THERMO-ECONOMICS

If

you borrow money from your friend with

simple interest of 12%, find the present
worth of 20,000 which is due at the end of
nine months.

P=18348.62

 Determine

the exact simple interest on

3,000.00 from January 15 to June 20,
2007 if the rate of simple interest is 14%.

I=179.51

 How

long will it take money to double itself

if invested at 5% compounded annually?

n=14

years

 If

the nominal interest rate is 3%, how

much is 5,000.00 worth in 10 years in a
continuously compounded account?

F=6749.29

 What

is the accumulated amount after

three years of 6,500 invested at the rate
of 12% compounded semi-annually?

F=9220.37

 You

deposit 1,000 into a 9% account today.

At the end of two years, you will deposit
another 3,000. In five years, you plan a
4,000 purchase. How much is left in the
account one year after the purchase?

X=1551.83

 What

nominal rate compounded quarterly

could be used instead for 15% compounded
semi-annually?

in=14.73

 What

is the future sum of annuity of

1,000.00 deposited at the end of every
two months for 7 years if the interest rate
is 12% compounded semi-annually?

F=64295.43

 A house

and lot is being sold and the

payments are on installment basis of
400,000 each year for 5 years. If the
payments are to be made at the beginning
of each year, how much is the cash price of
the property? Assume that money is worth
20% compounded annually?

P=1435493.827

man acquires a loan of 500,000. He will

amortize his loan by 10 annual payments but will
commerce 5 years after the load was acquired.
If the money is worth 10% compounded annually,
what was his annual amortization?

A=119137.77

 How

much money must you deposit today in

an account earning 10% compounded
annually so that you can withdraw 25,000
yearly indefinitely starting at the end of
the 10th year?

P=106024.4

 A telecommunication

company purchased an
equipment for P53000 and paid P1500 for
freight and delivery charges to the job site. The
equipment has a normal life of 10 years with a
tradein value of P5000 against the purchase of a
new equipment at the end of the life.
Determine the annual depreciation cost by the
sinking fund method. Assume interest at 6.5%
compounded annually.

d=3668.18

plant bought a machine for P200000 and used

it for 10 years, the life span of the equipment.
What is the book value of the machine after 5
years of use? Assume a scrap value of P20000.
Use double declining balance method.

BV5=65536

 Determine

the book value at the end of 4

years of a machine costing 20,000 having
a serviceable life of 8 years and a salvage
value of 2,000 at the end of that time.
Use SYD method.

BV4=7000

 A company

which manufactures electric

motors has a production capacity of 200
motors a months. The variable costs are
150.00 per motor. The average selling
price of the motors is 275.00. Fixed costs
of the company amount to 20,000.00 per
month which includes taxes. Find the no. of
motors that must be sold each month to
break even.

1600

motors

 A carnot

heat engine receives 500KJ of heat

per cycle from a high-temperature source
at 600 C and rejects heat a low
temperature sink at 40C. Determine the
thermal efficiency of this Carnot engine.

e=64.15%

 A 4-in

wall of fire brick, k=9 Btu/(ft2-hrF/in), has one surface at 300F, the other at
90F. Find the heat conducted through the
area of 2ft2 in 1 day.

Q=22680

BTU/day

 Determine

the mass of the air in a room

whose dimensions are (5x6x7) m at 105 kPa
and 27C.

m=256

kgm

rigid tank contains a hot fluid that is

cooled while being stirred by a paddle
wheel. Initially, the internal energy of the
fluid is 850kJ. During the cooling process,
the fluid loses 550kJ of heat, and the
paddle wheel does 200kJ of work on the
fluid. Determine the final energy of the
fluid. Neglect the energy stored in the
paddle wheel.

U2=500kJ

 Three

moles of an ideal gas are compressed

slowly and isothermally from a volume of 5
to 1.5 ft3, at a temperature of 320K. How
much work is done?

W=-9.61kJ

 An

air bubble rises from the bottom of a

well where the temperature is 25C, to the
surface where the temperature is 27C. Find
the percent increase in the volume of the
bubble if the depth of the well is 5 m.
Atmospheric pressure is 101,528 Pa.

50%

rigid tank contains air at 500 kPa and 150

degree C. As a result of heat transfer to the
surroundings, the temperature and pressure
inside the tank drop to 65 degree C and 400 kPa
respectively. Determine the boundary work done
during the process.

W=0

 During

the polytropic process of an ideal

gas, the state changes from 138 kPa and 5C
to 827 kPa and 171C. Find the value of n.

n=

1.354

piston cylinder device initially contains 0.8 m3

of air at 110kPa and 80C. The air is now
compressed to 0.2 m3 in such a way that the
temperature inside the cylinder remains
constant. Determine the work done during this
process.

W=

- 122kJ

piston cylinder device contains a liquid-vapor

mixture of water at 400K. During a constant
pressure process, 700 KJ of heat is transferred
to the water. As a result, part of the liquid in
the cylinder vaporizes. Determine the entropy
change of the water during this process.

1.75

kJ/K

 The

food compartment of a refrigerator is

maintained at 4C by removing heat from it at
a rate of 300 KJ/min. If the required power
input to the refrigerator is 3KW, determine the
coefficient of performance of the refrigerator.

COP=

1.67

 A group

of 50 persons attend a secret

meeting in room which is 12 m wide by 10
m long and a ceiling height of 3 m. The
room is completely sealed off and
insulated. Each person gives off 150 kCal
per hour of heat and occupies a volume of
0.20 m3. The room has an initial pressure of
101.3 kPa and temperature of 16C.
Calculate the room temperature after 10
minutes. Use Cv=0.171 kCal/kg-K and
Cp=0,24kCal/kg-K.

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