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Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Lucena City

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Sept. 12, 2022
MEAC 403: REVIEW POWER & INDUSTRIAL PLANT ENGINEERING

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Encircle only one answer
for item corresponding to the letter of your choice. ANY FORM OF ERASURES/ALTERATION ARE
ALLOWED. NOTC – means none of the choices.

1. Find the pressure at the 100-fathom depth of water in kpag.

A. *1,793.96 kpag B. 1,893.96 kpag C. 1,993.96 kpag D. 1,693.96 kpag

2. Find the mass of 10 quarts of water.

A 10.46 kg *B. 9.46 kg C. 11.46 kg D. 8.46 kg

3. Compute the mass of a 2 m3 propane at 280 kpa and 40˚C.

A. 6.47 kg B. 5.1 kg C. 10.20 kg *D. 9.47 kg

4. Find the enthalpy of water at 212˚F and 14.7 psi if the dryness factor is 30%. Use the
approximate enthalpy formula of liquid.
A. 461 Btu/lb B. *471 Btu/lb C. 481 Btu/lb D. 491 Btu/lb

5. What is the approximate value of temperature of water having enthalpy of 208 Btu/lb?
A. 138.67 ˚C B. *115.55 ˚C C. 258.67 ˚C D. 68.67 ˚C

6. A 1 m x 1.5 m cylindrical tank is full of oil with SG = 0.92. Find the force acting at the bottom
of the tank in dynes.
A. 106. 33 x 103 dynes B. 106.33 x 104 dynes C. 106.33 x 105 dynes D. 106.33 x 106 dynes

7. Find the heat needed to raise the temperature of water from 30°C to 100°C with 60% quality.
Consider an atmospheric pressure of 101.325 kpa. Use the approximate enthalpy formula of
liquid.
A. 293.09KJ/kg B. 1,772.90KJ/kg C. 1,547.90KJ/kg D. *1,647.29KJ/kg

8. Find the work possess for a Helium gas at 200C

A. *609 KJ/kg B. 168 KJ/kg C. 229 KJ/kg D. 339 KJ/kg

9. Convert 750˚R to ˚K
A. 390.33 ˚K B. 395.33 ˚K C. 410.33 ˚K D. *416.33 ˚K

10. The air in an automobile tire with a volume of 0.53 ft3 is at 90 oF and 20 psig. Determine the
amount of air that must be added to raise the pressure to the recommended value of 30 psig.
Assume the atmospheric to be 14.7 psia and the temperature and the volume to remain
constant.
A. *0.026 lb B. 0.046 lb C. 0.066 lb D. 0.086 lb

11. A rigid tank contains 20 lbm of air at 20 psia and 70oF. More air is added to the tank until the
pressure and temperature rise to 35 psia and 90oF, respectively. Determine the amount of air
added to the tank.
A. 11.73 lb B. *13.73 lb C. 15.73 lb D. 17.73 lb

12. A rigid tank contains 5 kg of an ideal gas at 4 atm and 40oC. Now a valve is opened, and half of
mass of the gas is allowed to escape. If the final pressure in the tank is 1,5 atm, the final
temperature in the tank is:
A. *-38oC B. -30oC C. 40oC D. 53oC

13. The pressure of an automobile tire is measured to be 200 kpa(gage) before the trip and 220
kpa(gage) after the trip at a location where the atmospheric pressure is 90 kpa. If the
temperature of the air in the tire before the trip is 25oC, the air temperature after the trip is:
A. *45.6oC B. 54.6oC C. 27.5oC D. 26.7oC

14. If the gage pressure of a medium is 30kPa (vacuum) and the atmospheric pressure is 101.3kPa,
the absolute pressure will be:
A.131.3kPa B.-71.3kPa C.*71.3kPa D.-131.3kPa
15. If a particle has a velocity of 4 meters per second and a kinetic energy of 144 Joules, then the
mass, in kilograms of this particle must be:
A.44 B.16 C.*18 D.24

16. A condenser vacuum gauge reads 715 mm Hg when the barometer stands at 757 mm Hg. State
the absolute pressure in the condenser in kN/m or kPa.
A. *5.6kPa B.5.9kPa C.6.5kPa D.5.2kPa

17. Determine the force in Newton in a piston of 465 mm2 area with a pressure of 0.172MPa.
A.65N B.72N C.*80N D.111

18. A water tank of 18 ft long and 4 ft high, calculate the pressure at the bottom of the tank.
A. *1.733psi B.1.999psi C.2.337psi D.3.773psi

19. The pressure of 750 mm Hg in kN/m2

A.90 B. *100 C.103 D.110

20. A double purpose tank 18 ft wide, 24 ft long and 4 ft depth is filled with water. What is the
weight of water in the tank in long tons?
A. *49tons B.48tons C.54tons D.50tons

21. A substance temperature was 6200R. What is the temperature in oC?

A. 50.7 B. 45.54 C. *71.11 D. 94.44

22. The density of a gas is 1.5 kg/m3. The specific weight of the gas is most nearly:
A. 9.0 N/m3 B. 15 N/m3 C. 76 N/m3 D. 98 N/m3

23. A fluid has a density of 860 kg/m3. The specific gravity of the fluid is most nearly:
A. 0.63 B. 0.82 C. 0.86 D. 0.95

24. 32°C water flows at 2 m/s through a pipe that has an inside diameter of 3 cm. The viscosity of
the water is 769 × 10−6 N·s/m2 , and the density of the water is 995 kg/m3 . The kinematic
viscosity of the water is most nearly:
A. 0.71 × 10–6 m2/s B. 0.77 × 10–6 m2/s C. 0.84 × 10–6 m2 /s D. 0.92 × 10–6 m2 /s

25. An open glass tube with a diameter of 1 mm contains mercury at 20°C. At this temperature,
mercury has a surface tension of 0.519 N/m and a density of 13 600 kg/m3 . The contact angle
for mercury in a glass tube is 140°. The capillary depression is most nearly:
A. 6.1 mm B. 8.6 mm C. 12 mm D. 17 mm

26. One leg of a mercury U-tube manometer is connected to a pipe containing water under a gage
pressure of 100 kPa. The mercury in this leg stands 0.75 m below the water. The mercury in
the other leg is open to the air. The density of the water is 1000 kg/m3 , and the specific
gravity of the mercury is 13.6. The height of the mercury in the open leg is most nearly:
A. 0.05 m B. 0.5 m C. 0.8 m D. 1 m

27. An incompressible fluid flows through a pipe with an inner diameter of 10 cm at a velocity of 4
m/s. The pipe contracts to an inner diameter of 8 cm. What is most nearly the velocity of the
fluid in the narrower section?
A. 4.7 m/s B. 5.0 m/s C. 5.8 m/s D. 6.3 m/s

28. The diameter of a water pipe gradually changes from 5 cm at the entrance, point A, to 15 cm at
the exit, point B. The exit is 5 m higher than the entrance. The pressure is 700 kPa at the
entrance and 664 kPa at the exit. Friction between the water and the pipe walls is negligible.
The water density is 1000 kg/m3. What is most nearly the rate of discharge at the exit?
A. 0.0035 m3/s B. 0.0064 m3/s C. 0.010 m3/s D. 0.018 m3/s

29. The mean velocity of 40°C water in a 44.7 mm (inside diameter) tube is 1.5 m/s. The kinematic
viscosity is v = 6.58 x 10-7 m2/s. what is most nearly the Reynolds number?
A. 8.1 × 103 B. 8.5 × 103 C. 9.1 × 104 D. 1.0 × 105

30. Water at 50°C and 1 atm has a specific enthalpy of 209.33 kJ/kg and a specific entropy of
0.7038 kJ/kg·K. What is most nearly the Gibbs function for the water?
A. −18 kJ/kg B. −3.0 kJ/kg C. 300 kJ/kg D. 440 kJ/kg