Calculate the specific volume of an air-vapor mixture in cubic

meters per kilogram of dry air when the ff. conditions: t=30C,
w=0.015 kg/kg, and Pt =90kpa
A. 0.99 m
3
/kg C. 0.79 m
3
/kg
B. 0.89 m
3
/kg D. 0.69 m
3
/kg
A

A coil has an inlet temperature of 60 F and an outlet of 90F. If
the mean temperature of the coil is 110F. Find the bypass factor
of the coil.
A. 0.20 C. 0.40
B. 0.30 D. 0 .50
C

A rectangular duct has a diameter of 0.25 m by 1 m. determines of
the equivalent diameter of the duct.
A. 0.40 m C. 0.70 m
B. 0.80 m D. 0.30 m
A

The mass of an outside air at 50C in an air conditioning unit is 60
kg. Find the temperature after mixing if the outside air mixed with
40 kg with recirculated air at 35C.
A. 44C C. 52C
B. 39C D. 47C
A

A creamery must cool 20,000 liters of milk received each day from
initial temperature at 29C to a final temperature at 2C in 5
hours. If refrigeration losses amount to 10 percent of the cuilling
load, what must be the capacity of the refrigeration machine?
Note: specific heat of milk 3.9 kJ/kg-K and S.G. = 1.05
A. 38.5 TOR C. 37.5 TOR
B. 36.5 TOR D. 39.5 TOR
A

How many tons of refrigeration are required to produce 10 metric
tons of ice per day at -10C from raw water at 22C if
miscellaneous losses are 15% of the chilling and freezing load?
A. 17 TOR C. 15 TOR
B. 20 T0R D. 24 TOR
A

Five hundred kilogram of poultry enters a chiller at 8C and are
frozen and chilled to a final temperature of -18C for a storage in
15 hours. The specific heat above and below the freezing are 3.18
kJ/kg-KC and 1.55 kJ/kg-KC respectively. The latent heat is 246
kJ/kg and the freezing temperature is -5C. Compute the product
load.
A. 2.75 kW C. 2.95 kW
B. 2.85 kW D. 3.15 kW
B

Fish weighing 11,000 kg with a temperature of 20C is brought to
a cold storage and which shall be cooled to -10C in 11 hours. Find
the required plant refrigerating capacity in tons of refrigeration if
the specific heat of fish is 0.7 kCal/kgC above freezing and 0.30
kCal/kgC below freezing point which is -3C. The latent heat of
freezing is 55.5 kCal/kg.
A. 25.26 C. 14.38
B. 15.26 D. 24.38
D


The power requirement of Carnot refrigeration in maintaining a
low temperature region at 300 K 1.5 kW per ton. Find the heat
rejected.

A. 4.02 kW C. 5.02 kW
B. 7.02 kW D. 6.02 kW
C

A vapor compression refrigeration system is designed to have a
capacity of 150 tons of refrigeration. It produces chilled water
from 22C to 2C. Its actual coefficient of performance is 5.86 and
35% of the power supplied to the compressor is lost in the form of
friction and cylinder cooling losses. Determine the condenser
cooling water required for a temperature rise of 10C.
A. 14.75kg/s C. 18.65 kg/s
B. 15.65 kg/s D. 13.75 kg/s
A
Determine the heat extracted from 2000 kg of water from 25C to
ice at -10C.
A. 621,150 kJ C. 821,150 kJ
B. 721,159 kJ D. 921,150 kJ
D

A single acting, twin cylinder, Ammonia compressor with bore
equal to stroke is driven by an engine at 250 rpm. The machine is
installed in a chilling plant to produce 700 kW of refrigeration at -
18C evaporating temperature. At this temperature the cooling
effect per kg mass is 1160 kJ. The specific volume of vapor
entering the compressor is 0.592 m
3
per kilogram. Assume 85%
volumetric efficiency. Determine the bore in mm.
A. 400 mm C. 450 mm
B. 300 mm D. 500 mm
A

A cylindrical flash tank mounted with its axis horizontal is used to
separate liquid ammonia from ammonia vapor. The ammonia
vapor bubbles through the liquid with 70 m
3
/min leaving the
disengaging surface. The disengaging rate is limited to 60 m/min
and the liquid level is to operate with the liquid level one-third of
the diameter from the top. Determine the diameter if the tank is
1.5 m long.
A. 830 mm C. 860 mm
B. 730 mm D. 760 mm
A

A 150 Hp motor is used to drive a compressor. If the heat loss
from the compressor is 25 kW and the mass flow rate of the
refrigerant entering the compressor is 0.50 kg/s, determine the
difference of the enthalpies between the inlet and outlet of the
compressor.
A. 143.80 kJ/kg C. 173.80 kJ/kg
B. 153.80 kJ/kg D. 183.80 kJ/kg
C

Determine the estimated condenser load for an open-type
compressor having a cooling capacity of 16,500 Btu/hr and a heat
rejection factor of 1.32.
A. 22,280 Btu/hr C. 21,780 Btu/hr
B. 20,780 Btu/hr D. 91,780 Btu/hr
C
To cool farm products 300 kg of ice at -4.4C are placed in bunker
twenty four hours later the ice have melted into water at 7.2C.
What is the average rate of cooling provided by the ice in kJ/Hr?
A. 2679.28 kJ/Hr C. 3679.28 kJ/Hr
B. 5679.28 kJ/Hr D. 4679.28 kJ/Hr
D
The load on a watercooled condenser is 90,000 Btu/hr. if the
quantity of water circulated through the condenser is 15 gpm,
determine the temperature rise of the water in the condenser.
A. 12F C. 16F
B. 14F D. 18F
A

If the load on a watercooled condenser in 150,000 Btu/hr and
the temperature rise of the water in the condenser is 10F. What
is the quantity of water circulated in gpm?
A. 30 C. 20
B. 40 D 50
A

The weight of ammonia circulated in a machine is found to be
21.8 lb/hr. if the vapor enters the compressor with a specific
volume of 9.6 Ft
3
/hr, calculate the piston displacement, assuming
80% percent volume efficiency.
A. 261.6 Ft
3
/hr C. 281.8 Ft
3
/hr
B. 271.6 Ft
3
/hr D. 291.6 Ft
3
/hr
A

A single stage ammonia compressor is producing 10 tons of
refrigeration and the power consumed is 15 Hp. Suction pressure
is 25 psi, condensing pressure is 180 psi. Brine temperature is 20F
off brine cooler. Determine the actual coefficient of performance.
A. 10.14 C. 12.14
B. 11.14 D. 13.14
D

In an ammonia condensing machine (compressor plus condenser)
the water used for condensing is 55F. Calculate the ideal COP.
A. 11.875 C. 10.875
B. 12.875 D. 13.875
A

How much refrigeration capacity is required to cool 2000 cfm of
air from 85F to 70F?
A. 2.7 TOR C. 1.7 TOR
B. 3.7 TOR D. 4.7 TOR
A

Determine the coil face area required to maintain a face velocity
of 400 Ft/min if the air flow rate over the coil is 2100 Ft
3
/hr
A. 3.25 Ft
2
C.

5.25 Ft
2

B. 4.45 Ft
2
D. 6.25 Ft
2

C

A centrifugal pump discharge 20 L/s against a head of 17 m when
the speed is 1500 rpm. The diameter of the impeller was 30 cm
and the brake horsepower was 6.0. A geometrically similar pump
40 cm in diameter is to run at 1750 rpm. Assuming equal
efficiencies, what brake horsepower is required?
A. 51.55 HP C. 40.15 HP
B. 50.15 HP D. 45.15 HP
C

A pump delivers 20 cfm of water having a density of 62 lb/ft
3
. The
suction and discharge gage reads 5 in. Hg vacuum and 30 psi
respectively. The discharge gage is 5 ft above the suction gage. If
pump efficiency is 70%, what is the motor power?
A. 5.31 Hp C. 4.31 Hp
B. 3.31 Hp D. 6.31 Hp
C

Calculate the air power of a fan that delivers 1200 F Ft
3
/hr of air
through a 1m by 1.5m outlet. Static pressure is 120 mm WG and
the density of air is 1.18
A. 20.45 kW C. 30.45 kW
B. 25.64 kW D. 35.64 kW
B

The piston displacement of a double acting compressor is 0. 358
m
3
delivers gas from 101.325 kPa and 300 K to 675 kPa at the rate
of 0.166 m
3
/s at 150 rpm. Value of n for compression and
expansion is 1.33. Find the compressor percent clearance.
A. 19.66 C. 15.69
B. 10.75 D. 16.96
D

Determine the specific speed of a centrifugal pump delivers 7500
gpm acting against a total head of 370 ft and operating at 1000
rpm.
A. 1072 rpm C. 1041 rpm
B. 1027 rpm D. 1014 rpm
B

An induced draft fan is used to extract 270000 m
3
of flue gas per
hour from a boiler furnace. The fan is to deliver at a total pressure
of 250 mm water gage. Determine the size of the electric motor in
kW if a mechanical efficiency of 55% is considered.
A. 444.33 kW C. 433.44 kW
B. 343.44 kW D. 334.44 kW
D

The fan has a total head of 190 m and static pressure of 20 cm
WG. If the air density is 1.2 kg/m
3
. What is the velocity of air
flowing?
A. 16.21 m/s C. 16.66 m/s
B. 27.21 m/s D. 17.77 m/s
D

A pump delivers 500 gpm of water against a total head of 200 ft
and operating at 1770 rpm. Changes have increased the total
head to 375 ft. At what rpm should the pump be operated to
achieve the new head at the same efficiency?
A. 2800 rpm C. 3434 rpm
B. 3600 rpm D. 2424 rpm
D

The diesel electric plant supplies energy for meralco. During a 24
hr period, the plant consumed 200 gallons of fuel at 28C and
produced 3930 Kw-hr. industrial fuel is used is 28API and was
purchased at P 5.50 per liter at 15,6C. What should the cost of
fuel be produced one kw-hr?
A. P 1.05 C. P 1.069
B. P 1.10 D. P 1.00
A

A boiler contains 3.5 tons of water initially having 40 ppm
dissolved solids after 24 hrs the dissolved solids in the water is
2500 ppm. If the feed rate is 875 kg/hr, find the ppm of dissolved
solids contained in the feed water.
A. 410 ppm C. 390 ppm
B. 320 ppm D. 420 ppm
A




A travelling-grate stoker can burn bituminous coal with 10%
moisture and 10% ash at a rate of 500,000 Btu/hr-Ft
2
. A boiler
with a steam rating of 200,000 lb/hr will be fired with the above
fuel having a high heat value of 12,200 Btu/lb. if the boiler
efficiency is 80%, and if it takes 1000 BTU to evaporate and
superheat one pound of feed water to the desired temperature,
find the hourly coal supply and grate area needed.
A. 20,500 lb, 500 Ft
2
C. 28,200 lb, 400 Ft
2

B. 26,400 lb, 700 Ft
2
D. 22,600 lb, 200 Ft
2

A

A steam is expanded through a nozzle and the enthalpy drop per
kg of steam from the initial pressure to the final pressure is 60 kJ.
Neglecting the friction, find the velocity of discharge and the exit
area of the nozzle to pass 0.20 kg/s if the specific volume of the
steam at exit is 1.5 m
3
/kg.
A. 346.4 m/s, 879 m
2
C. 765.6 m/s, 467 m
2

B. 356.7 m/s, 278 m
2
D.346.4 m/s, 866 m
2

D

A 60 MW steam turbine generator power plant has a full-load
steam rate of 8 kg/kW-hr. assuming that no-load steam
consumption as 15% of full-load steam consumption, compute for
the hourly steam consumption at 75% load, in kg/hr.
A. 37,800 kg/hr C. 30,780 kg/hr
B. 38,700 kg/hr D. 30,870 kg/hr
A

The feed water to a boiler is 92% condensate and 8% make-up
containing 270 ppm solids. What weights of solids enter the boiler
per hour at 22,680 kg per steam evaporation?
A. 0.49 kg solids/hr C. 0.39 kg solids/hr
B. 0.59 kg solids/hr D. 0.69 kg solids/hr
A

The 1370 diameter steam drum on a boiler is 2440 mm long has a
250 mm gage glass at mid-drum level. Find the maximum steam
generation that could be cared for by a blow down of half a water
gauge each 8 hr. shift. Pressure, 17.5 kg/cm
2
gage. Sr = 150 PPM,
Sb = 2000 PPM
A. 450.59 kg/hr C. 650.59 kg/hr
B. 550.59 kg/hr D. 750.59 kg/hr
B

Given a horizontal conveyor, 46 m centers, 175 pounds per hr
capacity of handling bituminous coal at 0.5 m/s with 800 kg per
m
3
. Other data as follows
Flight width and depth 610 mm x 200 mm
Quantity of material 0.108 mm
3
/m
Coefficient of friction elements 0.10
Material coefficient of friction 0.59
Assume an engineering-type chain with sleeve bearing rollers
weighing with flights, 89.3 kg/m. Calculate the chain pull in kg
A. 2180.33 C. 1555.36
B. 4550.10 D. 3166.46
D

Air is drawn into a gas turbine working on the constant pressure
cycle at 1 bar 21C and compressed to 5.7 bars. The temperature
at the end of heat supply is 680C. Taking expansion and
compression to be adiabatic where Cv = 0.718 kJ/kg-K, Cp = 1.055
kJ/kg-K, calculate the heat energy supplied per kg at constant
pressure.
A. 472 kJ/kg C. 501 kJ/kg
B. 389 kJ/kg D. 489 kJ/kg
A
In an air-standard Bryton cycle, the compressor receives air at
101.325 kPa, 21C and it leaves at the rate of 4 kg/s. determine
the turbine work if the temperature of the air entering the turbine
is 1000C
A. 3000 kW C. 2028 kW
B. 2701 kW D. 3500 kW
C

The net power output of an air-standard Brayton cycle is 200 kW.
Air enters the compressor at 32C and leaves the high-
temperature heat exchanger at 800C. What is the mass flow rate
of air if it leaves the turbine at 350C?
A. 0.57 kg/s C. 0.77 kg/s
B. 0.67 kg/s D. 0.87 kg/s
D

In an air-standard Brayton cycle the inlet temperature and the
pressure are 20C and 101.325 kPa. The turbine inlet conditions
are 1200 kPa and 900C. Determine the air flow rate if turbines
produce 12 MW.
A. 21.41 kg/s C. 19.25 kg/s
B. 20.20 kg/s D. 18.10 kg/s
B

A gas turbine power plant operating on the Brayton cycle delivers
15 MW to a standby electric generator. What are the mass flow
rate and the volume flow rate of air if the minimum and
maximum pressures are 100 kPa and 500 kPa respectively, and
temperature of 20C and 1000C?
A. 31.97 kg/s, 26.88 m
3
/s C. 41.97 kg/s, 26.88 m
3
/s
B. 36.98 kg/s, 28.99 m
3
/s D. 46.98 kg/s, 28.99 m
3
/s
A

A hydro-electric power plant consumes 60,000,000 kW-hr per
year. What is the net if the expected flow is 1500 m
3
/min and
over-all efficiency is 63%?
A. 34.34 m C. 44.33 m
B. 43.43 m D. 33.44 m
C

A pelton type turbine has a gross head of 40 m and a friction head
loss of 6 m. What is the penstock diameter if the penstock length
is 90 m and the coefficient of friction head loss is 0.0001 (Morse).
A. 2040 mm C. 2440 mm
B. 3120 mm D. 2320 mm
A

A hydro-electric impulse turbine is directly coupled to a 24 pole,
60 Hz alternator. It has a specific speed of 60 rpm and develops
3000 Hp. What is the required diameter assuming a peripheral
speed ratio of 0.45?
A. 0.661 m C. 0.443 m
B. 0.552 m D. 0.775 m
A

The tail water and the headwater of a hydro-electric power plant
are 150 m and 200 m respectively. What is the water power if the
flow is 15 m
3
/s and a head loss of 10% of the gross head?
A. 6,621.75 kW C. 5,621.76 kW
B. 7,621.65 kW D. 4,621.56 kW
A



In a hydro-electric plant, water flows at 10 m/s in a penstock of 1
m
2
cross-sectional area. If the net head of the plant is 30 m and
the turbine efficiency is 85%, what is the turbine output?
A. 2,501.55 kW C. 3,626.34 kW
B. 2,100.21 kW D. 3,124.65 kW
A

A 75 MW power plant has an average load of 35,000 kW and a
load factor of 65%. Find the reserve over peak.
A. 21.15 MW C. 25.38 MW
B. 23.41 MW D. 18.75 MW
A

A power plant is said to have/had a use factor of 48.5% and a
capacity factor of 42.4%. How many hrs. Did it operate during the
year?
A. 6,600.32 hrs C. 8,600.32 hrs
B. 7,658.23 hrs D. 5,658.23 hrs
B

A 50,000 kW steam plant delivers an annual output of
238,000,000 kW-hr with a peak load of 42,860 kW. What is the
annual load factor and capacity factor?
A. 0.634, 0.534 C. 0.634, 0.543
B. 0.643, 0.534 D. 0.643, 0.534
C

Calculate the use factor of a power plant if the capacity factor is
35% and it operates 8000 hrs during the year?
A. 38.325 % C. 35.823 %
B. 33.825 % D. 32.538 %
A

A 39.5 m high chimney of radial brick masonry is described by the
ff. top and bottom. D2 = 1.9 m, d2 = 1.5 m, D1 = 3.2 m, d1 = 2.3 m.
Determine the moment due to wind load.
A. 172,051 kg-m C. 150,160 kg-m
B. 160,388 kg-m D. 182,030 kg-m
D

It is desired to deliver 5 gpm at a head of 640 ft in a single stage
pump having s specific speed not to exceed 40. If the speed is not
to exceed 1352 rpm, how many stages are required?
A. 3 C. 5
B. 4 D. 2
D

A centrifugal pump discharge 20 L/s against a head of 17 m when
the speed is 1500 rpm. The diameter of the impeller was 30 c, and
the brake horsepower was 6.0. A geometrically similar pump 40
cm in diameter is to run at 1750 rpm. Assuming equal efficiency,
what brake horsepower is required?
A. 51.55 Hp C. 40.15 Hp
B. 50.15 Hp D. 45.15 Hp
C

A condensate pump at sea level takes water from a surface
condenser where the vacuum is 15 in. of mercury. The friction and
turbulence in the piping in the condenser hot well and the pump
suction flange is assumed to be 6.5 ft. if the condensate pump to
be installed has a required head of 9 ft, what would be the
minimum height of water level in the hot well that must be
maintained above the centerline of the pump to avoid
cavitations?
A. 2.5 ft C. 18 ft
B. 15.5 ft D. 5.5 ft
B
A pump delivers 2o cfm of water having a density of 62 lb/ft
3
. The
suction discharge gage reads 5 in. Hg vacuum and 30 psi
respectively. The discharge gage is 5 ft above the suction gage. If
the pump efficiency is 70%, what is motor power?
A. 5.31 Hp C. 4.31 Hp
B. 3.31 Hp D. 6.31 Hp
C

A fan has a total head of 190 m and a static pressure of 20 cm
WG. If the air density is 1.2 kg/m
3
, what is the velocity of air
flowing?
A. 16.21 m/s C. 16.66 m/s
B. 17.21 m/s D. 17.766 m/s
D

A jet of water is discharge through a 1 inch diameter orifice
under constant head of 2.1 ft total discharge is 228 lb, in 90
seconds. The jet is observed to pass through a point 2 ft
downward and 4 ft away from vena contrata. Coefficient of
velocity.
A. O.786 C. 0.567
B. 0.685 D. 0.345
B

A jet of water is discharge through a 1 inch diameter orifice
under constant head of 2.1 ft total discharge is 228 lb, in 90
seconds. The jet is observed to pass through a point 2 ft
downward and 4 ft away from vena contrata. Coefficient of
velocity.
A. 0.976 C. 0.567
B. 0.758 D. 0.845
A

What is the velocity of sound 150F (66C) air at a standard
pressure? Note: density of air @ 150F is 0.064 lbm/ft
3
.
A. 1215 ft/s C. 2345 ft/s
B. 3245 ft/s D. 4321 ft/s
A

Ideal Oxygen is throttled at 140F from 10 atm to 5 atm. What is
the temperature change?
A. 0 C. infinity
B. Negative D. 1
A

A duct 0.40 m high and 0.80 wide suspended from the ceiling in a
corridor, makes a right angle turn in the horizontal plane. The
inner radius is 0.2 m and the outer radius is 1.0 m measured from
the same center. The velocity of air in the duct is 10 m/s. compute
the pressure drop in this elbow. Assuming; f = 0.3, = 1.204 kg/m
3
and L = 10 m.
A. 341 Pa C. 143 Pa
B. 441 Pa D. 144 Pa
A

To what weight will 68F ethyl alcohol rise in a 0.005 inch internal
diameter glass capillary tube? The density of alcohol is 49 lbm/ft
3
.
Where: = 0 = angle of contact angle and surface tension =
0.00156 lbm/ft @ 68F.
A. 0.3056 ft C. 0.4312 ft
B. 0.2504 ft D. 0.2432 ft
A


What is the velocity of sound in 150F (66C) air at a standard
pressure? Note: density of air @ 150F is 0.064 lbm/ft
3
.
A. 1295 ft/s C. 2345 ft/s
B. 3245 ft/s D. 1096 ft/s
A

What is the pressure 8000 ft below the water surface of the
ocean? Neglect compressibility.
A. 512,000 psf C. 157,000 psf
B. 324,500 psf D. 213,000 psf
A

If atmospheric air 14.7 psia and 60F at sea level, what is the
pressure at 12000 ft altitude if air is incompressible? Note: @
60F; the density of air is 0.0763 lbm/ft
3
; P1 = 14.7 psia
A. 5.467 psia C. 8.342 psia
B. 9.345 psia D. 2.346 psia
C

If atmospheric air 14.7 psia and 60F at sea level, what is the
pressure at 12000 ft altitude if air is compressible? Note @ 60F;
the density of air is 0.0763 lbm/ft
3
; P1 = 14.7 psia
A. 5.467 psia C. 8.342 psia
B. 9.53 psia D. 2.346 psia
B

A two-pass surface condenser is to be designed using overall heat
transfer coefficient of 480 BTU/F lbm/ft
2
of outside tube surface.
The tubes are to be 1 inch outside diameter with 1/16 in walls (or
7/8 in. inside diameter). Entering circulating water velocity is to be
6 ft/s. steam enters the condenser at a rate of 100,000 lb/hr at a
pressure of one psia and an enthalpy of 1090 Btu/lb. condensate
leaves at saturated liquid at one psia. Circulating water enters the
condensate at 85 deg. F and leaves at 95 deg. F. Note: 1 psia
condensate has temperature of 101.7 deg. F. wet steam entering
becomes condensate at 101.7 deg. F with hf = 69.72 Btu/lb.
calculate the total number of tubes to be used in each passes.
A. 18,200 tubes C. 10,450 tubes
B. 15,400 tubes D. 11,456 tubes
A

Determine the approximate load on a cooling tower if the
entering and leaving temperatures are 96F and 88F, respectively
and the flow rate of the water over the tower is 30 gpm.
A. 2500 Btu/min C. 3000 Btu/min
B. 2000 Btu/min D. 3500 Btu/min
B

Determine the quantity of water lost by bleed off if the water flow
rate over the tower 30 gpm and the range is 10F. Percent bleed-
off requires 33%.
A. 0.077 gpm C. 0.099 gpm
B. 0.088 gpm D. 0.066 gpm
C

How many tons of refrigeration is required to produce 10 metric
tons of ice per day at -10C from raw water at 22C if
miscellaneous losses are 15% of the chilling and freezing load?
A. 17 TOR C. 15 TOR
B. 20 TOR D. 24 TOR
A




Refrigeration is 2 m high, 1.2 m wide and 1 m deep. The over-all
heat transfer coefficient is o.532 W/m
2
C. how many kilograms of
0C ice will melt per hour if the inside temperature is maintained
at 10C while the surrounding air temperature is at 35C?
A. 1.60 kg C. 2.60 kg
B. 1.80 kg D. 2.80 kg
A

Determine the heat extracted from 2000 kg of water from 25C to
ice -10C.
A. 621,150 kJ C. 821,150 kJ
B. 721,150 kJ D. 921,150 kJ
D

How many independent properties are required to completely fix
the equilibrium state of a pure gaseous compound?
A. 1 C. 2
B. 3 D. 4
C

Calculate the heat transfer per hour through a solid brick wall 6 m
long, 2.9 m high, and 225 mm thick, when the outer surface is at
5C and the inner surface at 17C, the coefficient of thermal
conductivity of the brick being 0.6 W/m-K.
A. 2,004.48 kJ C. 2,400.48 kJ
B. 3,004.48 kJ D. 3,400.48 kJ
A

A vertical furnace wall is made up of an inner wall of firebrick 20
cm thick followed by insulating brick 15 cm thick and an outer wall
of steel 1 cm thick. The surface temperature of the wall adjacent
to the combustion chamber is 1200C while that of the outer
surface of steel is 50C. The thermal conductivities of the wall
material in W/m-K are; firebrick, 10; insulating brick, 0.26; and
steel, 45. Neglecting the film resistance and contact resistance of
joints, determine the heat loss per sq.m. Of the wall area.
A. 1.93 W/m
2
C. 1.55 W/m
2

B. 2.93 W/m
2
D. 2.55 W/m
2

A

A composite wall is made up of an external thickness of brickwork
110 mm thick inside which is a layer of fiberglass 75 mm thick. The
fiberglass is faced internally by an insulating board 25 mm thick.
The coefficients of thermal conductivity for the three are as
follows:
Brickwork 1.5 W/m-K
Fiberglass 0.04 W/m-K
Insulating board 0.06 W/m-k
The surface transfer coefficient of the inside wall is 3.1 W/m
2
-K
while that of the outside wall is 2.5 W/m
2
-K. Take the internal
ambient temperature as 10C and the external temperature is
27C. Determine the heat loss through such wall 6 m high and 10
m long.
A. 330.10 W C. 430.10 W

B. 230.10 W D. 530.10 W

A









One insulated wall of a cold-storage compartment is 8 m long by
2.5 m high and consist of an outer steel plate 18 mm thick. An
inner wood wall 22.5 mm thick, the steel and wood are 90 mm
apart to form a cavity which is filled with cork. If the temperature
drop across the extreme faces of the composite wall is 15C.
Calculate the heat transfer per hour through the wall and the
temperature drop across the thickness of the cork. Take the
coefficients of thermal conductivity for steel, cork and wood as
45, 0.045, and 0.18 W/m-K respectively.
A. 408.24 kJ, 12.12C C. 608.24 kJ, 13.12C
B. 708.24 kJ, 11.12C D. 508.24 kJ, 14.12C
D

One side of refrigerated cold chamber is 6 m long by 3.7 m high
and consist 168 mm thickness of cork between outer and inner
walls of wood. The outer wood wall is 30 mm thick and its outside
face temperature is 20C, the inner wood wall 35 mm thick and its
inside face temperature is -3C. taking the coefficient of thermal
conductivity of cork and wood 0.42 and 0.20 W/m-k respectively,
calculate the heat transfer per second per sq. m of surface area.
A. 5.138 J C. 6.318 J
B. 4.138 J D. 3.318 J
B

Hot gases at 280C flow on one side of a metal of 10mm thickness
and air at 35C flows on the other side. The heat transfer
coefficient of the gasses is 31.5 W/m
2
-K and that of the air is 32
W/m
2
-K. Calculate the over-all transfer coefficient.
A. 15.82 W/m
2
-K C. 14.82 W/m
2
-K
B. 16.82 W/m
2
-K D. 17.82 W/m
2
-K
A

The surface temperature of the hot side of the furnace wall is
1200C.it is desired to maintain the outside of the wall at 38C. A
152 mm of refractory silica is used adjacent to the combustion
chamber and 10 mm of steel covers the outside. What thickness
of insulating brick is necessary between refractory and steel, if the
heat loss should be kept at 788 W/m
2
, and 45 for steel.
A. 220 mm C. 260 mm
B. 240 mm D. 280 mm
A

A hollow sphere has an outside radius of 1 m and is made of
polystyrene foam with a thickness of 1 cm. a heat source inside
keeps the inner surface 5.20C hotter than the outside surface?
The thermal conductivity of polystyrene foam is 0.033 W/mC.
A. 200 W C. 300 W
B. 216 W D. 316 W
B

An insulated steam pipe located where the ambient temperature
is 32C, has an inside diameter of 50 mm with 10 mm thick wall.
The outside diameter of the corrugated asbestos insulation is 125
mm and the surface coefficient of still air is, ho = 12 W/m
2
-K.
Inside the pipe is steam having a temperature of 150C with film
coefficient hi = 6000 W/m
2
-K. Thermal conductivity of pipe and
asbestos insulation are 45 and 0.12 W/m
2
-K respectively.
Determine the heat loss per unit length of pipe.
A. 110 W C. 130 W
B. 120 W D. 140 W
B
How many watts will be radiated from s spherical black body 15
cm diameter at a temperature of 800C?
A. 5.34 kW C. 6.34 kW
B. 4.34 kW D. 3.34 kW
A
A wall with an area of 10 m
2
cm thickness of white pine (k = 0.113
W/mC) followed by 10 cm of brick (k = 0.649C W/mC). The pine
is on the inside where the temperature is 10C. Assuming
equilibrium conditions exist, what is the temperature at the
interface between the two metals?
A. 15.65C C. 18.21C
B. 17.64C D. 19.31C
D

A counter flow heat exchanger is designed to heat fuel oil from
45C to 100C while the heating fluid enters at 150Cvand leaves
at 115C. Calculate the arithmetic mean temperature difference?
A. 40C C. 60C
B. 50C D. 70C
C

A pipe with an outside diameter of 2.5 in. is insulated with a 2 in
layer of asbestos (ka = 0.396 Btu/in./hr-ft
2
-F). If the temperature
of cork 1.5 in. thick (kc = 0.30 Btu/in./hr-ft
2
-F). If the temperature
of the outer surface of the cork is 90F, calculate the heat loss per
100 ft of insulated pipe.
A. 847.64 Btu/hr C. 2847.42 Btu/hr
B. 3847.51 Btu/hr D. 1847.14 Btu/hr
C

The journals of a shaft are 380 mm diameter, it runs at 105 rpm
and the coefficient of friction between journals and bearings is
0.02. If the average load on the bearing is 200 KN, find the heat
generated per minute at the bearing?
A. 501.375 kJ C. 401.375 kJ
B. 505.575 kJ D. 501.575 kJ
A

The flow energy of 124 liters per minute of a fluid passing a
boundary to a system is 108.5 kJ/min. determine the pressure at
this point.
A. 875 kPa C. 975 kPa
B. 675 kPa D. 575 kPa
A

Work done by a substance in reversible non flow manner in
accordance with V = 100/P ft
3
, where P is in psia. Evaluate the
work done on or by the substance as the pressure increases from
10 psia to 100 psia.
A. 33,157.22 ft-lb C. 43,157.22 ft-lb
B. -33,157.22 ft-lb D. -43,157.22 ft-lb
B

Calculate the change in enthalpy as 1 kg of nitrogen is heated
from 1000 K to 1500 K, assuming the nitrogen is an ideal gas at a
constant pressure. The temperature dependent specific heat of
nitrogen is Cp = 39.06 512.79 T
1.5
+ 1072.7 T
2
820.4T
3
where Cp
is in kJ/kg-mol, T is in K.
A. 600 kJ C. 800 kJ
B. 697.27 kJ D. 897.27 kJ
B

One kilogram of wet steam at a pressure of 8 bar (Vg = 0.2404
m
3
/kg, vf = 0.0011148 m
3
/kg) and dryness 0.94 is expanded until
the pressure is 4 bar (vg = 0.4625 m
3
/kg, vf = 0.0010836 m
3
). If the
expansion follows the law PV
n
= C, where n =1.12, find the dryness
fraction of the steam at the lower pressure.
A. 0.9072 C. 0.2260
B. 0.4197 D. 0.2404
C

Wet saturated steam at 16 bar (hf = 859 kJ/kg , hg = 1935 kJ/kg)
reducing valve and is throttled to a pressure of 8 bar (hr = 721
kJ/kg, hfg = 2048 kJ/kg). Find the dryness fraction of the reduces
pressure steam.
A. 0.8833 C. 0.9933
B. 0.7733 D. 0.6633
C

A 650 BHP diesel engine uses fuel oil of 28API gravity, fuel
consumption is 0.65 lb/BHP-hr. cost of fuel is P 7.95 per liter. For
continuous operation, determine the minimum volume of cubical
day tank in cm
3
, ambient temperature is 45C.
A. 4,372,890 cm
3
C. 5,291,880 cm
3

B. 5,987,909 cm
3
D. 7,352,789 cm
3

A

A typical industrial fuel oil, C16H32 with 20% excess air by weight.
Assuming complete oxidation of the fuel, calculate the actual air-
fuel ratio by weight.
A. 17.56 kgair/kgfuel C. 16.75 kgair/kgfuel
B. 15.76 kgair/kgfuel D. 17.65 kgair/kgfuel
A