In a gas turbine unit, air enters the combustion chamber at 550kpa, 277deg.C and 43m/s.

The products of
combustion leave the combustor at 511kpa, 1004deg.C and 180 value of 43,000kj/kg. for fuel-air ratio of
0.0229, what is the combustor efficiency of the unit in percent?
A. 70.38%
B. 79.38%
C. 75.38%
D. 82.38%
Answer: C
An ideal gas mixture consists of 2kmol of n2 and 6 kmol of CO2. the apparent gas constant of mixture is:
A. 0.208
B. 0.825
C. 0.531
D. 0.231
Answer: A
An ideal gas mixture consists of 2 kmol of n2 and 6 kmol of CO2. the mass fraction of CO2 is:
A. 0.175
B. 0.250
C. 0.825
D. 0.750
Answer: C
Air in an ideal diesel cycle is compressed from 3 to 0.15 and then it expands during the constant pressure
heat addition process to 0.3 h, under cold air standard conditions, the thermal efficiency of this cycle is:
A. 35%
B. 65%
C. 70%
D. 44%
Answer: B
Helium gas in an ideal otto cycle is compressed from 20 deg C and 2 h to 0.25 L and its temperature
increases by an additional 800 deg C during the heat addition process. The temperature of helium before
the expansion process is :
A. 1700 C
B. 1240 C
C. 1440 C
D. 880 C
Answer: A
In an ideal otto cycle, air is compressed from 1.20 kg/m3 and 2.2 L to 0.26 L and the net work output of
the cycle is 440 kj/kg. the mean effective pressure for the cycle is:
A. 612 kpa
B. 528 kpa
C. 599 kpa
D. 416 kpa
Answer: C
An ideal brayton cycle has a net work output of 150 kj/kg and backwork of 0.4. if both the turbine and the
compressor had an isentropic efficiency of 80%, the net work putput of the cycle would be:
 A. 50 kj/kg
B. 75 kj/kg
C. 98 kj/kg
D. 120 kj/kg
Answer: B
A thermal power has a net power 10 MW the backwork ratio of the plant is 0.005. determine the
compressor work.
A. 50.15 KW
B. 50.35 KW
C. 50.25 KW
D. 50.45 KW
Answer: C
If the average energy in the nuclear reactor is 200 MeV/fission, what is the power output reactor if there
are 2.34x10^-19 fission per second?
A. 550 W C. 370 MW
B. 120 W D. 750 MW
Answer: D
A steam engine delivers 1000 kg/hr steam. The enthalpies at entrance and exit of the engine are 3000
KJ/kg and 400KJ/kg respectively, Calculate the brake power of the engine if the brake thermal eff’cy is
20%.
A. 144.44 KW C. 254.34 KW
B. 200.45 KW D. 345.75 KW
Answer: A
Air flows in a duct @ pressure of 150 Kpa with a velocity of 200 m/s. The temperature of air is 310 K.
Determine the isentropic stagnation temp.?
A. 320 C. 341
B. 332 D. 361
Answer: B
The cooling water leaves the condenser at 60 deg. C. The ambient air is at 35 deg. C DB and 28 deg. C
WB. Determine the cooling tower eff’cy?
A. 41.67 C. 78
B. 80 D. 53.33
Answer: C
An engine operating in a Carnot Cycle between temp. of 500 deg. C and 30 deg. C produces 50 KJ of
work. What change in entropy occurs during the heat rejection portion of the cycle?
A. 106.4 J/K C. 120.5 J/K
B. 160.4 J/K D. 102.5 J/K
Answer: A
Steam generator operating at 92% eff’cy leaves water at 15.6 deg C. while steam leaves the desuperheater
at h=3,374.8 KJ/kg. Estimate the evaporation factor if the boiler consumes coal of calorific value 24,500
KJ/kg.
A. 6.81 m C. 8.21 m
B. 6.72 m D. 7.21 m
Answer: A
Determine the mass of ice produce from water per day for the ff: conditions; water temp. 22 deg. C,
tonnage of the unit 150 tons, operating temp. 22 deg. C tonnage of unit 150 tons operating temp. -5 deg. C
and 28 deg. C, latent heat of ice 330 KJ/kg.
A. 107,498 kg C. 134,112 kg
B. 120,465 kg D. 140,362 kg
Answer: A
An amount of 4000 BTU of heat is transferred from a reservoir at 800 deg. F to a reservoir at 200 deg. F.
Find the entropy change of the system.
A. 2.89 C. 1.34
B. 3.24 D. 3.21
Answer: A
Determine the net cycle heat rate of steam power plant with a gross cycle heat rate of 75% and the ratio of
turbine output to net cycle work output is 1.11.
A. 83.25% C. 87.45%
B. 76.25% D. 80.76%
Answer: A
An elastic sphere containing gas at 120 Kpa has a diameter of 1.0 m. Heating the sphere causes it to
expand to a diameter of 1.4 m. During the process the pressure is proportional to the sphere diameter.
Calculate the work done by the gas.
A. 143.92 KJ C. 154.5 KJ
B. 200.7 KJ D. 133.91 KJ
Answer: D
The heat pump has a performance factor of 8.0. If the heat pump is used as a refrigerator, what is the
required horsepower per ton of refrigeration?
A. 0.942 C. 0.765
B. 0.456 D. 0.673
Answer: D
A steam turbine has an entrance enthalpy of 3000 KJ/kg in an exit enthalpy of 2000 KJ/kg. What is the
stage eff’cy if the actual enthalpy after isentropic expansion is 2200 KJ/kg.
A. 82% C. 86%
B. 70% D. 80%
Answer: D
An engine supplied with steam at pressure 1.5 Mpa in temp. 250 deg. C, and pressure of the exhaust is
0.016 Mpa. Assuming isentropic expansion. Find the dryness fraction of the steam after expansion. Steam
properties; At 1.5 Mpa, 250 deg. C: S=6.711 KJ/kg-K . At 0.016 Mpa; Sf= 0.772 KJ/kg-K, Sfg=7.231
KJ/kg-K.
A. 0.8235 C. 0.7689
B. 0.8978 D. 0.7654
Answer: A
An air conditioning engineer has given the following data to be air conditioned: sensible heat gain 50,000
BTU/hr. Room latent heat gain 10,000 BTU/hr. Outside condition 50 deg F. Calculate the refrigeration
tonnage required with 10% safety factor.
A. 5.5 C. 1.5
B. 3.5 D. 6.5
Answer: A
A refrigeration system produces 20kg/hr of ice from water at 20 deg.C Find the tonnage of the unit?
A. 0.66 C. 0.77
B. 0.55 D. 0.88
Answer: A
The entrance and exit of enthalpies of a steam turbine are 4000 and 3000 KJ/kg respectively. What is the
mass of steam entering the turbine if the generator power is 3 MW and generator eff’cy is 90%.
A. 12,000 kg/hr C. 17,000 kg/hr
B. 14,000 kg/hr D. 24,000 kg/hr
Answer: A
A circular chip (k=150 W/m-K) with a diameter 10 mm and thickness 4 mm embedded in a circuit board.
Its front surface is exposed to the flow of a coolant (h=250 W/m^2-K) with temperature of 10 deg. C,
while its side in black surfaces are perfectly insulated. If at any point in the chip the temp. must not
exceed 90 deg. C, What is the steady state heat dissipation of the chip?
A. 2.86 W C. 2.01 W
B. 1.56 W D. 1.74 W
Answer: B
A new temperature scale is to be used where freezing and boiling temp. of water is at 100 deg. N and 100
deg. N respectively. Calculate the absolute zero in deg. N?
A. -992.6 deg. N C. -995.6 deg. N
B. -932.7 deg. N D. -932.4 deg. N
Answer: A
Liquid propane is contained in a storage tank at a pressure of 1.4 Mpa, which is the equilibrium vapor
pressure at the pumping conditions. The propane has a specific gravity of 0.58. If the level of the liquid
propane is 4 m above the centerline of the pump and the frictional losses in the suction line is equal 2 m,
What is the available NPHS if the velocity in the suction line is 1.50 m/s?
A. 6.12 m C. 4.12 m
B. 2 m D. 2.12 m
Answer: D
The turbine power of a geothermal power plant is 2 MW and the enthalpy at the inlet of the turbine is 250
KJ/kg. Steam flows at the rate of 2.5 kg/s. If the enthalpy at the outlet of the condenser is 300 KJ/kg and
the temp. rise of the cooling water is 10 deg. C. What is the volume flow rate of the cooling water?
A. 109.37 m^3/hr C. 120.37 m^3/hr
B. 237.68m^3/hr D. 320.47m^3/hr
Answer: C
A rectangular duct 0.15 m by 0.12 cm long and carries standard air at the rate of 0.3 m^3/s. calculate the
total pressure required at the inlet to the duct in order to maintain this flow. Assume that for the duct, the
friction factor is 0.005.
A. 567.58 N/m^2 C. 851.67 N/m^2
B. 671.85 N/m^2 D. 716.58 N/m^2
Answer: B
Annual peak load on a 15,000KW power plant is 10,500KW. Two substations are supplied by this plant.
Annual energy dispatched through substation A is 27,500,000 KW-Hr. with a peak load at 8900 KW,
16,500,000 are sent through substation B with a peak load at 6,650 KW. Neglect line losses. Find the
diversity factor between substations and capacity factor of the power plant.
A. 1.48 , 0.446 C. 1.75 , 0.335
B. 1.48 , 0.335 D. 1.75, 0.446
Answer: B
A 6 stage centrifugal pump delivers 1600 GPM of water against the net pressure rise of 800 Lbf /in^2.
what is the specific speed if it rotates at 1750 RPM.
A. 248.54 C. 1020
B. 952.82 D. 546.23
Answer: B
A 5inches diameter cylinder rotates at 3600RPM. Air is flowing past the cylinder at 100ft/s. How much
is the lift on the cylinder per unit length? The density of air is 0.00234 slug/ft^3.
A. 0.15 lb/ft C. 20.75 lb/ft
B. 11.75 lb/ft D. 23.65 lb/ft
Answer: D
The suction pressure of a 4-stage compressor is 140 Kpa. It compresses air at the rate of 15 m^3/min,
clearance is about 8% and 200rpm. The compressor discharges compressed air at pressure of 1000 Kpa.
The compressor uses inter-cooling determine the ideal pressure at the first stage intercooler.
A. 228.87 Kpa C. 453.45 Kpa
B. 345.67 Kpa D. 345.45 Kpa
Answer: A
A vertical draft tube is installed on a francis turbine and the total head to the center of the spiral casing at
the inlet is 38m and velocity of water at the inlet is 5m/s. the discharge is 2.1m^3/s. the hydraulic effcy. is
0.87 and over all effcy. Is 0.84. the velocity at the inlet ant exit are 5m/s and 1.5m/s respectively. The top
of the draft tube is 1m below the center line of the spiral casing while the tailrace (water) lever is 3m from
the top of the draft tube. There is no velocity of whirl at either top or bottom of draft tube and leakage
losses are negligible. What is the power output in the turbine in KW?
A. 748.8 KW C. 901.3 KW
B. 682.9 KW D. 832.6 KW
Answer: A
A windmill with a 6m radius rotor is to be installed where atmospheric pressure conditions prevail at
101.325Kpa and 21 deg C. it was observed that wind is blowing steadily at an average velocity of 20m/s.
assuming that conversion effcy. Is somewhere between 20% to 25%, determine the maximum available
power from the windmill.
A. 124.78 KW C. 167.25 KW
B. 135.81 KW D. 225.78 KW
Answer: B
Calculate the scale ratio for the model turbine if the prototype to model speed and head ratio is 0.675 and
12 respectively.
A. 5.54 C. 5.82
B. 5.13 D. 5.32
Answer: B
A pelton wheel running at a speed of 600rpm is driven by 2 similar jets. At this speed it transmit 600Kw
to the shaft. The effcy of the runner is 90% and the velocity of the fluid at inlet to the bucket is 50m/s.
estimate the diameter of its jet.
A. 0.0165 m C. 0.0143 m
B. 0.0435 m D. 0.0123 m
Answer: A
An impulse turbine which has a diameter, D = 60 inch. Speed N=350rpm, bucket angle B=160 deg., coef
of velocity Cv=0.98, relative speed O|=0.45, a generator em=0.90, k=0.90, and aa jet diameter from
nozzle of 6 inches. Compute the power input in HP?
A.2,862 Hp C. 2,933 Hp
B.2,521 Hp D. 2,366 Hp
Answer: A
If the specific heat at constant pressure for CO2 is given as 0.201Btu/lb-R, whatis the value of the specific
heat at constant volume?
A. 0.156 Btu/lb-R C. 0.435 Btu/lb-R
B. 0.365 Btu/lb-R D. 0.435 Btu/lb-R
Answer: A
Estimate the circulation ratio in the down comer riser circuit when the mass of water flowing. Through it
is 10 kg/s, while the riser exit saturated liquid water flows at 8.5 kg/s.
A. 1.18 C. 5.9
B. 6.67 D. 0.85
Answer: B
For a certain drier, the feed has a moisture regain of 160%. Determine the percent moisture of the feed.
A. 60 C. 61.54
B. 62.43 D. 50
Answer: C
What is the thermal efficiency of an air-standard Brayton cycle if the pressure ratio is 10.
A. 48.21% C. 45.36%
B. 50.16% D. 42.44%
Answer: A
A refrigeration cycle system produces 20 kg/hr of ice from water at 20 deg C. Find the tonnage of the
unit.
A. 0.66 C. 0.77
B. 0.55 D. 0.88
Answer: A
A two meter id pipe is flowing half full. What is the hydraulic radius?
A.1.00 m C. 1.50 m
B. 0.50 m D. 1.75 m
Answer: B
A 1 kg steel ( C = 0.5 kJ/kg.K) rivet cools from 800K to 300 K upon being installed in a riveted structure.
The entropy change in kJ/K of this rivet is.
A. -0.245 C. -0.631
B. -0.49 D. -0.546
Answer: B
A dam 15m high has water behind it to a depth of 10 m. what is the overturning force per meter of width?
A. 1.6 MJ C. 2.3 MJ
B. 2.0 MJ D. 1.8 MJ
Answer: A
What is the lifting force in kN for a 10 m diameter spherical balloon with helium inside at 101 kPa and
320 K surrounded by air at 101 kPa and 298.15K?
A. 17.38 kN C. 18.73 kN
B. 5.28 kN D. 8.25 kN
Answer: B
A vertical bulkhead 9.6 m wide and 6 m deep separates two tanks. One tank contains oil of relative
density of 0.8 to a depth of 4.2 m. find the total load on the bulkhead in MN.
A. 1.472 C. 1.168
B. 2.013 D. 2.347
Answer: C
Fresh water flows through a short smooth horizontal pipe of tapered bore. At the large end the velocity is
1.5 m/s. at the small end the pressure is 14 kN/m^2. Calculate the velocity at this end.
A. 4.4 m/s C. 6.6 m/s
B. 5.5 m/s D. 3.3 m/s
Answer: B
In a Rankine cycle, steam turbine with exhaust enthalpy of 2500 kJ/kg of steam. If the exit enthalpy of a
condenser is 500 kJ/kg, what is the heat rejected?
A.1000 KW C. 1700 KW
B.1200 KW D. 1500 KW
Answer: A
A commercial air conditioner is rated by means of its EER or energy effcy ratio. For a certain air-
conditioner with a cooling capacity of 4 KW and requires 1000 W, approximate the EER of this unit.
A. 13.65 C. 10.10
B. 12.80 D. 11.11
Answer: A
In a simple gas turbine plant working on the ideal constant pressure cycle, air taken into the compressor at
1 bar, 16 deg C and delivered at 5.4 bar. If the temperature at turbine inlet is 700 deg C. Calculate the
ideal thermal efficiency? Take k = 1.4.
A. 38.23 % C. 45.66 %
B. 42.61% D. 35.38 %
Answer: A
Circulation in the 10 m riser if the specific volume in the down comer is 0.0014 and in the riser top is
0.0032 m^3/kg.
A. 19.71 kPa C. 21.45 kPa
B. 12.45 kpa D. 15. 74 kPa
Answer: A
Find the COP of the refrigeration whose energy supply equals one-fourth the amount of heat it extracts.
A. 3 C. 5
B. 4 D. 2
Answer: B
The down comer-riser circuit receives saturated water a rate of 10.5kg/s from the boiler. If circulation
ratio is 11.5, what is the top dryness fraction?
A. 0.095 C. 0.081
B. 0.087 D. 0.913
Answer: B
Three liquids of specific gravities 0.7, 0.8 and 0.9 respectively are mixed in the proportion of 3,4 and 5 by
mass. Find the relative density of the mixture.
A. 0.81 C. 0.73
B. 0.62 D. 0.92
Answer: A
What would be the resistance of the scale deposit if the overall heat coefficient for a tube reduced from
1500 W/m^2.K to 1100 W/m^2.K?
A. 3500 W/m^2.K C. 4125 W/m^2.K
B. 2600 W/m^2.K D 5000 W/m^2.K
Answer: C
A round 457 rpm mm duct is to be replaced by a rectangular duct with aspect ratio of 4:1 what should be
the dimensions of the rectangular duct?
A. 884 mm and 221 mm
B. 900 mm and 250 mm
C. 800 mm and 200 mm
D. 700 mm and 150 mm
Answer: A
The 600 kg hammer of a pile drive is lifted a 2m above the piling head. If the hammer is released, what
will be its velocity at the instant it strikes the piling? Local g = 9.65 m/s^2
A. 6.21 m/s C. 1.2 m/s
B. 3.25 m/s D. 4.5 m/s
Answer: A
A 3 hp refrigerator or heat pump operates between 0 deg F and 100deg F. the maximum theoretical heat
that can be transferred from the cold reservoir is nearest to:
A. 1300 Btu/hr C. 35000 Btu/hr
B. 2300 Btu/hr D. 43000 Btu/hr
Answer: C
A window type air conditioner is rated with compressor power of 1 Hp. The unit has an EER of 11.1.
Determine the maximum cooling capacity of the unit in tons of refrigeration.
A. 0.54 C. 0.69
B. 0.63 D. 0.51
Answer: C
A potential waterfall for hydroelectric power plant has water available at a rate of 160 m^3/s under a head
of 18 m. find the number of Francis turbines required if it runs at 120 rmp, specific speed of 350 and 80%
hydraulic efficiency.
A. 2 C. 4
B. 3 D. 6
Answer: A
A galvanized steel duct of 0.4 m diameter and 20 m long carries air at 20 deg C and 1.013 bar. If the
surface roughness for the ducts is 0.15 mm, find the roughness factor.
A. 0.000475 C. 0.000375
B. 0.000365 D. 0.000485
Answer: C
The mechanical effcy of a single cylinder four stroke engine is 80%. The frictional power is estimated to
be 25 kW. Calculate the brake power developed by the engine.
A. 250 kW C. 100 kW
B. 150 kW D. 200 kW
Answer: C
A rectangular duct section 35 cm x 50 cm size carries 75 m^3/min of air having density of 1.15 kg/m^3. if
the friction factor of sheet metal is 0.01, find the pressure loss per 100 m length of duct.
A. 29 mm of H2O C. 25 mm of H2O
B. 36 mm of H2O D. 35 mm of H2O
Answer: A
About 3 hp per ton is required to maintain a temperature of -40 deg C in a refrigerator. If the refrigerator
works on the reverse carnot cycle, determine the heat rejected to the sink per ton of refrigeration.
A. 69.72 kCal/min C. 81.61 kCal/min
B.70.24 kCal/min D. 84.65 kCal/min
Answer: C
Consider a 1200 kg car cruising steadily on a level road at 90 km/h. now the car starts climbing a hill that
is sloped 30 deg from horizontal. If the velocity of the car is to remain constant during climbing,
determine the additional power that be delivered by the engine.
A. 197 Hp C. 159 hp
B. 207 hp d. 105 hp
Answer: A
A pelton type turbine was installed 30 m below the head gate of the penstock. The head loss due to
friction is 15% of the given elevation. The length of the penstock is 80 m and the coefficient of friction is
0.00093. determine the power output in kW.
A. 14,292.74 C.19,242.74
B. 12,492.74 D. 17442.92
Answer: B
In a geothermal power plant, the enthalpies of the ground water and the turbine inlet are 1500 kJ/kg and
3500 kJ/kg respectively. If the enthalpy of the hot water in the flash tank is 700 kJ/kg and the mass flow
rate of steam is 15 kg/s, what is the mass flow rate of ground water?
A. 52.50 kg/s C. 55.49 kg/s
B. 48.69 kg/s D. 345.48 kg/s
Answer: A
An amount of air with BD temperature of 35 deg C. WB temperature of 28 deg C is passed through an air
conditioner and exhaust at DB temperature of 24 deg C and RH of 50%. Cooling coil temperature is
approximately 18 deg C. determine the by-pass factor of the air conditioning system.
A. 0.69 C. 0.26
B. 0.43 D. 0.35
Answer: D
An average car consumes about 5 L of gasoline a day, and the capacity of the fuel tank of a car is about
50L. Therefore, a car needs to be refueled once every 10 days. Also the density of gasoline ranges from
0.68 to 0.78 kg/L, and its lower heating value is about 44,000kJ/kg (that is, 44,000kJ of heat is released
when 1 kg of gasoline is completely burned). Suppose all the problems associated with the radioactivity
and waste disposal of nuclear fuels are resolve, and a car is to be powered by U-235. if a new car becomes
equipped with 0.1kg of the nuclear fuel U-235, determine if this car will ever need refueling under
average driving condition.
A. The car needs to be refueled after 10 years
B. The car needs to be refueled after 50 years
C. The car does not needs to be refueled
D. The car needs to be refueled after 100 years
Answer: C
Steam at 1.5 Mpa, 300 deg. C is supplied to an engine and exhaust at 0.014 Mpa. The consumption of
steam is 28,500 kg/hr when the indicated power is 3000 KW. Calculate the steam consumption in
kg/KW-hr and the indicated thermal eff’cy.
A.9.5 kg/KW hr, 13.45%
B.10 kg/KW-hr, 11.45%
C. 8.5 kg/KW/hr, 12.34%
D. 10.5 kg/KW-hr, 10.47%
Answer: A
Steam enters the nozzle of an impulse turbine at 2 Mpa,300 deg. C and leaves at 0.30 Mpa, 0.98 dry. The
angle of the nozzles is 20 deg. To the direction of motion of the blades and blade velocity is 380 m/s.
Calculate the velocity of the steam leaving the nozzles.
A. 829.4 m/s C. 545.7 m/s
B. 924.8 m/s D. 754.8 m/s
Answer: A
The pressure and temp. entering the turbine are 1800 Kpa and 38 deg. C. The pressure leaving the turbine
is 20 Kpa. The quality of steam entering the condenser is 90%. What is the turbine work? Steam
properties;@ 1800 Kpa and 380 deg. C (h= 3207.2 KJ/kg) @ 20 Kpa, hf=251.4 KJ/kg hg=2609.7 KJ/kg.
A. 1833.33 Kj/kg C. 597.5 KJ/kg
B. 1333.8 KJ/kg D. 833.33 KJ/kg
Answer: D
A hydro-electric generating station is supplied from a reservoir of capacity 6,000,000 m^3 at head of 170
m. Assume hydraulic eff’cy of 80% and electrical eff’cy of 90%. The fall in the reservoir level after a
load of 15 MW has been supplied for 3 hrs, If the area of the reservoir is 2.5 km^2 is closest to:
A. 5.39 cm C. 5.98 cm
B. 4.32 cm D. 4.83 cm
Answer: A
Air is drawn into a gas turbine working on the constant pressure cycle at 1 bar, 21 deg. C and compressed
to 5.7 bar. The temp. at the end of heat supply is 680 deg. C. 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 K/kg
Answer: A
A small swimming pool 25 x 75 ft is to be filled with water at a temperature of 70 deg. F to a depth of 5 ft.
Hot water at 160 deg. F and cooled water at 40 deg. F are available. How many cubic ft of each
(neglecting the thermal capacity of the tank itself) should be used in filling the tank?
A. 2344 ft^3 C. 2345 ft^3
B. 3423 ft^3 D. 3145 ft ^3
Answer: A
A research laboratory building is to be heated and ventilated, air is to be supplied to a room 12 m by 18
m from the outside at the rate of 1 m^3/min air replacement for each square meter of floor space. The
design condition includes 20 deg.C room temperature and -20 deg.C outside air temperature. In addition
the pressure in the room is to be maintained at a positive pressure of 7 Kpa, to ensure that there will be no
air leakage into the laboratory. How much heat would be required to condition the air for this room?
A. 177.11 KW C.168.7 KW
B. 154.8 KW D. 185.3 KW
Answer: D
A circular cylinder 4 ft long and 3 ft in diameter is in an air stream. The flow velocity is 5ft/s
perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder. Given that the coefficient of drag on the cylinder is 1.3 and the
density of air is 0.00234 slug/ft^3. What is the force in the cylinder?
A. 0.09 C. 0.46
B. 0.11 D. 0.91
Answer: C
A reverse Carnot cycle air refrigeration equipment has a compressor working with a compression ratio of
12. The temp. limits of the cycle are 300 K and 270 K. Determine the refrigerating effect of the unit.
A. 2.45 TR C. 2.06 TR
B. 1.86TR D. 1.26 TR
Answer: D
The filament of a 100W bulb maybe considered blackbody radiating into a black enclosure at 80 deg. C.
Considering only radiation, calculate the filament temp. in deg. C, if the filament diameter is 0.10 mm and
the length is 6 cm.
A. 3109.97deg.C C. 3245.45 deg.C
B. 2837 deg. C D. 2313.5 deg.C
Answer: B
A circular duct of 40 cm is selected to carry air in an air-conditioner space at a velocity of 440 m/min to
keep the noise at desired level. If this duct is replaced by a rectangular duct of aspect ratio 1.5, find the
size of rectangular duct for equal friction method when the velocity of air in two ducts is same.
A. 45cm x 30 cm C. 50 cm x 35 cm
B. 40 cm x 25 cm D. 30 cm x 15 cm
Answer: A
45 KW of the shaft power is developed by a turbine working under an available head of 40 m. The energy
transferred from the water to the runner is 350 J. Assuming a mechanical eff’cy of 95%, what is the
discharge through the turbine in m^3/s?
A. 0.0345 C. 1.511
B. 0.135 D. 1.234
Answer: B
A cast iron pipe of equilateral triangular cross section with side length of 20.75 in. has water flowing
through it. The flow rate is 6000 gpm (13.37ft^3/s) and the friction factor for the pipe is 0.017. What is
the pressure drop in a 100 ft section?
A. 211.8 lb/ft^2 C. 123.5 lb/ft^2
B. 311.8 lb/ft^2 D. 178.5 lb/ft^2
Answer: D
A block of wood floats in water with 6 inches projecting above the water surface. If the same block were
placed in alcohol of specific gravity 0.82, the block would , project 4 inches above the water surface of
alcohol. Determine the wood of block.
A. 0.603 C. 0.701
B. 0.504 D. .243
Answer: A
Air is used in a Carnot engine where the volumes at the beginning of the constant temp. heat addition and
end of the constant temp. heat rejection are 0.456 cm^3 and 6.78 cm^3 respectively. Calculate the thermal
eff’cy.
A. 0.667 C. 0.786
B. 0.656 D. 0.765
Answer: B
What should be the cooling requirement due to emission of body to maintain a comfortable temp. in a
dance hall that had an attendance of 1500 people if it has been determined that 75% of the people will be
dancing and others will be seated. Test have shown that an adult will give off 71.8 W of sensible heat
while engaging in moderate dancing and 57.1 of sensible heat while sitting. The latent heat emissions for
similar situations have been found to equal 177.3 W for dancers and 45 .5 W for sitters.
A.200 KW C. 301 KW
B.267 KW D. 319 KW
Answer: D
A reverse Carnot cycle air conditioner of 4 TR capacity operates with a cooling coil of temp. of 5 deg. C.
The surrounding air at 45 deg. C is used as a cooling medium rising to the temp. of 55 deg. C. The temp.
of heat rejection is 60 deg. C. Determine the mass flow rate of air entering the heat exchanger.
A. 0.07 kg/s C. 0.16 kg/s
B. 0.12 kg/s D. 0.04 kg/s
Answer: A
Air is compressed in a diesel engine from an initial pressure of 13 psi and a temp. of 120 deg. F to one-
twelve of its initial volume. Calculate the final temp. and pressure assuming the compression to be
adiabatic.
A. 1570 deg. R C. 1548 deg. R
B. 2000 deg. R D.1786 deg. R
Answer: A
The flow rate of water through a cast iron pipe is 5000 gallons per minute. The diameter of the pipe is 1
foot and the coefficient of friction is 0.0173. What is the pressure drop over a 100 foot length pipe?
A. 221.078 lb /ft^2 C. 313.45 lb/ft^2
B. 411.058 lb/ft^2 D. 337.26lb/ft^2
Answer: D
What is the thermal efficiency of an air-standard brayton cycle if the air enters and leaves the turbine at
1000 K and 550 K respectively?
A. 40.74% C. 50.38%
B. 44.99% D. 54.86%
Answer: B
A cylinder 10 ft long and 2 ft in diameter is suspended in air flowing at 8ft/s. the density of air is 0.00234
slug/ft^3 and the coefficient of drag of the sphere is 1.3. What is the drag on the cylinder?
A. 0.39 lbf C. 4.99 lbf
B. 1.95 lbf D. 0.311lbf
Answer: B
Consider a person standing in a breezy room at 20 deg.C. determined the total rate of heat transfer from
this person if the exposed surface area and the average outer surface temperature of the person are 1.6
m^2 and 29 deg.C, respectively, and the conversion heat transfer coefficient is 6 W/m^2-C.
A. 168.1 W C. 137.5 W
B. 174.5 W D. 154.7 W
Answer: A
About 3 HP per ton is required to maintain a temp. of -40 deg. C in a refrigerator. If the refrigerator works
on the reverse Carnot cycle, determine the heat rejected to the sink per ton of refrigeration.
A. 69.72 kCal/min. C. 81.61 kCal/min.
B. 70.44 kCal/min. D. 84.65 kCal/min.
Answer: C
What is the over-all eff’cy of a 30 MW steam power plant with a boiler eff’cy of 92%, cycle eff’cy of
44%, mechanical loss of 5%, generator eff’cy of 93% and gross power production of 32,000 KW.
A. 33.98 % C. 35.44 %
B. 36.88 % D. 38.84 %
Answer: A
In a simple gas turbine plant working on the ideal constant pressure cycle, air is taken into the compressor
at 1 bar, 16 deg. C and delivered at 5.4 bar. If the temp. at turbine inlet is 700 deg. C. Calculate the ideal
thermal eff’cy? Take k=1.4
A. 38.23 % C. 45.66 %
B. 42.61 % D. 35.38 %
Answer: A
Calculate the thermal diffusivity of pure aluminum with density of 2,702 kg/m^3, thermal conductivity of
237 W/m-K and specific heat of 0.903 KJ/kg-K.
A. 97.1 x 10^-6 m^2/s
B. 23.25 x 10^-6 m^2/s
C. 14.9 x 10^-6 m^2/s
D. 34.5 x 10^-6 m^2/s
Answer: A
If the conditioned space receives 80,000 kg of air per hour and air supply temp. rises about 10 deg. C and
air picks up latent heat of about 150 KW. Determine the sensible heat factor of the system.
A. 0.597 C. 0.612
B. 0.554 D. 0.509
Answer: A
A horizontal jet fresh water 40 mm diameter impinges on a stationary flat plate which is perpendicular to
the jet, and the direct force to prevent the plate moving is measure d to be 225 N. Assuming that there is
no splash back of water, find the initial velocity of the jet.
A. 13.39 m/s C. 16.21 m/s
B. 12.42 m/s D. 14.34m/s
Answer: A
There are required 2200 KW net, from a gas turbine unit for pumping of crude oil. Air enters the
compressor section at 100 Kpa, 280 K, the pressure ratio Rp=10. The turbine section recieves the hot
gases at 1,100 K. assume the closed brayton cycle and determine the required air flow.
A. 7.91 kg/s C. 8.11 kg/s
B. 7.16 kg/s D. 8.91 kg/s
Answer: C
A pelton wheel running at a speed of 400 rpm is driven by a water power of 5000 KW. The elevation is
150 m and the velocity coefficient is 0.97. find the number of jets required if if its diameter is limited at
0.15m.
A. 3 C. 5
B. 4 D. 6
Answer: B
The sun generates an average of 2 KW/m^2 when tapped as source of energy where in a flat plate
collector with an area of 1.5 m^2 is used. Flow rate of water inside the collector is 40 liters per hour.
Calculate for the temperature rise of the working fluid in deg.C.
A. 65.14 deg. C C. 55.14 deg.C
B. 60.15 deg.C D. 50.15 deg.C
Answer: B
A refrigerator is rated at a USA one ton capacity; it maintains a cooling temperature 4.4 deg, C.
(EVAPORATIVE TEMPERATURE). A refrigerant with a refrigerating effect of 136 kj/kg is in the
condenser just a head of the expansion valve. If the refrigerant vapor has a density of 19.80 kg/m^3, what
should be the capacity of the compressor?
A. 0.078 m^3/min C. 0.102 m^3/min
B. 0.091 m^3/min D. 0.113 m^3/min
Answer: A
A cold storage is required to store 20 tons fish. The fish is supplied at a temperature of 30 deg. C. The
specific heat of fish above the freezing point is 2.93 KJ/kg. K. The fish is stored in cold storage that is
maintained at -8 deg. C. The freezing point of that is maintained at -4 deg. C. The latent heat of
solidification of the fish is 235 KJ/kg. If the plant requires 75 KW to drive it, find the time taken to
achieve cooling. Assume the actual COP as 0.3 times the Carnot COP of the refrigerating plant.
A. 14.72 hrs C. 10.41 hrs
B. 9.64 hrs D. 12.03 hrs
Answer: D
A rectangular duct section 35 cm x 50 cm size carries 75 m^3/min. of air having a density of 1.15
kg/m^3. Determine the equivalent diameter of circular duct if the quantity of air carried in both cases is
the same.
A. 0.26 m C. 0.46 m
B. 0.36 m D. 0.56 m
Answer: C
The cubic capacity of a 4-stroke over square park ignition engine is 245 cm^3. The over square ratio is
1.1. The clearance volume is 27.2 cm^3. Calculate the stroke.
A. 6.36 cm C. 2.38 cm
B. 3.42 cm D. 8.45 cm
Answer: A

Steam enters the turbine at the rate of 11,000 kg/hr with enthalpies of 3,000 KJ/kg and 1,000 KJ/kg at the
entrance and exhaust respectively. Steam is extracted from the turbine at 3,500 kg/hr for heating purposes
with enthalpy of 2,700 KJ/kg. Calculate the turbine work.
A. 5,468.33 KW C. 4,458.33 KW
B. 4,569.33 KW D. 5,425.33 KW
Answer: C
The two phase flow in a riser has a volume quality and moisture of 0.60 and 90% respectively. If the ratio
of the specific volume of vapor to that of the liquids is 20, estimate the slip ratio.
A. 1.48 C. 1.74
B. 1.67 D. 1.32
Answer: A
Dry saturated steam at 8 bar (0.8 Mpa) is expanded in turbine nozzles to a pressure of 5 bar 0.97 dry. Find
the velocity at exit. If the area at the exit is 14.5 cm^2, find the mass flow of the steam in kg/s. Steam
properties: At 8 bar (0.8 MPa), At 5 bar; (0.5 Mpa) Vg=0.3748m^3/kg, hf=640 KJ/kg, hg=2769 KJ/kg,
hfg=2109 KJ/kg
A. 1.625 kg/s, 407.4 m/s
B. 2.456 kg/s, 786.5 m/s
C. 2.257 kg/s, 233.8 m/s
D. 3.125 kg/s, 125.7 m/s
Answer: A
A proposed hydro-electric plant site, the average elevation of head water is 600m, the tail water elevation
is 480 m. The average annual water flow is determined to be equal to that volume flowing through a
rectangular channel 4 m wide and 0.5 m deep an average velocity of 5.5 m/s. Assuming that the plant will
operate 350 days per year, find the annual energy in KW-hr that the plant site can develop if the
hydraulic turbine that will be used has an eff’cy of 80% and generator eff’cy of 92 %. Consider a
headwork loss of 4 % of the available head.
A. 67,458,581 C. 54,786,518
B. 76,854,851 D. 48,576,185
Answer: B
A double suction heater pump is moving 1.1 liters/s turns at 900 rpm. The pump adds 7 m head of water.
What is the specific speed?
A. 155.1 rpm C. 500.7 rpm
B. 255.7 rpm D. 243.34 rpm
Answer: A
Two different types of heat exchangers are being considered parallel flow and counter flow. The heating
fluid is water at a rate of 4 kg/min which enters at 60 deg C and leaves at 40 deg C. the heated fluid is also
water at a rate of 8 kg/min. it enters at 10 deg C and leaves at 20 deg C. what would be the relative size of
the two types of heat exchanger?
A. They would be equal in size
B. The counter flow heat exchanger would 10% larger
C. The parallel flow heat exchanger be 5% smaller
 D. The parallel flow heat exchanger would be 6% larger
Answer: D
The system shown in the figure consists in the part of the transformer serving customers X,Y, Z. Estimate
the peak load on the transformer.
X - store building with 5 KW lighting, 25 KW small motor power
Y–store building with 18 KW lighting, 35 KW small motor power
Z – office building with 55 KW lighting, 80 KW large motor power
A. 75.08 KW C. 95.84 KW
B. 85.07 KW D. 105.76 KW
Answer: B
A daily load curve which exhibited a 15 minute peak of 150,000 KW is drawn to scales of 1 cm = 3 hrs
and 1 cm = 10,000 KW. The area under the curve is measured by a planimeter and found to be 60 cm^2.
what is the load factor based on the 15 minute peak?
A. 0.50 C. 0.55
B. 0.75 D. 0.65
Answer: A
If the rated capacity of the steam is 50,000 KW and the actual maximum demand is 35,000 KW, what is
the utilization factor?
A. 0.60 C. 0.50
B. 0.70 D. 0.80
Answer: B
A Pelton wheel is to be designed to run at 300 rpm under an effective head of 150 m. The ratio of the
nozzle diameter to the diameter of the pitch circle is 1/12. Assuming eff’cy of 84 %, what is the size of
the wheel in meter. Assume a speed ratio of 0.45.
A. 1.05 C. 1.55
B. 2.00 D. 2.86
Answer: C
An engine requires 4,300 kg of dry steam per hour. The quality of steam is 90 %. What must be the
weight of steam?
A. 4,778 kg/hr C. 5,258 kg/hr
B. 4,000 kg/hr D. 6,000 kg/hr
Answer: A
After checking on the properties and phase descriptions of water, the quality is found to be X=0.70. How
many percent of the mass is in the liquid phase?
A. 70 % C. 100 %
B. 0.70 % D. 30 %
Answer: D
A vapor compression refrigeration system is designed to have a 80 tons refrigerating of refrigeration . Its
actual cop is 4 and 30 percent of the power supplied to the compressor is lost in the form of friction and
cylinder losses. Determine condenser cooling water required for a temperature rise of 10oC.
A. 5.63 kg/s
B. 4.47 kg/s
C. 7.82 kg/s
D. 9.0 kg/s
Answer: C
A single acting compressor has a volumetric efficiency of 87%, operates at 500 rpm. It takes in ammonia
at 277 kPa and discharge it at 1204 kPa. The ammonia handled is 4.13 m3 /min measured at the discharge
condition. If the compression is polytropic with n = 1.20, determine the piston displacement per stroke.
A. 0.0095 m3 C. 19.7 m3
B. 16.59 m3 D. 0.03814 m3
Answer: D
An adiabatic tank containing air is used to power an air turbine during times of peak power demand. The
tank has a volume of 500 m^3 and contains air at 1000 Kpa and 500 deg. K. The temperature at this
instant.
A. -14.03 o C C. 14.03 o F
B. 14.03 o K D. 14.03 o R
Answer: A
An otto cycle operates on 0.1 lb/s og air from 13 Psia and 130 deg. F at the beginning of the compression.
The temp. at the end of combustion is 5000 deg. R; compression ratio is 5.5; hot air standard, k=1.3. Find
the horsepower of the engine.
A. 51.99 HP C. 54.1 HP
B. 53.1 HP D. 55.1 HP
Answer: A
How many hours would it take to boil down 1.2 kg of water in a kettle if a constant supply of heat at 1.25
kW is supplied to the kettle?
A. 36 hrs C. 18 hrs
B. 52 hrs D. 0.6 hrs
Answer: D
A 3.0 liter, 5-cylinder, 4 stroke cycle SI engine, with a volumetric efficiency of 82%, operates at
3000RPM using gasoline with a ʎ=0.91. bore and stroke are related as S = 1.08B. At a certain point in the
engine cycle, the gas temperature in the combustion chamber is Tg = 2100oC while the cylinder wall
temperature is Tw = 190oC. viscosity, and thermal conductivity, gases (air at 1145oC) Ug = 5.21x10-5
kg/m-sec , Kg= 0.090 W/m-K are respectively. Convective heat transfer coefficient of C1 = 0.035 and C2
= 0.08. calculate the approximate convection heat transfer rate to the cylinder wall at this instant.
A. 54.32 kW/m2 C. 35.42 kW/m2
2
B. 32.54 kW/m D. 45.44 kW/m2
Answer: A
A power plant has a steam operating header pressure of 150psig and saturated with engine exhaust at
atmospheric pressure. Initial feed – water temperature is 65oF. what will be the fuel saving in percent if a
feed – water heater is installed using exhaust steam and heating the water to 205oF? enthalpy of steam at
header h = 1195.6btu/lb.
A. 15.12 % C. 12.15 %
B. 12.04 % D. 21.21 %
Answer: B
An inventor claims to have developed a refrigeration unit which maintains the refrigerated space at 20oF
within a room where the temperature is 80oF. He claims a coefficient of performance of at least 7.50. how
do you evaluate his claim?
A. No data available to evaluate the claim
B. Possible
C. Impossible
D. More observation are required
Answer: B
A 200 mm x 300 mm ammonia water cooled compressor at 1200 rpm receives refrigerant at 200 kPa, -
10oC, h=1442 kJ/kg, 619.9 L/kg specific volume and is compressed to a final pressure and h=1759 kJ/kg,
k of ammonia is 1.12. for a mass of 1kg/s of ammonia. Calculate the work of the compressor horsepower.
A. 317 C. 425
B. 713 D. 524
Answer: C
A manufacturer of Carnot refrigerators has the choice of varying either the evaporator temperature,
T1=250K or the condenser temperature T2=500K by plus of minus 25K; no restrictions are placed on the
operating temperatures. In the best interest of economy, what would you recommend to this
manufacturer?
 A. Fix the temperature of condenser and increase the temperature of evaporator by 25K
B. Fix the temperature of condenser and decrease the temperature of the evaporator by 25K
C. Fix the temperature of evaporator and increase the temperature of the condenser by 25K
D. Fix the temperature of evaporator and decrease the temperature of the condenser by 25K
Answer: A
A creamery must cool 40,000liters of milk received each day from initial temperature of 20oC to final
temperature of 2oC in 10 hours. If refrigeration losses amount to 30% of the cooling load what must be
the capacity of the refrigerating machine if the specific heat of milk is 0.93 Btu/lb-R and SG = 1.15.
A. 33 TR B.43 TR
C.38 TR D.48 TR
Answer: A
A refrigeration system produces 250 Btu/lb of cooling. In order to have a rating of one ton of
refrigeration, what mass of refrigerant shall be used in the refrigeration system?
A. 1152 lb/day C. 1920 lb/day
B. 180 lb/day D. 360 lb/day
Answer: A
Express ten tons of refrigeration in CHU/hr
A. 840 C. 970.3
B. 2257 D. 66,666.67
Answer: D
A standard vapor compression refrigeration system requires a compressor work of 5kW. The condenser
releases 15 kJ/s of heat. Determine the amount of air to be conditioned if the decrease in enthalpy at the
air conditioning unit is 50kJ/kg.
A. 0.40 C. 0.20
B. 0.60 D. 0.80
Answer: C
The refrigerant load of vapor compression refrigeration system is 50kJ/kg. the COP is 6. the enthalpy of
the refrigerant leaving the compressor is 85 kJ/kg. determine the enthalpy entering the compressor.
A. 72 kJ/kg C. 77 kJ/kg
B. 83 kJ/kg D. 88 kJ/kg
Answer: C
A 3 – hp refrigerator of heat pump operates between 0oF and 100oF. The maximum theoretical heat that
can be transferred from the hot reservoir is nearest to
A. 76,000 Btu/hr C. 13,000 Btu/hr
B. 23,000 Btu/hr D. 43,000 Btu/hr
Answer: D
What is the enthalpy of a refrigerant entering the compressor in kJ/kg if the COP of the refrigeration
system is 4.80 and the compressor work is 207.30 kJ/kg? The enthalpy at the entrance of the evaporator is
58.20 kJ/kg.
A. 1035.24 kJ/kg C. 1043.25 kJ/kg
B. 1520.42 kJ/kg D. 1053.24 kJ/kg
Answer: D
A refrigeration system operates on an ideal vapor compression using R-12 with a saturated temperature -
1.1oC (hg=351.003 kJ/kg) and a liquid R-12 temperature at 30oC ( hf=288.54 kJ/kg). What is the mass
flow rate of the refrigerant if the refrigerating capacity is 1.776 TR in kg/s?
A. 0.40 kg/s C. 0.30 kg/s
B. 0.20 kg/s D. 0.10 kg/s
Answer: D
Ten gallons per minute of cooling water undergo an 8oC temperature rise during passage through a shell
and tube condenser. If the refrigerant flow rate is 3 kg/min and the tons of refrigeration is 5.15, what is
the work of isentropic compression in kJ/kg?
 A. 40 C. 60
B. 70 D. 80
Answer: C
A businessman after feasibility study found out that the ice consumption of his locality to be 48,000 kg of
ice per day. He wants to manufacture ice at -10oC from water available at 25oC. Determine the capacity of
the compressor in hp.
A. 207 C. 80
B. 107 D. 90
Answer: B
In a process carried out on a closed system, the work transferred into the system was 4200kJ and the
increase in the total energy of the system was 3500kJ. Determine the heat transferred.
A. -700 C. 7700
B. -7700 D. 700
Answer: A
Determine the atmospheric pressure at a location where the barometric reading is 740mm hg and the
gravitational acceleration is g=9.81 m/s2. Assume the temperature of mercury to be 10oC, at which its
density is 13,570 kg/m3.
A. 99.7 kPa C. 98.5 kPa
B. 101.325 kPa D. 97.5 kPa
Answer: C
Determine the atmospheric pressure at a location where barometric reading is 740 mm Hg and
gravitational acceleration is g = 9.7 m/s2. Assume the temperature of mercury to be 10˚C, at which the
density is 13,670 kg / m3 .
A. 99.45 kPa
B. 97.41 kPa
C. 95.44 kPa
D. 98.66 kPa
Answer: B
A fluid in a cylinder is at a pressure of 700N/m2. It is expanded at a constant pressure from a volume of
0.28m3. Determine the work done.
A. 960 kJ C. 1000 kJ
B. 955 kJ D. 980 kJ
Answer: D
What is the flow rate through a pipe 4” in diameter carrying water at a velocity of 11ft/s?
A. 27,200 cm3/s C. 993 cm3/s
3
B. 726 cm /s D. 19, 200 cm3/s
Answer: D
A copper bar is 90 centimeters long at 86oF. What is the increase in its length when the bar is heated to
95oF? The linear expansion coefficient for copper is 1.7 x 10-5 /oC
A. 2.12 x 10-5 m C. 5.25 x 10-5 m
B. 3.22 x 10-5 m D. 7.65 x 10-5 m
Answer: D
A slab of iron with temperature, Ti1=48oC is used to heat a fat glass plate that has an initial temperature of
Tg1=18oC. Assuming no heat is lost to the environment, and the masses are mi=0.40kg for the slab and
mg=310g for the plate. What is the amount of heat transferred when the two have reached equal
temperatures? Assume ci=0.11 kcal/kg-oC for iron and cg=0.20 kcal/kg-oC for glass.
A. 860 cal C. 53 kcal
B. 32 kcal D. 320 kcal
Answer: A
Air has a specific heat of kJ/kg-K. If 2 BTU of energy is added to 100 g of air, what is the change in air
temperature?
 A. 10.0 oC C. 44.1 oC
B. 21.1 oC D. 88.2 oC
Answer: B
Air has specific heat (cp) of 1kJ/kg-K. if 100 g of air are heated with 1500 W heater, which of the
following occurs?
I. The air heats up at a rate of 15K/s
II. The air reaches a final temperature of 15000 K
III. The air undergoes a non-isentropic process
A. I only C. I, II, and III
B. I and II D. I and III
Answer: D
The change of enthalpy of an incompressible liquid with constant specific heat is given by:
h2 - h1 = c(T2 - T1) = _(P2 – P1)
Where: Tn= temperature at a state, nPn= pressure at state, nv = specific volume of the liquid
Water with cp = 4.18 kj/kg –K and v = 1.00 x 10-3 m3/kg has the following final states:
State I: T1=19oC p1=1.013 x 105 Pa
o
State II: T2=30 C p2=0.113 Mpa
What is the change in enthalpy from state I to state II?
A. 46.0 kJ/kg C. 46.0 kPa/kg
B. 46.0 kN/kg D. 56.0 kJ.kg
Answer: A
In a constant temperature, closed system process, 100 BTU of heat is transferred to the working fluid at
100oF. What is the change in entropy of the working fluid?
A. 0.18 kJ/K C. 0.34 kJ/K
B. 0.25 kJ/K D. 0.57 kJ/K
Answer: C
A machine is capable of accelerating a kg mass at 1 m/s2 for 1 minute. The machine runs at 60 rpm. What
is the power output of the machine?
A. 1 erg C. 1 J
B. 1 cal D. 1 W
Answer: D
The average power output of a cylinder in a combustion engine is given by:
P=pLAN
Where: p=average pressure on the piston during the stroke
L=length of piston stroke
A=area of the piston head
N=number of strokes per second
An 8 cylinder engine has the following specifications at optimum speed: p=283kPa, L=14cm, d=diameter
of piston head = 12cm, N=1500 strokes/min. what is the average power output of this engine?
A. 89.5 N/s C. 89.5 x103 J-m/s
B. 89.5 kW D. 89.5 kJ
Answer: B
If the average energy in a nuclear reaction is 200 MeV/fission, what is the power output of a reactor if
there are 2.34 x 1019 fission per second?
A. 550 W C. 30 MW
B. 120 kW D. 750 MW
Answer: D
A surface tension force, σ , of water in air is approximately 0.00518 lbf/ft. if the atmospheric pressure is
14.7 psi, what is the pressure inside a droplet 0.01” in diameter?
A. 14.53 psia C. 14.87 psia
B. 14.70 psia D. 14.78 psia
Answer: C
What is the actual volumetric flow rate for the discharge of the tank shown? The coefficient of
contraction for the orifice is 0.61, and the coefficient of velocity is 0.98
A. 6.78 ft3/s C. 9.79 ft3/s
B. 6.92 ft3/s D. 11.34 ft3/s
Answer: A
The upper plate is fixed, while the lower plate moves in the positive x direction at 0.5 m/s. The plate
separation is 0.001m, the fluid viscosity is 0.7cp and the velocity profile is linear. Calculate the shear
stress Txv in the moving fluid.
A. 0.05 Pa C. 0.25 Pa
B. 0.15 Pa D. 0.35 Pa
Answer: D
Calculate the Reynolds number, Re, for water at 20oC flowing in an open channel. The water flowing at a
volumetric rate of 200 gal/sec. the channel has a height of 4 feet and a width of 8 feet. At this
temperature, water has a kinetic viscosity of 1.04 x 105 ft2/sec.
A. 600,000 C. 1.0 x 106
B. 800,000 D. 1.2 x 106
Answer: A
1.328
From the Blasius solution for laminar boundary layer flow, the average coefficient of skin is C= : if
√𝑅𝑒
air flowing past a 33 feet long plate at a velocity of 100 ft/sec, what is the force on the plate?
A. 0.00114 lbf C. 0.086 lbf
B. 0.00344 lbf D. 0.114 lbf
Answer: D
The flow rate of water through a cast iron is 5000 gallons per minute. The diameter of the pipe is 1 foot,
and the coefficient of friction is ƒ = 0.0173. What is the pressure drop over a 100 foot length of pipe?
A. 21.078 lbf/ft2 C. 337.26 lbf/in2
2
B. 23.78 lbf/ft D. 337.26 lbf/ft2
Answer: D
A cast iron pipe of equilateral triangular cross section with side length of 20.75” has water flowing
through it. The flow rate is 5000 gallons per minute, and the friction factor for the pipe is ƒ = 0.017. what
is the pressure drop in a 100 foot section?
A. 24.3 lbf/ft2 C. 178.5 lbf/ft2
2
B. 48.7 lbf/ft D. 309.7 lbf/ft2
Answer: C
A circular cylinder 4 feet long and 3 feet in diameter is in air stream. The flow velocity is 5 ft/sec
perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder. Given that the coefficient of drag, CD, on the cylinder is 1.3, and
the density of air is 0.00234 slug/ft3, what is the force on the cylinder?
A. 0.09 lbf C. 0.46 lbf
B. 0.11 lbf D. 0.91 lbf
Answer: C
Air flows past a 2 diameter sphere at 100 ft/sec. What is the drag force experienced by the sphere given
that it has a coefficient of drag of 0.5 and that the density of the air is 0.00234 slug/ft3?
A. 0.041 lbf C. 0.128 lbf
B. 0.064 lbf D. 0.244 lbf
Answer: C
A cylinder 10 feet long and 2 feet in diameter is suspended in air flowing at 8ft/sec. the density of air is
0.00234 slug/ft3, and the coefficient of drag of the sphere is 1.3. what is the drag on the cylinder?
A. 0.311 lbf C. 1.95 lbf
B. 0.39 lbf D. 3.89 lbf
Answer: C