Ammonia weighing 22 kg is confined inside a cylinder equipped with a piston has an initial

pressure of 413 kPa at 38 C. If 2900 kJ of heat is added to the ammonia until its pressure and
temperature are 413 kPa and 100 C, respectively. What is the amount of work done by the fluid
in kJ? 667

A cast-iron saucepan of mass 1.4 kg is filled with 5 L of water at 15°C, placed on an electric
hotplate, and brought up to boiling point. What is the cost of energy used if electricity costs 10
cents per kW-Hr and the hotplate has an efficiency of 60%. (CP of cast iron is 0.42 kJ/kg-C°)
8.5 cents

The following expression relate to a particular gaseous mass: PV = 95T, h = 120 + 0.60T where
these units obtain in psf, V in ft3/lb. T in oR and h in Btu/lb. If specific heats are temperature
dependent only, find Cp nd Cv. 0.60 Btu/lboR, 0.48 Btu/lboR
In an air standard Brayton cycle, air enters the compressor at 101.325 kPa and 27 C. Determine
the net work (in kJ/kg) if the maximum temperature is 1000 C and the pressure ratio is 9. 332

One kilogram of wet steam at a pressure of 8 bar (Vg = 0.2404 m3/kg, vf = 0.0011148
m3/kg) and dryness 0.94 is expanded until the pressure is 4 bar (vg = 0.4625 m3/kg, vf
= 0.0010836 m3). If the expansion follows the law PV^n = C, where n =1.12, find the
dryness fraction of the steam at the lower pressure. 0.9072

Wet saturated steam at 16 bar (hf = 859 kJ/kg , hg = 1935 kJ/kg) reducing valve and is throttled
to a pressure of 8 bar (hr = 721 kJ/kg, hfg = 2048 kJ/kg). Find the dryness fraction of the
reduces pressure steam. 0.9933
What is the expected head loss per mile of a closed circular pipe with 17 inch inside diameter if
friction factor is 0.03 when 3300 gal/min of water flow under pressure? 11.5m

How far below the water surface should a vertical square 1 m on a side with two sides horizontal
to be immersed so that the center of pressure will be 70 mm below the center of gravity. 2.3 ft

What is the pressure 8000 ft below the water surface of the ocean in psf? Neglect
compressibility. 512000
A certain coal has the following ultimate analysis by weight. C = 67 %, Ash = 5 %, Moisture = 8
%, N = 6 %, H = 3 %, Sulfur = 7 %, O = 4 %. Calculate the higher heating value in Btu/lb. 11579

An oil heater heats 100 kg per minute of oil from 35 C to 100 C in a counterflow heat exchanger.
The average specific heat of the oil is 2.5 kJ/kg-C. Exhaust gases used for heating enter the
heater with an average specific heat of 1 kJ/kg-C, a mass flow rate of 250 kg/min and an initial
temperature of 200 C. The overall heat transfer coefficient is 65 W/m2-C. Determine the heating
surface in sq. m. 41.67

In an experiment to find the specific heat of lead, a 0.53 kg of lead shot at a temperature of 51 C
is poured into an insulated calorimeter containing 0.25 kg of water at 13.5 C and the resultant
temperature of the mixture is 15.5 C. If the water equivalent of the calorimeter is 0.02 kg, find
the specific heat of the lead. 1.202 kJ/kg-K
A 5 m x 5 m wall of a room has a surface temperature of 40 o The wall thickness is 25 cm and
has a thermal conductivity of 0.07 W/m-K, and air film conductance is 15 W/m2-oK. If the
outside air temperature is 18 oC, what is the heat loss through the wall? 151.18 W

A new Cummins diesel power plant consumed 1 m3 of fuel with 300API at 31oC in 24 hrs.
Calculate the fuel rate in kg/hr. 36.08 kg/hr

A Shell diesel fuel oil has the following contents: 85.5% carbon, 11.9% hydrogen,1.6% oxygen,
and 1% impurities. Calculate the percentage CO2 in the flue gas for complete combustion.
23.54%