Lecture 4 problems with solu ons C. 157.

6 mm Hg
D. 111.6 mm Hg
STEAM POWER PLANT 5. A:er expanding 2.5 L of superheated steam at
1. A steam condenser receives 10 kgs per second of 2.5 MPaa and 400 C, its pressure was decreased
steam with an enthalpy of 2570 kJ/kg. Steam to 0.01 MPaa. If its dryness frac on is 90%, what
condensers into a liquid and leaves with an is the final volume of the steam in L? @ 2.5 MPaa
enthalpy of 160 kJ/kg. Cooling water passes & 400 C, v = 125.2 x 10-3 m3/kg. @ 0.01 MPaa, vf
through the condenser with temperature = 1.0102 x 10-3 m3/kg, vg = 14,674 x 10-3 m3/kg.
increases from 13 degree C to 24 degree C. A. 264
Calculate the cooling water flow rate in kgs per B. 164
second. C. 364
A. 533.2 D. 464
B. 518.4 6. An open feedwater heater u lizes saturated
C. 528.9 steam at 150 C extracted from the steam
D. 523.2 turbine. Feedwater to be heated enters at 60 C.
2. In a steam Rankine cycle, saturated liquid at 14.7 If the mixture leaves the heater at the rate of
psia (vf = 0.01672 cu. :. per lb,) is pump to a high 18000 kg/hr, calculate for the quan ty of steam
pressure liquid at 100 psia. How much work is extracted from the turbine, in kg/hr. Steam
required to pump one lbm of water? proper es at 150 C, hf = 632.2, hfg = 2114.3; at 60
A. 118 Btu C, hf = 251.13.
B. 18.5 Btu A. 2974
C. 0.129 Btu B. 2749
D. 0.264 Btu C. 4279
3. A steam plant operates with an ini al pressure of D. 4792
1.7 MPa and 370 C temperature and to a Solu on:
condenser at 170 kPa. If the turbine efficiency 7. A 15,000 kW steam turbine-generator power
and boiler efficiency are 75% and 85%, plant has full load steam rate of 7.5 kg/kW-hr. No
respec vely, determine the cycle thermal load steam consump on is around 10% of full
efficiency. load steam consump on. Calculate the hourly
Steam proper es: steam consump on at three-fourths load in
At 1.70 MPa & 370 C: kg/hr.
h = 3187.1 kJ/kg A. 112,500 kg/hr
s = 7.1081 kJ/kg B. 15,500 kg/hr
At 170 kPa: C. 87,187.50 kg/hr
hf = 483.20 D. 6,750 kg/hr
hfg = 2216.0 8. A typical steam generator with an efficiency of
sf = 1.4752 85% is producing 18 kg/sec of steam. The
sfg = 5.7062 enthalpy of the entering water is 140 kJ/kg and
A. 25.6% is superheated to an enthalpy of 3300.50 kJ/kg.
B. 52.6% The fuel used has a hea ng value of 44,500
C. 12.1% kJ/kg. The A/F ra o by weight is 20. Determine
D. 35.6% the amount of air needed in kg/hr.
4. A condenser gauge reads 25.5 in Hg vacuum A. 168,317
when the barometer stands at 10.32 m of H2O. B. 178,328
Determine the absolute pressure in the C. 96,123
condenser in mm Hg. D. 108,288
A. 78.9 mm Hg Boilers
B. 235.6 mm Hg
9. A water tube boiler has a hea ng surface area of B. 2.83
500 m2. For a developed boiler hp of 825. C. 6.71
Determine the percent ra ng of the boiler. D. 8.01
A. 162.45% Geothermal Power Plant
B. 148.98%
C. 153.37% 14. A liquid dominated geothermal plant with a
D. 142.18% single flash separator receives water at 204 C.
10. The equivalent evapora on of a boiler, from and The separator pressure is 1.04 MPa. A direct-
at 100 C is 15 kg steam per kg fuel and the contact condenser operates at 0.034 MPa. The
calorific value of the fuel burned is 41.9 MJ/kg. turbine has a polytropic efficiency of 0.75 . For a
What is the boiler efficiency? @ 2.5 MPaa & 400 cycle output of 50 MW, what is the mass flow
C; hfg = 2257 kJ/kg. rate of the well-water in kg/s?
A. 88.0% Steam proper es:
B. 80.8% At 204 C: hf = 870.51 kJ/kg
C. 84.8% At 1.04 MPa: hf = 770.38, hfg = 2009.2, hg =
D. 82.0% 2779.6, sg = 6.5729
11. A horizontal return tubular boiler with a hea ng At 0.034 MPa: hf = 301.40, hfg = 2328.8, sf =
surface of 2000 m2 generates steam at the rate 0.9793, sfg = 6.7463
of 4.5 kg/s. Feedwater enters at 5 MPa, 120 C A. 2871
and steam leaves at 5 MPa, 350 C. Calculate for B. 2444
the percent ra ng developed if coal with a C. 2100
hea ng value of 20,000 kJ/kg is burned at the D. 186
rate of 9 Mtons/hr. Steam proper es at 5 MPa, 15. A geothermal plant has a capacity of 20 MW. The
350 C, h = 3068.4; at 5 MPa, 120 C, h = 507.09. turbine efficiency is 85%, generator efficiency is
A. 62.46 92%. If the quality a:er throLling is 15% and
B. 66.78 each well discharged 400,000 kg/hr, determine
C. 64.62 the number of wells required if the change of
D. 68.94 entropy at entrance and exit of the turbine is 600
CHIMNEYS AND STACKS kJ/kg.
12. A steam genera ng unit has an overall dra: loss A. 2
of 300 mm water. Air enters at 1 atm, 27 C and B. 4
the average flue gas temperature is found to be C. 3
200 C. What is the necessary height of stack in D. 5
meters if no dra: fans are to be installed? Hydroelectric Power Plant
A. 796 16. A river 60 m wide and 2 m deep flows at 2 m/s a
B. 769 hydro-plant develops a pressure of 300 kPa gage
C. 679 just before the turbine, what maximum power in
D. 697 MW is possible.
13. In a steam power plant, 3 kg of coal is consumed A. 40
per second and it was later found that 20 kg of B. 72
dry flue gas is produced per kg of coal fired. Air C. 56
enters at 23 C. The average temperature of the D. 48
flue gases entering the chimney is 323 C and the 17. An impulse turbine which has a diameter, D = 5
average temperature of the flue gases inside the :, speed N = 7 rev/sec, bucket angle,  = 150o,
chimney is 275 C. A theore cal dra: of 4.5 cm of coefficient of velocity, Cv = 0.9760, rela ve
water at the base of the chimney is needed. The speed,  = 0.470, a generator efficiency, em =
gage fluid specific volume is 0.0010010 m3/kg. 0.90, and a jet diameter from nozzle of 0.625
Account for the chimney diameter in m. feet. Compute the power input in HP.
A. 4.13 A. 5479 hp
 B. 7625 hp velocity of 15 m/s. Assuming that the conversion
C. 6754 hp efficiency is somewhere between 25 to 30%,
D. 8950 hp determine the maximum available power from
18. Calculate the power that can be developed from the windmill.
a hydro-electric power plant or sta on having A. 47,000 W
the following data: B. 74,000 W
Catchment area 100 sq km C. 47,000 kW
Average annual rainfall 117 cm D. 74,000 kW
Run-off 82% 22. A:er a series of experiments, it was found that
Available head 375 m the sun generates an average of 1 kW/m2 when
Overall sta on efficiency 77% tapped as a source of energy wherein a flat plate
A. 6181 collector with an area of 1 m2 is used. Flow rate
B. 8611 of water inside the collector is 36 liter per hour.
C. 3751 Calculate the temperature rise of the working
D. 1321 fluid, in C.
19. A hydraulic turbine rated at 37.2 MW has an eff. A. 23.88
of 80%. It is directly coupled to a generator of 96 B. 28.33
poles and 60 Hz frequency. If its specific speed is C. 32.78
70 rpm what is the required flow in m3/s at rated D. 37.28
capacity?
A. 194.9
B. 174.9
C. 199.9
D. 59.3
Nuclear Power plant
20. In a nuclear power plant, the reactor releases 10
GJ/hr of heat to the pressurized water coolant.
Steam is generated at 4 MPa saturated and is
exhausted at 15 kPa. Assuming a turbine
efficiency of 80%, determine the power output
in the generator in kW.
Given:
Coolant Heat = 10 x 106 kJ/hr, Steam at 4 MPa,
saturated
Exhaust at 15 kPa, Turbine efficiency = 80%
At 4 MPa, saturated, hg = 2801.4 kJ/kg, sg =
6.0701 kJ/kg.K
At 15 kPa, hf = 225.94 kJ/kg, hfg = 2373.1 kJ/kg, sf
= 0.7549 kJ/kg.K, sfg = 7.2536 kJ/kg.K, vf = 0.001
m3/kg
A. 237 kw
B. 327 kw
C. 723 kw
D. 732 kw
Non-Conven onal Energy Resources
21. A windmill with a 5-meter radius motor is to be
installed in the Ilocos region where atmospheric
condi ons prevail at 1 bar, 22 C. It was observed
that wind is blowing steadily at an average