PROBLEM SET 1

DIESEL POWER PLANTS

DIRECTION: Copy the problem (it may be computerized) and place your solution next to the problem.
Box your final answer and write the corresponding letter beside the number. Use Long (8.5-in x 13-in)
Bond Paper for your problem set.

1. During the dynamometer test of an engine for 1 hr steady load, the engine consumes 40 kg fuel
having 43,300 KJ/kg heating value. If the torque developed is 2.5 KN-m during the test at 600 rpm, what
is the efficiency of the engine?

A. 31.22% B. 32.65% C. 55.77% D. 25.99%

2. A 4-stroke Gasoline engine has a bore and stroke of 400 mm x 450 mm running at 750 rpm. If the
clearance volume is 0.0527 m3/s, calculate the engine efficiency.

A. 55.82% B. 65.82% C. 35.82% D. 45.82%

3. A 3 MW diesel engine consumes 240 li of 25°API fuel and generates 900 KW-hr. Determine the rate of
fuel consumed by the engine.

A. 0.2 kg/s B. 0.4 kg/s C. 0.6 kg/s D. 0.8 kg/s

4. A 20 cm x 35 cm diesel engine with 4 cylinders and operating on a four stroke, has a rated power of
160 kw and is running at 250 rpm. Find the volume displacement per brake power developed.

A. 0.9 m3/min-kw B. 0.1 m3/min-kw C. 0.06 m3/min-kw D. 0.0344 m3/min-kw

5. An engine has a power output of 8.5 hp with 70% efficiency. What will be the kw/hp? Registered to
the meter?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 41.33% D. 4

6. A 2500 KW diesel engine unit uses 1 bbl oil per 550 KWH produced. Oil is 25°API. Efficiency of
generator 90%, mechanical efficiency of engine 83%. What is the thermal efficiency of engine based on
indicated power (%)?

A. 31.69 B. 41.33 C. 39.60 D. 35.60

7. A single-acting, four-cylinder, 4-stroke cycle diesel engine with a bore x stroke of 22 x 28 cm, operating
at 375 rpm, consumes 9 kg/h of fuel whose heating value is 43,900 KJ/kg. The indicated mean effective
pressure is 500 Kpa. The load on the brake arm, which is 100 cm is 115 kg. What is the brake mean
effective pressure in Kpa?

A. 415.20 B. 332.98 C. 319.95 D. 645.33

8. In a double acting, 2 stroke compression ignition engine, 12-cylinder, the diameter of the cylinder is
750 mm, stroke is 1450 mm, and the piston rod diameter is 240 mm. When running at 120 rpm, the
indicated mean effective pressure above and below the pistons are 6 bar and 5 bar respectively.
Calculate the brake power of the engine with a mechanical efficiency of 80% in kilowatts.

A. 6050 B. 6030 C. 12,900 D. 8375

9. Determine the output power (KW) of a diesel power plant if the engine and generator efficiency is
80% and 96%, respectively. The engine uses 25°API fuel and has a fuel consumption of 0.08 kg/s.

A. 2741.45 B. 2815 C. 1096.6 D. 9758.6

10. A four-cylinder four-stroke Diesel engine with 20 cm bore and 25 cm stroke running at 1000 rpm has
a reading of 350 kpa mean effective pressure in the indicator diagram. Calculate the indicated power
generated in KW.

A. 183.26 B. 114.54 C. 229.1 D. 91.63

11. A Prony brake for measuring the power generated of a six-cylinder, two-stroke Diesel engine running
at 2000 rpm indicates a reading of 180 N. The length of the arm of the Prony brake is a 1.25 m. In an
hour operation it consumes 14 kg of fuel with a heating value of 53,000 KJ/kg. Determine the brake
thermal efficiency.

A. 0.2391 B. 0.2857 C. 0.2583 D. 0.2286

12. The following data are the results on a test of an Otto cycle engine torque = 1200 N-m; indicated
mean effective pressure = 800 kPa, fuel consumption = 0.004 kg/sec; fuel heating value = 43,816 KJ/kg;
bore x stroke = 30 cm x 32cm; speed = 300 rpm. Calculate the brake mean effective pressure.

A. 253 B. 333 C. 393 D. 287

13. A Diesel engine consumed 400 liters of fuel having a density of 860 gms/liter and a heating value of
42500 KJ/kg. If the thermal efficiency is 35%, how many hp-hrs will be generated?

A. 1678 B. 2152 C. 1812 D. 1905

14. Determine the brake power of an engine having a brake thermal efficiency of 35% and uses 25°API
fuel with fuel consumption of 40 kg/hr.

A. 165.84 KW B. 173.52 KW C. 133.54 KW D. 60.67 KW

15. A diesel engine develops a torque of 5 KN-m at 1800 rpm. If the brake thermal efficiency is 31%, find
the heat generated by fuel.

A. 3050 KW B. 3040.25 KW C. 3000.25 KW D. 5000 KW

16. A 500 KW diesel engine operates at 101.3 Kpa and 27°C in Manila. If the engine will operate in Baguio
having 93 Kpa and 23°C, what new brake power developed if mechanical efficiency is 85%?

A. 600 kw B. 754 KW C. 459 KW D. 971 KW

17. A 50 Bhp blast furnace engine uses fuel with 10 ft3/Bhp-hr. The heating value of the gas is 33,700
KJ/m3. Determine the brake thermal efficiency.

A. 28.15% B. 56% C. 28.34% D. 25.24%

18. During the dynamometer test of an engine for 1 hr steady load, the engine consumes 40kg fuel
having 44,000 KJ/kg heating value. If the torque developed is 2.5 KN-m during the test at 600 rpm, what
is the brake thermal efficiency?

A. 30.11% B. 32.13% C. 34.556% D. 23.45%

19. Find the power which a 2.81MW natural gas engine can developed at an altitude of 1981.2 m taking
into consideration the pressure changes alone.

A. 1.975 MW B. 2.199 MW C. 1.769MW D. 1.997MW

20. A waste heat recovery boiler produces 4.8 Mpa (dry saturated) steam from 104°C feedwater. The
boiler receives energy from 6 kg/s of 954°C dry air. After passing through a waste heat boiler, the
temperature of air has been reduced to 343°C. How much steam in kg/s produced? Note: At 4.80 Mpa
dry saturated, h= 2796.

A. 1.89 B. 1.3 C. 1.55 D. 2.55

21. A water brake coupled to an engine on test absorbs 90 kw of power. Find the mass flow of fresh
water through the brake, in kg/min if the temperature increases of the water is 12°C. Assume all the
heat generated is carried away by the cooling water.

A. 107.50 kg/min B. 110 kg/min C. 100 kg/min D. 128 kg/min

22. A 350 hp diesel engine has a cooling water that enters at 100°F and leaves at 180°F with c2 = 4.19
KJ/kg-K. Find the gallons per minute of water required.

A. 10.23 B. 19.61 C. 14.56 D. 16.5

23. A 310 mm x 460 mm four stroke single acting diesel engine is rated at 170 KW at 280 rpm. Fuel
consumption at rated load is 0.28 kg/KW-hr with a heating value of 43,912 KJ/kg. Calculate brake
thermal efficiency.

A. 31.53% B. 27.45% C. 29.28% D. 54.23%

24. A six-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine with 76 mm bore x 89 mm stroke was run in the laboratory at
1800 rpm, when it was found that the engine torque was 163.5 N-m with all cylinders firing but 133 N-m
when one cylinder was out. The engine consumed 12.5 kg of fuel per hour with a heating value of 52,120
KJ/kg and 252 kg of air at 15.6°C per hour. Determine the indicated power.

A. 32.1 kw B. 38.4 kw C. 34.5 kw D. 48.3 kw

25. A car engine produces an average of 25 KW of power in a period of 10-min during which 1.25 kg of
gasoline is consumed. If the heating value of gasoline is 43000 KJ/kg, the efficiency of this engine during
this period is:

A. 24% B. 28% C. 32% D. 36%

26. A 4-liter (2-liter per revolution at standard pressure and temperature) spark ignition engine has a
compression ratio of 8 and 2000 KJ/kg heat addition by the fluid combustion. Considering a cold air-
standard Otto cycle model, how much power will the engine produce when operating at 2500 rpm?

A. 50.2 hp B. 73.1 hp C. 97.4 hp D. 151.39 hp

27. A pure Diesel cycle operates with a compression ratio of 15, and a cut-off ratio of 2.5. what is the rate
of heat input in KJ/sec required for this cycle to produce 300 hp?

A. 227 B. 386 C. 438 D. 556

28. A 15.24 cm x 22.86 cm single acting, 8-cylinder, 4 stroke diesel engine operates at 1200 rpm. The
load on the brake arm is 101.6 cm length is 120 kg. What is the brake mean effective pressure in kPa?

A. 451 kPa B. 500 C. 625 D. 354

29. A gasoline engine generates 250 kw while consuming 0.018 kg/sec of fuel. The friction power is 25
kw. The higher heating value of fuel is 44,000 kJ/kg. Calculate the indicated thermal efficiency.

A. 0.372 B. 0.333 C. 0.347 D. 0.316

30. Calculate the volumetric efficiency of a tour stroke six-cylinder car engine of 8.5 cm bore and 9.5 cm
stroke running at 2000 rpm with 2.0 m3/min of entering air.

A. 0.71 B. 0.75 C. 0.55 D. 0.62