Water ( Specific heat, C = 4.205 kJ/kg-K ) is being The density of air at 35 ºC and 101 kPa is 1.07 kg/m3.

heated by 1,878-W heater. What is the rate of change in The humidity ratio is:
temperature of 1 kg of water in K/s.

A vapor compression refrigeration system is designed to

A centrifugal pump has a constant speed of 1,644 rpm have a capacity of 110 tons. Its actual COP is 5.85 and
and has a head of 89 m. What is the effect on the head of 32% of the power supplied to the compressor is lost in
the pump if the impeller diameter is reduced from 260 the form of friction and cylinder cooling losses. What is
mm to 234 mm the motor power in kW?

A rectangular duct has dimensions 0.3 m by 1.1 m.

Determine the equivalent diameter of the duct.
What horsepower is supplied to air moving at 20 ft per
min through a 1 by 4 ft duct under a pressure of 4 in
water gage?

Find the heat transfer required to convert 6 kg of water at

a pressure of 20 bar and a temperature of 21°C into
steam dryness of fraction 92 at the same pressure.
Properties of steam: P = 20 bar ,hf = 909 kJ/kg, hfg =
1890 kJ/kg Note: for water at 21°C, h = 88 kJ/kg If the latent and sensible heat loads are 34 kW and 76
kW respectively, what is the sensible heat ratio?
The evaporator and condenser pressures are 152 kPa and A cylinder has a bore diameter of 15 cm, stroke of 46
9 atm respectively. The intercooler pressure is cm, and volumetric compression = 2,040 cm3, find the
approximately volumetric efficiency (in %) of the engine.

Calculate the change in enthalpy as 1 kg of nitrogen is

heated from 1,076 K to 1,495 K, assuming the nitrogen
An ice plant produces 24 tons of ice per day at -16 ºC
is an ideal gas a constant pressure. The temperature
from the water at 24 ºC. If the losses are 11% of the
dependent specific heat of nitrogen is C = 36.36 - 515.1
freezing and chilling load, calculate the refrigeration
T^1.5 + 1,070.25 T^-2 - 818.17 T^-3 where C is in
capacity of the plant in ton of refrigeration.
kJ/kg-mol, and T is in K.

If 14 lbs of water evaporated at atmospheric pressure

until a volume of 291.1 ft is occupied, how much work is
Calculate the specific volume of an air-vapor mixture in done ?
cubic meters per kilogram of dry air when the following
conditions were given: t=28ºC, w=0.017 kg/kg, P=84
kPa

Water enters the condenser at 28°C and leaves at 60°C. One foot of water is equivalent to how many feet of air
What is the temperature difference in °F ?
4000 li/hr of distillates are to be cooled from 21C to - Steam at a pressure of 9 bar ( h = 743 kJ/kg, h = 2031
12C and 12% of wax by weight is separated out at 15C. kJ/kg ) is generated in an exhaust gas boiler from
The sp heat of oil is 2 kJ/kg-C and SG is 0.87. The feedwater at 80°C ( h = 334.9 kJ/kg ). If the dryness
specific heat of the wax is 2.5 and latent heat is 290 fraction of the steam is 0.96, determine the heat transfer
kJ/kg. Allow 10% for the losses, find the refrigerating per kilogram of steam.
capacity of the system.

A volume of 450 cm of air is measured at a pressure of

740 mm Hg absolute and a temperature of 20°C. What is
the volume in cm at 760 mm Hg absolute and 0°C ? A vapor compression refrigeration system is designed to
have a capacity of 100 tons of refrigeration. It produces
chilled water from 23 C to 2 C. Its actual coefficient of
performance is 5.96 and 35 % of the power supplied to
the compressor is lost in the form of friction and cylinder
cooling losses. Determine the condenser cooling water
required in kg/s for temperature rise of 10 C.

A condenser vacuum gauge reads 715 mm Hg when the

barometer stands at 757 mm Hg. What is the absolute
pressure in the condenser in kPa.

Wet saturated steam at 17 bar ( h = 872 kJ/kg, h = 1293

kJ/kg ) dryness 0.97 is produced from feedwater at 85°C
An electric heater is to heat 11 kg of oil per min. from ( h = 335.9 kJ/kg ). Find the heat energy supplied per kg
4.5°C to 65.5°C. Specific heat of the oil is 2.1 J/gm-°C.
How many watts should this heater consume ?
Three pounds mass of air are contained at 25 psia and An auditorium is to be maintained at a temperature of
100°F. Given that R = 53.35 ft-lb /lb . What is the 26ºC dry bulb and 50% RH. Air is to be supplied at a
volume of the container ? temperature not lower than 15ºC dry bulb. The sensible
heat gain is 110 kW and the latent gain is 37.5 kW. Take
ventilating air as 25% by weight of the air from the
room, and is at 35ºC dry bulb and 60% RH. Determine
refrigerating capacity in tons.

Copra enter dryer containing 40% water and 60% solid

and leaves with 5% water and 95% solid. Find the
weight of water removed per pound of final product

A duct 0.40m high and 0.80 m wide suspended from the

ceiling in a corridor, makes a right angle turn in the
horizontal plane. The inner radius is 0.2m and the outer
radius is 1.0 m measured from the same center. The
velocity of air in the duct is 10 m/s. Compute the
pressure frop in this elbow. Assume f=0.3, density =
1.204 kg/m3 and L = 10m
The thermal efficiency of a particular engine operating
on an ideal cycle is 35%. Calculate the heat supplied per
1200 watt-hr of work developed in kJ.
A stream of outdoor air is mixed with a steam of return A belt driven compressor is used in the refrigeration
air in an air conditioning system that operates at 101 kPa system that will cool 10li/s of water from 13C to 1 C.
pressure. The flow rate of outdoor system air is 2 kg/s The belt efficiency is 98%, motor efficiency is 85% and
and its condition is 35ºC dry-bulb temperature and 25ºC the input of the compressor is 0.7 kW per TOR. Find the
wet-bulb temperature. The flow rate of return is 3 kg/s actual COP if over-all efficiency is 65%
and its condition is 24ºC and 50% relative humidity.
Determine the enthalpy of the mixture.

An air compressor is to compress 8.5m3/min from 98.56

kPa to 985.6 kPa. Assuming ideal conditions, and with n
= 1.3, what will be the saving in work due to two
staging?
Helium ( R = 0.4968 Btu/lb °R ) is compressed
isothermally from 14.7 psia and 68°F. The compression
ratio is 4. Calculate the work done by the gas.

Steam enters the superheats of a boiler at a pressure of

25 bar and dryness of 0.98 and leaves at the same
pressure at a temperature of 370°C. Calculate the heat Steam at the rate of 500 kg/hr is produced by a steady
energy supplied in the superheaters. Properties of steam: flow system boiler from feedwater entering at 40°C.
At 25 bar and 370°C ( h = 3171.8 kJ/kg ) and at 25 bar Find the rate at which heat is transformed in kCal/hr if
and 0.98 dryness ( h f = 962.11 kJ/kg, h fg = 1841.01 the enthalpy of steam is 600 kCal/kg and of steam 50
kJ/kg ). kCal/kg.
Twenty grams of of Oxygen gas (O ) are compressed at a A refrigerating machine is driven by a motor of output
constant temperature of 30°C to 5% of their original power 2.25 kW and 2.5 tons of ice at -7C per day from
volume. What work is done on the system? Use R of air, water at 18C. Calculate the COP of the machine and
0.0619 Cal/gm-K. express its capacity in terms of tons of ice per 24 hrs
from and at 0C, taking the latent heat of ice = 335 kJ/kg-
K

A certain sample of air has a temperature of 70 F (partial

Wet saturated steam at 17 bar ( h = 872 kJ/kg, h = 1293
pressure of 0.36 psia) and a dew point temperature of 50
kJ/kg ) dryness 0.97 is produced from feedwater at 85°C
F. The partial pressure of the water is vapor
( h = 335.9 kJ/kg ). Find the heat energy supplied per kg.
corresponding to a 50 F dew point temperature is 0.178
psia. Determine the relative humidity RH.

Find the percent slip of a reciprocating pump if the

volumetric efficiency is 96 percent.

Oil flows full bore at a velocity of 2 m/s through a nest

of 16 tubes in a single pass cooler. The internal diameter
of the tubes is 30 mm and the density of the oil is 0.85
g/li. Find the volume flow in liters per second.