Thermo 2 Problem Set

UNIVERSITY OF CEBU-MAIN CAMPUS
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

POWER AND INDUSTRIAL PLANT ENGINEERING
PPE - PROBLEM SET # 4

1. At 180oC the entropy of a substance is 5.2 KJ/K, the quality of the substance is:
A. 34.23% B. 68.83% C. 56.34% D. 87.56%
2. A 10 m3 vessel initially contains 5 m3 of liquid water and 5 m3 of saturated water vapor
at 100 Kpa. Calculate the internal energy of the system using the steam tables.
At 100 Kpa: vf = 0.001043 m3/kg, vg = 1.6940 m3/kg, Uf = 417.3 KJ/kg, Ug = 2506 KJ/kg
A. 5 x 106 KJ B. 8 x 105 KJ C. 1 x 106 KJ D. 2 x 106 KJ
3. A vessel with a volume of 1 m3 contains liquid water and vapor in equilibrium at 600 Kpa.
The liquid water has a mass of 1 kg. Using steam tables, calculate the mass of the water
vapor. At 600 Kpa: vf = 0.001101 m3/kg, vg = 0.3157 m3/kg,
A. 0.99 kg B. 1.57 kg C. 2.54 kg D. 3.16 kg
4. A steam has a condition of 2 Mpa and 250oC undergoes constant pressure process until
its quality is 50%. What is the heat rejected by steam?
A. 981.33 KJ/kg B. 1986.23 KJ/kg C. 1046.16 KJ/kg D. 1542.34 KJ/kg
5. Steam with specific volume of 0.09596 m3/kg undergoes a constant pressure process at
1.70 Mpa until its specific volume 0.13796 m3/kg. What is the work done?
A. 71.4 KJ/kg B. 67.1 KJ/kg C. 82.78 KJ/kg D. 97.23 KJ/kg
6. Steam with an enthalpy of 2843.5 KJ/kg undergoes a constant pressure process at 0.90
Mpa until the enthalpy becomes 2056.1 KJ/kg. What is the internal energy?
A. -703.2 KJ/kg B. 703.2 KJ/kg C. 564.3 KJ/kg D. 984.4 KJ/kg
7. One kg of steam at 260oC and with enthalpy of 1861 KJ/kg is confined in a rigid
container. Heat is applied until the steam becomes saturated. Determine the heat added.
A. 770 KJ B. 828 KJ C. 790 KJ D. 800 KJ
8. One kilogram of steam at 121oC and 10% moisture undergoes a constant volume
process until the pressure becomes 0.28 Mpa. Determine the final temperature.
A. 200.4oC B. 374.5oC C. 206.5oC D. 873.4oC
9. A tank contains 0.50 m3/kg of steam. Heat is transferred at constant volume until the
pressure reaches 100 kpa. Determine the final steam quality.
A. 23.34% B. 45.32% C. 29.47% D. 39.45%
10. There are 2.27 kg/min of steam undergoing an isothermal process from 27.5 bar, 316oC
to 6.8 bar. Determine the change in entropy, KJ/min-K.
A. 1.6176 B. 2.1734 C. 3.465 D. 0.204
11. Steam at 200oC and with entropy of 5.6105 KJ/kg-K expands isothermally to 0.515
Mpa. For 5 kg mass, what is the work done?
A. 2119.06 KJ B. 1103.4 KJ C. 1372.4 KJ D. 1408.2 KJ
12. One kg of steam expands isentropically from 2.1 Mpa and 374oC to 93oC. Find the final
quality.
A. 76.44% B. 87.34% C. 93.15% D. 98.34%
13. Steam flows isentropically through a nozzle from 1500 kpa, 288oC to 960 kpa. For
0.454 kg/s mass
determine the change in volume.
A. 0.031 m3/s B. 0.043 m3/s C. 0.054 m3/s D. 0.076 m3/s
14. A steam turbine receives 0.52 Mpa of steam at 300oC. Then expanded in an
irreversible adiabatic process a pressure of 0.012 Mpa. If the exhaust steam is dry and
saturated, calculate the stage efficiency of the
process.
A. 67.45% B. 69.50% C. 74.23% D. 87.45%
15. Steam at 1.4 Mpa and 270oC flows steadily through a steam throttle valve that reduces
its pressure by 50%. Find the change in entropy, KJ/kg-K.
A. 0.31 B. -0.058 C. 0.63 D. 0.76
16. A steam calorimeter receives steam from a pipe at 0.1 Mpa and 20 oSH. For a pipe
steam pressure of 2Mpa, what is the quality of the steam?
A. 88.34% B. 90.34% C. 92.34% D. 95.56%
17. An isobaric steam generating process starts with saturated liquid at 20 psia. The
change in entropy is equal to the initial entropy. What is the change in enthalpy. At 20 psia:
(hfg = 960.2 Btu/lb, sf = 0.3359 Btu/lb-R).
A. -230.4 Btu/lb B. -196.2 Btu/lb C. 196.2 Btu/lb D. 230.4 Btu/lb
18. A cylinder and piston arrangement contains saturated water vapor at 110oC. The vapor
is compressed in a reversible adiabatic process until the pressure is 1.6 Mpa. Determine
the work done by the steam per
kilogram of water. (Hint: Use steam table to solve this problem)
A. -637 KJ/kg B. -509 KJ/kg C. -432 KJ/kg D. -330 KJ/kg
19. A car with frontal area a = 2 m2, and traveling at 80 km/hr in air at 20 oC is experiencing
a drag force of Fd = 0.225Apairv2. How much power in KW is needed in order to maintain
its speed?
A. 8.92 B. 3.64 C. 7.81 D. 5.92
PPE - PROBLEM SET # 4

1. A steam condenser in a Rankine cycle has an inlet condition of 150 kpa and 90% quality.
If the mass of steam is 2 kg/s, find the gallons per minute of cooling water in the condenser
for 12oC rise in temperature.
A. 1093.34 gpm B. 1198.34 gpm C. 1284.56 gpm D. 1274.48 gpm
2. A boiler feed pump operate at 40oC suction. If pump efficiency is 85% and needs 20 kw
power of motor needed to drive the pump, find the maximum pressure of the boiler could
attain for a mass of 2 kg/s.
A. 8108.26 kpa B. 8232.34 kpa C. 8441.60 kpa D. 9825.45 kpa
3. A boiler feed is available at 5 Mpa and 200oC. The boiler has a steam generated at 10
kg/s at 5 Mpa and 380oC. Find the developed boiler horsepower of turbine.
A. 1092.45 hp B. 1265.34 hp C. 1573.45 hp D. 2336 hp
4. A Rankine cycle has an output of 5000 kw. The overall efficiency of 65% and factor of
evaporation of 1.2.Find the mass of steam evaporated.
A. 982.45 kg/hr B. 10,224.60 kg/hr C. 6171.27 kg/hr D.8745.23 kg/hr
5. A Rankine cycle has a steam throttle condition of 4 Mpa and 400oC. The turbine exhaust
is 1 atm, find the cycle efficiency.
A. 23.23% B. 27.06% C. 34.23% D. 43.23%
6. A Rankine cycle has a turbine work of 600 KJ/kg and efficiency of 88%, pump work is 3
KJ/kg and efficiency of 75%. If cycle efficiency is 26%, find the heat added to the cycle.
A. 2577.60 KJ/kgB. 2345.19 KJ/kgC. 2015.38 KJ/kgD. 1852.40 KJ/kg
7. A Rankine cycle has an initial mass of liquid flowing at 15 kg at 75oC. If final enthalpy is
1200 KJ/kg, find thechange of enthalpy of the system.
A. 655.75 KJ B. 834.34 KJ C. 763.45 KJ D. 885.97 KJ
8. A turbine has an available enthalpy of 3300 KJ/kg in a Rankine cycle. The pump work
has also 25 KJ/kg. For a flow of 3 kg/s, find the system output.
A. 5960 kw B. 6080 kw C. 6343 kw D. 9825 kw
9. In a Rankine cycle, the system turbine inlet has a condition of 3126 KJ/kg enthalpy and
entropy of 6.68 KJ/kg-K. The quality after expansion is 82% and enthalpy of 2103 KJ/kg
with hf = 233 KJ/kg. Find the efficiency of the cycle.
A. 23.45% B. 35.40% C. 30.34% D. 38.44%
10. The available enthalpy of steam at the exit of boiler in a Rankine cycle is 2900 KJ/kg
and enthalpy at the entrance of turbine is 2870 KJ/kg. If mass of steam is 3.5 kg/s, find the
heat loss between the boiler exit and turbine entrance.
A. 105 kw B. 30 kw C. 20 kw D. 50 kw
11. In a Rankine cycle steam enters the turbine at 3 Mpa (enthalpies & entropies given) and
condenser of 60 Kpa (properties given), what is the thermal efficiency of the cycle?At 3
Mpa: hg = 2804.2 sg = 6.1869 At 60 kpa: hf = 359.86 hfg = 2293.6 sf = 1.1457 sfg = 6.3867
vf = 0.0010331
A. 25.55% B. 45.23% C. 34.23% D. 12.34%
12. A diesel electric plant supplies energy for Meralco. During 24 hrs period, the plant
consumed 220 gallons of fuel at 28oC and product 4,000 kw-hr. Industrial fuel used is
28oAPI and was purchased at P15.50 per liter at 15.6oC. What should be the cost of fuel to
be produced per kw-hr?
A. P1.05 B. P2.10 C. P3.20 D. P1.00
13. A 750 bhp diesel engine uses fuel oil of 30oAPI gravity, fuel consumption is 0.75 lb/bhp-
hr. Cost of fuel is P17.95 per liter. For continuous operation, determine the minimum
volume of cubical day tank in m3,
ambient temp is 45oC.
A. 4.98 B. 6.25 C. 7.135 D. 9.04
14. A diesel power plant uses fuel that has a density of 892.74 kg/m3 at 15.66oC. Find the
heating value.
A. 44,690 KJ/kg B. 19,301 Btu/lb C. 43,000 KJ/kg D. 4356.2 KJ/kg
15. A diesel power plant uses fuel with heating value of 45,038.8 KJ/kg. What is the density
of fue at 30oC?
A. 0.9 kg/li B. 0.877 kg/li C. 0.850 kg/li D. 0.878 kg/li
16. A diesel engine consumed 940 li of fuel per day at 30oC. If the fuel was purchased at
15oC and 30 oAPI at P4.00/li, determine the cost of fuel to operate the engine per day.
A. P5,677.50 B. P4677.50 C. P3721.98 D. P5,000.00
17. A cylindrical tank 3 m long and 2 m diameter is used for oil storage. How many days
can the tank supply the engine having 27oAPI with fuel consumption of 65 kg/hr?
A. 5.84 B. 5.39 C. 7.83 D. 7.39
18. The specific gravity of fuel oil having a heating value of 44,899.2 KJ/kg is:
A. 0.90 B. 0.80 C. 0.877 D. 0.893
19. Steam flows into a turbine at a rate of 10 kg/s, and 10 kilowatts of heat are lost from the
turbine. Ignoring elevation and kinetic energy effects, calculate the power output of the
turbine. Inlet conditions are 2.0 Mpa
and 350oC (h = 3137 KJ/kg) and 0.10 Mpa & 100% quality (h = 2675.5 KJ/kg).
A. 4000 KW B. 4375 KW C. 4605 KW D. 4973 KW

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