1.

Ten kilograms per seconds of steam enter the turbine with

an enthalpy of 3200 kj/kg and enter the condenser with an
enthalpy of 2500 kj/kg in a Rankine cycle. If the turbine
efficiency is 80% and the generator effifciency is 90%,
determine the power plant output.

A. 4320 KW
B. 3213 KW
C. 4056 KW
D. 5040 KW
2. The condenser of a reheat power plant rejects heat at
the rate of 600kw. The mass flow rate of cooling water
is 5 kg/s and the inlet cooling water temperature is 35ºC.
Calculate the condenser cooling water temperature.

A. 43.45ºC
B. 53.45ºC
C. 63.66ºC
D. 74.34ºC
3. Steam leaves an industrial boiler at 827.4 kPa and 171.6ºC. A portion
of the steam is passed through a throttling calorimeter and is
exhaust to the atmosphere when the calorimeter pressure is
101.4 kPa. How much moisture does the steam leaving the boiler
contain if the temperature of the steam at calorimeter is 115.6ºC?
At 8727.4 kPa(171.6ºC) hf=727.25 kj/kg hfg=2043.2 kj/kg
from table 3: at 101.4 kPa and 115.6ºC h2=2707.6 kj/kg

A. 3.78%
B. 3.08%
C. 4.56%
D. 2.34%
4. An impulse wheel at best produces 15 hp under a head of 210 ft. by
what percent should be the pseed be inceased for a 290-ft head?

A. 82.5%
B. 17.5%
C. 72.41%
D. 27.59%
5. A logging firm in Isabella operates diesel electric plant to supply its
electric energy requirements. During a 24 hour period, the plant
consumed 250 gallons of fuel at 80ºF and produced 2900 kw-hrs.
industrial fuel used is 30º API and was purchased at P30.00/li at
60ºF. Determine the overall thermal efficiency of the plant.

A. 26.08%
B. 34.23%
C. 28.00%
D. 18.46%
6. The following coal has the following ultimate analysis by weight:
C=70.5% H2=4.5% O2=6.0% N2=1.0% S=3.0% Ash=11%
Moisture=4%
A stocker fired boiler of 195,000 kg/hr steaming capacity uses this coal
as fuel. Calculate volume of air in m^3/hr with air at 60ºF and 14.7
psia pressure if boiler efficiency is 70% and FE=1.1

A. 234,019 m^3/hr
B. 215,830 m^3/hr
C. 213,830 m^3/hr
D. 264,830 m^3/hr
23.5 kg of steam per second at 15MPa and 400ºC is produced by a steam
generator. The feedwater enters the economizer at 145ºC and leaves at
205ºC. The steam leaves the boiler drum with a quality of 98%. The unit
consumes 3 kg of coal per second as received having a heating value of
25,102 kj/kg. what would be the overall efficiency of the unit in percent/.
Steam:
at 5MPa and 400ºC: h=3195.7 kj/kg at 5 Mpa: hf=1154.2, hfg=1640.1
at 205ºC: hf=875.04
at 145ºC: hf=1640.1

A. 65.72
B. 80.67
C. 88.28
D. 78.82
In a Rankine system enters the turbines at 2.5mpa( enthalpies and entropies given)
and condenser of 50 kPa (properties given), what is the thermal efficiency of the
cycle? At 2.5 Mpa : hg=2803.1 kj/kg sg=6.2575
at 50 kPa: sf=1.0910 sfg=6.5029 hf=340.49 hfg=2305.4 vf=0.0010300

A. 25.55%
B. 45.23%
C. 34.23%
D. 12.34%
A thermal power plant generates 5 MW and the heat generated by fuel is 13,000
kj/sec. if thermal efficiency is 36.15%, find the power needed for the auxiliaries.

A. 310KW
B. 300 KW
C. 400 KW
D. 350 KW
A superheat steam Rankine cycle has a turbine inlet conditions of 17.5 Mpa and
530ºC expands in a turbine to 0.007 Mpa. The turbine and pump polytropic
efficiencies are 0.85 and 0.75 respectively, pressure loss between pump and
turbine inlet are 1.5 Mpa. What should be the pump work in kj/kg?

A. 17.34
B. 27.32
C. 25.32
D. 47.33
In an open feedwater heater for a steam plant, saturated steam at 7 bar is mixed with
subcooled liquid at 7 bar and 25ºC . Just enough steam is supplied to ensure
that the mixed steam leaving the heater will be saturated liquid at 7 bar
when efficiency is 95%. Calculate the mass flow rate of subcooled lquid if
steam flow rate is 0.865 kg/s.
steam properties are: at 7 bar, saturated vapor:hg=2763.5 kj/kg
at 7 bar and 25ºC: hf=105.5 kj/kg
at 7 bar, saturated liquid: hf=697.22 kj/kg

A. 2.725 kg/s
B. 3.356 kg/s
C. 2.869 kg/s
D. 3.948 kg/s
Steam expands adiabatically in a turbine from 2000 kpa, 400ºC to 400 kpa,
250ºC. What is the effectiveness of the process in percent assuming an
atmospheric pressure of 18ºC. Neglect changes in kinetic and potential
energy.
Steam properties are: at 2000 kpa and 400ºC: h=3247.6 kj/kg s=7.1271
kj/kg-K
at 400 kpa and 250ºC: h=2964.2 kj/kg s=7.3789 kj/kg-K

A. 82
B. 84
C. 79.60
D. 79.46
A heat exchanger was installed purposely to cool 0.5 kg of gas per second.
Molecular weight is 32 and k=1.32. the gas is cooled from 150ºC to 80ºC. Water
is available at the rate of 0.30 kg/s and at a temperature of 15ºC. Calculate the
exit temperature of the water in ºC.

A. 44.86
B. 42.86
C. 46.45
D. 40.34
A 350 mm x 450 mm steam engine running at 280 rpm has an entrance steam
condition of 2 mpa and 230ºC and exit at 0.1 mpa. The steam consumption is
2000 kg/he and mechanical efficiency is 85%. If indicated mean effective
pressure is 600 kpa, determine brake thermal efficiency.
At 2 mpa and 230ºC(table 3): h1=2849.6 s1=6.4423
at 0.1 mpa: sf=1.3026 hf=417.46 sf=6.0568 hfg=2258 hf2=417.46

A. 23.34%
B. 15.25%
C. 14.16%
D. 27.34%
A steam turbine receives 5000 kg/hr of steam at 5mpa and 400ºC and velocity of
30 m/s. it leaves the turbine at 0.006 mpa and 85% quality and velocity of 15
m/s. radiation loss is 10,000 kj/hr. find the kw developed.
At 5 mpa and 400 ºC: h1=3195.7 kj/kg s1=6.6459
at 0.006 mpa: hf=151.53 hfg=2415.9

A. 1273.29
B. 2173.29
C. 1373.60
D. 7231.29
A steam turbine with 85% stage efficiency receives steam at 7 mpa and 550ºC and
exhausts as 20 kpa, determine the turbine work.
At 7 mpa and 550ºC: H1=3530.9 s1=6.9486
at 20kpa (0.02 kpa): sf=0.832 hf=251.4 sfg=7.0766 hfg=2358.3

A. 1,117 kj/kg
B. 1,132 kj/kg
C. 1,123.34 kj/kg
D. 1,054.95 kj/kg
A steam turbine with 80% stage efficiency receives steam at 7 mpa and 550ºC and
exhausts as 20 kpa. Determine the quality of exhaust.
At 7 mpa and 550ºC: h1=3530.9 s1=6.9486
at 20kpa (0.002 mpa): sf=0.8320 hf=251.4

A. 96.96%
B. 76.34%
C. 82.34%
D. 91.69%
A 18,000 kw geothermal plant has a generator efficiency and turbine efficiency of
90% and 80%, respectively. If the quality after throttling is 20% and each well
discharges 400,000 kg/hr, determine the number of wells are required to produce if
the change of enthalpy at entrance and exit of turbine is 500 kj/kg.

A. 4 wells
B. 2 wells
C. 6 wells
D. 8 wells
A liquid dominated geothermal plant with a single flash separator
receives water at 204°C. The separator pressure is 1.04 MPa. A direct
contact condenser operates at 0.034 MPa. The turbine has a polytropic
efficiency of 0.75. For cycle output of 60 MW, what is the mass flow
rate of the well water in kg/s? @ 204°C: hf = 870.51 kJ/kg @ 1.04 MPa:
hf = 770.38 kJ/kg hfg = 2009.2 kJ/kg hg = 2779.6 kJ/kg 25 sg = 6.5729
kJ/kg-K @ 0.034 MPa: hf = 301.40 kJ/kg hfg = 2328.8 kJ/kg sf =
0.09793 kJ/kg-K sfg = 6.7463 kJ/kg-K
A. 2,933
B. 2,100
C. 1,860
D. 2,444
An engine-generator rated 9000 kVA at 80% power
factor, 3 phase, 4160 V has an efficiency of 90%. If the
overall plant efficiency is 28%, what is the heat
generated by the fuel?

A. 18,800 KW
B. 28,000 KW
C. 7500 KW
D. 25,714 KW
The indicated thermal efficiency of a two stroke
diesel engine is 60%. If friction power is 15% of
heat generated, determine the brake thermal
efficiency of the engine.
A. 43%
B. 45%
C. 36%
D. 37%
A 305 mm x 457 mm four stroke single acting diesel
engine is rated at 150 kW at 260 rpm. Fuel consumption
at rated load is 0.56 kg/kW-hr with a heating value of
43,912 kJ/kg. Calculate the break thermal efficiency.

A. 10.53%
B. 27.45%
C. 14.64%
D. 18.23%
Ten kilograms per second of steam enter the turbine with an
enthalpy of 3200 kJ/kg and enter the condenser with an
enthalpy of 2500 kJ/kg in a Rankine cycle. If the turbine
efficiency is 80% and the generator efficiency is 90%,
determine the power plant output.

A. 4320 KW
B. 4056 KW
C. 3213 KW
D. 5040 KW
The condenser of a reheat power plant rejects heat at the
rate of 600 kW. The mass flow rate of cooling water is 5
kg/s and the inlet cooling water temperature is 35°C.
Calculate the condenser cooling water exit temperature.

A. 43.45 C
B. 63.66 C
C. 53.45 C
D. 74.34 C
A heat engine has a thermal efficiency of 50%.
How much power does the engine produce when
heat is transferred at a rate of 109 kJ/hr?

A. 50 MW
B. 139 MW
C. 75 MW
D. 147 MW
A 3500 kw plant has a utilization factor of 71%
and a load factor 39.6%. What is the average load
on the plant?

A. 9840.6 KW
B. 13860 KW
C. 24850 KW
D. 19521.2 KW
A 95 MW power plant factor has a average load 35000 KW
and a load factor of 65%. Find the reserve over peak in MW?
A. 21.15
B. 41.15
C. 32.41
D. 58.75
A power plant is said to have/had a use factor
of 48.5% and a capacity factor of 42.4%.
How many hrs. did it operate during the year?

A. 6600.32
B. 8600.32
C. 7708.8
D. 5658.23
A plant w/ an installed capacity of 30,000 kw
has a utilization factor of 83% and capacity
factor of 56%. Find the load factor.

A. 66.47%
B. 68.47%
C. 67.47%
D. 69.47%
An engine has a brake thermal efficiency of
26%, is uses 2 gallons of gasoline per hour.
Gas has a heating value of 20500 BTU/min
and specific gravity of 0.80. find : power
output of engine in KW.
A. 18.85 KW
B. 20.85 KW
C. 19.85 KW
D. 21.85 KW
The heating valued supplied in a boiler is
41000 kj/kg if the factor of evaporation is 10
kg steam/ kg fuel. What is the efficiency of
the boiler?
A. 60.55%
B. 78.05%
C. 53.08%
D. 54.97%
What is the water rate in kg/hr of an auxiliary boiler which produces
steam at 0.8 mpa and 98% dry from feedwater at 43 C. the fuel calorific
value is equivalent to that of 1.2 metric tons/day. Assume an efficiency
of 70%

A. 580
B. 700
C. 615
D. 480
Two boiler of equal steaming capacity generate steam to a common
header of 15 mpa pressure. One boiler produces wet steam. If the
mixture is saturated steam, find the quality of steam in the second boiler
@1.5 mpa & 250 C h=2925 kj/kg
@1.5 mpa, hf=845 kj/kg hg=1947 kj/kg

A. 0.940
B. 0.978
C. 0.9317
D. 0.985
Determine power required for 2000 kg car to climb 100m long uphill
road with a slope of 30 degree ( from horizontal) in 10 seconds from
rest to a final velocity of 30 m/s disregard friction, air drag and rolling
resistance

A. 188.066 KW
B. 1880.66 KW
C. 980.66 KW
D. 900 KW
A small steam turbine generator power plant of 5200 MW capacity has a
full load steam rate of 6.0 kg/kw-hr. No load steam consumption may be
taken as 10% of full load steam consumption. At 60%, calculate the
hourly steam consumption of this unit.

A. 20,500 kg/hr
B. 25,000 kg/hr
C. 18,500 kg/hr
D. 19,968 kg/hr
The enthalpy of refrigerant is 459 kj/kg at the compressor entrance 381
kj/kg at the compressor exit. The rate of refrigerant flow is 62 kg/min.
the heat loss from the compressor is 12% of the work input. Determine
power input in KW.

A. 25.89
B. 24.65
C. 20.30
D. 25.83
A six cylinder diesel engine when tested in the lab at 2000 rpm produces
a net brake force of 204 N with all its 6 cylinder firing only but 163.6 N
when on cylinder was cut-off. What is the mechanical efficiency of the
diesel engine if the break arm length is 0.75m.

A. 82.5%
B. 84.14%
C. 88.5%
D. 91%
The surface level of water in 92.5m that at hydraulic turbine. The
efficiency (i.e , the portion of available potential energy the turbine
uses) is 90%. Determine the volume flow rate required to produce
100,000 MW.

A. 117.5 m^3/s
B. 124.5 m^3/s
C. 122.5 m^3/s
D. 112,500 m^3/s
How many days would an inventory of 1000 bbl fuel oil with a relative
density of 0.9 at an evaporating temperature of 35 C is consumed if
used in a 9 MW diesel engine with a full load brake thermal efficiency
of 34% at rated load

A. 3 days
B. 1.8 days
C. 2.5 days
D. 2 days
In a geothermal power plant hot gound water from a hot spring used to
power heat engine. If the ground water is at 95C estimate the max
power output if the mass flow rate of ground water is 0.25 kg/s
atmosphere is at 20C.

A. 14.0KW
B. 16 kw
C. 15 kw
D. 12.8 kw
A hydraulic turbine which has a diameter of 66 in a speed of 350 rpm,
coefficient of velocity of 0.98, peripheral speed factor of 0.45, generator
efficiency of 90% and jet diameter form nozzle of 6 in, determine the
power input in HP.

A. 2862
B. 4933
C. 3809
D. 5366
What is the thermal efficiency of an air standard brayton cycle if the air
enters and leaves the gas turbine at 1000K and 500K, respectively?

A. 40.74%
B. 50%
C. 45%
D. 54.86%
The Philippines is embarking into the use of renewable energy sources
like wind power to save on its energy needs. Determine the maximum
power in KW that may be derived from a 55 kph wind if the wind rotor
to used has a blade diameter of 32 m and the over-all conversion
efficiency maybe taken as 35% average air pressure is 100 kpa and
ambient temperature of 32C must be assumed.

A. 573
B. 1050
C. 504
D. 350
A 500 hp internal combustion engine has a mean effective brake
pressure of 551.5 kpa at full-load. What is the mean effective indicated
pressure if the mechanical efficiency if 85%.

A. 468.77 kpa
B. 373 kpa
C. 648.823 kpa
D. 588.235 kpa
The enthalpy of ground water in a 19 MW geothermal power plant is
1000 kj/kg, if the quality after throttling is 28% and overall plant
efficiency is 20%. What is the mass flow rate of steam entering the
turbine?

A. 27 kg/s
B. 18 kg/s
C. 76 kg/s
D. 34 kg/s
Calculate the power that can be developed from a hydro electric power
plant having ff. date:
catchment’s area= 90 sq km
average annual rain fall=120 cm
run-off= 85%
available head= 350m
overall efficiency station efficiency= 75%

A. 8.75 MW
B. 9.99 MW
C. 6.8 MW
D. 7.5 MW
In a double acting 2-stroke cycle engine, 8 cylinder, the diameter of the cylinder is
700 mm, and the stroke is 1350 mm and the piston rod diameter is 250 mm.
Running at 108 rpm, indicated mean effective pressure above and below the piston
are 5.86 and 4.90 bar respectively, calculate the brake power of the engine in KW if
the mechanical efficiency is 80%.
A. 5060 KW
B. 6030 KW
C. 7330 KW
D. 7540 KW
A central power plant, whether the energy source is nuclear or fossil fuel, is a heat
engine operating between the temperature of the reactor or furnace and the usually
represented by a river or other body of water. Consider a modern nuclear power
plant generating 750,000 KW for which the reactor temperature is 586 K and a
river is available with a water temperature of 293 K. What is the minimum amount
of the heat must be discarded to the river?
A. 500,000 KW
B. 1,000,000 KW
C. 750,000 KW
D. 1,500,000 KW
An automotive engine uses 10.20 L of gas/hr. The density of gasoline is 67
kg/m3. The engine uses 13.20 kg of air per kg of fuel. Air is supplied at 101 kPa,
30 C. Determine the volume rate of air flow in m3/hr, R of air is 287.08 J/kg.K.

A. 6.789
B. 8.769
C. 7.769
D. 9.769
The power output of a compression ignition engine is 2400 KW when it uses 545
kg of fuel per hour. The higher the heating value of the fuel is 43920 kJ/kg. The
frictional power of the engine is 260 KW. Find the indicated thermal efficiency.

A. 36.1%
B. 40%
C. 37.1%
D. 4.5%
A waste heat recovery boiler produces 4.8 MPa (dry saturated) steam from 104 C feedwater. The
boiler receives energy from 7 kg/sec of 954 C dry air. After passing through a waste of heat boiler,
the temperature of the air has been reduced to 343 C. How much steam in kg is produced per
second? Note: At 4.80 MPa dry saturated, h = 2796.

A. 1.30
B. 0.92
C. 1.81
D. 3.43
A diesel electric plant supplies energy for Meralco. During a 24-hour
period, the plant consumed 240 gallons of fuel at 28 C and produced
3930 KW-hr. Industrial fuel used is 28 API and was purchased at P30
per liter at 15.6 C. What is the cost of the fuel be to produce one KW-
hr?
A. 6.87
B. 1.10
C. 41.07
D. 5.00
In a gas turbine unit, air enters the combustion chamber at 550 kPa, 277 C and 43
m/s. The products of combustion leave the combustor at 511 kPa, 1004 C and 180
m/s. Liquid fuel enters with a heating value of 43,000 kJ/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%
The specific speed of turbine is 85 rpm and running at 450 rpm. If the
head is 20 m and generator efficiency is 90%, what is the maximum
power delivered to the generator?
A. 450.51 KW
B. 354.52 KW
C. 650.53 KW
D. 835.57 KW
In Francis turbine, the pressure gage leading to the turbine casing reads
380 kPa. The velocity of water entering the turbine is 8 m/s, if net head
of the turbine is 45 m, find the distance from center of spiral casing to
the tail race.
A. 3.0 m
B. 3.5 m
C. 4.0 m
D. 4.5 m
A turbine has a mechanical efficiency of 93%, volumetric efficiency
of 95% and total efficiency of 82%. If effective head is 40 m, find
the total head.
A. 48.72 m
B. 36.22 m
C. 40.72 m
D. 34.72 m
A Pelton type turbine has 25 m head friction loss of 4.5 m. The
coefficient of friction head loss (from Morse) is 0.00093 and penstock
length of 80 m. What is the penstock diameter?
A. 1,355.73 mm
B. 3,476.12 mm
C. 6,771.23 mm
D. 1,686.73 mm
In an 9,000 KW hydro-electric plant, the over-all efficiency is 88% and the
actual power received by the customer is 110,000 KW-hrs for that day.
What is the secondary power could this plant deliver during the entire day?
A. 58,960 KW-hrs
B. 80,080 KW-hrs
C. 65,960 KW-hrs
D. 70,960 KW-hrs
A Pelton type turbine was installed 30m below the head gate of the
penstock. The head loss due to friction is 12 percent of the given
elevation. The length of the penstock is 100 m and coefficient of friction
is 0.00093. Determine the power output in KW. (Use Morse equation).
A. 22,273
B. 23,234
C. 32,345
D. 34,452
Water flows steadily with a velocity of 3.05 m/s in as horizontal pipe having a diameter of
25.24 cm. At one section of the pipe, the temperature and pressure of the water are 21 C
and 689.3 kPa; respectively. At a distance of 304.8 m downstream, the pressure is 516.9
kPa. What is the friction factor?

A. 0.134
B. 0.0050
C. 0.0307
D. 0.641
A hydro-electric plant having 30 sq. km reservoir area and 100 m head is used to generate
power. The energy utilized by the consumers whose load is connected to the power plant
during a five-hour period is 13.5x106 kWh. The overall generation efficiency is 75%. Find
the fall in the height of water in the reservoir after the 5-hour period.

A. 5.13 m
B. 1.32 m
C. 3.21 m
D. 2.20 m
The gas density of chimney is 0.75 kg/m3 and air density of 1.15 kg/m3. find the
driving pressure if the height of chimney is 63.71 m.

A. 0.15 kpa
B. 0.25 kpa
C. 0.35 kpa
D. 0.45 kpa
The actual velocity of gas entering in a chimney is 8 m/s. The gas temperature is
25°C with a gas constant of 0.287 kJ/kg-K. Determine the gas pressure for a
mass of a gas is 50,000 kg/hr and chimney diameter of 1.39 m

A. 95 kpa
B. 98 kpa
C. 101 kpa
D. 92 kpa
A steam generator with economizer and air heater has an overall draft loss of 25.78 cm of
water. If the stack gases are at 177°C and if the atmosphere is at 101.3 kPa and 26°C, what
theoretical height of stack in meters is needed when no draft fan is used? Assume that the
gas constant for the flue gases is the same as that for air.

A. 611.10
B. 631.10
C. 651.10
D. 671.10
65. A foundation measures 12 ft x 14 ft x 16 ft. Find the
number of sacks of cement needed for a 1:2:4 mixture.
A. 302
B. 598
C. 356
D. 404
66. A rectangular foundation cross-section has a bed plate dimension of
8 ft x 10 ft. The uniform clearance on each side is 1 ft. The height of the
foundation is 4.5 ft. If the weight of the 31 steel bar reinforcements
needed is ½% of weight of foundation, find the weight of the steel bars.
Use concrete density of 2400 kg/m3 .
A. 173.47 kg
B. 183.47 kg
C. 163.47 kg
D. 153.47 kg
67. The charge in a Diesel engine consists of 18.34 grams of fuel, with
lower heating value of 42,571 kJ/kg, and 409 grams of fuel and
products of combustion. At the beginning of compression, T1 = 60°C.
Let rk = 14. For constant cp = 1.11 kJ/kg-°C, what should be the cut-off
ratio in the corresponding ideal cycle?
A. 2.05
B. 2.97
C. 5.34
D. 2.34
68. In a Brayton cycle that operates between temperature limits
of 300 K and 1773 K with k = 1.4, determine the temperature
at the end of compression (isentropic) for maximum work of
the cycle.
A. 700K
B. 690.5K
C. 730K
D. 350K
69. A windmill with a 12 m diameter rotor is to be installed at a location
where the wind is blowing at an average velocity of 10 m/s. Using
standard condition of air (1 atm, 25°C), determine the maximum power
that can be generated by the windmill.
A. 68 KW
B. 74 KW
C. 72 KW
D. 70 KW
70. Consider a large furnace that can supply heat at a temperature of
2000°R at a steady rate of 3000 Btu/s. Determine the exergy of this
energy. Assume an environment temperature of 77°F.
A. 2305.19 KW
B. 2315.19 KW
C. 2325.19 KW
D. 2335.19 KW
71. A thermal power plant has a heat rate of 11,363 Btu/kW-hr.
Find the thermal efficiency of the plant.
A. 34%
B. 30%
C. 26%
D. 24%
72. A fan is powered by 0.5 hp motor and delivers air at a rate of 85
m3 /min. Determine the highest value for the average velocity of air
mobilized by the fan. Take the density of air to be 1.18 kg/m3 .
A. 18.23 m/s
B. 21.12 m/s
C. 25.34 m/s
D. 32.23 m/s
73. An Ocean-Thermal Energy Conversion power plant generates
10,000 kW using a warm surface water inlet temperature of 26°C and
cold deep-water temperature of 15°C. On the basis of a 3°C drop in the
temperature of the warm water and a 3°C rise in the temperature of the
cold water due to removal and addition of heat, calculate the power
required in kW to pump the cold-deep water to the surface and through
the system heat exchanger if the required pumping pressure increase is
12 kPa. Assume a Carnot cycle efficiency and density of cold water to
be 100 kg/m3 .
A. 108
B. 160
C. 146
D. 250
74. A plate-type solar energy collector with an absorbing
surface covered by a glass plate is to receive an incident
radiation of 800 W/m2 . The glass plate has a reflectivity of
0.12 and a 56 transmissivity of 0.85. The absorbing surface has
an absorptivity of 0.90. The area of the collector is 5 m2 . How
much solar energy in watts is absorbed by the collector?

A. 2500
B. 3060
C. 3510
D. 2880
75. A simple Rankine cycle produces 40 MW of power, 50 MW of
process heated and rejects 50 MW of heat to the surroundings. What is
the utilization factor of this cogeneration cycle neglecting the pump
work?

A. 50%
B. 80%
C. 64%
D. 60%
76. An ideal Brayton cycle has a net work output of 150 kJ/kg
and backwork ratio of 0.4. if both the turbine and the
compressor had an isentropic efficiency of 80%, the net work
output of the cycle would be?

A. 50 KJ/KG
B. 75 KJ/KG
C. 98 KJ/KG
D. 120 KJ/KG
77. Air enters a turbojet engine at 200 m/s at a rate of 20 kg/s and exits
at 800 m/s relative to the aircraft. The thrust developed by the engine is?

A. 6 KN
B. 20 KN
C. 16 KN
D. 12 KN
78. A thermal power has a net power of 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
79. A 350 mm x 450 mm steam engine running at 280 rpm has a
clearance steam condition of 2 MPa and 230°C and exits at 0.1 MPa.
The steam consumption is 2000 kg/hr and mechanical efficiency is 85%.
If indicated mean effective pressure is 600 kPa, determine brake thermal
efficiency. @ 2 MPa and 230°C: h1 = 2849.6 kJ/kg s1 = 6.4423 kJ/kg-K
@ 0.1 MPa: sf = 1.3026 kJ/kg-K hf = 417.46kJ/kg sfg = 6.0568 kJ/kg-K
hfg = 2258 kJ/kg hf2 = 417.46 kJ/kg

A. 23.34%
B. 15.25%
C. 14.16%
D. 27.34%
80. Calculate the use factor of a power plant if the capacity factor is
35% and it operates 8000 hrs during the year?

A. 38.325%
B. 33.825%
C. 35.823%
D. 32.538%
81. A steam turbine receives 5,000 kg/hr of steam at 5 MPa and
400°C and velocity of 30 m/s. It leaves the turbine at 0.006
MPa and 85% quality and velocity of 15 m/s. Radiation loss is
10,000 kJ/hr. Find the kW developed. @5 MPa and 400°C: h1
= 3195.7 kJ/kg s1 = 6.6459 kJ/kg-K @ 0.006 Mpa: hf =
151.53 kJ/kg hfg = 2415.9 kJ/kg

A. 1273.29
B. 2173.29
C. 1373.60
D. 7231.29
82. A steam turbine with 85% stage efficiency receives steam at 7 MPa
and 550°C and exhausts at 20 kPa. Determine the turbine work. @ 7
MPa and 550°C: h1 = 3530.9 kJ/kg s1 = 6.9486 kJ/kg-K @ 20 kPa
(0.020 MPa): sf = 0.8320 kJ/kg-K hf = 251.40 kJ/kg sfg = 7.0766 kJ/kg-
K hfg = 2358.3 kJ/kg

A. 1,117 KJ/KG
B. 1,132 KJ/KG
C. 1,123.34 KJ/KG
D. 1,054.95 KJ/KG
83. How many identical turbines, operating at 139.0 rpm and
91% efficiency (specific speed = 5.4), are needed to exploit a
head of 1200 ft and a flow of 1660 ft3 /s?

A. 2 TURBINES
B. 4 TURBINES
C. 3 TURBINES
D. 5 TURBINES
84. How many poles should a 60-Hz generator have, if it is
connected to a turbine operating under a design head of 3000 ft
with a flow of 82 cfs? Assume turbine specific speed and
efficiency 3 and 84 percent respectively.

A. 10-POLE
B. 14-POLE
C. 12-POLE
D. 16-POLE
85. It is proposed to build a dam in a river where the flow rate
is 10 m 3 /s and a 32-m drop in elevation can be achieved for
flow through a turbine. If a turbine is 82 percent efficient, what
is the maximum power that can be achieved? Specific gravity
of river is 0.998.

A. 2570 KW
B. 3820 KW
C. 3133 KW
D. 262 KW
86. What type of turbine delivers 25,000 bhp at 500 rpm under a net head of 5350
ft?

A. IMPULSE TURBINE
B. KAPLAN TURBINE
C. FRANCIS TURBINE
D. PROPELLER TURBINE
87. A double-overhung impulse turbine installation is to develop 20,000
hp at 275 rpm under a net head of 1100 ft. Determine the specific speed.

A. 4.34
B. 203.61
C. 6.14
D. 144
88. An impulse wheel at best produces 125 hp under a head of 210 ft.
By what percent should the speed be increased for a 290-ft head?

A. 82.5%
B. 72.41%
C. 17.5%
D. 27.59%
89. A power plant has a steam operating header pressure of 150 psig dry
and saturated with engine exhaust at atmospheric pressure. Initial feed-
water temperature is 65F. What will be the fuel saving in percent if a
feed-water heater is installed using exhaust steam and heating the water
to 205F? Enthalpy of steam at heater h=1195.6 Btu/lb.

A. 15.12%
B. 12.04%
C. 12.15%
D. 21.21%
90. Consider 4800 lb of steam per hour flowing through a pipe at 100
psia pressure. Assume a velocity of 5280 ft/min. What size of pipe is
required? Specific volume of steam at 100 psia υ = 4.432 ft3 /lb

A. 3 in
B. 5 in
C. 4 in
D. 6 in
91. A boiler plant generates 225,000 lb of steam and burns 13.9 tons of
coal per hour. The coal has a heating value of 11,400 Btu/lb. A test of
the particulates leaving the boiler shows that 3804 lb of particulate is
being discharged per hour. What is the particulate discharged per
million Btu heat input to the furnace?

A. 12 lb/ 10^6 BTU

B. 14 lb/ 10^6 BTU
C. 15 lb/ 10^6 BTU
D. 16 lb/ 10^6 BTU
92. A piston moves inside a cylinder at a velocity of 6.0 m/s. The 160
mm diameter piston is centrally located within the 160.2 mm inside
diameter cylinder. The film of oil is separating the piston from the
cylinder has an absolute viscosity of 0.4 N-s/m2 . Assuming a linear
velocity profile, find the shear stress in the oil. (T = μ (v/H))

A. 50,000 N/m^2
B. 40,000 N/m^2
C. 24,000 N/m^2
D. 34,000 N/m^2
93. How long must a current of 5.0 amperes pass through a 10 ohm resistor until a
charge of 1200 coulombs passes through?

A. 1 min
B. 2 min
C. 3 min
D. 4 min
94. A car moving at 70 km/hr has a mass of 1700 kg. What force is
necessary to decelerate it at a rate of 40 cm/s2 ?

A. 0.680 N
B. 42.5 N
C. 680 N
D. 4250 N
95.A boy pulls a sled with a mass of 20 kg horizontally
over a surface with a coefficient of friction of 0.20. It
takes him 10 minutes to pull the sled 100 yards. What is
his average power output over these 10 minutes

A. 4W
B. 6W
C. 8W
D. 10 W
96. A force of 200 lbf acts on a block at an angle of 28° with respect to horizontal.
The block is pushed 2 feet horizontally. What is the work done by this force?

A. 215 J
B. 320 J
C. 480 J
D. 540 J
97. Two particles collide, stick together and continue their motion together. Each
particle has a mass of 10 g and their respective velocities before the collision were
10 m/s and 100 m/s. What is the energy of the system after the collision?

A. 21.8 J
B. 30.2 J
C. 42.8 J
D. 77.9 J
98. Two protons, each of charges 1.6x10-19 coulomb, are 3.4
micrometers apart. What is the change in the potential energy of the
protons if they are brought 63 nanometers closer together?

A. 6.4 x10-29 J
B. 7.16 x10-24 J
C. 1.28 x10-24 J
D. 3.21 x10-24 J
99. A copper bar is 90 centimeters long at 86°F. What is the increase in
its length when the bar is heated to 95°F? The linear expansion
coefficient for copper, α, is 1.7 x 10-5 /°C.

A. 2.12 x 10 -5 m
B. 3.22 x 10 -5 m
C. 5.25 x 10 -5 m
D. 7.65 x 10 -5 m
100. The change of enthalpy of an incompressible li quid with
constant specific heat is given by: h2-h1=c(t2-t1)=v(p2-p1)
where, tn= temperature at state npn=pressure at state nv=specific
volume of the liquid
water, with cp=4.18 kj/kg.k and v=1.00x10-3 m3/kg has the following
final states: state I: t1=19C p1=1.013x10^5 pa stateII: t2=30C p2=0.113
MPA.
What is the change in enthalpy from state I to state II?

A. 46.0 kj/kg
B. 46.0 kn/kg
C. 46 kpa/kg
D. 56.0 kj/kg
101. What is the change in enthalpy from state I to state II?

A. 46.0 kj/kg
B. 46.0 kn/kg
C. 46 kpa/kg
D. 56.0 kj/kg
102. Two liters of an ideal gas at a temperature of T1 = 25°C and a pressure of P1 =
0.101 MPa, are in a 10 cm diameter cylinder with a piston at one end. The piston is
depressed so that the cylinder is shortened by 10 centimeters. The temperature
increases by 2°C. What is the change in pressure?

A. 0.156 Mpa
B. 0.167 Mpa
C. 0.251 Mpa
D. 0.327 Mpa
103. The average power output of a cylinder in a combustion engine is
given by: ̅ where: p = average pressure on the piston during the stroke L
= length of the piston stroke A = area of the piston head N = number of
strokes per second An 8-ylinder engine has the following specifications
p = 283 kPa L = 14 cm d = diameter of piston head = 12 cm N = 1500
strokes/min What is the average power output of this engine?

A. 89.5 N/s
B. 89.5 KW
C. 89.5 x10^3 J.m/s
D. 89.5 KJ
104. What is the power required to transfer 97,000 coulombs of charge
through a potential rise of 50 volts in one hour?

A. 0.5 KW
B. 0.9 KW
C. 1.3 KW
D. 2.8 KW
105. A current of 7 amperes passes through a 12 ohm resistor.
What is the power dissipated in the resistor?

A. 84 KW
B. 0.59 HP
C. 0.79 HP
D. 7 HP
106. If the average energy in a nuclear explosion is 200 MeV/fission,
what is the power output of a reactor if there are 2.34x10^19 fission per
second?

A. 550 KW
B. 120 KW
C. 30 KW
D. 750 KW
107. In an ideal standard brayton cycle, 1.5 kg/s of air at 101 kpa and
27C is compressed isentropically to a certain pressure and temperature
after which the is added until temperature becomes 1027C. Isentropic
expansion occurs in the turbine. Determine the net power produced by
the cycle.

A. 629.56 KW
B. 529.76 KW
C. 592.65 KW
D. 579.26 KW
108. In an air-standard brayton cycle, air enters compressor at 1 bar and
15C. The pressure leaving the compressor is 0.6 Mpaa and maximum
temperature of the cycle is 1000C. What is the maximum net work, in
KJ/KG?

A. 319.52
B. 315.29
C. 392.51
D. 352.19
109. The percent rating of water tube boiler is 200%, factor of
evaporation is 1.10, and heating surface is 400 ft2. Determine the rate of
evaporation, in kg/hr.

A. 1831
B. 1138
C. 1831
D. 1813
110. In a geothermal power plant, them mass flow rate of ground water
is 4000 kg/s and the quality after throttling is 20%. If the turbine power
is 80 MW, what is the change in enthalpyof steam at the inlet and outlet
of the turbine?

A. 120 KJ/KG
B. 200 KJ/KG
C. 100 KJ/KG
D. 150 KJ/KG
111. A rankine cycle operates with a thermal efficiency of 40% and the
factor of evaporation of the boiler is 1.15. determine the mass flow rate
of steam if the cycle power output is 5.5 MW.

A. 5.3 kg/s
B. 3.5 kg/s
C. 4.3 kg/s
D. 6.3 kg/s
112. A boiler operates at 82% efficiency while the mass of steam
generated is 490 200 kg in 6 hrs. the enthalpy ofsteam is 3187 kj/kg and
feed is 604.83 kj/kg while the fuel used for boiler has a heating value of
32 567.85 kj/kg. find the mass of fuel neede per day in metric tons.

A. 179.6
B. 198.6
C. 189.6
D. 169.8
113. A 80 MW power plant has an average load of 34 500 KW and a
load factor of 0.75. find the reserve power over a peak load power.

A. 14 000 KW
B. 24 000 KW
C. 34 000 KW
D. 4 000 KW
114. A turbine has a peripheral coefficient of 0.6. find the runner
diameter of the turbine if it operates at 450 rpm and a head of 60 m.

A. 0.874 m
B. 0.478 m
C. 0.784 m
D. 0.748 m
115. In a rankine cycle, steam enters the turbine at 2.5 Mpa and a
condenser pressure at 50 kpa. What is the quality of steam at the turbine
exhaust? Steam properties:
@2.5 mpa, h=2803.1 & s=6.2575;
@50kpa, hf=340.49, hfg=2305.4, vf=0.00103, sf=1.0910, sfg=6.5029

A. 79.45%
B. 59.75%
C. 97.45%
D. 95.55%
116. An adiabatic turbine steam generating plant receives steam at a
pressure of 7.0 mpa and 550C (h=3531 kj/kg) and exhaust at a
condenser pressure of 20 kpa(h=2290 kj/kg). The turbine inlet is 3
meters higher than the turbine exit, inlet steam velocity is 15 m/s and
the exit is 300 m/s. Calculate the turbine work in KJ/KG.

A. 1296.14
B. 1619.42
C. 1196.24
D. 1294.16
117. Determine the indicated power of a four-cylinder, 4 stroke, diesel
engine with 20-cm bore and 30-cm stroke running at 1000 rpm and has
a reading of 450 kpa mean effective pressure in the indicator diagram.

A. 159.83 HP
B. 158.93 HP
C. 189.53 HP
D. 198.53 HP
118. Determine the indicated mean effective pressure of an engine, in
psi, having a brake mean effective pressure of 750 kpa and 80%
mechanical efficiency.

A. 138
B. 136
C. 137
D. 135
119. The indicator card (actual p-v diagram) of an engine in a diesel
power plant indicates an area of 0.06 m2 and length of 300 mm, and
with a spring scale of 2500 kpa/m. The engine was tested using prony
brake with lever arm of 3 m and tare weight of 8kn. Determine the
mechanical efficiency if the engine is running at 600 rpm. The engine is
2-stroke and has 12 cylinders, 300mm bore, and 450 mm stroke.

A. 78.01%
B. 82.01%
C. 79.01%
D. 76.01%
120. A 145 000-kw turbo-generator requires 690 000 kg/hr of steam at
rated load and 23 000 kg/hr of steam at zero load. Determine the steam
rate, in kg/KW-hr, at 75% of its rated load.

A. 4.81 kg/kw-hr
B. 5.81 kg/kw-hr
C. 3.81 kg/kw-hr
D. 2.81 kg/kw-hr
121. A 1.5 MW diesel power generating unit has a generator efficiency
of 85%. Determine the volume flow rate, in lps, ofcooling water
required for the engine at 18C temperature rise.

A. 21 lps
B. 22 lps
C. 19 lps
D. 23 lps
122. The water turbine of a 5-MW hydro-power plant has a specific
speed of 40 rpm and a discharge of 2020 lps. What is the approximate
diameter of the jet.

A. 191 mm
B. 181 mm
C. 171 mm
D. 161 mm
123. Indicator test that shoes that the area of card is 33 mm2, length of
card is 50 mm. if spring scale is 1.72 mpa per mm, determine the MEP.

A. 1.781 Mpa
B. 1.135 Mpa
C. 33 Mpa
D. 50 Mpa
124. A diesel power plant uses fuel with heating value of 45,038.8
kJ/kg. What is the density of the fuel at 30°C?

A. 0.7882 kg/li
B. 0.9887 kg/li
C. 0.8782 kg/li
D. 0.8878 kg/li
125. Determine the friction power of an engine if the frictional torque
developed is 0.30 kn-m running 1200 rpm

A. 47.7 KW
B. 43.3 KW
C. 37.7 KW
D. 33.3 KW
126. A 500 KW diesel engine operates at 101.3 kpaa and 27C in
Calamba city. If the engine will operates in Baguio city having 93 kpaa
and 23C, what new brake power will be developed if mechanical
efficiency is 85%?

A. 455.96 KW
B. 954.1 KW
C. 549.10 KW
D. 495.1 KW