04. Convert 1 GJ (Gigajoule) to BTU (British Thermal Unit) c) 0.

001
a) 948,000 d) 100
b) 1,200,000
c) 1,000,000 10. Convert the energy of 1 megawatt –hour (MW-hr) to
d) 886,000 gigajoule (GJ)
a) 3.6
05. Convert 100 deg C to deg Kelvin b) 3,600
a) 373 c) 3,600,000
b) 56 d) 1,341
c) 212
d) 672 11. Convert the energy of 1 megawatt-hour (MW-hr) to
megajoule (MJ)
06. Convert the energy of , 1 Joule to erg a) 3,600
a) 10,000,000 b) 3.6
b) 10,000 c) 3,600,600
c) 1,000 d) 1,341
d) 100
12. Convert the energy of 1 MW-hr to horsepower-hour (HP-hr)
a) 1,341
07. Convert the energy of 1 Joule to calorie b) 3.6
a) 0.239 c) 3,600,000
b) 1,000 d) 3,600
c) 0.001
d) 100 13. Convert the energy of 1 megawatt-hour (MW-hr) to
megacalorie (MCal)
08. Convert the energy of 1 Joule to Watt-second a) 860
a) 1 b) 3.6
b) 1,000 c) 1,341
c) 0.001 d) 3,600
d) 100
14. Convert the energy of 1 watt-hour (W-hr) to foot-pounds (ft-
09. Convert the energy of 1 Joule to Newton-meter lbs)
a) 1 a) 2,655
b) 10
 b) 3,600 c) 15
c) 3.6 d) 18
d) 3.412
20. Convert 1 Boiler Horsepower (BoHP) to BTU/hr
a) 33,480
15. Convert the energy of 1 BTU to kilojoule (KJ) b) 35,00
a) 1.055 c) 25,000
b) 0.293 d) 30,000
c) 0.525
d) 778 21. Convert 1 Electric Horsepower to ft-lbs/sec
a) 550
16. Convert the energy of 1 BTU to foot-pounds(ft-lb) b) 2545
a) 778 c) 33000
b) 0.293 d) 746
c) 252
d) 1,055 22. Convert the 1 Electric Horsepower to Kilowatt (KW)
a) 0.746
17. Convert the energy of 1 BTU to poundal foot b) 1.000
a) 25,037 c) 0.800
b) 0.293 d) 0.900
c) 252
d) 1,055

18. Convert the energy of 1 BTU to calorie (cal) 23. Convert 1 KW to BTU/Hr
a) 252 a) 3413
b) 0.293 b) 2545
c) 0.525 c) 33480
d) 1,055 d) 4400

19. Convert 1 Boiler Horsepower (BoHP) to electric 24. Convert 1 Electric Horsepower to Boiler horsepower
Horsepower (BoHP)
a) 13.15 a) 0.076
b) 12 b) 1.000
 c) 0.800
d) 0.900
81. A Daerator of a 200 MTPH CFB boiler uses Low pressure steam.
25. Convert 1 Electric Horsepower to pferdestarke (PS)
Design data are as follows:
a) 1.014
b) 1.100 1. Feedwater flow to deaerator is at 71.5 deg C and enthalpy of
c) 0.900 299.16 kJ/kg
d) 0.800 2. LP steam, X mtph at 1.61 bars, 129 deg C and enthalpy of 2,719
POWER PLANT DESIGN kJ/kg
3. Feedwater out of daerator is 128 deg C, 538 kJ/kg, 250 mtph
79. What should be the design capacity of a Coal Storage What is the LP steam requirement? MTPH.
warehouse for a 50 MW coal-fired power plant if coal consumption rate
is 0.48 mt/MW of power produced if 1 month inventory is desired in
MT? Assume plant running 720 hours per month at rated capacity. A. 24.7
A. 17,280 B. 20.7
B. 20,280 C. 16.7
C. 18,280 D. 12.7
D. 18,280
82. A HP Heater for a 200 MTPH CFB boiler is used to heat
80. A fertilizer company is proposing to put up a 15 MW coal-fired feedwater before entering the boiler economizer. Design data are as
industrial boiler operating at 42 kgs/sq cm gage to run a full- follows:
condensing steam turbine having a steam rate of 5 mt/MW power and Feedwater In - 250 mtph, 15.1 MPa, 130 deg C, enthalpy is
10% of steam generation is used for auxiliaries. What is should be the 555 kJ/kg
minimum nameplate capacity of the boiler? MT/HR
Feedwater out - 250 mtph, 15.0 MPa, 185 deg C, enthalpy is
A. 83.33
B. 80.00 795 kJ/kg
C. 75.00 Steam In - 1.3 MPa, 195 deg C and enthalpy of 2,789
D. 70.00 kJ/kg
Condensate Out - 1.1 MPa, 188 deg C and enthalpy of 799
kJ/kg

What is the Steam required for the HP heater? KG/HR.?

 A. 30,150 Use the following reference design data below:
B. 20,150 1. Enthalpy of HP steam at 125 kg, 541 deg C = 3,452
C. 25,150 kJ/kg
D. 35,150
2. Enthalpy of HP feedwater at 150 kg, 130 deg C = 555
kJ/kg
83 A co-gen coal-fired plant in Pampanga has the following design
3. Enthalpy of LP steam at 12.5 kg, saturated = 2,788
data:
kJ/kg
1. Input heat from coal (HHVar = 5900 kcal/kg) = 167,400 kw
2. Turbine-generator output = 45,000 kw
A. 16,730
3. Useful heat from process steam =52,000 kw
B. 15,060
From above data, What is the Plant Thermal Efficiency? % C. 18,400
D. 13,500
A. 57.9 85. In a coal-fired power plant in Pampanga, HP steam at 125 kg,
B. 46.3 541 deg C may be diverted to a PRV/Desuperheater station to
C. 52.1
produce process steam at 12.5 kg, sat (193.4 deg C) by adding high
D. 26.9
pressure feedwater from the Daerator at 130 degC. Given the following
design data, What is the HP steam entering the PRV/Desuperheater to
produce 73,000 kg/hr of 12.5 kg/cm2g saturated steam for process
use. Kgs/hr Use the following reference design data below:
1. Enthalpy of HP steam at 125 kg, 541 oC = 3,452 kJ/kg
o
2. Enthalpy of HP feedwater at 150 kg, 130 C = 555 kJ/kg
3. Enthalpy of LP steam at 12.5 kg, saturated = 2,788 kJ/kg
84. In a coal-fired power plant in Pampanga, HP steam at 125 kg,
541 deg C may be diverted to a PRV/Desuperheater station to A. 56,270
produce process steam at 12.5 kg, sat (193.4 deg C) by adding high B. 59,940
pressure feedwater from the Daerator at 130 deg C. Given the C. 61,900
D. 59,500
following design data, What is the feedwater required in kgs/hr to be
added to produce 73,000 kg/hr of 12.5 kg/cm2g saturated steam for
process use?
86. Feedwater entering the economizer of a 200 MTPH CFB boiler a. 5,550
has an enthalpy of 795 kJ/kg and steam is produced at 125 bars, 541 b. 5,000
deg C has an enthalpy of 3,440 kJ/kg. If 24,473 kgs/hr of coal with an c. 5,750
d. 6,000
HHVar of 5900 kcal/kg (24,703 kJ/kg), What is the Design Boiler
Efficiency? % 89. A Torishima multi-stage centrifugal pump is used as boiler feed pump
A. 87.5 in a coal-fired power plant in the Visayas. Flow is 1,612 gpm and TDH is
B. 85.0 5,615 ft, What is the KW load if pump efficiency is 80% and motor
C. 90.0 efficiency is 90%? KW
D. 82.5
a. 2,368
b. 1,894
c. 1,700
d. 2,100

87. In the design fuel specification of a coal-fired power plant the 90. A Torishima boiler feed pump is used to provide 80 cu.m./hr of
following were specified: boiler feedwater at a head of 55 barg (550 m). What is the pump motor
Total moisture (TM) = 12% load in KW if pump efficiency is 75% and motor efficiency is 90%?
Inherent moisture (IM)= 6%
As received HHVar =5900 kcal/kg : a) 178
b) 198
Air-dried HHVad = 6300 Kcal/kg
c) 218
What is the coal bone-dry heating value, HHVbd, in Kcal/kg? d) 238
A. 6,700
B. 5,900 91. The circulation pump of a forced-circulation boiler has a capacity of
C. 6,200 607 cu.m./hr and 20 m TDH. What is the load on the motor if overall
D. 5,700 pump efficiency is 55%? %

a) 60
88. The coal for a power plant has a total moisture of 26.23% and a b) 65
HHVar = 4,821 Kcal/kg. The inherent moisture of air-dried coal is c) 70
15.08%. What is the HHV? (Air-dried HHV) per Kg coal? Kcal/Kg d) 55
 95. A 300 TPH CFB coal-fired boiler produced steam at 126.5 barg,
92. Condensate pumps rated at 105 MTPH and total head of 305 m is 541 deg C steam (3450 KJ/kg enthalpy) from feedwater entering the
used for a condenser. Condensate temperature is 39 deg C. What is boiler at 220 deg C (KJ=944 KJ/kg). If coal (HHV = 17,479 KJ/kg)
the load of the motor if pump efficiency is 75% and motor efficiency is consumption is 47.8 MTPH, What is the boiler efficiency in %?
90%? KW a) 90
b) 88
a) 129 c) 86
b) 119 d) 84
c) 109
d) 139 96. A 300 TPH CFB coal-fired boiler with 90% efficiency, produced
steam at 126.5 barg, 541 deg C steam (3450 KJ/kg enthalpy) from
93. A condensate pump rated at 105 MTPH and total head of 305 m is feed water entering the boiler at 220 deg C (KJ=944 KJ/kg). If coal
used for a condenser. Condensate temperature is 39 deg C. What is consumption is 47.8 MTPH, What is the required coal HHV in KJ/kg?
the
nearest motor KW rating if pump efficiency is 75%, motor efficiency is a) 17,479
90% and motor is loaded at 81% of rating? KW b) 18,479
c) 19,479
a) 160 d) 16,479
b) 170
c) 150
d) 140 97. A coal-fired power plant in Toledo City requires 0.59 kg coal per
kwhr produced. If coal HHV is 17,479 KJ/kg, What is the % plant
94. A 300 TPH CFB coal-fired boiler with 90% efficiency produced thermal efficiency in %?
steam at 126.5 barg, 541 deg C steam (3450 KJ/kg enthalpy) from
feedwater entering the boiler at 220 deg C (KJ=944 KJ/kg). If coal fuel a) 34.9
has an HHV of 4,250 Kcal/kg (17,479 KJ/kg), What is the coal b) 36.9
consumption per hour? Kcal/kg c) 30.9
b) 32.9
a) 47.8
b) 42.8 98. A coal-fired power plant in Toledo City operates at a plant thermal
c) 37.8 efficiency of 34.9%. If coal HHV is 17,479 KJ/kg, What is the coal
d) 52.8 consumption in Kg/kwhr?
 a) 0.59
b) 0.49
c) 0.39
d) 0.69

99. A 210 MW coal-fired power plant operating at the Phividec

Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental uses bituminous coal of HHV ar =
4,896 Kcal/kg with 26% total moisture. What would be the equivalent
heating value per kg in (Kcal/kg) of bone-dry coal?
a) 6,616
b) 6,116
c) 5,616
d) 7,116
100. A 116 MW coal-fired power plant operating at the Phividec
Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental uses a steam condenser that has
a capacity of 249 mtph of exhaust steam (2361.4 KJ/kg enthalpy).
Condensate produced is at enthalpy of 155.2 KJ/kg. Cooling water is
360 cu.m/min entering the condenser at 30 deg C. What is the
temperature of the cooling water leaving the condenser? Deg C
101. A seawater pump is used to supply cooling water to a steam
condenser for a power plant. Flow rate is 22,000 cu.m./hr with a TDH
of 18.7 meters. Pump has a pump efficiency of 86% and its motor
efficiency is 90%. What is the nearest motor rating for this pump? KW
a) 1500
b) 1300
c) 1200
d) 1750
102. A condensate extraction pump for a coal-fired power plant is used
to transfer condensate from the hotwell to a daerator. Flow rate is 374
mtph with a TDH of 180 meters. Pump has a pump efficiency of 68%
and its motor efficiency is 90%. What is the nearest motor ratingin KW
for this pum?

a) 36 a) 300
b) 38 b) 250
c) 40 c) 200
d) 34 d) 400

103. A power plant has 2 boiler feed pumps each rated at 220 metric
tons per hour each unit. TDH is 1990 m at feedwater SG of 0.905,
pump efficiency is 76% and motor efficiency is 90%. What is the motor
load in KW?
a) 1,744
b) 1,644
 c) 1,544
d) 1,444 107. The final high pressure (HP) feedwater heater for a power plant
104. A low pressure (LP) feedwater heater for a power plant uses 1 uses 4.7 MPag of steam (latent heat = 1654 KJ/kg steam) for heating
barg of steam (latent heat = 2201 KJ/kg steam) for heating 350 mtph of 350 mtph of feedwater from 205 deg C to 260 deg C. What is the
feedwater from 30 deg C heating steam required in MTPH?
to 120 deg C. What is the heating steam required? KG/HR.
a) 48.7
a) 59,923 b) 58.7
b) 60,923 c) 38.7
c) 58,923 d) 28.7
d) 57,923
108. A coal-fired power plant in Mindanao has a net heat rate of 10,500
105. A high pressure (HP) feedwater heater for a power plant uses KJ/kwhr. What is the overall plant thermal efficiency? %.
1.84 barg of steam (latent heat = 2168 KJ/kg steam) for heating 350
mtph of feedwater from a) 34.29
120 deg.C to 135 deg C. What is the heating steam required? KG/HR. b) 36.29
c) 38.29
a) 10,139 d) 32.29
b) 11,139
c) 12,139 109. A coal-fired power plant in Mindanao has a overall plant thermal
d) 9,139 efficiency of 34.29%. What is the plant HEAT RATE in KJ/kwhr?

a) 10,499
b) 11,499
c) 9,499
106. A high pressure (HP) feedwater heater for a power plant uses d) 8,499
1.56 barg of steam (latent heat = 2178 KJ/kg steam) for heating 350
mtph of feedwater from 135 deg C to 205 deg C. What is the heating 110. A power plant using coal (HHV=9,500 Btu/lb) produces 105 MW
steam required in MTPH?. and have a Carnot cycle efficiency of 36%. What is the required coal
consumption per hour?
a) 47.1
b) 57.2 a) 47.5
c) 37.1 b) 50.0
d) 27.1
 c) 45.0 b) 20
d) 42.5 c) 27
d) 30

113. A copper smelter plant discharges 12000 m3/hr of seawater at a

net head of 20 meters. What will be the potential power in KW to be
generated by a mini-hydro assuming generator efficiency is 80%?

a) 523
b) 473
c) 553
GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT d) 503

114. A copper smelter plant discharges 12000 m3/hr of seawater at a

111. At a geothermal plant, 1500 kgs/second of condensate water at net head of 20 meters. What will be the required in KVA of the
1.5 MPa is “flashed” in a Flash Tank to produce 107.84 kgs/sec of generator of the mini-hydro if generator efficiency is 80% and
steam at a pressure of 0.7 MPa. If the specific steam consumption of generator power factor is 85%?
the Turbine generator is 2.3 kg/s/MW, what will be the power output in
MW? a) 615
A. 46.9 b) 575
B. 42.2 c) 555
C. 51.6 d) 585

D. 37.5 115. What is the potential power in KW to be generated by a run-of-

river mini-hydro using a design flow rate of Q = 15 cu.m./s and net
head Hn =15 meters, if overall efficiency is 85%? KW
HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
a) 1876
112. What is the potential power in MW to be generated by a
b) 2666
hydroelectric power plant with a design flow rate Q = 35 cms
c) 1426
(cu.m./sec) , Gross head Hg =75 meters, total head losses HL = 5 m
d) 2455
and 96% generator efficiency? MW
116. A mini-hydro is proposed to utilize excess water of the
: a) 23
Binga Dam during the wet season. Determine the design
 capacity in MW to be installed if designed for a hydro spillage 119. A hydroelectric power plant in Northern Luzon has the following
flow rate of Q = 30 cu.m./s and net head Hn =80 meters, if operating data:
overall efficiency is 93%.MW Flow Q = 110 m3/sec
Gross Head = 155 m
a) 22 Total Head Loss = 13 m
b) 18 Overall Efficiency = 90%
c) 26 What will be the Total Generated Power? MW
d) 30
a) 138
117. A hydro-electric plant produces 21.9 MW of power using a flow of b) 128
30 m3/s and a head of 80 m. Using Empirical formulas such as PJ c) 118
Biers formula below, What is the penstock diameter in meters and d) 148
velocity of flow in m/sec?

Given Data : PJ Briers formula, D = 0.176 (P/H)0.466

P = 21.9 MW = 21,900 KW
H = 80 m

a) 2.4 m, 6.64 120. A run-of-river hydroelectric power plant is to be installed based on

b) 2.2 m, 7.04 the following design parameters:
c) 2.4 m, 7.04 Design Data : Flow Q = 48 m3/s
d) 2.2 m, 6.64 Density, p = 1000 kgs/m3
Grav. Acceleration g = 9.81 m/sec2
118. A hydroelectric power plant has a 37 MW turbine-generator with a Gross head, Hg = 35 m
power factor of 0.85, frequency of 60 Hz runs at a nominal speed of Total Head loss, HL = 2.5 m
327 RPM. What is the number of poles for the generator? Poles Overall Efficiency Eff = 94%

a) 22 What will be the power output of the generator? MW

b) 20
c) 24 a) 14.4
d) 18 b) 24.4
c) 17.7
d) 21.0
121. A run-of-river hydroelectric power plant is to be installed based on
the following design parameters:
Design Data : Flow Q = 48 m3/s 124. A radiator type cross-flow cooling system using cupro-nickel
Density, p = 1000 kgs/m3 tubes has an area of 130 sq.m. , a cross-flow configuration factor F of
Grav. Acceleration g = 9.81 m/sec2 0.95, LMTD of 290 deg K and an overall heat transfer coefficient U = 7
Gross head, Hg = 35 m watts/sq.m-deg K. What is the heat exchanger capacity in KW.?
Total Head loss, HL = 2.5 m
Overall Efficiency Eff = 94% a) 250
Generator Power Factor, PF=0.85 b) 275
What will be the required MVA of the generator? MVA c) 225
d) 200
a) 17
b) 20 DIESEL-GENERATORS
c) 25
d) 15 125. A 5000 KW diesel-generator has a specific fuel oil consumption
(SFOC) of 0.22 kg BFO/kw-hr and a specific gravity of 0.96 at 30 deg
122. A mini-hydroelectric plant in Luzon has a flow rate of 5 m3/sec. C. BFO consumption is 1100 kgs/hr (HHVf = 18674 btu/lb).
Convert into GPM
a. 79,250 The following are the design parameters for the DG 2ry Cooling
b. 85,600 system:
c. 75,750 1. Heat loss to secondary cooling system- 10% of fuel heat to engine
d. 65,000 cooling system
2. Heat input to engine (1100 kgs x 2.205 x 18674) = 45,293,787
123. A radiator type cross-flow cooling system has a capacity of 160 btu/hr
KW and an area of 140 sq.m. and a cross-flow configuration factor F of 3. Temperature rise of water thru 2ry cooling system = 5 deg C or 9
0.95, LMTD of 18 deg C. What is the overall heat transfer coefficient, deg F
U in watts/sq.m.K?
What is the volume of water running through secondary cooling
a) 4.13 system? M3/hr
b) 3.93 A. 228
c) 3.73 B. 205
d) 3.53 C. 250
 D. 182 D. 33.91

126. A 4-cycle V-type 18-cylinder turbo-charged diesel-generator with
a rated PS of 7090 and a generator output of 5000 KW runs at 720
rpm. If the whole DG set weighs 53 MT and foundation weight is 156.4
MT, What is the minimum required foundation HEIGHT? m, assuming
the following are given:
D-G weight, We= 53 MT
Foundation weight Wf= 156.4 MT
Density of concrete = 2.4 MT/m3
Foundation length, L = 9000 mm
Foundation width, W= 3190 mm
128. A 5000 KW diesel-generator has a specific fuel oil consumption
(SFOC) of 0.22 kg BFO/kw-hr and a specific gravity of 0.96 at 30 oC.
BFO consumption is 1100 kgs/hr (HHVf = 18674 Btu/lb). The following
are the design parameters for the DG:
1. Heat loss to radiator (jacket cooling system) =11% of fuel
heat to engine
2. Heat input to engine (1100 kgs x 2.205 x 18674) = 45,293,787
Btu/hr
3. Cooling water temperature entering radiator, Ti = 90 deg C
4. Cooling water temperature leaving radiator, To = 75 deg C

A. 2.27 What is the volume of water running through Radiator? M3/hr

B. 3.84
A. 84
C. 3.08
B. 75
D. 4.61
C. 92
D. 100

129. A land-based oil rig has a diesel engine using diesel with a
heating value of 20,000 Btu/lb consumes 292 lbm/hr of fuel. What is
the heat input to the engine in horsepower? hp
127. A 5000 KW diesel-generator has a specific fuel oil
consumption (SFOC) of 0.22 kg BFO/kw-hr and a specific gravity of a) 2,295
b) 2,400
0.96 at 30 deg C. BFO consumption is 1100 kgs/hr (HHVf = 18674
c) 2,500
btu/lb). What is the overall thermal efficiency of the Diesel Generator? d) 2,200
%
A. 37.68 130. A land-based oil rig has a diesel engine using diesel with a
B. 36.17 heating value of 20,000 Btu/lb consumes 292 lbm/hr of fuel. What is
C. 39.25
the engine output in horsepower (hp) if overall engine efficiency is rated at 1,550 KW power with a guaranteed specific fuel consumption
35%? of 0.26 li/KW-hr is chosen. What is the fuel consumption in liters/hr at
full load.?
a) 800
b) 900 a) 403
c) 700 b) 353
d) 600 c) 323
d) 303

134. A diesel-generator is required as emergency power for an office

building at the Cebu Business Park. A Mitsubishi S16R-PTA-S unit
rated at 1,550 KW power with a guaranteed specific fuel consumption
131. A land-based oil rig has a diesel engine using diesel with a of 0.26 li/KW-hr is chosen. What is the required fuel heating value of
heating value of 20,000 btu/lb produces 803 hp output. What is the fuel the fuel if overall efficiency is 35%? Btu/li
consumption in lbs/hr if overall engine efficiency is 35%. lbs/hr?
a) 292 a) 37,500
b) 250 b) 40,000
c) 350 c) 35,000
d) 192 d) 32,500

132. A diesel-generator is required as emergency power for an office 135. A diesel engine runs at 1,700 RPM and output torque is 2500 ft-
building at the Cebu Business Park. A Mitsubishi S16R-PTA-S unit lbs. The average engine efficiency is 35% is using diesel fuel with a
rated at 1,550 KW is proposed. What is the fuel consumption in (li/hr) if heating value of 20,000 btu/lb. What is the power output in
heating value of diesel is 37,400 Btu/li and overall engine efficiency is horsepower? (hp).
35%?
a) 809
a) 404 b) 759
b) 354 c) 709
c) 325 d) 859
d) 304

133. A diesel-generator is required as emergency power for an office

building at the Cebu Business Park. A Mitsubishi S16R-PTA-S unit
136. A diesel engine runs at 1,750 RPM and output torque is 1250 ft-
lbs. Diesel fuel with a heating value of 20,000 Btu/lb is used as fuel.
What is the power output in horsepower (hp)?
a) 416
b) 376
c) 346
d) 316
137. A diesel engine runs at 1,750 RPM and output torque is 1250 ft-
lbs. Engine efficiency is 32% and diesel fuel with a heating value of
20,000 Btu/lb is used as fuel. What is the nearest input power in
horsepower (hp)?
RPM. Engine foundation has 1100mmW x 2200mmL and weighs 5,320
kgs. What is the depth of the foundation. M?
a) 0.92
b) 0.82
c) 0.72
d) 1.02
140. What is the capacity of a diesel-generator to be installed in a
commercial building in Tacloban City to provide power after Typhoon
Yolanda. Total aircon load is 113 TOR and other electrical loads was
computed at 82 KW. What is the minimum DG capacity, KW if DG is
run at 80% load? kw

a) 1300 a) 600
b) 1400 b) 550
c) 1200 c) 500
d) 1100 d) 450

138. A standby DG set (Cummins Model 60 DSFAD) is to be installed

at the DOLE-Cordillera Administrative Region office in Baguio City. 141. A commercial building in Tacloban City has installed a Caterpillar
Weight of engine, We = 1140 kgs, rated at 60 KW and speed of 1800 D/G Model C18 with a capacity of 600 KW has a fuel consumption of
RPM. Using the formula Wf = We x e x √N, determine the minimum 144.6 lph at 600 kw load. If the DG is utilized at an average of 80%
weight of the foundation, Kgs? load for 300 hrs/month, What is the fuel consumption per month? Li/mo

a) 5,320 a) 34,700
b) 4,320 b) 35,700
c) 3,320 c) 36,700
d) 6,320 d) 33,700

139. A standby DG set (Cummins Model 60 DSFAD) is to be installed 142. A commercial building in Tacloban City has installed a Caterpillar
at the DOLE-Cordillera Administrative Region office in Baguio City. D/G Model C18 with a capacity of 600 KW and N=1800 RPM. Weight
Weight of engine, We = 1140 kgs, rated at 60 KW and speed of 1800
of DG, We = 3732 kg. What is the height of the foundation if L=4m, d) 3,900
W=1.5 m.? m

a) 1.2
b) 1.0
c) 1.4
146. What is the soil bearing stress (kgs/m3) for the foundation of a
d) 0.8
standby DG (Weight, We = 900 kgs,) of a gas station if the area and
weight of the concrete foundation is 1.1 m2 and 4.2 M?
143. A commercial building in Tacloban City has installed a Caterpillar
D/G Model C18 with a capacity of 600 KW and N=1800 RPM. Weight
of DG, We = 3732 kg. What is the weight of the foundation? kg
a) 4,636
a) 17,417 b) 5,636
b) 15,417 c) 3,636
c) 13,417 d) 6,636
d) 19,417
147. A diesel power plant in Zamboanga City uses 4 units of 10.7 MW
Stork-Wartsila 18V38 DGs. Engine weight, We is 129.5 mt and speed
144. A commercial building in Tacloban City has installed a Caterpillar is 600 rpm. What is the minimum foundation weight using empirical
D/G Model C18 with a capacity of 600 KW and N=1800 RPM. Weight factor, e = 0.11 for this particular engine? mt
of DG, We = 3732 kg. What is the volume of the foundation? M3
a) 349
a) 7.3 b) 325
b) 6.3 c) 300
c) 5.3 d) 275
d) 8.3
148. A diesel power plant in Zamboanga City uses 4 units of 10.7 MW
145.What is the weight of a foundation for a standby DG kgs (1800 Stork-Wartsila 18V38 DGs. Engine weight, We is 129.5 mt and speed
RPM, Weight, We = 900 kgs, e= 0.11) of a gas station? Using the is 600 rpm. What is the minimum foundation volume using empirical
formula, WF = We x e x √N factor, e = 0.11 for this particular engine and concrete density of 2.4
mt/m3.
a) 4,200
b) 4,500 a) 145.4
c) 4,800 b) 125.4
 c) 165.4 d) 46.5
d) 185.4
152. A diesel power plant in Zamboanga City uses 4 units of 10 MW
149. A diesel power plant in Zamboanga City uses 4 units of 10.7 MW Stork-Wartsila 18V38 DGs. Bunker fuel consumption (HHV= 41,000
Stork-Wartsila 18V38 DGs. Engine weight, We is 129.5 mt and speed btu/kg) at is 0.2054 kg/kwhr. What is the thermal efficiency of the diesel
is 600 rpm. What is the minimum foundation depth in meter? Use generators? %.
empirical factor, e = 0.11 for this particular engine, length of foundation,
Ldgf= 12.2m and width of foundation, Wdgf= 3.8m. Use concrete density a) 40.5
of 2.4 mt/m3.? b) 38.5
c) 36.5
: a) 3.14 d) 34.5
b) 3.34
c) 3.54 153. A 40 MW diesel power plant in Zamboanga City has a bunker C
d) 3.74 transfer pump rated at 39 m3/hr (650 lpm) at TDH of 124 m. Bunker C
specific gravity is 0.98. What is the motor load if pump efficiency is
150. A diesel power plant in Zamboanga City uses 4 units of 10 MW 72% and motor efficiency is 90%? kw
Stork-Wartsila 18V38 DGs. Fuel consumption at 100% load is 0.2045
kg/kwhr using bunker C with specific gravity of 0.98. What is the a) 20
required HFO storage tank capacity in cu.m. (m3) for 2 month supply b) 22
at 90% operating load assuming 24 x 7 operation.? M3 c) 18
d) 16
a) 10,818 155. The cooling system for a Wartsila 18V38 diesel engine has a flow
b) 10,418 rate of 246.4 m3/hr entering the engine at 76 deg C and leaving to be
c) 10,618 cooled in a heat exchanger at 93 deg C. What is the heat load of the
d) 10,218 jacket cooling water?, KW.
151. A diesel power plant in Zamboanga City uses 4 units of 10 MW
Stork-Wartsila 18V38 DGs. Lube oil consumption at is 0.8 g/kwhr. a) 4872
What is the required Lube storage tank capacity in MT for 2 month b) 3872
supply at 90% operating load assuming 24 x 7 operation? c) 5372
d) 4372
a) 41.5
b) 36.5
c) 31.5
 159. A steam line is used to carry 64.6 mtph of 40 barg, saturated
steam with a specific volume of 0.05 cu.m./kg. What is the pipe
diameter required if velocity is limited to 3000 m/min?
156. A heat exchanger is used to cool a diesel generator’s cooling a) 6”
system. Water from the cooling tower enters the heat exchanger at 43 b) 5”
deg C and leaves at 60 deg C. If heat load from the engine is 4,872 c) 4”
KW, What is the required water flow, cu.m./hr, through the heat d) 8”
exchanger? M3/hr
160. A pump for an Orival side stream filter for a Diesel PP in Mobo,
a) 246.4 Masbate has a capacity of 2.5 m3/min at a TDH of 11 meters. What is
b) 226.4 the water horsepower? KW.
c) 206.4
d) 266.4 a) 4.5
b) 5.0
157. The cooling tower pump for a Wartsila 18V38 diesel engine has a c) 4.0
flow rate of 250 m3/hr and 50 m head and has 75% pump efficiency d) 5.5
and 90% motor efficiency. What is the motor load? KW

a) 50.5
b) 45.5
c) 40.5
d) 55.5 161. A pump for an Orival side stream filter for a Diesel PP in Mobo,
Masbate has a capacity of 2.5 m3/min at a TDH of 11 meters. What is
the brake horsepower, in KW, if pump efficiency is 70%?
158. A 10 MW DG uses 1,985 kgs/hr of bunker fuel (LHV=38,200
btu/kg) when generating at 9 MW load. What is the thermal efficiency a) 6.4
of the DG? %. b) 7.0
c) 6.9
a) 40.5 d) 5.9
b) 38.5
c) 36.5 162. A booster pump for an Orival side stream filter for a Diesel PP in
d) 34.5 Masbate has a capacity of 2.5 m3/min at a TDH of 11 meters. What is
the motor load in KW if pump efficiency is 70% and electrical efficiency d) 15,000
is 90%?

a) 7.1
b) 6.6
c) 7.6
d) 6.1
165. A 12 MW Biomass Power Plant in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija has
a Boiler capacity of 52,500 kgs/hr. What is the boiler feedwater pump
BIOMASS PLANT capacity, m3/hr, assuming the following design data?
1. Feed water SG = 0.93 at 135 deg C
163. A 12 MW Biomass Power Plant in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija 2. Blow down = 1050 kgs/hr
uses 14 mtph of rice husks as their primary fuel. Boiler capacity is 3. Feed water flow at 110% of MCR
52,500 kgs/hr at 52 bars and 485oC. Feedwater enters the boiler with 4. Capacity flow allowance – 5%
an enthalphy of 546.3 KJ/kg and leaves the boiler with steam enthalpy
of 3,388 KJ/kg. If 14 mtph of rice husks is used at 80% boiler efficiency, a) 66.5
what is the gross heating value of the rice husk fuel burned? KJ/kg b) 71.5
c) 61.5
a) 10,656 d) 56.5
b) 10,156
c) 9,656 166. Exhaust steam from a steam turbine (41.8 mtph at 0.1 bar abs,
d) 9,156 45.8 deg C, hes = 2373 KJ/kg) goes to a steam condenser.
Condensate produced has an enthalpy of 192 KJ/kg. What is the
164. A 12 MW Biomass Power Plant in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija required cooling water flow, m3/hr, if it enters at 32 deg C and leaves at
uses rice husks as their primary fuel (GCV = 10,656 KJ/kg). Boiler 40 deg C?
capacity is 52,500 kgs/hr at 52 bars and 485 deg C. Feedwater enters
the boiler with an enthalphy of 546.3 KJ/kg and leaves the boiler with a) 2,726
steam enthalpy of 3,388 KJ/kg. What is the rice husk fuel required per b) 2,526
hour? Kgs/hr c) 2,326
d) 2,926
a) 14,000
b) 13,000 167. A cooling tower for a 12 MW Biomass power plant has a cooling
c) 12,000 capacity of 3,750 m3/hr. Water entering at 41 deg C and leaving the
cooling water at 33 deg C. Wet bulb temperature is 28 deg C. What is % S = nil
the cooling tower effectiveness? % What is the approximate Gross heating value, BTU/Lb, using Dulong’s
formula?
a) 61.5
b) 66.5 a) 5,392
c) 71.5 b) 4,892
d) 76.5 c) 4,392
d) 5,892
168. A cooling tower for a 12 MW Biomass power plant has a cooling
capacity of 3,750 m3/hr. Water entering at 41 deg C and leaving the 171. A biomass boiler produces saturated steam at 16 mtph, 17
cooling water at 33 deg C. Wet bulb temperature is 28 deg C. What is kg/cm2g (enthalpy at 2796 KJ/kg). Boiler feedwater enters at 272
the cooling tower range, deg C? KJ/kg enthalpy. What is the boiler thermal efficiency, %, if fuel used is
4,275 kgs of rice hulls (HV = 12,350 KJ/kg).?
Solution: Range = 41 – 33 = 8 deg C
a) 76.5
a) 8 b) 80.5
b) 9 c) 78.5
c) 5 d) 74.5
d) 13
172. A turbo blower with a rating of 2500 CFM, 7 inch WG and fan
169. A cooling tower for a 12 MW Biomass power plant has a cooling efficiency of 60% is used to provide auxiliary combustion air to a
capacity of 3,750 m3/hr. Water entering at 41 deg C and leaving the biomass boiler. What is the nearest fan motor drive rating? HP
cooling water at 33 deg C. Wet bulb temperature is 28 deg C. What is
the cooling tower approach, deg C? a) 5
a) 5 b) 7.5
b) 8 c) 10
c) 13 d) 3
d) 6
170. A 12 MW Biomass power plant uses rice husk as fuel. Ultimate FUELS & COMBUSTION
analysis of this fuel shows the following (bone dry basis): % C =
36.4% 173. Using Dulong’s Formula (Hv =33820C + 144212(H-O/8) +
% H = 4.6% 9304S), What is the heating value of coal in kJ/Kg, with the following
% O2 = 35.8% specification?
 Coal analysis: Carbon, C – 54%
Coal analysis: Carbon, C – 52% Hydrogen, H – 4.5%
Hydrogen, H – 5.2% Ash - 15.5%
Ash - 15.5% Sulfur, S – 2.0%
Sulfur, S – 1.0% Oxygen O- % by balance (24%)
Oxygen O- assume balance (100-73.7 = 26.3%O 2)
a) 20,612
a) 20,437 b) 22,612
b) 21,037 c) 18,612
c) 22,037 d) 16,612
d) 19,437
176. In fuel combustion, theoretical Air-Fuel ratio can be computed by
the formula Ma/Mf = 11.5C+34.5(H-O/8)+4.3S to determine the weight
of air per unit weight of fuel. What is the air-fuel of Indonesian coal with
52% carbon, 6% hydrogen, 15.5% Ash, 1% sulfur and 25.5% oxygen
174. Using Dulong’s Formula (Hv =33820C + 144212(H-O/8) + 9304S providing for 20% excess air? kg air/kg fuel
kJ/kg), What is the heating value of coal in kJ/Kg, with following
specification? a) 8.4
b) 9.4
Coal analysis: Carbon, C – 53% c) 7.4
Hydrogen, H – 6% d) 10.4
Ash - 14.5%
Sulfur, S – 1.5% 177. In fuel combustion, the theoretical Air-Fuel ratio can be computed
Oxygen O- 25% by the formula Ma/Mf = 11.5C+34.5(H-O/8)+4.3S to determine the
weight of air per unit weight of fuel. What is the theoretical air-fuel ratio
a) 22,200 for low-quality coal with 42% carbon, 5% hydrogen, 20.5% Ash, 3.5%
b) 20,000 sulfur and 29% oxygen? Kg air/kg fuel?
c) 18,200
d) 24,200 a) 5.3
b) 6.3
175. Using Dulong’s Formula (Hv =33820C + 144212(H-O/8) + 9304S c) 7.3
kJ/kg), What is the heating value of coal, in kJ/Kg,with following d) 8.3
specification?
 182. What is the lower heating value (LHV) in Btu/lb of bunker fuel with
an HHV of 18,400 btu/lb and 11.5% hydrogen content?
178. In fuel combustion, the theoretical Air-Fuel ratio can be computed
by the formula Ma/Mf = 11.5C+34.5(H-O/8)+4.3S to determine the a) 18,279
weight of air per unit weight of fuel. What is the practical air-fuel ratio b) 19,279
for low-quality coal with 42% carbon, 5% hydrogen, 20.5% Ash, 3.5% c) 17,279
sulfur and 29% oxygen allowing for 25% excess air? kg air/kg fuel d) 16,279

a) 6.4 183. What is the estimated % of hydrogen content of bunker fuel with a
b) 7.4 specific gravity (SG) of 0.97? %
c) 8.4
d) 9.4 a) 11.45
b) 10.45
179. In fuel combustion, theoretical Air-Fuel ratio can be computed by c) 12.45
the formula Ma/Mf = 11.5C+34.5(H-O/8)+4.3S to determine the weight d) 13.45
of air per unit weight of fuel. What is the air-fuel of Indonesian coal with
52% carbon, 6% hydrogen, 15.5% Ash, 1% sulfur and 25.5% oxygen
providing for 20% excess air?

a) 8.4 184. A coal-fueled burner in a fertilizer plant in Cebu requires 26 mt/hr

b) 9.4 of combustion air injected by a FDF (forced draft fan) at 30 deg C atm
c) 8.9 at a density of 1.17 kg/m3 of air. What is the required FDF capacity in
d) 7.9 CFM assuming 20% allowance in capacity?

a) 15,700
181. A certain grade of bunker fuel has a HHV of 38,720 btu/li. What is b) 17,500
its equivalent HHV in KCal/li? c) 13,000
d) 11,000
a) 9,757
b) 18,400 185. A wood-fired furnace for a Village-scale bio-ethanol distiller, uses
c) 8,757 63.6 kg/hr of wood with a HHV of 12000 kJ/kg. If the Air-fuel ratio for
d) 10,757 the furnace is 8.0 and air density is 0.075 lbs/ft3. What is the
combustion air requirement, in CFM (cubic feet per minute)?
 a. 250 189. A steam condenser with a capacity of 45 mtph of steam at
b. 300 enthalpy of 2374 KJ/k and condensate with temperature of 37 deg C
c. 200 and 155 KJ/kg. What is the heat load in KW?
d. 350 a) 27,738
b) 26,738
186. Using the ASME formula, what is the approximate HHV of bunker c) 25,738
fuel with 15 deg API? Btu/lb d) 28,738

a) 18,580 INDUSTRIAL PLANT DESIGN

b) 18,080
c) 19,080
d) 17,680 ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS (ESP)

187. What is the lower heating value of fuel, LHV in Btu/lb, for a bunker 323. What is the inlet dust in g/Nm3 of an electrostatic precipitator
fuel oil with an HHV of 18,580 btu/lb and 11.5% H2 ? that has an overall collection efficiency of 99.51% if the outlet dust is
500mg/Nm3?
a) 18,459 a) 102
b) 17,959 b) C. 98
c) 17,459 c) 94
d) 16,959
d) D. 90
188. The steam condenser at a copper smelter with a capacity of 45
mtph of steam at enthalpy of 2374 KJ/k and condensate with 324. What is the outlet dust in g/Nm3 of an electrostatic precipitator
temperature of 37 deg C and 155 KJ/kg. What is the cooling water in that has an overall collection efficiency of 99.51% if the inlet dust is
cu.m./hr for the condenser for a temperature rise of 5 deg C? m3/hr 102 g/Nm3?

a) 4,770 a) 0.5
b) 5,770 b) C. 0.4
c) 3,770 c) 0.7
d) 6,770
d) D. 1.0
325. What is the overall % dust removal efficiency of an electrostatic
precipitator that has dust inlet of 102 g/Nm3 and an outlet dust of 0.5 A. 20
g/Nm3? B. 10
C. 30
a) 99.5% D. 40
b) C. 98.5%
c) 97.5% 329. A 2-field (2 chambers in series) electrostatic precipitator is
designed for an overall collection efficiency of 99.0%. What would be
d) D. 96.5%
the collection efficiency if one of the chambers is down (zero voltage in
326. A 2-field (2 chambers in series) Electrostatic Precipitator has a %)?
collection efficiency of 94% per chamber. What would be the overall A. 90
collection efficiency if all fields are operating normally? B. 94
C. 92
A. 99.64% D. 96
B. C. 98.0%
C. 97.5% 330. To clean the flue gas at a coal-fired power plant in Iloilo, an
Alstom electrostatic precipitator with 4 fields and a gas flow of 300,000
D. D. 96.9% Nm3/hr is designed to clean the flue gas containing 30 g/Nm3 at inlet
327. A 2-field (2 chambers in series) Electrostatic Precipitator has a to 100 mg/Nm3 at outlet. What is the ESP dust removal efficiency in
collection efficiency of 94% per chamber. If one of the chambers is %?
downed due to operational problems, what would be the expected
collection efficiency of the electrostatic precipitator in %? A. 99.67
A. 94.0 B. 99.50
B 93.0 C. 99.25
D. 99.17
C.95.0
D. 94.5 331. A Flakt ESP (electrostatic precipitator) with 3-fields has a capacity
of 36,000 Nm3/hr. Dust inlet is at 80 g/Nm3 and outlet at 1 g/Nm3. What
328. A 2-field (2 chambers in series) electrostatic precipitator is is the overall dust removal efficiency of the ESP .in %%
designed for a collection efficiency of 90.0% per chamber. What would a. 98.75
be the outlet dust if 2000 ppm of dust is introduced at inlet in ppm?
 b. 99.25 D. 97.0
c. 99.00
d. 98.50 335. The bag filter of a steam dryer at a copper smelter captures 99.5%
of dust that enters. If the inlet dust load is 60 g/Nm3 and total dust
entering is 1 MT/Hr, what will be the dust load at the outlet in g/Nm3 and
332. A 2-field ESP has a collection efficiency of 96% per chamber. If Kgs/hr?
dust outlet is 0.5 g/Nm3, what was the dust inlet in g/Nm3?
a. 312.5 a. 0.3 g/Nm3 and 5 kgs/hr
b. 110.6 b 0.5 g/Nm3 and 3 kgs/hr
c. 215.6 c. 0.3 g/Nm3 and 10 kgs/hr
d. 255.6 d. 0.5 g/Nm3 and 5 kgs/hr

BAG FILTERS

333. A bag filter is used to recover copper concentrates from Steam

Dryer exhaust. If the copper concentrate dust entering the bag filter is
2.4 metric tons per hour and collection efficiency is 98.5%, what is the
dust released to the atmosphere, kg/hr?
A. 36
B. 40
C. 30
CYCLONES
D. 24
334. A bag filter is used to recover copper concentrates from Steam 336. In a wood pulping plant in Mindanao, a long-cone helical roof
Dryer exhaust. If the copper concentrate dust entering the bag filter is cyclone separator is used to separate wood chips from wood fines.
2.4 metric tons per hour and dust discharge to the atmosphere is 36 The wood chips go to a Pulping Plant while the fines go to the wood-
kgs/hr, what is the collection efficiency of the bag filter in %? fired boiler as fuel. If 26 mt/hr of material is injected into the cyclone
and its average efficiency is 85%, how much material would go to the
A. 98.5 Pulping Plant, mt/hr?
B. 99.0 A. 22.1
C. 97.5 B. 24.1
 C. 33.9
D. 20.1
337. A cyclone is designed to separate plastic balls from the motive air.
If each ball weighs 0.01 lbs and required transport capacity is 1 mt per
24 hours, how many plastic balls are transported per hour?

a. 9,187
b. 13,530
c. 15,010 PUMPS
d. 11,020
340. The Sewer System of a 4-star hotel is designed for a maximum
flow rate of 1.0 cu.m. per minute. What is the expected pump motor
CONVEYING SYSTEM (PNEUMATIC, BELT) load, in horsepower (HP) if required TDH is 5 meters, Sp. Gr. Is 1.05,
pump efficiency is 80% and electrical efficiency. 3.0?
338. In an limestone crushing plant, a belt conveyor has an incline of
A.. 1.0
15 degrees. If the horizontal center-to-center distance of the head and
B. 4.0
tail pulleys is 100 m, what is the length of the conveyor measured from C. 6.0
center-to-center distance of the pulleys? m D. 1.5
A. 103.53
B. 105.50 341. Specify the Water Storage tank capacity (Cu. Meters)) for a
C. 96.59 1200 gpm fire pump to be used for Fuel tank farm Fire protection
D. 102.50 system if the requirement is 2 hours supply. Cu m.
a. 545
b. 445
339. A 20 hp motor is used to drive a belt conveyor. Convert 20 Hp to c. 645
ft-lbs/sec d. 745

a. 11,000 342. A fire pump rated at 1200 gpm and 150 ft TDH is used for a fuel
b.. 66,000
tank farm fire protection system. What is the pump motor load if pump
c. 50,900
d. 74,600 efficiency if 76% and motor efficiency is 80% in Hp?
 a. 75 346. An GOULDS pump is used to provide 1,100 cu.m./hr of water at a
b. 65 head of 40 meters. What is the pump motor load in KW if pump
efficiency is 75% and motor efficiency is 90% in kw?
b. 85
d. 95 a) 178
b) 218
c) 198
343. A hot water pump rated at 5 ft3/min (37.4 gpm) is to be installed d) 238
for a hotel. Head required is 50 ft and overall efficiency is 60%. What is
the motor load of the pump. hp 347. An EBARA pump is used for transporting 90 cu.m./hr of sulfuric
acid (SG = 1.8) at a TDH of 90m. What is the pump motor load in KW if
a) 0.8 pump efficiency is 78% and motor efficiency is 95%. KW?
b) 0.9
c) 0.7 a) 54
d) 0.6 b) 74
c) 64
344. A cooling water pump for a compressor station requires 105 m 3/hr
d) 84
delivery at 38.4 m TDH. What is the pump water horsepower hp?.
348. An deepwell pump is used for transporting 250 cu.m./hr of water
a) 15
supply for a copper smelting plant in Chile . Total TDH is 15 bars. What
b) 25
is the pump motor load in KW if pump efficiency is 70% and motor
c) 20
efficiency is 90%?
d) 30
a) 162
b) 202
345. A cooling water pump for a compressor station requires 105
c) 182
cu.m./hr delivery a 38.4 m TDH. What is the pump brake horsepower,
d) 222
bhp if pump efficiency is 75%. Hp?

a) 20 349. A cooling tower pump is used for pumping 650 cu.m./hr of cooling
b) 15 water for a copper casting plant in Leyte . Total TDH is 20 m. What is
c) 25 the pump motor load in KW if pump efficiency is 75% and motor
d) 30 efficiency is 90%. KW
 c) 109
a) 53 d) 79
b) 73
c) 63 353. A fire pump for a fuel tank farm is required a discharge volume of
d) 83 860 gpm at a TDH of 413 ft. What is the motor load, HP, if pump
efficiency is 75% and motor efficiency is 90%?

a) 133
350. A cooling tower pump is used for pumping 2,860 gpm of cooling b) 123
water for a copper casting plant in Leyte . Total TDH is 66 ft. What is c) 143
the pump motor load in HP if pump efficiency is 75% and motor d) 113
efficiency is 90%?
354. A pump used to recycle wastewater for an industrial plant requires
a) 70 a discharge volume of 200 gpm at a TDH of 85 ft. What is the motor
b) 90 load, HP, if pump efficiency is 80% and motor efficiency is 90%?
c) 80
d) 100 a) 6
b) 8
351. A pump is used to recycle wastewater for an industrial plant is c) 7
required a discharge volume of 200 gpm at a TDH of 85 ft. What is the d) 9
motor load in HP, if pump efficiency is 80% and motor efficiency is
90%?

a) 6
b) 8
c) 7 355. An iron ore sintering plant in Misamis Oriental with a capacity of
d) 9 3,600 m3/hr and a total head of 14.5 m is driven 8-pole motor (900
rpm). What is the motor load, KW if pump efficiency is 76% and motor
352. A fire pump for a fuel tank farm is required a discharge volume of efficiency is 90%?
3250 lpm at 126m head. What is the motor load, KW, if pump efficiency
is 75% and motor efficiency is 90%? a) 208
b) 218
a) 99 c) 198
b) 89 d) 188
 359. A fire pump rated at 415 gpm, 135 psi with overall efficiency of
356. A deepwell pump with a capacity of 900 gpm is to be installed 62% is to be installed at the DOLE-Cordillera Administrative Region
420 feet deep in the Atacama desert of Chile. Water will be stored into office in Baguio City. Determine the motor load of the pump.
an elevated tank 65 ft above ground and other head losses total 50 ft.
What is the pump water horsepower hp? a) 40
b) 30
a) 122 c) 35
b) 142 d) 25
c) 132
d) 112

357. A deepwell pump with a capacity of 900 gpm is to be installed 360. A gas station has a diesel dispensing pump with a capacity of 45
420 feet deep in the Atacama desert of Chile. Water will be stored into lpm (0.00075 cu.m./sec) and TDH of 15m. What is the theoretical KW if
an elevated tank 65 ft above ground and other head losses total 50 ft. diesel fuel SG = 0.832.
What is the motor load in HP if pump efficiency is 70% and motor
efficiency is 90%? a) 0.092
b) 0.192
a) 193 c) 0.142
b) 183 d) 0.242
c) 203
d) 173 361. A gas station has a diesel dispensing pump with a capacity of 45
lpm (0.00075 cu.m./sec) and TDH of 15m. What is the Motor load if
358. A deepwell pump with a capacity of 3.4 cu.m./min is to be installed diesel specific gravity SG =0.832, pump efficiency= 60%, motor
128 m deep in the Atacama desert of Chile. Water will be stored into an efficiency=90%?
elevated tank 19.8 above ground and other head losses total 15.2 m.
What is the pump brake KW if pump efficiency is 70%. : a) 0.17
b) 0.21
a) 129.4 c) 0.19
b) 119.4 d) 0.23
c) 139.4
d) 109.4 362. A deepwell pump is to be installed in the Atacama desert of Chile.
Test showed that the static water level is 26m below ground level and
drawdown is 1.2m. Standard 3m allowance will be used. How deep A. 8,930,000
should the deepwell pump be installed from ground level in meter? C. 9,820,000
B. 7,144,000
a) 30.2
D. 6,250,000
c) 23.0
b) 24.2
d) 29.0 365. A hotel proposes to recover condensate from its laundry facility.
Its fire tube boiler for the laundry produces steam at 1,700 kgs per
hour. What is the heat in Kilowatts (KW) that can be recovered if
condensate is fully recovered.
THERMODYNAMICS/HEAT CALCULATIONS
Given data: Temperature of condensate – 97 deg C
363. In a copper smelter Flash Furnace, the water-cooled Uptake Temperature of water - 22 deg C
(portion that cools the furnace gases) has the following design data:
a. Gas Flow - 44,000 Nm3/hr a) 148.3
b. Temp of water entering - 55 deg C b) 138.3
c. Temp of water leaving - 65 deg C c) 158.3
d) 128.3
c. Cooling water flow - 250 m3/hr
366. A hotel proposes to recover condensate from its laundry facility.
What is the heat absorbed by the water in Btu/hr?. Its fire tube boiler for the laundry operates for 10 hours a day at 1,700
A. 9,922,500 kgs per hour. What is the potential diesel fuel that can be saved per
B. C. 10,915,000 30-day month if condensate is fully recovered in liters/month.
C. 8,930,000
D. 7,938,000 Given data: Temperature of condensate – 97 deg C
Temperature of water - 22 deg C
Boiler efficiency - 80%
Gross heating value of fuel – 38,600 kJ/liter

a) 5,186
364. A plate-type Heat exchanger is used to recover heat from 45 c) 7,168
MTPH of condensate at 100 deg C to heat process water from 40 deg b) 6,186
C to 52 deg C. Outlet temperature of condensate is 50 deg C. What is d) 8,168
the available heat from the condensate in Btu/hr?
367. A hot water diesel-fired boiler for a hotel operates at 75% d) 820
efficiency is used to heat 2,749 gal/day of water from 30 deg C to 65
deg C. What is the diesel fuel consumption if HHV of diesel fuel is 370. In an Abaca Pulp Mill in Albay, pulp is cooked. Total weight is 46.1
MT (digester vessel + pulp raw materials) with an average Cp = 1.354
36,700 BTU/liter?. Li/day
kJ/kg-C is to be heated from 30 deg C to 162 deg C using steam of 6.5
a) 52.4 barg saturated (Latent heat of vaporization of 2,288 kJ/Kg). What is the
b) 62.4 theoretical quantity of steam required to heat the system to its final
c) 72.4 temperature. Disregard heat losses. Only latent heat of vaporization
d) 82.4 will be utilized in Kg?

a) 3600
368. A hot water diesel-fired boiler for a hotel operates at 75% c) 3900
b) 4600
efficiency is used to heat 2,749 gal/day of water from 30 deg C to 65
d) 3300
deg C. What is the cost per year (365 days) if HHV of diesel fuel is
36,700 BTU/liter and cost per liter is P30? 371. An abaca pulp steam dryer is used to dry 1100 kg/hr of wet abaca
pulp containing 55% water to 550 kg/hr final product with 10% water.
a) P573,780 The steam used for drying is 4 bars, 2738 kJ/kg enthalpy and 605
c) P473,780 kJ/kg as condensate. The evaporated water from the wet pulp leaves
b) P673,780 the dryer at 0 bar, 100 deg C at 2257 kJ/kg heat of vaporization. Raw
d) P773,780 material goes in at 100 deg C and leaves as product at 100 deg C.
Neglecting heat losses, What is the steam consumption per hour in
369. In an Abaca Pulp Mill in Albay, a digester (cooking vessel) made kgs/hr?
of steel (Cp = 0.5 kJ/kg-C)is to be preheated from 30 deg C to 162 deg
C using steam of 6.5 barg saturated (Latent heat of vaporization of a) 582
2,288 kJ/Kg). c) 782
b) 682
What is the theoretical quantity of steam required to preheat the d) 482
digester vessel.? Disregard heat losses. Only latent heat of
vaporization will be utilized in kg?

a) 620
b) 520
c) 720
 a) 7.36
b) 9.36
372. An abaca pulp steam dryer is used to dry 500 kg/hr of wet abaca c) 8.36
pulp containing 55% water to 305.6 kg/hr final product with 10% water. d) 10.36
The steam used for drying is 3.2 bars, 2728 kJ/kg enthalpy and 571
kJ/kg as condensate. The evaporated water from the wet pulp leaves 375. Condensate from a large boiler HP heater system, 55 mt/hr at 40
the dryer at 0 bar, 100 deg C at 2257 kJ/kg heat of vaporization. Raw barg, 250.3 deg C, 1,087 kJ/Kg is to be recovered and “flashed” in a
material goes in at 100 deg C and leaves as product at 100 deg C. Flash Tank, to generate heating steam at 2.2 bargs & 2711 kJ/kg
Neglecting heat losses, What is the steam consumption per hour in enthalphy. The water formed in the flash tank is at 2.2 kgs, 123.3 deg
kgs/hr? C and 517.6 kJ/kg of heat. What is the steam produced by Flash tank,
MT/Hr? kgs/hr?
a) 256
b) 356 a) 14278
c) 156 b) 15278
d) 456 c) 13278
d) 12278
373. Condensate from process, 15 mt/hr at 7 barg, 165 deg C, 697
kJ/Kg is to be recovered in a Flash Tank, to generate steam at 2.2
bargs & 2711 kJ/kg enthalphy. The water formed in the flash tank is at
2.2 kgs, 123.3 deg C and 517.6 kJ/kg of heat. What is the steam
produced by Flash tank, MT/Hr?. kgs/hr
376. Condensate from a large boiler HP heater system, 55 mt/hr at 40
a) 1,100 barg, 250.3 deg C, 1,087 kJ/Kg is to be recovered and “flashed” in a
b) 1,500 Flash Tank, to generate heating steam at 2.2 bargs & 2711 kJ/kg
c) 1,300 enthalphy. The water formed in the flash tank is at 2.2 kgs, 123.3 deg
d) 1,900 C and 517.6 kJ/kg of heat. What is the steam produced by Flash tank,
% of Condensate Input?
374. Condensate from process, 15 mt/hr at 7 barg, 165 deg C, 697 a) 26
kJ/Kg is to be recovered and “flashed” in a Flash Tank, to generate b) 31
steam at 2.2 bargs & 2711 kJ/kg enthalphy. The water formed in the c) 21
flash tank is at 2.2 kgs, 123.3 deg C and 517.6 kJ/kg of heat. What is d) 15
the steam produced by Flash tank, % of Input? 377. Condensate from a process heater system, 30 mt/hr at 34 barg,
241 deg C, 1,042 kJ/Kg is to be recovered and “flashed” in a Flash
Tank, to generate heating steam at 10 bargs & 2776 kJ/kg enthalphy. a) 2.1
The water formed in the flash tank is at 180 deg C and 762.6 kJ/kg of b) 1.6
heat. What is the steam produced by Flash tank, kg/Hr? c) 2.6
a) 4,160 d) 3.1
b) 5,160
b) 3,160
d) 2,160 381. At an iron ore sintering plant in Mindanao, flue gas from the sinter
cooler at 450 deg C (163 MCal/MT Iron ore feed) can be recovered in
378 The travelling chain grate stoker of a coal-fueled burner has a a heat recovery system to generate power. If the gas leaves the Waste
combustion heat rate (CHR) of 250,000 btu/hr-ft2 uses 2,900 lbs/hr of Heat boiler (WHB) at 175 deg C (63.4 MCal/MT iron ore feed). What is
coal (HHVaf =8,750 btu/lb). What is the minimum area of the grate the WHB efficiency? Neglect heat losses? %
stoker? ft2 .
a) 61
a) 101.5 b) 81
b) 91.5 c) 71
c) 121.5 d) 91
d) 111.5
382. Steam condenser with a condensing capacity of 84,400 kg/hr,
379. The travelling chain grate stoker of a coal-fueled burner has a 700mmHg (vac) and latent heat of 2408 KJ/kg of exhaust steam uses
combustion heat rate (CHR) of 250,000 btu/hr-ft2 uses 2,900 lbs/hr of 6,700 m3/hr of seawater for cooling. What is the increase in seawater
coal (HHVaf =8,750 btu/lb). If the net effective width of the travelling temperature at outlet of condenser. oC
grate stoker is 7 ft. What is the net effective length of the stoker inside
the furnace (exclude preheating and post burning length) . ft? a) 7.25
b) 5.0
a) 14.5 c) 9.5
b) 12.5 d) 3.0
c) 13.5
d) 11.5 383. Steam condenser with a condensing capacity of 84,400 kg/hr,
700mmHg (vac) and latent heat of 2408 KJ/kg of exhaust steam uses
380. Flue gas flow of 114,150 cu.m./hr from a coal-fired burner is seawater for cooling. What is the volume of seawater, cu.m./hr, if the
conveyed to a rotary dryer by a hot air duct. Flue gas designed velocity increase in seawater temperature at outlet of condenser is 7.25 deg C?
is 9 m/sec. What is the diameter of the hot flue gas duct. In m?
a) 6,700
 b) 7,300 fryers totalling a heat load of 19,285,000 Btu/hr. What boiler capacity in
c) 7,000 BoHP is required if there is 30% capacity allowance?
d) 6,400
a) 750
384. A steam condenser with a cooling surface of 2000 m 2, condensing b) 550
capacity of 84,400 kg/hr and vacuum of 700mm Hg and cooling
seawater flow of 6700 m3/h is to be replaced to increase capacity. The c) 650
Steam turbine will be expanded to 120,000 kg/hr, same conditions. d) 850
What is the required cooling surface, sq. m, of the new condense?
387. A noodle manufacturing plant in Tarlac requires steam (70 psig,
a) 2,844 898 btu/lb latent heat of steam) for its noodle lines, steamers and
b) 2,644 fryers totalling a heat load of 19,285,000 Btu/hr. What boiler capacity in
c) 2,744 Lbs/hr steam is required if there is 30% capacity allowance?
d) 2,944
a) 27,900
385. A steam condenser with a cooling surface of 2000 sq.m., b) 25,900
condensing capacity of 84,400 kg/hr and vacuum of 700mm Hg and c) 29,900
cooling seawater flow of 6700 m3/h is to be replaced to increase d) 23,900
capacity. The Steam turbine will be expanded to 120,000 kg/hr, same
conditions. 388. What is the BoHP required for a hotel laundry facility requiring a
What is the required cooling seawater flow, cu.m./hr, for the new steam load of 2100 kgs/hr? Assume factor of evaporation, FE =1.0.
condenser?
a) 134
a) 9,526 b) 114
b) 9,026
c) 10,026 c) 124
d) 8,526 d) 104

INDUSTRIAL AND HOTEL BOILERS
386. A noodle manufacturing plant in Tarlac requires steam (70 psig,
898 btu/lb latent heat of steam) for its noodle lines, steamers and
389. What is the BoHP required for a hotel facility requiring a steam
load of 7800 kgs/hr for its hot water and laundry facility? Assume factor
of evaporation, FE =1.0.
Solution: (7800 kgs/hr x 2.205 lbs/kg)(1 BoHP-hr) = 498.5 BoHP
34.5 lbs
 b) 2,975,000
a) 500 c) 3,075,200
b) 450 d) 3,275,000
c) 400
d) 550 393. A hotel hot water system calorifier, 15 m3 capacity shall be started
from cold (cold start) from 68oF to a final temperature of 164 oF using
steam at 60 psig (latent heat of 904.5 btu/lb). What is the steam
required if boiler/heat transfer efficiency is 85% in lbs?

390. A hotel laundry room calorifier, 4.3 m3 capacity shall be started a) 4,130
from cold (cold start) from 72 deg F to a final temperature of 162 deg F b) 3,930
using steam. What is the heat input to the calorifier? BTU. c) 4,330
d) 3,730
a) 853,335
b) 803,335 394. The laundry, kitchen and calorifier of a hotel requires 6,210 lbs per
c) 903,335 hour of steam. What is the BoHP required?. Assume factor of
d) 953,335 evaporation, FE =1.0.

391. A hotel laundry room calorifier, 4.3 m3 capacity shall be started a) 180
from cold (cold start) from 72 deg F to a final temperature of 162 deg F b) 200
using steam at 60 psig (latent heat of 904.5 btu/lb). What is the steam c) 190
required if boiler/heat transfer efficiency is 85%. lbs d) 170

a) 1,110
b) 1,310
c) 1,210 395. What is the required steam line main header going to a hotel
d) 1,010 laundry facility requiring 2102 kg/hr of steam at 8 bar g (spec. volume =
0.215 m3/kg). Velocity of steam is kept within 25 m/sec? mm
392. A hotel hot water system calorifier, 15 m3 capacity shall be started
from cold (cold start) from 68 deg F to a final temperature of 164 deg F a) 80
using steam. What is the heat input to the calorifier in BTU?. b) 50
c) 100
a) 3,175,200 d) 125
396. What is the required diameter of a steam line main header a) 1,390
(Inches) from a boiler generating 17 mt/hr of steam at 8 bar g (spec. b) 1,290
volume = 0.215 m3/kg). Velocity of steam is to be kept within 20 c) 1,490
m/sec? d) 1,190
400. An abaca pulp mill in Leyte has a total steam demand of 10,950
a) 10 kgs per hour. What is the Boiler horsepower, BoHP of the industrial
b) 6 boiler to produce the steam required.
c) 12
d) 8 a) 700
397. What is the required diameter of a steam line main header b) 500
(Inches) from a boiler generating 45.5 mt/hr of steam at 40 bar g c) 600
(spec. volume = 0.0497 m3/kg). Velocity of steam is to be kept within d) 800
20 m/sec.
401. An abaca pulp mill in Leyte has a total steam demand of 10,950
a) 8 kgs per hour at 10 barg, 186 oC. Heat needed to produce the steam
b) 6 from 70oC feedwater to 10 barg, 186 oC steam is 656 kCal/kg steam.
c) 10 Fuel used is coal at HHVAF=4,650 Kcal/Kg. What is the fuel
d) 12 consumption if boiler efficiency is 85%. Kgs/hr
398. An industrial 4-pass firetube boiler is required to provide an output
heat of 16,700,000 btu/hr for process needs. What is the steaming a) 1,817
capacity, in lbs/hour if latent heat of steam is 970.4 btu/lb? b) 1,617
c) 1,717
a) 17,209 d) 1,917
b) 16,209
c) 18,209 402. An 800 BoHP industrial boiler produced 13,760,000 kgs of steam
d) 15,209 over a 3-month period. Total power used to operate pumps and
ancillary equipment was 292,500 kw-hrs over the same period. What is
399. A coconut oil mill in Mindanao has a total steam demand of 8,132 the unit power consumption per Metric Ton (MT) of steam produced?
kgs per hour at 10 barg, 186 oC. Heat needed to produce the steam Kwhr/mt
from 70oC feedwater to 10 barg, 186 oC steam is 656 kCal/kg steam.
Fuel used is coal at HHVAF=4,800 Kcal/Kg. What is the fuel a) 21.26
consumption if boiler efficiency is 80%. Kgs/hr b) 25.26
c) 23.26
 d) 19.26
406. A forced-circulation Waste Heat Boiler in a copper smelter is
403. The industrial boiler for an abaca pulp mill in Leyte produced operating at 50 barg. MCR is 56 mtph of steam and design circulation
42,573,600 kgs of steam for the period Jan – June 2016. Its ancillary volume is 18 mt feedwater circulated per MT of steaming capacity.
equipment consisting of pumps, fans and heaters consumed a total of What is the required boiler circulation pump capacity, in GPM including
1,234.6 MW-Hr of power. What is the unit power consumption per 15% allowance.
Metric Ton (MT) of steam produced? Kwhr/MT
a) 29 a) 5,100
b) 25 c) 4,600
c) 33 b) 4,100
d) 21 d) 5,600

404. A dual-fired boiler using bunker fuel (HHV = 10,300 kCAL/li and 407. A garbage-to-power biological conversion facility is being
85% efficiency) or coal (P5.00/kg cost, HHV = 4,700 Kcal/kg and 80% designed to process 5 MT of garbage daily with an estimated biogas
efficiency). At what fuel cost per liter of bunker will the unit cost of production rate of 1 cu.m. of biogas for every 10 kgs of garbage and
producing steam, P/kg steam, be equal? li
each cu.m. of biogas produces 2 kwhr of electricity. What is the value
a) P11.64 of electricity produced annually (335 operating days per year) If cost of
b) P 15.64 power is P14/kwh? pesos.
c) P13.64
d) P 17.64 A. 4,690,000
B. 5,110,000
405. In a wood processing plant in Surigao del Sur, a wood-fired boiler C. 4,270,000
using wood barks (HHV = 2450 Kcal/kg , 65% eff and P2.75/kg
incidental cost) or bunker fuel (HHV = 10,300 kCAL/li and 85% D. 4,410,000
efficiency) can be used to provide steam to the process. At what fuel
408. A ball mill with 10.5 ft inside diameter is used for raw milling of
cost per liter of bunker will the unit cost (in P/kg steam) using bunker
limestone feedstock in a cement plant. Critical speed of the ball mill is
fuel be equal to using wood bark? li
given as n=76.6/√Di. What is the critical speed of this ball mill. RPM
a) P15.12
a) 23.6
b) P 11.12
b) 25.6
c) P13.12
c) 21.6
d) P 17.12
d) 19.6
 1. Flue gas temperature in deg R Tg = 150 deg C= 302 deg
409. A ball mill in a cement plant is running at 17.89 RPM. It is being F = 762 deg R
driven by an girth gear (204 teeth) driven by a pinion gear (25 teeth). 2. Ambient air temperature in deg R Ta = 30 oC = 86oF =
What is the pinion gear speed to attain the ball mill operational RPM? o
546 R
a) 146 3. Barometric pressure in “Hg p = 29.92 inch Hg
b) 126 4. Draft required in inch water ds = 1 inch Aq
c) 166 Use the formula Height, ft = _ds in “Aq___ where: K = 1/Ta – 1/Tg
d) 106 T in oR
(0.256) x p x K
410. A white cement plant in Saudi Arabia produces 950 metric tons
per day of product. Average power consumption is 196.65 MW-hr per
a. 252
day. What is the power consumption per ton, kwhr/MT of product?
b. 300
a) 207 c. 200
b) 197 d. 150
c) 217 413. In a Desulfurization Plant, determine the draft (“Aq) of a stack
d) 187 100m high with gas with temperature of 40 deg C and barometric
pressure of 29.92 inch Hg & ambient air temperature is 30 deg C.
411. A white cement plant in Saudi Arabia produced 285,430 mt of
What is the draft produced by the stack, in inch Aq?
product in 2015. Crude oil fuel consumption for the same period was
49,936,000 liters. What is the unit crude oil consumption per ton of
product? Given parameters are as follows:
1. Flue gas temperature in deg R Tg = 40 deg C = 104 deg F
a) 175 = 564 deg R
c) 155 2. Ambient air temperature in deg R Ta = 30 deg C = 86 deg F =
b) 195 546 deg R
d) 135
3. Barometric pressure in “Hg p = 29.92 ”Hg
412. Determine the height of a stack needed for the flue gas with
temperature of 150oC if draft required is 1”Aq at barometric pressure of Use the formula Height, ft = _ds in “Aq___ where: K = 1/Ta – 1/Tg
29.92 inch Hg and ambient air temperature is 30 oC. Design parameters T in oR
are as follows: ft (0.256) x p x K
 a. 0.147 industrial plant is 5,000 m3/day, what should be the designed capacity
b. 0.20 of the recycling plant , in mt per hour, if it operates at 16 hrs per day?
c. 0.10 a. 118.75
d. 0.30 b. 108.75
414. A 5-star hotel has an average guests of 1,200 per day. The c. 181.75
average sewer flow per capita is 0.35 cu.m.; BOD5 loading is 0.08 d.128.75
kg/capita and TSS loading is 0.09 kg/capita per day. What is the
average sewer flow, Qave in liters/sec? 418. In a design of a cooling tower, the following parameters are given:
a. 4.86 Temp of water entering CT T in = 40 deg C
b. 291.6 Temp of water leaving CT T out= 33 deg C
c. 96 Wet bulb temperature, T wb =30 deg C
d. 108 What is the EFFECTIVENESS of the cooling tower in %?
a. 70
415. A 4-star hotel has an average guests of 1,200 per day. The
b. 30
average sewer flow per capita is 0.35 cu.m.; BOD5 loading is 0.08
c. 60
kg/capita and TSS loading is 0.09 kg/capita per day. What is the BOD5
d. 100
loading in Kgs/day?
a. 96 419. A PVC resin company at the Petrochem Park, Mariveles, Bataan
b. 291 uses a 1200 BoHP biomass boiler for its operation to reduce it fuel and
c. 480 utility costs. If factor of evaporation, FE = 1.04, What is the steam
d. 108 rating in kgs/hr of this boiler?

416. A 4-star hotel has an average guests of 1,200 per day. The a) 18,000
average sewer flow per capita is 0.35 cu.m.; BOD5 loading is 0.08 b) 16,000
kg/capita and TSS loading is 0.09 kg/capita per day. What is the TSS c) 20,000
loading in Kgs/day? d) 14,000
a. 108
.b. 291
c. 96
d. 48
417. A Water Treatment and Recycling Plant is designed to treat 420. The sprocket of the intake drag chain conveyor at a flour mill has
38% of the water consumption. If the water being processed by the a pitch diameter, Dp of 440mm and operates at 35 RPM. What is the
speed of the drag chain in meter per second?
 b) 304
a) 0.8 c) 284
b) 0.6 d) 244
c) 1.0
d) 1.2 424. A belt conveyor designed to handle coal follows the capacity
formula (Metric) : Conveyor Capacity =0.000404Sb 2 tons/hr. If
421. The intake drag chain conveyor of a flour mill has a working cross speed S is 100 m/min and desired capacity is 600 tons/hr, what should
area (width of chain x height of wheat material) of 0.0672 sq.m. and a be the belt width in centemeter for this belt conveyor? cm
conveyor speed of 48.38 m/min. Bulk density of wheat is 0.77 MT/m3.
What is the drag chain capacity, MT/Hr. a) 120
b) 90
a) 150 c) 100
b) 130 d) 75
c) 170
d) 110
425. A belt conveyor designed to handle coal follows the capacity formula
422. In a copper foil manufacturing facility at the Laguna Technopark, a (English) : Conveyor Capacity =0.000875Sb2 tons/hr. If speed S is 328
heat exchanger is used to cool 212 m3/hr copper sulfate solution from ft/min and desired capacity is 600 tons/hr, what should be the belt width in
60 deg C to INCHES for this belt conveyor?
55 deg C. If SG = 1.3 and CP = 4.01 KJ/kg-C, What is the KW rating of
the heat exchanger.
a) 48
a) 1,535 b) 36
b) 1,735 c) 42
c) 1,635 d) 54
d) 1,435
426. A copper foil manufacturing plant uses a parallel flow heat
423. In a copper foil manufacturing facility at the Laguna Technopark, a exchanger to cool copper sulphate solution using cooling water as
heat exchanger rated at 1,535 KW capacity is used to cool copper medium. Given data as follows:
sulfate solution. What is the cooling water flow required if temperature
going in is 35 deg C and temperature out is 40 deg C?. m3/hr HOT SIDE COLD SIDE
1. Fluid name Copper sulphate Cooling Water
a) 264 2. Total flow rate, m3/hr 190 237
3. Specific gravity 1.3 1
4. Spec. heat, KJ/Kg-C 4.01 4.18 428. A copper foil manufacturing plant uses a parallel flow heat
5. Temperature in, C 60 40 exchanger to cool copper sulphate solution using cooling water as
6. Temperature out, C 55 45 medium. Given data as follows:

What is the heat exchange capacity of the heat exchanger in KW? HOT SIDE COLD SIDE
1. Fluid name Copper sulphate Cooling Water
a) 1377 2. Total flow rate, m3/hr 190 237
c) 1577 3. Specific gravity 1.3 1
b) 1477 4. Spec. heat, KJ/Kg-C 4.01 4.18
b) 1277 5. Temperature in, C 60 40
6. Temperature out, C 55 ??
427. A copper foil manufacturing plant uses a parallel flow heat
exchanger to cool copper sulphate solution using cooling water as What is the outlet temperature of cooling water in deg C?
medium. Given data as follows:
a) 45.0
HOT SIDE COLD SIDE b) 50.0
1. Fluid name Copper sulphate Cooling Water c) 47.5
2. Total flow rate, m3/hr 190 ? d) 42.5
3. Specific gravity 1.3 1
4. Spec. heat, KJ/Kg-C 4.01 4.18 429. A copper foil manufacturing plant uses a parallel flow heat
5. Temperature in, C 60 40 exchanger with a capacity of 1,377 KW to cool copper sulphate
6. Temperature out, C 55 45 solution using cooling water as medium. Given data as follows:
HOT SIDE COLD SIDE
What is the cooling water volume required in m3/hr? 1. Fluid name Copper sulphate Cooling Water
2. Total flow rate, m3/hr 190 237
3. Specific gravity 1.3 1
a) 237 4. Spec. heat, KJ/Kg-C ?? 4.18
b) 277 5. Temperature in, C 60 40
c) 257 6. Temperature out, C 55 45
d) 217?
What is the specific heat of copper sulphate solution, in KJ/Kg-C?

a) 4
 c) 6 b) 108
b) 5 c) 118
d) 3 d) 138

430. A newly installed ball mill at a copper mine in Cebu requires 433. A filter press uses 33 cu.m. of 8 bar absolute compressed air in a
cooling of motor and slip ring. Flow rate of 548 lpm (liters per minute) 5-min cycle. What is the free air requirement, in kgs/min, using the
cooling water entering at 27 deg C and leaving at 32 deg C. What is Ideal Gas Law for this filter press, in Kg/min. Temperature is 30 deg C.
the heat dissipated by motor and slip ring in KW.
a) 61
a) 191 b) 51
b) 171 c) 56
c) 181 d) 66
d) 161
434. A KREBS slurry pump operating at 700 rpm and 60% efficiency is
used to pump tailings (SG = 1.58) to a dump. The required capacity is
5,000 gpm and TDH was computed at 175 ft of slurry. What is the BHP
required. hp
431. The lubrication system of a ball mill at a copper mine in Cebu
requires cooling of it lube oil. Cooling water flow rate of 18.3 m3/hr a) 582
entering at 30 deg C and leaving at 35 deg C. What is the heat b) 482
dissipated from the lubrication system in KW?. c) 532
d) 632
a) 106
b) 86 435. A FLSmidth KREBS slurry pump is used in a copper mine to move
c) 96 4,226 m3/hr of slurry (SG=1.58) at a TDH of 150 ft. Pump efficiency is
d) 116 80%. What is the BHP? hp

432. The lubrication system of a ball mill at a copper mine in Cebu a) 1,624
requires cooling of its lube oil. Cooling water flow rate of 18.3 m3/hr b) 1,424
entering at 30 deg C and leaving at 35 deg C. What is the cooling c) 1,824
system capacity required allowing for 20% allowance. d) 1,224

a) 128
 d) 1924

439. The head shaft of a drag chain conveyor handling wheat is

436. A FLSmidth KREBS slurry pump is used in a copper mine to move subjected to a torque T of 1,840 N-m when running at 35 rpm. What is
4,226 m3/hr of slurry (SG=1.58) at a TDH of 150 ft. Pump BHP is the net power transmitted by the head shaft in KW?
1,624 at 80% efficiency. What is the motor load in KW if motor
efficiency is 90%. a) 6.15
b) 8.15
a) 1,346 c) 7.15
b) 1,296 d) 5.15
c) 1,396
d) 1,246 440. An 11 kw x 35 rpm gear reducer drive is used to drive a drag
chain conveyor. What is the required nearest standard diameter of the
437. A FLSmidth KREBS slurry pump is used in a copper mine to head shaft in INCHES?.
move 4,226 m3/hr of slurry (SG=1.58) at a TDH of 150 ft. Pump BHP is
1,624 at 80% efficiency. What is the nearest standard motor rating in a) 3
KW if motor efficiency is 90% and capacity allowance is 11%? b) 2
c) 2.5
a) 1,500 d) 1.5
b) 1,600
c) 1,400
d) 1,750
441. A biomass boiler produces 36,000 m3/hr of flue gas at 130 deg C.
438. In a flour mill, a pneumatic unloader unloads wheat from barges What would be the diameter of the smoke stack if gas velocity is kept
with a bulk density of 770 kgs/cu.m. From the roots blower catalog, the within 5 meters/sec? m
conveying velocity required for bulk density of 720 kgs/m3 is 1,882
mtr/min while the conveying velocity required for a bulk density of 800 a) 1.6
kgs/m3 is 1,981 mtr/min. What would be the appropriate conveying b) 2.0
velocity for a bulk density of 770 kgs/m3? c) 1.8
d) 1.4
a) 1944
b) 1934
c) 1954
442. A centrifugal fan in a lime burning plant in Valencia, Bukidnon d) 3
generates 15,300 CFM (26,000 m3/hr) and total pressure of 13” wg.
What is the HP load on the fan in hp? 446. A high rise condominium building has 40 floors and total of 320
m2 per floor and 28 occupants per floor. How many elevators are
a) 31.3 required for this building?
b) 35.3
c) 33.3 a) 5
d) 29.3 b) 3
c) 4
443. A mechanical dryer using rice hulls as fuel (HHV =6000 btu/lb) is d) 2
used to dry palay. If 300,000 btu of energy is used per batch and
efficiency is 45%, What is the rice hull fuel consumed per batch in. lbs? 447. What is the maximum number of passengers allowed for
elevators with a rated safe load of 2,250 lbs?
a) 111
c) 151 a) 15
b) 131 b) 13
d) 161 c) 14
d) 12
444. The barometric reading in the Grand Tatio geysers in Chile (13000
ft ASL) measured 8.7 psia local pressure. What will be the height of the 448. What is the net platform area of an elevator with a rated load of
column of a mercury barometer? mm 10,000 lbs?
a) 450 (Refer to PMEC 2012, p.605) ft2
b) 500 a) 88
c) 400 b) 125
d) 550 c) 103
d) 81
445. A high rise condominium building has 40 floors and total of 320
m2 per floor How many elevators are required for this building based 449. What is the specific gravity of bunker fuel of 15 deg API at 60 deg
on 9.3m2/person occupancy? F?

a) 6 a) 0.966
b) 4 b) 0.956
c) 5 c) 0.961
 d) 0.976 the minimum gpm of the dewatering pump required to dewater the tank
in 5 hours after settlement.

450. A 200,000 MB (thousand barrels) diesel fuel tank located in Subic a) 1,050
Bay has the following given data: b) 850
a) Diameter, D= 143 ft c) 950
b) Height, H= 71 ft d) 800
c) Sp.Gr, G = 0.88
d) Corr all, CA= 0.1 inc 453. The RAS Tanura Crude Oil Terminal of Aramco, KSA, has oil
e) Material = ASTM A-36 (allowable design stress K = 23,200 psi) tanks of 52.5 million gallons capacity each. A dewatering pump is used
to remove water from the bottom. Lowest level of crude is 10 ft above
a) 1.087 the pump centreline of liquid (SG = 0.99), vapour pressure is 1.7 psia
b) 0.987 and total head loss for the system is 9 ft. What is the net positive
c) 1.187 suction head available, NPSH in. ft?
d) 0.887
a) 31.3
451. A coconut oil mill in Gingoog City, Northern Mindanao, proposes c) 21.3
to install a cooling tower for the process. Technical specification of the b) 25.3
cooling tower are as follows: d) 53.3
a) Temperature entering, T e = 53 deg C
b) Temperature leaving, T l = 39 deg C 454. A rotary airlock is used to inject 5 mtph (550 ft3/hr) of wheat bran
c) Wet bulb temperature Twb =33 deg C into a pneumatic conveying system. Rotor material displacement is 0.2
What is the CT effectiveness in %? ft3/revolution. What is the nearest RPM of the rotary airlock?

a) 70 a) 46
b) 74 b) 56
c) 72 c) 66
d) 68 d) 36
455. A positive displacement Roots blower, rated at 745 CFM and 14.5
452. The RAS Tanura Crude Oil Terminal of Aramco, KSA, has oil Psi and driven by a 37 KW (50 hp) motor is used for the pneumatic
tanks of 52.5 million gallons capacity each. Newly delivered crude oil, conveying of wheat bran. If the conveying velocity is 5,465 FPM, What
typical water content of 0.8%, is retained in these tanks for 24 hours to is the nearest blowpipe diameter required by the system. ft
settle the water so that it can be dewatered to 0.20% or less. What is
 a) 5 d) 246,770
c) 6
b) 4 459. An sterile compressed air system for a carbonated bottling plant
d) 8 uses an Atlas Copco oil free compressor Model ZT22 with a capacity of
137.5 m3/hr ( 81.1 CFM) at 7 barg. Power usage for this set-up is 4
CFM per input horsepower. What is the Motor load in hp, for this
REFRIGERATION compressor

456. A refrigerator has an EER (Energy Efficiency Ratio) of 10.5. If its a) 20.25
heat removal capacity is 2,500 btu/h. What is its power consumption in c) 22.25
WATTS? b) 18.25
d) 24.25
a) 238
460. A carbonated beverage bottling plant in CDO with a beverage flow
b) 208
rate of 29,650 gal/hr is required to cool the beverage from 86 deg F to
c) 268
59 deg F. What is the heat load of the beverage in TOR capacity if
d) 178
density of the beverage is 8.66 lbs/gallon and Cp = 0.9 btu/lb-F.?
457. What is the Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER) of a refrigerator that a) 520
has a cooling capacity of 2,625 btu/hr when using 250 watts of b) 540
power. c) 500
d) 480
a) 10.5
b) 11 461. A large meat processing company in Cebu has a cold storage
c) 10 room with a capacity of 1,973,000 kgs of products to be cooled from
d) 8.5 -18 deg C to a final temp of -25oC within 16 hours. If average product
Cp = 2.2 KJ/kg-K
458. A chicken dressing plant in Davao City with a capacity of 2,500 What is the product load in TOR capacity?
kgs/hr cools fresh birds from 107 deg F to 41 deg F. If specific heat of
chicken is 0.79, What is the heat removal capacity required.in Btu/hr? a) 150
b) 120
a) 286,770 c) 180
c) 266,770 d) 170
b) 306,770
 c) 6.95
462. A cold storage room with a ceiling area of 380 m2 and outside d) 5.45
temperature of 27 deg C (300 deg K) and 7 deg C (280 deg K) inside
temperature has a Ufactor = 0.1793 w/m2-K. What is the heat transferred 465. For an ice making plant in Sorsogon, What is the brine
through ceiling in. w? temperature required to freeze water to ice in 48 hours if thickness of
the ice block is 11 inches using formula from Kent’s Handbook,
a) 1,363 Thours=7x2/(32-tb) where x is thickness of the ice block in inches and tb is
b) 1,163 brine temp in deg F?.
c) 1,563
d) 1,763 a) 14.4
c) 16.4
463. A cold storage room used for fresh pineapple storage has an b) 15.4
average product load of 10,500 kgs/hr with initial temperature of 10 d) 17.4
deg C and 7.5 deg C final temperature. If the specific heat of
pineapple, CP= 3.7 KJ/kg-C, What is the product heat load in KW?
a) 27
b) 21
c) 24
d) 30

466. An ice plant in Sorsogon City has a brine tank containing 73.32 mt
464. A cold storage room used for fresh pineapple storage has an air of brine (Cp = 0.892 btu/lb-C). Brine has initial temperature of 76 deg F
infiltration rate equivalent to 0.125 air change per hour. If the room and 14.4 deg F final temperature. What is the tons of refrigeration
volume is 2,660 m3 and enthalpies of air entering at 29 deg C h o = (TOR) required to cool the brine tank in 48 hours?.
94.851 KJ/kg and hi = 34.132 KJ/kg with air density at 1.15 kg/m3,
What is the heat load due to air infiltration into the Cold Storage Room a) 15.4
in KW? c) 19.4
b) 17.4
d) 13.4

467. A shell and tube condenser in an ice plant in Sorsogon has a

a) 6.45 rated Heat Rejection capacity of 1,080,540 btu/hr. Supplier data show
b) 5.95
that its heat transfer factor is 174 btu/hr/ft2/F and LMTD of 9 deg F.
What is the surface area, A in ft2, of the condenser? a) 3.1
b) 8.7
a) 690 c) 5.6
b) 890 d) 6.7
c) 790
d) 590 471. A cooling tower used in a Milk manufacturing plant in Cagayan de
Oro has a cooling capacity of 1,750,000 Kcal/hr. Temperature of water
468. An ice plant in Albuera, Leyte has a cold storage room with a entering is 36.7 deg C and temperature leaving is 31.1 deg C. Wet bulb
capacity of 60 mt of ice (Cp= 1.9387 KJ/kg-C) and a temperature temperature is 28 deg C. What is the cooling tower “effectiveness”? %
difference of 7 degC (-3 deg C for ice and -10 deg C for cold storage).
What is the heat load of the ice stored inside the storage room for 24 Solution: Effectiveness = (36.7 – 31.1)/(36.7 – 28) = 5.6/8.7 = 64.4%
hours in KW?
a) 64.4
a) 9.4 b) 84.4
b) 11.4 c) 74.4
c) 10.4 d) 54.4
d) 8.4
472. What freezing method is used to produce ice in a brine tank used
469. A cooling tower for an ice plant in Albuera Leyte cools entering in Ice Plants?
water from 38 deg C to 29 deg C. Wet bulb temperature of air is given a) Immersion method
as 25 deg C. What is the cooling effectiveness of the cooling tower in b) Contact freezing
%? c) Blast freezing
d) Indirect contact
a) 69.2
b) 73.2 473. What freezing process use spiral belt freezing units?
c) 71.2 a) Air blast
d) 75.2 b) Contact
c) Immersion
470. A cooling tower used in a Milk manufacturing plant in Cagayan de d) Indirect contact
Oro has a cooling capacity of 1,750,000 Kcal/hr. Temperature of water
entering is 36.7 deg C and temperature leaving is 31.1 deg C. Wet bulb AIR CONDITIONING
temperature is 28 deg C. What is the cooling tower “approach”? deg C
474. What is the Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER) of an AC unit that has a 477. In Heat Pump application, what is the term for the ratio between
capacity of 11,500 Btu/hr when using 1 kw of power? the heat provided to the sink and the energy required?

a) 11.5 a) Coefficient of performance (COP)

b) 10.5 b) Coefficient of heat transfer
c) 11.7 c) Coefficient of thermal expansion
d) 10.9 d) Coefficient of friction

475. What is the Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER) of an AC unit that has a 478. In Heat Pump application, Electrically-driven heat pumps used for
capacity of 12,300 Btu/hr when using 1,120 watts of power? space heating applications in moderate climates usually have a
coefficient of performance (COP) of a least _____ at design conditions.
a) 11.0
a) 3.5
b) 10.5
b) 2.5
c) 11.5
c) 2.0
d) 10.8
d) 1.5

479. An Electrically driven heat pump used for space heating

476. In HVAC applications, what is a device for transferring heat from
a lower temperature heat source to a higher temperature heat sink?
This is opposite to the natural flow of heat from a hot source to a cold
sink, but is made possible by the application of an external energy
source to drive a thermodynamic refrigeration cycle.
a) Heat Pump
b) Cooling Tower
c) Flash Tanks
d) Intercoolers
application has a coefficient of performance (COP) of 5.0 at design
conditions. This means ____ kWh of heat output for each 1 kWh
electricity used to drive the process.
a) 5.0
b) 10
c) 2.5
d) 0.2
480. In HVAC applications, Water source heat pumps take energy from
the water from buildings through a process using a refrigerant fluid.
The measure of performance of a heat pump is called the COP, which
is the comparison of the amount of energy used in the system against
how much energy it takes out of the air.
a) The higher the COP the better the system.
b) The higher the COP the worse the system
c) The COP does not affect the energy efficiency
 d) None of the choices is true 484. A heat pump hot water system designed for a capacity of 93.4
KW. If the COP (Coefficient of Performance) is given as 4.5, what is
the power required to drive its pump and ancillary equipment, in
Horsepower? hp

481. A hotel in Metro Manila has a 1.5 hectare of airconditioned space a) 27.8
with a cooling load estimated at 11,772,000 BTU/hr. What is the square b) 21.8
meter per TOR (tons of refrigeration). c) 24.8
d) 30.8
a) 15
b) 13 VENTILATION
c) 14
d) 12 485. Compute the design Breathing zone outdoor airflow required for
482. An arena in Metro Manila has a 5,000 sq.m. of air conditioned an office building with 2000 sq.ft. floor area with People Outdoor Air
space with a cooling load estimated at 3,350,000 BTU/hr. What is the Rate (RP) of 5 CFM per person, occupied by 10 persons and an Area
square meter per TON (tons of refrigeration). Outdoor Rate (RA) of 0.06 CFM/ft2.

a) 18 a) 170
b) 16 b) 300
c) 17 c) 200
d) 15 d) 400

483. A hotel with 80 rooms has a heat pump hot water system
designed for a capacity of 7,300 liters per hour. Required hot water
temperature is 60 deg C while cold water entering is at 27 deg C. 486. Determine the outdoor air rate required for a single zone AC unit
Heating time is 3 hours. What is the required heat pump capacity, in serving an interior 1,500 ft2 conference room with a design occupancy
KW? Neglect heat losses. of 70 people. Assume air rate RP of 5 cfm/person, area outdoor rate of
0.06 cfm/ft2 and zone air distribution effectiveness of 1.0.
a) 93.4
b) 73.4 a) 440
c) 83.4 b) 360
d) 103.4 c) 400
d) 480
 d) 2,200
487. In ventilation nomenclature, what is defined as the number of
times that the volume of air is replaced in one hour?
a) Air change rate
b) Ventilation air
c) Air infiltration
d) Ratio of replacement 491. Using the Air Change Rate method, what is the Air Change Rate
(ACR) if the ventilation air requirement for a hotel kitchen with a floor
488. Using the Air Change Rate method, what is the ventilation air area of 50 m2 and ceiling height of 3 m is 2,250 cu.m./hr?.
requirement in cu.m./hour of a hospital operating room with a floor
area 75 m2 and ceiling height of 3 meters with desired ACR of 15?. a) 15
b) 8
a) 3,375 c) 12
b) 3,600 d) 6
c) 3,000
d) 4,000 492. A compressor room with 2 compressors each driven by 300-kw
motors (efficiency = 90%). What is the heat load due to the motors in
489. Using the Air Change Rate method, What is the ventilation air BTU/hr?
requirement in cu.m./hour of a school room with a floor area 101 m2
and ceiling height of 3 meters with desired ACR of 66.? a) 204,780
b) 184,780
a) 20,000 c) 194,780
b) 23,600 d) 174,780
c) 22,000
d) 24,000 493. A compressor room 6mW x 8mL x 5.5mH requires fresh air
ventilation to maintain the environment. ACH (Air change per hour)
490. Using the Air Change Rate method, What is the ventilation air was determined to be 24. What is the fresh air ventilation
requirement in cu.m./hour of an office conference room with a floor requirementin in m3/hr?.
area 65 m2 and ceiling height of 3 meters with desired ACR of 12.?
a) 6336
a) 2,340 b) 5336
b) 2,500 c) 7336
c) 2,000 d) 8336
494. A Tissue Converting Plant in Cebu has a warehouse 30mW x d) 220
60mL x 9mH requires fresh air ventilation to maintain the environment.
Area outdoor air rate is 0.06 cfm/ft2. What is the fresh air ventilation 497. The Executive Suite of a 5-star hotel with 450 ft2 of floor space
requirement in CFM?. and peak occupancy of 4 people is to be provided with fresh air
ventilation. If the people outdoor air rate, R p is 5 cfm/person and area
a) 1,160 outdoor air rate, RA is 0.06 cfm/ft2, What is the fresh air ventilation
b) 3,160 requirement in CFM?
c) 2,160
d) 4,160 a) 50
b) 20
495. A school classroom 20ft W x 30 ft L with a seating capacity of 50 c) 30
requires fresh air ventilation to maintain the e in nvironment. People d) 40
outdoor air rate is 7.5 cfm/person and area outdoor air rate is 0.06
cfm/ft2. What is the fresh air ventilation requirement in CFM? 498. A premier condo with 1,090 ft2 of floor space and peak occupancy
of 4 people is to be provided with fresh air ventilation. If the people
a) 411 outdoor air rate, Rp is 5 cfm/person and area outdoor air rate, RA is
b) 211 0.06 cfm/ft2, What is the fresh air ventilation requirement in CFM?
c) 311
d) 511 a) 85
b) 65
c) 75
d) 55

499. A ventilation fan rated at 4600 CFM (2.17 m 3/s) and 1.5” WG.
496. A convenience store with 1,100 ft2 of floor space and peak What is the static pressure head (hs) in equivalent meters of air if air
occupancy of 25 people is to be provided with fresh air ventilation. If density is 1.2 kg/m3. m
the people outdoor air rate, Rp is 7.5 cfm/person and area outdoor air
rate, RA is 0.12 cfm/ft2, What is the fresh air ventilation requirement in, a) 31.7
CFM?. b) 21.7
c) 41.7
a) 320 d) 11.7
b) 520
c) 420
500. What is the velocity head, hV of a ventilation fan with a discharge a) 60
velocity of 5m/s in equivalent meters of air in m? b) 70
c) 50
a) 1.274 d) 80
b) 3.274
c) 2.274 504. What is the efficiency in percent in % of a cooling tower for a
d) 4.274 commercial building HVAC facility has the following data?
1) Water entering CT = 37 deg C
2) Water leaving CT = 31 deg C
3) Wet bulb temp, = 28 deg C

501. What is the brake HP of a ventilation fan with a capacity of 2.17 a) 66.7
m3/sec, a total head of 33m air and a fan efficiency of 50%? hp b) 61.7
c) 56.7
a) 2.26 d) 71.7
b) 2.86
c) 2.56 505. A cooling tower for a commercial building HVAC facility has the
d) 1.96 following data:
a) Water entering CT = 37 deg C
502. What is the brake HP of a ventilation fan with a capacity of 4600 b) Water leaving CT = 31 deg C
CFM, a total head of 1.56 inch WG and a fan efficiency of 50% in hp? c) Wet bulb temp = 28 deg C

a) 2.26 What is the CT’s Range and Approach, deg C?

b) 2.86
c) 2.56 a) 6, 3
d) 1.96 c) 7, 2
b) 5, 3
d) 8, 2
503. A 2-storey commercial building located in Talisay City, Cebu, with
an area of 610 m2 per floor has a computed heat load of 73 KW for the
ground floor and 115 kw for the 2nd floor. What would be the TOR rating
for the HVAC of the building if 10% capacity allowance is provided?
Chose the nearest standard size.