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Refrigeration Calculations and Analysis

This document contains multiple questions related to refrigeration and HVAC systems. It provides calculations related to specific volume, bypass factor, equivalent diameter, temperature mixing, refrigeration capacity, compressor power, enthalpy change, condenser load, cooling rate, temperature rise, piston displacement, compressor percentage clearance, and fan power. The questions cover a wide range of concepts and require calculations using provided conditions and specifications.

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Calculate the specific volume of an air-vapor mixture in cubic The power requirement of Carnot refrigeration in maintaining a

meters per kilogram of dry air when the ff. conditions: t=30°C, low temperature region at 300 K 1.5 kW per ton. Find the heat
w=0.015 kg/kg, and Pt =90kpa rejected.
A. 0.99 m3/kg C. 0.79 m3/kg
B. 0.89 m3/kg D. 0.69 m3/kg A. 4.02 kW C. 5.02 kW
A B. 7.02 kW D. 6.02 kW
C
A coil has an inlet temperature of 60 °F and an outlet of 90°F. If
the mean temperature of the coil is 110°F. Find the bypass factor A vapor compression refrigeration system is designed to have a
of the coil. capacity of 150 tons of refrigeration. It produces chilled water
A. 0.20 C. 0.40 from 22°C to 2°C. Its actual coefficient of performance is 5.86
B. 0.30 D. 0 .50 and 35% of the power supplied to the compressor is lost in the
C form of friction and cylinder cooling losses. Determine the
condenser cooling water required for a temperature rise of 10°C.
A rectangular duct has a diameter of 0.25 m by 1 m. determines A. 14.75kg/s C. 18.65 kg/s
of the equivalent diameter of the duct. B. 15.65 kg/s D. 13.75 kg/s
A. 0.40 m C. 0.70 m A
B. 0.80 m D. 0.30 m Determine the heat extracted from 2000 kg of water from 25°C
A to ice at -10°C.
A. 621,150 kJ C. 821,150 kJ
The mass of an outside air at 50°C in an air conditioning unit is B. 721,159 kJ D. 921,150 kJ
60 kg. Find the temperature after mixing if the outside air mixed D
with 40 kg with recirculated air at 35°C.
A. 44°C C. 52°C A single acting, twin cylinder, Ammonia compressor with bore
B. 39°C D. 47°C equal to stroke is driven by an engine at 250 rpm. The machine is
A installed in a chilling plant to produce 700 kW of refrigeration at
-18°C evaporating temperature. At this temperature the cooling
A creamery must cool 20,000 liters of milk received each day effect per kg mass is 1160 kJ. The specific volume of vapor
from initial temperature at 29°C to a final temperature at 2°C in entering the compressor is 0.592 m3 per kilogram. Assume 85%
5 hours. If refrigeration losses amount to 10 percent of the volumetric efficiency. Determine the bore in mm.
cuilling load, what must be the capacity of the refrigeration A. 400 mm C. 450 mm
machine? B. 300 mm D. 500 mm
Note: specific heat of milk 3.9 kJ/kg-K and S.G. = 1.05 A
A. 38.5 TOR C. 37.5 TOR
B. 36.5 TOR D. 39.5 TOR A cylindrical flash tank mounted with its axis horizontal is used
A to separate liquid ammonia from ammonia vapor. The ammonia
vapor bubbles through the liquid with 70 m3/min leaving the
How many tons of refrigeration are required to produce 10 disengaging surface. The disengaging rate is limited to 60 m/min
metric tons of ice per day at -10°C from raw water at 22°C if and the liquid level is to operate with the liquid level one-third
miscellaneous losses are 15% of the chilling and freezing load? of the diameter from the top. Determine the diameter if the
A. 17 TOR C. 15 TOR tank is 1.5 m long.
B. 20 T0R D. 24 TOR A. 830 mm C. 860 mm
A B. 730 mm D. 760 mm
A
Five hundred kilogram of poultry enters a chiller at 8°C and are
frozen and chilled to a final temperature of -18°C for a storage in A 150 Hp motor is used to drive a compressor. If the heat loss
15 hours. The specific heat above and below the freezing are from the compressor is 25 kW and the mass flow rate of the
3.18 kJ/kg-K°C and 1.55 kJ/kg-K°C respectively. The latent heat is refrigerant entering the compressor is 0.50 kg/s, determine the
246 kJ/kg and the freezing temperature is -5°C. Compute the difference of the enthalpies between the inlet and outlet of the
product load. compressor.
A. 2.75 kW C. 2.95 kW A. 143.80 kJ/kg C. 173.80 kJ/kg
B. 2.85 kW D. 3.15 kW B. 153.80 kJ/kg D. 183.80 kJ/kg
B C

Fish weighing 11,000 kg with a temperature of 20°C is brought to Determine the estimated condenser load for an open-type
a cold storage and which shall be cooled to -10°C in 11 hours. compressor having a cooling capacity of 16,500 Btu/hr and a
Find the required plant refrigerating capacity in tons of heat rejection factor of 1.32.
refrigeration if the specific heat of fish is 0.7 kCal/kg°C above A. 22,280 Btu/hr C. 21,780 Btu/hr
freezing and 0.30 kCal/kg°C below freezing point which is -3°C. B. 20,780 Btu/hr D. 91,780 Btu/hr
The latent heat of freezing is 55.5 kCal/kg. C
A. 25.26 C. 14.38 To cool farm products 300 kg of ice at -4.4°C are placed in bunker
B. 15.26 D. 24.38 twenty four hours later the ice have melted into water at 7.2°C.
D What is the average rate of cooling provided by the ice in kJ/Hr?
A. 2679.28 kJ/Hr C. 3679.28 kJ/Hr
B. 5679.28 kJ/Hr D. 4679.28 kJ/Hr
D
The load on a water–cooled condenser is 90,000 Btu/hr. if the
quantity of water circulated through the condenser is 15 gpm, Calculate the air power of a fan that delivers 1200 °F Ft3/hr of air
determine the temperature rise of the water in the condenser. through a 1m by 1.5m outlet. Static pressure is 120 mm WG and
A. 12°F C. 16°F the density of air is 1.18
B. 14°F D. 18°F A. 20.45 kW C. 30.45 kW
A B. 25.64 kW D. 35.64 kW
B
If the load on a water–cooled condenser in 150,000 Btu/hr and
the temperature rise of the water in the condenser is 10°F. What The piston displacement of a double acting compressor is 0. 358
is the quantity of water circulated in gpm? m3 delivers gas from 101.325 kPa and 300 K to 675 kPa at the
A. 30 C. 20 rate of 0.166 m3/s at 150 rpm. Value of n for compression and
B. 40 D 50 expansion is 1.33. Find the compressor percent clearance.
A A. 19.66 C. 15.69
B. 10.75 D. 16.96
The weight of ammonia circulated in a machine is found to be D
21.8 lb/hr. if the vapor enters the compressor with a specific
volume of 9.6 Ft3/hr, calculate the piston displacement, Determine the specific speed of a centrifugal pump delivers 7500
assuming 80% percent volume efficiency. gpm acting against a total head of 370 ft and operating at 1000
A. 261.6 Ft3/hr C. 281.8 Ft3/hr rpm.
B. 271.6 Ft3/hr D. 291.6 Ft3/hr A. 1072 rpm C. 1041 rpm
A B. 1027 rpm D. 1014 rpm
B
A single stage ammonia compressor is producing 10 tons of
refrigeration and the power consumed is 15 Hp. Suction pressure An induced draft fan is used to extract 270000 m3 of flue gas per
is 25 psi, condensing pressure is 180 psi. Brine temperature is hour from a boiler furnace. The fan is to deliver at a total
20°F off brine cooler. Determine the actual coefficient of pressure of 250 mm water gage. Determine the size of the
performance. electric motor in kW if a mechanical efficiency of 55% is
A. 10.14 C. 12.14 considered.
B. 11.14 D. 13.14 A. 444.33 kW C. 433.44 kW
D B. 343.44 kW D. 334.44 kW
D
In an ammonia condensing machine (compressor plus
condenser) the water used for condensing is 55°F. Calculate the The fan has a total head of 190 m and static pressure of 20 cm
ideal COP. WG. If the air density is 1.2 kg/m3. What is the velocity of air
A. 11.875 C. 10.875 flowing?
B. 12.875 D. 13.875 A. 16.21 m/s C. 16.66 m/s
A B. 27.21 m/s D. 17.77 m/s
D
How much refrigeration capacity is required to cool 2000 cfm of
air from 85°F to 70°F? A pump delivers 500 gpm of water against a total head of 200 ft
A. 2.7 TOR C. 1.7 TOR and operating at 1770 rpm. Changes have increased the total
B. 3.7 TOR D. 4.7 TOR head to 375 ft. At what rpm should the pump be operated to
A achieve the new head at the same efficiency?
A. 2800 rpm C. 3434 rpm
Determine the coil face area required to maintain a face velocity B. 3600 rpm D. 2424 rpm
of 400 Ft/min if the air flow rate over the coil is 2100 Ft3/hr D
A. 3.25 Ft2 C. 5.25 Ft2
B. 4.45 Ft2 D. 6.25 Ft2 The diesel electric plant supplies energy for meralco. During a 24
C hr period, the plant consumed 200 gallons of fuel at 28°C and
produced 3930 Kw-hr. industrial fuel is used is 28°API and was
A centrifugal pump discharge 20 L/s against a head of 17 m when purchased at P 5.50 per liter at 15,6°C. What should the cost of
the speed is 1500 rpm. The diameter of the impeller was 30 cm fuel be produced one kw-hr?
and the brake horsepower was 6.0. A geometrically similar A. P 1.05 C. P 1.069
pump 40 cm in diameter is to run at 1750 rpm. Assuming equal B. P 1.10 D. P 1.00
efficiencies, what brake horsepower is required? A
A. 51.55 HP C. 40.15 HP
B. 50.15 HP D. 45.15 HP A boiler contains 3.5 tons of water initially having 40 ppm
C dissolved solids after 24 hrs the dissolved solids in the water is
2500 ppm. If the feed rate is 875 kg/hr, find the ppm of dissolved
A pump delivers 20 cfm of water having a density of 62 lb/ft 3. solids contained in the feed water.
The suction and discharge gage reads 5 in. Hg vacuum and 30 psi A. 410 ppm C. 390 ppm
respectively. The discharge gage is 5 ft above the suction gage. If B. 320 ppm D. 420 ppm
pump efficiency is 70%, what is the motor power? A
A. 5.31 Hp C. 4.31 Hp
B. 3.31 Hp D. 6.31 Hp
C
A
A travelling-grate stoker can burn bituminous coal with 10% In an air-standard Bryton cycle, the compressor receives air at
moisture and 10% ash at a rate of 500,000 Btu/hr-Ft2. A boiler 101.325 kPa, 21°C and it leaves at the rate of 4 kg/s. determine
with a steam rating of 200,000 lb/hr will be fired with the above the turbine work if the temperature of the air entering the
fuel having a high heat value of 12,200 Btu/lb. if the boiler turbine is 1000°C
efficiency is 80%, and if it takes 1000 BTU to evaporate and A. 3000 kW C. 2028 kW
superheat one pound of feed water to the desired temperature, B. 2701 kW D. 3500 kW
find the hourly coal supply and grate area needed. C
A. 20,500 lb, 500 Ft2 C. 28,200 lb, 400 Ft2
B. 26,400 lb, 700 Ft2 D. 22,600 lb, 200 Ft2 The net power output of an air-standard Brayton cycle is 200
A kW. Air enters the compressor at 32°C and leaves the high-
temperature heat exchanger at 800°C. What is the mass flow
A steam is expanded through a nozzle and the enthalpy drop per rate of air if it leaves the turbine at 350°C?
kg of steam from the initial pressure to the final pressure is 60 A. 0.57 kg/s C. 0.77 kg/s
kJ. Neglecting the friction, find the velocity of discharge and the B. 0.67 kg/s D. 0.87 kg/s
exit area of the nozzle to pass 0.20 kg/s if the specific volume of D
the steam at exit is 1.5 m3/kg.
A. 346.4 m/s, 879 m2 C. 765.6 m/s, 467 m2 In an air-standard Brayton cycle the inlet temperature and the
B. 356.7 m/s, 278 m2 D.346.4 m/s, 866 m2 pressure are 20°C and 101.325 kPa. The turbine inlet conditions
D are 1200 kPa and 900°C. Determine the air flow rate if turbines
produce 12 MW.
A 60 MW steam turbine generator power plant has a full-load A. 21.41 kg/s C. 19.25 kg/s
steam rate of 8 kg/kW-hr. assuming that no-load steam B. 20.20 kg/s D. 18.10 kg/s
consumption as 15% of full-load steam consumption, compute B
for the hourly steam consumption at 75% load, in kg/hr.
A. 37,800 kg/hr C. 30,780 kg/hr A gas turbine power plant operating on the Brayton cycle
B. 38,700 kg/hr D. 30,870 kg/hr delivers 15 MW to a standby electric generator. What are the
A mass flow rate and the volume flow rate of air if the minimum
and maximum pressures are 100 kPa and 500 kPa respectively,
The feed water to a boiler is 92% condensate and 8% make-up and temperature of 20°C and 1000°C?
containing 270 ppm solids. What weights of solids enter the A. 31.97 kg/s, 26.88 m3/s C. 41.97 kg/s, 26.88 m3/s
boiler per hour at 22,680 kg per steam evaporation? B. 36.98 kg/s, 28.99 m3/s D. 46.98 kg/s, 28.99 m3/s
A. 0.49 kg solids/hr C. 0.39 kg solids/hr A
B. 0.59 kg solids/hr D. 0.69 kg solids/hr
A A hydro-electric power plant consumes 60,000,000 kW-hr per
year. What is the net if the expected flow is 1500 m 3/min and
The 1370 diameter steam drum on a boiler is 2440 mm long has over-all efficiency is 63%?
a 250 mm gage glass at mid-drum level. Find the maximum A. 34.34 m C. 44.33 m
steam generation that could be cared for by a blow down of half B. 43.43 m D. 33.44 m
a water gauge each 8 hr. shift. Pressure, 17.5 kg/cm 2 gage. Sr = C
150 PPM, Sb = 2000 PPM
A. 450.59 kg/hr C. 650.59 kg/hr A pelton type turbine has a gross head of 40 m and a friction
B. 550.59 kg/hr D. 750.59 kg/hr head loss of 6 m. What is the penstock diameter if the penstock
B length is 90 m and the coefficient of friction head loss is 0.0001
(Morse).
Given a horizontal conveyor, 46 m centers, 175 pounds per hr A. 2040 mm C. 2440 mm
capacity of handling bituminous coal at 0.5 m/s with 800 kg per B. 3120 mm D. 2320 mm
m3. Other data as follows A
Flight width and depth 610 mm x 200 mm
Quantity of material 0.108 mm3/m A hydro-electric impulse turbine is directly coupled to a 24 pole,
Coefficient of friction elements 0.10 60 Hz alternator. It has a specific speed of 60 rpm and develops
Material coefficient of friction 0.59 3000 Hp. What is the required diameter assuming a peripheral
Assume an engineering-type chain with sleeve bearing rollers speed ratio of 0.45?
weighing with flights, 89.3 kg/m. Calculate the chain pull in kg A. 0.661 m C. 0.443 m
A. 2180.33 C. 1555.36 B. 0.552 m D. 0.775 m
B. 4550.10 D. 3166.46 A
D
The tail water and the headwater of a hydro-electric power
Air is drawn into a gas turbine working on the constant pressure plant are 150 m and 200 m respectively. What is the water
cycle at 1 bar 21°C and compressed to 5.7 bars. The temperature power if the flow is 15 m 3/s and a head loss of 10% of the gross
at the end of heat supply is 680°C. Taking expansion and head?
compression to be adiabatic where Cv = 0.718 kJ/kg-K, Cp = A. 6,621.75 kW C. 5,621.76 kW
1.055 kJ/kg-K, calculate the heat energy supplied per kg at B. 7,621.65 kW D. 4,621.56 kW
constant pressure. A
A. 472 kJ/kg C. 501 kJ/kg
B. 389 kJ/kg D. 489 kJ/kg
B. 15.5 ft D. 5.5 ft
In a hydro-electric plant, water flows at 10 m/s in a penstock of B
1 m2 cross-sectional area. If the net head of the plant is 30 m and A pump delivers 2o cfm of water having a density of 62 lb/ft 3.
the turbine efficiency is 85%, what is the turbine output? The suction discharge gage reads 5 in. Hg vacuum and 30 psi
A. 2,501.55 kW C. 3,626.34 kW respectively. The discharge gage is 5 ft above the suction gage. If
B. 2,100.21 kW D. 3,124.65 kW the pump efficiency is 70%, what is motor power?
A A. 5.31 Hp C. 4.31 Hp
B. 3.31 Hp D. 6.31 Hp
A 75 MW power plant has an average load of 35,000 kW and a C
load factor of 65%. Find the reserve over peak.
A. 21.15 MW C. 25.38 MW A fan has a total head of 190 m and a static pressure of 20 cm
B. 23.41 MW D. 18.75 MW WG. If the air density is 1.2 kg/m 3, what is the velocity of air
A flowing?
A. 16.21 m/s C. 16.66 m/s
A power plant is said to have/had a use factor of 48.5% and a B. 17.21 m/s D. 17.766 m/s
capacity factor of 42.4%. How many hrs. Did it operate during D
the year?
A. 6,600.32 hrs C. 8,600.32 hrs A jet of water is discharge through a 1 – inch diameter orifice
B. 7,658.23 hrs D. 5,658.23 hrs under constant head of 2.1 ft total discharge is 228 lb, in 90
B seconds. The jet is observed to pass through a point 2 ft
downward and 4 ft away from vena contrata. Coefficient of
A 50,000 kW steam plant delivers an annual output of contraction.
238,000,000 kW-hr with a peak load of 42,860 kW. What is the A. O.786 C. 0.567
annual load factor and capacity factor? B. 0.685 D. 0.345
A. 0.634, 0.534 C. 0.634, 0.543 B
B. 0.643, 0.534 D. 0.643, 0.534
C A jet of water is discharge through a 1 – inch diameter orifice
under constant head of 2.1 ft total discharge is 228 lb, in 90
Calculate the use factor of a power plant if the capacity factor is seconds. The jet is observed to pass through a point 2 ft
35% and it operates 8000 hrs during the year? downward and 4 ft away from vena contrata. Coefficient of
A. 38.325 % C. 35.823 % velocity.
B. 33.825 % D. 32.538 % A. 0.976 C. 0.567
A B. 0.758 D. 0.845
A
A 39.5 m high chimney of radial brick masonry is described by
the ff. top and bottom. D2 = 1.9 m, d2 = 1.5 m, D1 = 3.2 m, d1 = 2.3 What is the velocity of sound 150°F (66°C) air at a standard
m. Determine the moment due to wind load. pressure? Note: density of air @ 150°F is 0.064 lbm/ft3.
A. 172,051 kg-m C. 150,160 kg-m A. 1215 ft/s C. 2345 ft/s
B. 160,388 kg-m D. 182,030 kg-m B. 3245 ft/s D. 4321 ft/s
D A

It is desired to deliver 5 gpm at a head of 640 ft in a single stage Ideal Oxygen is throttled at 140°F from 10 atm to 5 atm. What is
pump having s specific speed not to exceed 40. If the speed is the temperature change?
not to exceed 1352 rpm, how many stages are required? A. 0 C. infinity
A. 3 C. 5 B. Negative D. 1
B. 4 D. 2 A
D
A duct 0.40 m high and 0.80 wide suspended from the ceiling in
A centrifugal pump discharge 20 L/s against a head of 17 m when a corridor, makes a right angle turn in the horizontal plane. The
the speed is 1500 rpm. The diameter of the impeller was 30 c, inner radius is 0.2 m and the outer radius is 1.0 m measured
and the brake horsepower was 6.0. A geometrically similar from the same center. The velocity of air in the duct is 10 m/s.
pump 40 cm in diameter is to run at 1750 rpm. Assuming equal compute the pressure drop in this elbow. Assuming; f = 0.3, ρ =
efficiency, what brake horsepower is required? 1.204 kg/m3 and L = 10 m.
A. 51.55 Hp C. 40.15 Hp A. 341 Pa C. 143 Pa
B. 50.15 Hp D. 45.15 Hp B. 441 Pa D. 144 Pa
C A

A condensate pump at sea level takes water from a surface To what weight will 68°F ethyl alcohol rise in a 0.005 inch
condenser where the vacuum is 15 in. of mercury. The friction internal diameter glass capillary tube? The density of alcohol is
and turbulence in the piping in the condenser hot well and the 49 lbm/ft3. Where: β = 0° = angle of contact angle and surface
pump suction flange is assumed to be 6.5 ft. if the condensate tension σ = 0.00156 lbm/ft @ 68°F.
pump to be installed has a required head of 9 ft, what would be A. 0.3056 ft C. 0.4312 ft
the minimum height of water level in the hot well that must be B. 0.2504 ft D. 0.2432 ft
maintained above the centerline of the pump to avoid A
cavitations?
A. 2.5 ft C. 18 ft
What is the velocity of sound in 150°F (66°C) air at a standard
pressure? Note: density of air @ 150°F is 0.064 lbm/ft3. Refrigeration is 2 m high, 1.2 m wide and 1 m deep. The over-all
A. 1295 ft/s C. 2345 ft/s heat transfer coefficient is o.532 W/m 2 °C. how many kilograms
B. 3245 ft/s D. 1096 ft/s of 0°C ice will melt per hour if the inside temperature is
A maintained at 10°C while the surrounding air temperature is at
35°C?
What is the pressure 8000 ft below the water surface of the A. 1.60 kg C. 2.60 kg
ocean? Neglect compressibility. B. 1.80 kg D. 2.80 kg
A. 512,000 psf C. 157,000 psf A
B. 324,500 psf D. 213,000 psf
A Determine the heat extracted from 2000 kg of water from 25°C
to ice -10°C.
If atmospheric air 14.7 psia and 60°F at sea level, what is the A. 621,150 kJ C. 821,150 kJ
pressure at 12000 ft altitude if air is incompressible? Note: @ B. 721,150 kJ D. 921,150 kJ
60°F; the density of air is 0.0763 lbm/ft3 ; P1 = 14.7 psia D
A. 5.467 psia C. 8.342 psia
B. 9.345 psia D. 2.346 psia How many independent properties are required to completely
C fix the equilibrium state of a pure gaseous compound?
A. 1 C. 2
If atmospheric air 14.7 psia and 60°F at sea level, what is the B. 3 D. 4
pressure at 12000 ft altitude if air is compressible? Note @ 60°F; C
the density of air is 0.0763 lbm/ft 3 ; P1 = 14.7 psia
A. 5.467 psia C. 8.342 psia Calculate the heat transfer per hour through a solid brick wall 6
B. 9.53 psia D. 2.346 psia m long, 2.9 m high, and 225 mm thick, when the outer surface is
B at 5°C and the inner surface at 17°C, the coefficient of thermal
conductivity of the brick being 0.6 W/m-K.
A two-pass surface condenser is to be designed using overall A. 2,004.48 kJ C. 2,400.48 kJ
heat transfer coefficient of 480 BTU/°F lbm/ft 2 of outside tube B. 3,004.48 kJ D. 3,400.48 kJ
surface. The tubes are to be 1 inch outside diameter with 1/16 in A
walls (or 7/8 in. inside diameter). Entering circulating water
velocity is to be 6 ft/s. steam enters the condenser at a rate of A vertical furnace wall is made up of an inner wall of firebrick 20
100,000 lb/hr at a pressure of one psia and an enthalpy of 1090 cm thick followed by insulating brick 15 cm thick and an outer
Btu/lb. condensate leaves at saturated liquid at one psia. wall of steel 1 cm thick. The surface temperature of the wall
Circulating water enters the condensate at 85 deg. F and leaves adjacent to the combustion chamber is 1200°C while that of the
at 95 deg. F. Note: 1 psia condensate has temperature of 101.7 outer surface of steel is 50°C. The thermal conductivities of the
deg. F. wet steam entering becomes condensate at 101.7 deg. F wall material in W/m-K are; firebrick, 10; insulating brick, 0.26;
with hf = 69.72 Btu/lb. calculate the total number of tubes to be and steel, 45. Neglecting the film resistance and contact
used in each passes. resistance of joints, determine the heat loss per sq.m. Of the
A. 18,200 tubes C. 10,450 tubes wall area.
B. 15,400 tubes D. 11,456 tubes A. 1.93 W/m2 C. 1.55 W/m2
A B. 2.93 W/m2 D. 2.55 W/m2
A
Determine the approximate load on a cooling tower if the
entering and leaving temperatures are 96°F and 88°F, A composite wall is made up of an external thickness of
respectively and the flow rate of the water over the tower is 30 brickwork 110 mm thick inside which is a layer of fiberglass 75
gpm. mm thick. The fiberglass is faced internally by an insulating
A. 2500 Btu/min C. 3000 Btu/min board 25 mm thick. The coefficients of thermal conductivity for
B. 2000 Btu/min D. 3500 Btu/min the three are as follows:
B Brickwork 1.5 W/m-K
Fiberglass 0.04 W/m-K
Determine the quantity of water lost by bleed off if the water Insulating board 0.06 W/m-k
flow rate over the tower 30 gpm and the range is 10°F. Percent The surface transfer coefficient of the inside wall is 3.1 W/m 2-K
bleed-off requires 33%. while that of the outside wall is 2.5 W/m2-K. Take the internal
A. 0.077 gpm C. 0.099 gpm ambient temperature as 10°C and the external temperature is
B. 0.088 gpm D. 0.066 gpm 27°C. Determine the heat loss through such wall 6 m high and 10
C m long.
A. 330.10 W C. 430.10 W
How many tons of refrigeration is required to produce 10 metric B. 230.10 W D. 530.10 W
tons of ice per day at -10°C from raw water at 22°C if A
miscellaneous losses are 15% of the chilling and freezing load?
A. 17 TOR C. 15 TOR
B. 20 TOR D. 24 TOR
A
How many watts will be radiated from s spherical black body 15
cm diameter at a temperature of 800°C?
One insulated wall of a cold-storage compartment is 8 m long by A. 5.34 kW C. 6.34 kW
2.5 m high and consist of an outer steel plate 18 mm thick. An B. 4.34 kW D. 3.34 kW
inner wood wall 22.5 mm thick, the steel and wood are 90 mm A
apart to form a cavity which is filled with cork. If the A wall with an area of 10 m 2 cm thickness of white pine (k =
temperature drop across the extreme faces of the composite 0.113 W/m°C) followed by 10 cm of brick (k = 0.649°C W/m°C).
wall is 15°C. Calculate the heat transfer per hour through the The pine is on the inside where the temperature is 10°C.
wall and the temperature drop across the thickness of the cork. Assuming equilibrium conditions exist, what is the temperature
Take the coefficients of thermal conductivity for steel, cork and at the interface between the two metals?
wood as 45, 0.045, and 0.18 W/m-K respectively. A. 15.65°C C. 18.21°C
A. 408.24 kJ, 12.12°C C. 608.24 kJ, 13.12°C B. 17.64°C D. 19.31°C
B. 708.24 kJ, 11.12°C D. 508.24 kJ, 14.12°C D
D
A counter flow heat exchanger is designed to heat fuel oil from
One side of refrigerated cold chamber is 6 m long by 3.7 m high 45°C to 100°C while the heating fluid enters at 150°Cvand leaves
and consist 168 mm thickness of cork between outer and inner at 115°C. Calculate the arithmetic mean temperature difference?
walls of wood. The outer wood wall is 30 mm thick and its A. 40°C C. 60°C
outside face temperature is 20°C, the inner wood wall 35 mm B. 50°C D. 70°C
thick and its inside face temperature is -3°C. taking the C
coefficient of thermal conductivity of cork and wood 0.42 and
0.20 W/m-k respectively, calculate the heat transfer per second A pipe with an outside diameter of 2.5 in. is insulated with a 2 in
per sq. m of surface area. layer of asbestos (ka = 0.396 Btu/in./hr-ft2-°F). If the temperature
A. 5.138 J C. 6.318 J of cork 1.5 in. thick (k c = 0.30 Btu/in./hr-ft2-°F). If the
B. 4.138 J D. 3.318 J temperature of the outer surface of the cork is 90°F, calculate
B the heat loss per 100 ft of insulated pipe.
A. 847.64 Btu/hr C. 2847.42 Btu/hr
Hot gases at 280°C flow on one side of a metal of 10mm B. 3847.51 Btu/hr D. 1847.14 Btu/hr
thickness and air at 35°C flows on the other side. The heat C
transfer coefficient of the gasses is 31.5 W/m2-K and that of the
air is 32 W/m2-K. Calculate the over-all transfer coefficient. The journals of a shaft are 380 mm diameter, it runs at 105 rpm
A. 15.82 W/m2-K C. 14.82 W/m2-K and the coefficient of friction between journals and bearings is
B. 16.82 W/m2-K D. 17.82 W/m2-K 0.02. If the average load on the bearing is 200 KN, find the heat
A generated per minute at the bearing?
A. 501.375 kJ C. 401.375 kJ
The surface temperature of the hot side of the furnace wall is B. 505.575 kJ D. 501.575 kJ
1200°[Link] is desired to maintain the outside of the wall at 38°C. A A
152 mm of refractory silica is used adjacent to the combustion
chamber and 10 mm of steel covers the outside. What thickness The flow energy of 124 liters per minute of a fluid passing a
of insulating brick is necessary between refractory and steel, if boundary to a system is 108.5 kJ/min. determine the pressure at
the heat loss should be kept at 788 W/m2, and 45 for steel. this point.
A. 220 mm C. 260 mm A. 875 kPa C. 975 kPa
B. 240 mm D. 280 mm B. 675 kPa D. 575 kPa
A A

A hollow sphere has an outside radius of 1 m and is made of Work done by a substance in reversible non flow manner in
polystyrene foam with a thickness of 1 cm. a heat source inside accordance with V = 100/P ft3, where P is in psia. Evaluate the
keeps the inner surface 5.20°C hotter than the outside surface? work done on or by the substance as the pressure increases from
The thermal conductivity of polystyrene foam is 0.033 W/m°C. 10 psia to 100 psia.
A. 200 W C. 300 W A. 33,157.22 ft-lb C. 43,157.22 ft-lb
B. 216 W D. 316 W B. -33,157.22 ft-lb D. -43,157.22 ft-lb
B B

An insulated steam pipe located where the ambient Calculate the change in enthalpy as 1 kg of nitrogen is heated
temperature is 32°C, has an inside diameter of 50 mm with 10 from 1000 K to 1500 K, assuming the nitrogen is an ideal gas at a
mm thick wall. The outside diameter of the corrugated asbestos constant pressure. The temperature dependent specific heat of
insulation is 125 mm and the surface coefficient of still air is, h o = nitrogen is Cp = 39.06 – 512.79 T1.5 + 1072.7 T2 – 820.4T3 where Cp
12 W/m2-K. Inside the pipe is steam having a temperature of is in kJ/kg-mol, T is in K.
150°C with film coefficient hi = 6000 W/m2-K. Thermal A. 600 kJ C. 800 kJ
conductivity of pipe and asbestos insulation are 45 and 0.12 B. 697.27 kJ D. 897.27 kJ
W/m2-K respectively. Determine the heat loss per unit length of B
pipe.
A. 110 W C. 130 W One kilogram of wet steam at a pressure of 8 bar (Vg = 0.2404
B. 120 W D. 140 W m3/kg, vf = 0.0011148 m3/kg) and dryness 0.94 is expanded until
B the pressure is 4 bar (vg = 0.4625 m 3/kg, vf = 0.0010836 m 3). If
the expansion follows the law PV n = C, where n =1.12, find the
dryness fraction of the steam at the lower pressure.
A. 0.9072 C. 0.2260
B. 0.4197 D. 0.2404
A

Wet saturated steam at 16 bar (h f = 859 kJ/kg , hg = 1935 kJ/kg)


reducing valve and is throttled to a pressure of 8 bar (h r = 721
kJ/kg, hfg = 2048 kJ/kg). Find the dryness fraction of the reduces
pressure steam.
A. 0.8833 C. 0.9933
B. 0.7733 D. 0.6633
C

A 650 BHP diesel engine uses fuel oil of 28°API gravity, fuel
consumption is 0.65 lb/BHP-hr. cost of fuel is P 7.95 per liter. For
continuous operation, determine the minimum volume of
cubical day tank in cm3, ambient temperature is 45°C.
A. 4,372,890 cm3 C. 5,291,880 cm3
B. 5,987,909 cm3 D. 7,352,789 cm3
A

A typical industrial fuel oil, C 16H32 with 20% excess air by weight.
Assuming complete oxidation of the fuel, calculate the actual
air-fuel ratio by weight.
A. 17.56 kgair/kgfuel C. 16.75 kgair/kgfuel
B. 15.76 kgair/kgfuel D. 17.65 kgair/kgfuel
A

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