 5.096 lbf
A. 2.0 percent C. 2.5 percent 94. One (1) kilogram of pure wet steam at a pressure
B. 1.5 percent D. 1.0 percent of 116 psi (vg = 0.2404 cu m/kg) and dryness of
80. Water substance with a pressure of 70 bar and a 0.94 is expanded until the pressure is 101 psi (vg
temperature of 65 deg C enters a boiler tube of = 0.4625 cu m/kg, vf = 0.0010836 cu m/kg). If
constant inside diameter of 35 mm. The water leaves expansion follows the law of PVn = C, where n =
the boiler tube at a pressure of 50 bar and a 1.12, find the dryness fraction of steam at the
temperature of 700 deg K at velocity of 100 m/s. lower pressure.
Calculate the inlet volume flow (ltr/sec) A. 0.999 C. 0.5466
From steam tables: B. 0.7863 D. 0.5494
At 70 bar (7 Mpa) and 65 degC: v1 = 0.001017 m3/kg 95. A model pump delivering water at 180F (γ=60.6
At 50 bar and 700 deg K: v2 = 0.06081 m3/kg lb/ft^3; Pvapor = 7.54 psia) at 900 gpm and 2500
A. 0.821 ltr/sec C. 1.261 ltr/sec rpm begins to cavitate when the inlet pressure and
B. 1.609 ltr/sec D. 0.344 ltr/sec velocity are 13 psia and 22 fps. Find the required
81. A Pelton type turbine was installed 30 m below the NPSH of a prototype which is 4 times larger and
head gate of the penstock. The head loss due to runs at 1100 rpm.
friction is 12 percent of the given elevation. The A. 63.5 ft C. 6.61 ft
length of the penstock is 100m and the coefficient B. 20.49 ft D. 36 ft
of friction is 0.00093. Determine the power output 96. The refrigerant used in steam jet is:
in kW. (Use Morse equation). A. Water C. Ammonia
A. 22,273 C. 32,345 B. R-11 D. Steam
B. 23,234 D. 34,452 97. An air cooled condenser vacuum gauge reads 715 mm
82. A knocking noise in steam lines is generally the Hg when the barometer stands at 757 mmHg. Find the
result of: absolute pressure in the air cooled condenser in
A. superheated steam expansion kN/m2 or kPa.
B. condensation in the line A. 6.9 kPa C. 6.5 kPa
C. high steam pressure B. 9.5 kPa D. 5.6 kPa
D. rapid steam expansion 98. One of the newly installed Otto Cycle operates on
83. Pressure difference of 400 Pa is available to force 0.1 lb/s of air from a pressure of 13 psia and at
20°C air through a circular sheet metal duct 450 temperature of 130 deg F at the beginning of
mm in diameter and 25 m long. At 20°C, p = 1.204 compression. At the end of combustion, the
kg/m^3 and take friction factor, f = 0.016. temperature is 5000 deg R; compression ratio is at
Determine the velocity. 5.5; hot air standard k = 1.3. Compute for the
A. 27.34 ft/s C. 89.68 ft/s horsepower.
B. 43.72ft/s D. 86.98 ft/s A. 32.1 hp C. 62.1 hp
84. Calculate the heat needed to raise the temperature B. 52.0 hp D. 42.0 hp
of water from 30 deg C to 100 deg C with 60 per 99. The specific gravity of mercury relative to water
cent quality; using an atmospheric pressure of is 13.55. What is the specific weight of mercury?
101.325 kPa and approximate enthalpy formula of (The specific weight of water is 62.4 lbf per cubic
liquid. foot)
A. 1,872.90 kJ/kg C. 1,593.09 kJ/kg A. 82.2 kN/m3 C. 132.9 kN/m3
B. 1,747.90 kJ/kg D. 1,647.29 kJ/kg B. 102.3 kN/m3 D. 150.9 kN/m3
85. What is the color code for the cylinder of ammonia? 100. An electronic barometer is used to measure an
A. Orange C. Silver airplane’s altitude by comparing the barometric
B. Green D. White pressure at a given flying altitude to that on the
86. A 4 liter (2-liter per revolution at standard ground. What will be the airplane’s altitude if the
pressure and temperature) spark ignition engine has Captain’s pilot measures the barometric pressure
a compression ratio of 8 and 2200 kJ/kg heat at 700 mm-Hg, the ground says it is at 758 mm-Hg,
addition by the fluid combustion. Considering a and the average air density is 1.19 kg/cu m; g =
cold air-standard Otto cycle model, how much power 9.8 m/sec sq.
will the engine produce when operating at 2500 rpm? A. 535 m C. 889 m
A. 166.53 hp C. 97.4 hp B. 663 m D. 980 m
B. 73.12 hp D. 148 hp
87. Steam turbine is receiving 1014 lb/hr of steam,
determine the horsepower output of the turbine if ***END***
the work done by steam is 251 Btu/lbm.
A. 100 hp C. 200 hp
B. 462.7 hp D. 600 hp
88. An ice plant produces 20 tons of ice per day at -
15 deg C from water at 25 deg C. If miscellaneous
losses are 12 per cent of the freezing and chilling
load, calculate the refrigeration capacity of the
plant in tons of refrigeration.
A. 43.12 C. 36.3
B. 21.35 D. 31.5
89. Fuel oil is heated in a storage tank by use of:
A. Fuel oil burner C. Hot air
B. Steam D. Electric coils
90. An adiabatic tank containing air is used to power
an air turbine during the times of peak power
demand. The tank has a volume of 500 cu. M and
contains air at a pressure of 1000 kPa and a
temperature of 500 degK. What is the temperature
at this instant?
A. -14.03 deg C C. 14.03 deg F
B. 14.03 deg R D. 14.03 deg K
91. A diesel engine consumed 945 liters of fuel per day
at 35°C. If the fuel was purchased at 15.6°C and
30°API at P29.00/1i. Determine the cost of fuel to
operate the engine per day.
A. P5,677.50 C. P48,088.90
B. P4,677.50 D. P27,127.76
92. In a flooded evaporator using an accumulator and
float valve, flash gas:
A. passes directly into the suction line
B. does not occur
C. stays in the receiver
D. passes directly into the evaporator