BOILER

1. A tubulous boiler has a heating area of 500 sq. meters. For a developed 7. A coal for boiler is analyzed for its Ultimate analysis by weight.
boiler horsepower of 825, determine the percent rating of the boiler. C = 70.5% S = 3.0 % H2 = 4.5% Ash = 11% Moisture = 4%
O2 = 6.0% N2 = 1.0%
a. 147.2% c. 148.08%
b. 150.15% d. 152.15% A stoker fired boiler of 175,000 kg/hr steaming capacity uses this coal as fuel.
Calculate:
2. The factor of evaporation of a boiler is 1.1 and a steam rate of 0.79 kg/sec.
What is the developed boiler horsepower? a. Actual air fuel ratio for an excess air of 30%.
b. Volume of air in cu. m/hr with air at 60 def F and atmospheric
a. 199.9 c. 201.45
pressure if boiler efficiency is 70% and factor of evaporation is 1.10.
b. 202.9 d. 205.30
c. Weight of fuel in metric tons needed for 24 hours operation at
3. The percent rating of a water tube boiler is 200%, factor of evaporation of rated capacity.
1.08 and heating surface area is 256 sq. meters. Find the rate of evaporation
8. A steam boiler on test generates 401,430 kgs of steam in a 4-hour period.
in kg/hr.
The steam pressure is 2750 kPa and 370ᵒC. The temperature of the water
a. 7921.5 c. 8010.56 supplied to the boiler is 138ᵒC. If the boiler efficiency is 82.5% and the coal
b. 8153.2 d. 8340.6 has a heating value of 32,200 kJ/kg, find the average amount of coal burned
in kg/hr.
4. The actual specific evaporation of a certain boiler is 10. Factor of
evaporation is 1.05. If the heating value of fuel is 30,000 kJ/kg, find the boiler a. 9495.23 c. 9568.90
efficiency. b. 9770.77 d. 9950.62

a. 73.67% c. 76.45% 9. A water tube boiler has a capacity of 1000 kg/hr of steam. The factor of
c. 78.20% d. 79.01% evaporation is 1.3, boiler rating is 200%, boiler efficiency is 65%, fuel heating
value is 18,400 kcal/kg. The total coal available in the bunker is 50,000 kg.
5. The ASME evaporation units of a boiler is 24,827,000 Joules/hr. The boiler Determine the total number of hours for the boiler to consume the available
auxiliaries consume 1.5 MW. What is the net boiler efficiency if the heat fuel.
generated by the fuel is 30,000 kJ/hr?
a. 849.12 c. 851.89
a. 59.67% c. 61.35% b. 854.01 d. 857.24
b. 63.12% d. 64.75%
10. A circular fuel tank, 45 feet long and 5.5 feet diameter is used for oil
6. A 100,000 kg of coal supplied two boilers. One has a fuel consumption of storage. Calculate the number of days the supply tank can hold for
150 kg/hr and the other is 200 kg/hr. How many days the two boilers consume continuous operation at the following condition:
the 100,000 kg of coal?

a. 8 c. 10 Steam flow, 2000 lb/hr

b. 12 d. 14 Steam as dry and saturated at 200 psia
Feedwater temperature at 230ᵒF
Boiler efficiency, 75%
Fuel oil, 34ᵒAPI
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a. 15.5 c. 17.5 15. For a generation of dry and saturated steam at 1.0 MPa absolute, what
b. 18.5 d. 20 is the percentage gain in heat when the boiler feedwater is heated from
30°C to 90°C?
11. Two boilers are operating steadily on 91,000 kg of coal contained in a
bunker. One boiler is producing 1591 kg of steam per hour at 1.2 factor of a. 8.47% c. 9.47%
evaporation and an efficiency of 65% and another boiler produces 1364 kg b. 9.97% d. 5.47%
of steam per hour at 1.15 factor of evaporation and an efficiency of 60%.
16. What is the developed boiler horsepower if the steam rate is 0.85 kg/s and
How many hours will the coal in the bunker run the boilers if the heating value
the factor of evaporation is 1.25.
of coal is 7590 kcal/kg.
a. 244.41 Hp c. 200.57 Hp
a. 220.8 hrs c. 256.2 hrs
a. 214.54 Hp d. 157.25 Hp
b. 230.8 hrs d. 453.3 hrs
17. The heating value of fuel supplied in a boiler is 40,000 kJ/kg. If the factor
12. A boiler operating at 11 kg/cm2 is required to generate a minimum of
of evaporation is 1.10 and the actual specific evaporation is 10, what is the
50,000 kg/hr of saturated steam. Feedwater enters the boiler at 80°C. The
efficiency of the boiler?
furnace is designed to fire coal at an average rate of 4,800 kg/hr and boiler
efficiency is 85%. Compute the developed boiler horsepower. a. 62.07% c. 78.05%
b. 53.08% d. 54.97%
a. 3,462.52 c. 5,234.75
b. 4,356.78 d. 2,560.45

13. A steam generating plant consisting of a boiler, an economizer and super

heater generates superheated steam at the rate of 50 tons per hour.
Feedwater enters the boiler at 5 MPa and 120°C. Steam leaves the
superheater at 4.5 MPa and 320°C. If the coal used has a heating value of
30,000 kJ/kg, calculate the no. of tons of coal fired per hr for a gross
efficiency of 85%.

a. 4.889 c. 3.267
b. 5.897 d. 2.675

14. Find the rated boiler horsepower of a H.R.T. boiler 60 in. in diameter 16 ft
long, and having a seventy and 3 in. O.D. tubes with 0.109 in. wall?

a. 95.09 Bo. Hp c. 89.09 Bo. Hp

b. 78.09 Bo. Hp d. 93.05 Bo. Hp