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INSTRUCTION: Solve or familiarize the answers of the c. 195

following very probable problems. d. 0
12. Determine the atmospheric pressure at a
1. Determine the specific weight of air at 760 location where barometric reading is 740
mmHg absolute and 20℃? mmHg and gravitational acceleration is
a. 1.024 kg/𝑚3 g=9.47 m/𝑠 2 .Assume the temperature of
b. 1.316 kg/𝑚3 mercury to be 10℃, at which the density is
c. 1.197 kg/𝑚3 13,760 kg/𝑚3 ?
d. 1.266 kg/𝑚3 a. 99.45 kPa
2. Find the enthalpy of helium if its internal b. 97.41 kPa
energy is 200 kJ/kg? c. 95.44 kPa
a. 144 kJ/kg d. 98.66 kPa
b. 223.42 kJ/kg 13. An ideal gas at 0.80 atmospheres and 87℃
c. 333.42 kJ/kg 0.450 liter. How many moles are in the
d. 166 kJ/kg sample? (R=0.0821 liter- atm/mole-k).
3. Compute the mass of a 2𝑚3 propane at 280 a. 0.0002 mole
kPa and 40℃? b. 0.0378 mole
a. 6.47 kg c. 0.0122 mole
b. 5.1 kg d. 0.0091 mole
c. 10.20 kg 14. A certain gas at 101.325 kpa and 10℃ whose
d. 9.47 kg volume is 2.83𝑚3 are compressed into a
4. Find the pressure at the 100-fathom depth storage vessel at 0.31𝑚3 capacity. Before
of water in kpag? admission, the storage vessel contained the
a. 1,793.96 kpag gas at a pressure and temperature of 137.8
b. 1,893.96 kpag
kPa and 26℃, after admission the pressure
c. 1,983.96 kpag
has increased to 1171.6 kPa. What should be
d. 1,693.96 kpag
the final temperature of the gas in the
5. Find the depth in furlong of the ocean (SG=
Kelvin?
1.03) if the pressure at the sea bed is
a. 296.0
2,032.56 kpag?
b. 319.8
a. 1
c. 180.0
b. 2
d. 314.2
c. 3
15. A perfect gas has a value of R=58.8 ft-
d. 4
Ib/Ib- °R and k=1.26. If 20 Btu are added
6. A 1 m 1.5m cylindrical tank is full of oil
to 10 Ibs of the gas at constat volume when
with SG= 0.92. Find the force acting at the
initial temperature is 90℉, Find the final
bottom of the tank in dynes?
temperature?
a. 106.33 x 107 dynes
a. 97℉
b. 106.33 x 105 dynes
b. 104℉
c. 106.33 x 104 dynes
c. 154℉
d. 106.33 x 106 dynes
d. 185℉
7. Find the mass of ten quart of water?
16. Ammonia weighing 22 kgs is confirmed inside
a. 10.46 kg
a cylinder equipped with a piston has an
b. 9.46 kg
initial pressure of 413 kPa at 38℃. If
c. 11.46 kg
3200 KJ of heat is added to the ammonia
d. 8.46 kg
until its final pressure and temperature
8. Find the mass of carbon dioxide having a
are 413 kpa at 100℃ respectively, what is
pressure of 20 psia at 200℉ with
the ammount of work done by the fluid in
10𝑓𝑡 3 volume?
KJ?
a. 1.04 Ibs
a. 667
b. 1.14 Ibs
b. 304
c. 1.24 Ibs
c. 420
d. 1.34 Ibs
d. 520
9. What is the approximate value of
17. A tank contains 90𝑓𝑡 3 of air at a pressure
temperature of water having enthalpy of 208
of 350 psig. If the air is cooled until its
Btu/Ib?
pressure and temperature decreases to 200
a. 138.67℃
psig and 70℉, respectively, what is the
b. 115.55℃
decrease in internal energy?
c. 258.67℃
a. 6232.09 Btu
d. 68.67℃ b. -5552 Btu
10. Carnot cycle A, B, and C are connected in c. 5552 Btu
series so that the heat rejected from A d. -6232.09 Btu
will be the heat added to B and heat 18. A large mining company was provided with a
rejected from B will be added to C, each
3𝑚3 of compressed air tank. Air pressure in
cycle operates between 30℃ to 400℃. If the the tank drops from 700 kPa to 150 kPa
added to A is 1000 kW, find the work output while the temperature remains constant at
of C?
28℃. What percentage has the mass of air
a. 111.44 kW
in the tank been reduced?
b. 549.78 kW
a. 74.00
c. 247.53 kW
b. 72.45
d. 141.69 kW
c. 78.56
11. Two kilogram of air in a rigid tank changes
d. 78.57
its temperature from 32℃ to 150℃. Find the
19. A 4𝑚3 /hr pump delivers water to a pressure
work done during the process?
tank. At the start, the gage reads 138 kPa
a. 236
until it reads 276 kPa and then the pump
b. 170
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was shut off. The volume of the tank is 180 29. A condenser vacuum gauge reads 715 mmHg
liters. At 276 kPa the water occupied 2/3 when the barometer stands at 757 mmHg.
of the tank volume. Determine the volume of State the absolute pressure in the
water that can be taken out until the gage condenser in KN/𝑚2 or kPa?
reads 138 kPa? a. 5.6 kPa
a. 31.20 litters b. 6.5 kPa
b. 34.59 litters c. 5.9 kPa
c. 16.67 litters d. 5.2 kPa
d. 29.50 litters 30. Determine the force in Newton in a piston
20. Atmospheric pressure boils at 212℉. At the of 465𝑚𝑚2 area with a pressure of 0.172
vacuum pressure at 24 in Hg, the Mpa.
temperature is 142℉. Find the boiling a. 65 N
temperature when the pressure is increased b. 80 N
by 40 psia from atmospheric? c. 72 N
a. 449.42℉ d. 111 N
b. 526.34℉ 31. One piston of a hydraulic press has an area
c. 479.13℉ of 1𝑐𝑚2 . The other piston has an area of
d. 263.45℉ 25𝑐𝑚2 . If a force of 150 N is applied on
21. Find the work possess for a helium gas at the smaller piston, what will be the total
20 deg C? force on the larger piston is both piston
a. 609 KJ/kg surfaces are the same level?
b. 168 KJ/kg a. 6 N
c. 229 KJ/kg b. 3750 N
d. 339 KJ/kg c. 175 N
22. What is the hydraulic gradient of a 1 mile, d. 4250 N
17 inches inside diameter pipe when 3300 32. If the pressure of a confined gas at a
gal/min of water flow with f=0.03? constant temperature is tripled, what will
a. 0.00714 happen to the volume?
b. 0.00614 a. The volume will be tripled.
c. 0.00234 b. The volume will be remain unchanged.
d. 0.00187 c. The volume will be reduced to one-third
23. Convert 750°R to °K. of its original value.
a. 390.33°K d. The volume is constant.
b. 395.33°K 33. The work done on air is 10.86 KJ/kg,
c. 410.33°K determine the compressor power if it is
d. 416.33°K receiving 272 kg/min if air?
24. Air is compressed adiabatically from 30°C a. 36.72 Hp
to 100°C.If mass of air being compressed is b. 2954 Hp
5 kg. Find the change in entropy? c. 49.23 Hp
a. 1.039 KJ/°K d. 66 Hp
b. 0.746 KJ/°K 34. A water tank of 18ft wide, 14ft long and
c. 0 KJ/°K 4ft high, calculate the pressure at the
d. 1.245 KJ/°K bottom of the tank?
25. A steam condenser receives 10 kg/s of steam a. 1.733 psi
with an enthalpy of 2770 KJ/kg. Steam b. 2.337 psi
condenses into a liquid and leaves with an c. 1.999 psi
enthalpy of 160 KJ/kg. Cooling water passes d. 3.773 psi
through the condenser with temperature 35. The pressure of 750 mmHg in kN/𝑚2 ?
increase from 13℃ to 24℃. Calculate the a. 90
water flow rate in kg/s? b. 103
a. 583 c. 100
b. 567 d. 110
c. 523 36. A double purpose tank 18ft wide, 24ft long
d. 528 and 4ft depth is filled with water. What is
26. If the initial volume of an ideal gas is the weight of water in the tank in long
compressed to one-half its original volume tons?
and to twice its temperature, the pressure? a. 49 tons
a. Doubles b. 54 tons
b. Remains constant c. 48 tons
c. Quadruples d. 50 tons
d. halves 37. Oil flow through 16 tubes on a single
27. If the gage pressure of a medium is 30 kPa cooler with a velocity of 2 m/s. the
(vacuum) and the atmospheric pressure is internal diameter of the tube is 30mm and
101.3 kPa, the absolute pressure will be? oil density is 0.85 gm/ml. Find the volume
a. 131.3 kPa flow in liters per sec?
b. 71.3 kPa a. 22.62
c. -71.3 kPa b. 62.22
d. -131.3 kPa c. 32.22
28. If a particle has a velocity of 4 meters d. 42.62
per second and a kinetic energy of 144 38. A substance temperature was 620 deg R. What
Joules, then the mass, in kilograms of this is the temperature in deg C?
particle must be? a. 50.7
a. 44 b. 71.11
b. 18 c. 45.54
c. 16 d. 94.44
d. 24 39. Unknown volume of container gas of gas of 1
atmosphere is allowed to expand to another
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container of 10𝑚3 volume at 500 mmHg at 49. How many cubic meters is 100 gallons of
constant temperature. Find the unknown liquid?
volume? a. 3.7850 cu.m
a. 6.58𝑚3 b. 0.3785 cu.m
b. 5.67𝑚3 c. 0.1638 cu.m
d. 1.638 cu.m
c. 6.75𝑚3
50. Steam turbine is receiving 1014 Ibm/hr of
d. 7.65𝑚3
steam, determine the horsepower output of
40. An iron block weights 7 newtons and has a
the turbine if the work done by steam is
volume of 200 cubic centimeters. What is
251 Btu/Ibm?
the density of the block?
a. 100 Hp
a. 3465 kg/𝑚3 b. 200 Hp
b. 3565 kg/𝑚3 c. 462.7 Hp
c. 1255 kg/𝑚3 d. 6002.7 Hp
d. 2550 kg/𝑚3 51. What is the resulting pressure when one
41. An iron block weighs 5 Newton and has pound of air at 15 psia and 200℉ is heated
volume of 200𝑐𝑚3 . What is the density of at constant volume to 800℉?
the block? a. 52.1 psia
a. 2458 kg/𝑚3 b. 28.6 psia
b. 2584 kg/𝑚3 c. 15 psia
c. 2485 kg/𝑚3 d. 36.4 psia
d. 2549 kg/𝑚3 52. A bicycle tire has a volume of 600 cm3. It
42. If air is at a pressure of 22.22 psia and is inflated with carbon dioxide to pressure
at temperature of 800°R, what is the of 551. 43 kPa at 20℃. How many grams of
specific volume? C02 are contained in the tire? Rco2=
0.18896 KJ/kg.K
a. 11.3 𝑓𝑡 3 /𝐼𝑏𝑚
a. 5.98 g
b. 13.3 𝑓𝑡 3 /𝐼𝑏𝑚
b. 4.63 g
c. 33.1 𝑓𝑡 3 /𝐼𝑏𝑚 c. 6.43 g
d. 31.3 𝑓𝑡 3 /𝐼𝑏𝑚 d. 3.83 g
43. The specific gravity of mercury is 13.55, 53. The absolute pressure at the bottom of a
what is the specific weight of mercury? vertical column of water is 15.5 psia. What
a. 123.9 kN/𝑚3 is the height of this column?
b. 132.9 kN/𝑚3 a. 22 in
c. 139.2 kN/𝑚3 b. 12 in
c. 9.2 in
d. 193.2 kN/𝑚3
d. 9.8 in
44. The equivalent weight of mass 10 kg at a
location where the acceleration of gravity 54. A water temperature rise of 18℉ in the
is 9.77 m/𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 ? water-cooled condenser is equivalent in ℃
a. 97.7 N to.
b. 77.9 N a. 7.78℃
c. 79.7 N b. 263.56°K
d. 977 N c. 10℃
45. A transportation company specializes in the d. -9.44℃
shipment of pressurized gaseous materials. 55. An oil storage tank contains oil with
An order is received from 100 liters of a specific gravity of 0.88 and depth of 20
particular gas at STP (32℉ and 1 atm). meters. What is the hydrostatic pressure at
What minimum volume tank is necessary to the bottom of the tank in kg/cm2?
transport the gas at 80℉ and maximum a. 1.67
pressure of 8 atm? b. 1.56
a. 16 litters c. 1.76
b. 10 litters d. 1.87
c. 14 litters 56. A vertical column of water will be
d. 12 litters supported to what height by standard
46. 100 g of water mixed with 150 g of alcohol atmospheric pressure?
(density=790 kg/𝑚3 ). What is the specific a. 34ft
volume of the resulting mixtures, assuming b. 24ft
that the fluids mixed completely? c. 36ft
d. 26ft
a. 0.82 x 10−3 cu.m/kg
57. The specific weight of liquid is 60 Ib/ft3
b. 0.63 x 10−3 cu.m/kg
what is the equivalent to kN/m3?
c. 0.88 x 10−3 cu.m/kg a. 9.334
d. 1.16 x 10−3 cu.m/kg b. 9.643
47. How much does 30 Ibm weigh on the moon? c. 9.249
(gmoon= 5.47 ft/𝑠 2 ) d. 9.420
a. 2.0 Ibf 58. A cylinder weighs 150 Ibf. Its cross-
b. 3.4 Ibf sectional area is 40 square inches. When
c. 3.2 Ibf the cylinder stands vertically on one end,
d. 5.096 Ibf what pressure does the cylinder exert on
48. A 10 kg block is raised vertically 3 the floor?
meters. What is the change in potential a. 14.1 kPa
energy? b. 0.258 bar
a. 320 J c. 58.2 kPa
b. 294 J d. 0.141 bar
c. 350 kg-𝑚2 /𝑠 2 59. What is the absolute pressure exerted on
d. 350 N-m the surface of a submarine cruising 300 ft
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below the free surface of the sea? Assume b. 9.9 bar

specific gravity of sea water is 1.03. c. 7.8 bar
a. 133.9 psia d. 8.1 bar
b. 100.7 psia 70. The tank of an air compressor has a volume
c. 148.6 psia of 3 𝑓𝑡 3 and is filled with air at a
d. 103.7 psia temperature of 40℉. If the gauge on the
60. Air enters a nozzle steadily at 2.21 kg/m3 tank reads 150 psig, what is the mass of
and 30 m/s. What is the mass flow rate the air in the tank?
through the nozzle if the inlet area of the a. 1.78 Ibs
nozzle is 80 cm2? b. 2.67 Ibs
a. 0.35 kg/s c. 2.00 Ibs
b. 5.3 kg/s d. 1.98 Ibs
c. 3.5 kg/s 71. What is the mass of acetylene gas, V=0.94
d. 0.53 kg/s cu.ft., R=59.35 ft.Ib/Ib°R, T= 90℉, P= 200
61. The work required to accelerate an 800-kg psia?
car from rest to 100 km/h on a level road? a. 0.816 Ib
a. 308.6 KJ b. 0.829 Ib
b. 608.3 KJ c. 0.841 Ib
c. 806.3 KJ d. 0.852 Ib
d. 386 KJ 72. A refrigerating system operates on the
62. Assuming that there are no heat effects and reversed Carnot cycle. The higher
no friction effects, find the speed of a temperature of the refrigerant in the
3220-Ibm body after it falls 778ft from
system is 120℉ and the lower is 10℉. The
rest.
capacity is 20 tons. Neglect losses.
a. 422 ft/sec
Determine the coefficient of performance?
b. 224 ft/sec
a. 2.732
c. 424 ft/sec
b. 7.372
d. 424 ft/sec
c. 5.373
63. What is the flow rate through a pipe 4
d. 4.273
inches in diameter carrying water at a
73. Aluminum has a specific heat of 0.902 J/g x
velocity of 11 ft/sec?
℃. How much heat is lost when a piece of
a. 430.84 gpm
aluminum with a mass of 23.984 g cools from
b. 340.28 gpm
a temperature of 415.0℃ to a temperature
c. 7.18 gpm
d. 39.16 gpm of 22.0℃?
64. If the specific weight of a liquid is 58.5 a. 8500 J
Ibf per cubic foot, what is the specific b. 80000 J
volume of the liquid, cm3/g? c. 6000 J
d. 7500 J
a. 0.5321 𝑐𝑚3 /g
74. If the temperature of an air parcel is -
b. 0.9504 𝑐𝑚3 /g
20.5℃, and its density is 0.690 kg/𝑚3 ,
c. 0.6748 𝑐𝑚3 /g
what is the pressure of the air parcel?
d. 1.0675 𝑐𝑚3 /g a. 40 kPa
65. What is the resulting pressure when one b. 60 kPa
pound of air at 0.3 psig and 200℉ is c. 50 kPa
heated at constant volume to 800℉? d. 70 kPa
a. 0.572 psig 75. A 35.0 mL sample of gas is enclosed in a
b. 7.857 psig flask at 22 degrees celsius. If the flask
c. 28.6 psig was placed in an ice bath at 0 degrees
d. 1.2 psig celsius, what would the new gas volume be
66. A mixture of 0.4 Ibm of helium and 0.2 Ibm if the pressure is held constant?
of oxygen is compressed polytropically from a. 34.1 ml
14.7 psia and 60℉ to 60 psia according to b. 32.39 ml
n=1.4. Determine the final temperature, T2. c. 32.1 ml
a. 727.7 °R d. 33.1 ml
b. 777.2 °R 76. The thermal efficiency of a carnot cycle
c. 722.7 °R operating between 170℃ and 620℃ is closest
d. 277.7 °R to?
67. During the working stroke of an engine the a. 44 %
heat transferred out of the system was 150 b. 63 %
KJ/kg of working substances. The internal c. 50 %
energy also decreased by 400 KJ/kg of d. 73 %
working substance. Determine the work done? 77. A pressure gauge registers 50 psig in a
a. 250 KJ/kg region where the barometer reads 14.8 psia.
b. 600 kJ/kg Find the absolute pressure in kPa?
c. 550 KJ/kg a. 666.66 kPa
d. 350 KJ/kg b. 446.66 kPa
68. Find the density of oil with a specific c. 556.66 kPa
gravity of 1.6 in g/𝑐𝑚3 ? d. 336.66 kPa
a. 15.68 g/𝑐𝑚3 78. Determine the pressure exerted on a diver
b. 0.8 g/𝑐𝑚3 at 30m below the free surface of the sea.
c. 99.84 g/𝑐𝑚3 Assume a barometric pressure of 101 kPa and
the specific gravity of sea water is 1.03?
d. 1.6 g/𝑐𝑚3
a. 404 kPa
69. What is the absolute pressure if the gauge
pressure is reading 9 bar and the b. 420 kPa
c. 410 kPa
atmospheric pressure is 0.9 bar?
d. 430 kPa
a. 6.3 bar
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79. An air compressor has an inlet enthalpy of a. 1234.45 kW

35 Btu/Ib and an exit enthalpy of 70 b. 2340.53 kW
Btu/Ib. The mass flow rate of air is 3 c. 5233.75 kW
Ib/s. If the heat loss is 466.62 Btu/min, d. 3140.25 kW
find the work input to the compressor? 90. Determine the quality of steam in a vessel
a. 139.59 Hp containing 2 kg of saturated vapor and 8 kg
b. 159.59 Hp of saturated liquid?
c. 149.59 Hp a. 100 %
d. 169.59 Hp b. 80 %
80. An automobile tire is inflated to 35 psig c. 20 %
at 54℉. After being driven, the d. 60 %
temperature rises to 80℉. Determine the 91. One kilogram of air is compressed
final gauge pressure assuming that the tire adiabatically and in a steady-flow manner.
is inflexible? The compression efficiency is 80% and the
a. 36.51 psig work done on the air is 265 KJ/kg. Compute
b. 38.51 psig the heat?
c. 37.51 psig a. 212 KJ/kg
d. 39.51 psig b. 0 KJ/kg
81. A condenser vacuum gauge reads 600 mmHg c. 100 KJ/kg
when the barometer reads 760 mmHg. What is d. 331.25 KJ/kg
the absolute condenser pressure in bar? 92. Three-hundred kilojoules of heat flow by
a. 0.0213 conduction from the outside to the inside
b. 0.213 of a cold storage in one hour. If the
c. 0.061 temperature and all other conditions are
d. 0.610 the same, what is the heat flowing through
82. Water flows in a pipe at the rate of 10 the cold storage room in two hours?
kg/s. if the velocity of flow is 10 m/s, a. 600 KJ
find the pipe diameter. b. 300 KJ
a. 30.23 mm c. 900 KJ
b. 38.39 mm d. 1,200 KJ
c. 35.68 mm 93. Determine the specific weight of air at 760
d. 42.39 mm mmHg absolute and 22℃?
83. What is the resulting pressure when one a. 1.014 kg/𝑚3
kilogram of air at 104 kPa and 98℃ is b. 1.197 kg/𝑚3
heated at constant volume to 450℃? c. 1.316 kg/𝑚3
a. 202.67 kPa d. 1.266 kg/𝑚3
b. 186.53 kPa 94. Two Carnot heat engine operate in series
c. 194.67 kPa between a source at 527℃ and sink at 17℃.
d. 198.65 kPa The first engines reject 400 KJ to the
84. Determine the degrees of superheat of steam second engine. If both engines have the
at 101.325 kPa and 170℃? same efficiency. Calculate the source the
a. 50℃ temperature for the second.
b. 60℃ a. 272 ℃
c. 70℃ b. 94.65 ℃
d. 80℃ c. 208.66 ℃
85. Calculate the approximate enthalpy of water d. 510 ℃
at 90℃? 95. A steam turbine receives a steam flow of
a. 366.83 KJ/kg 1.35 kg/s and delivers 500 kW. The heat
b. 383.83 KJ/kg loss from the casing is negligible. Find
c. 376.83 KJ/kg the change of specific enthalpy across the
d. 396.83 KJ/kg turbine when the velocities at the entrance
86. A Carnot cycle operates between 30℃ and and exit and the difference in elevation at
350℃. Find the cycle efficiency? the entrance and exit are negligible?
a. 51.36 % a. -370.37 kJ/kg
b. 45.37 % b. -372.37 kJ/kg
c. 63.45 % c. -371.37 kJ/kg
d. 76.46 % d. -373.37 kJ/kg
87. A Carnot cycle has a maximum temperature of 96. A Carnot cycle engine has a sink
550℉ and minimum temperature of 100℉. If temperature of 45℃. Its thermal efficiency
the heat added is 4200 Btu/min, find the is 48.20%. The heat rejected is 742 KJ/min.
horsepower output of the engine? Determine the power output in kW?
a. 34.53 a. 23.87 kW
b. 44.13 b. 11.51 kW
c. 40.56 c. 12.37 kW
d. 65.40 d. 18.33 kW
88. A Carnot cycle has a sink temperature of 97. A pressure gauge registers 50 psig in a
100℉ and a cycle efficiency of 70%. Find region where the barometer reads 14.8 psia.
the temperature of the heat source? Find the absolute pressure in kPa?
a. 1306.70℉ a. 666.66 kPa
b. 556.66 kPa
b. 1506.70℉
c. 446.66 kPa
c. 1406.70℉
d. 336.66 kPa
d. 1606.70℉
98. Consider 1 kg of air at 32℃ that expanded
89. Fifty kilograms of cooling water per second
by a reversible polytropic process with n=
enter the condenser at 25℃ and leaves at
1.25 until the pressure is halved.
50℃. Find the heat carried away by water? Determine the heat transfer. Specific heat
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at constant volume for air is 0.1786 KJ/kg- a. 38.5 psia

k? b. 40.5 psia
a. 17.02 KJ heat rejected c. 42.5 psia
b. 17.02 KJ heat added d. 44.5 psia
c. 7.05 KJ heat rejected 108. A 50 kg block of iron casting at 500K
d. 7.05 KJ heat added is thrown into a large lake that is at a
99. Fifty kilograms of cooling water per second temperature of 258 deg K. The iron block
enter the condenser at 25℃ and leaves at eventually reaches thermal equilibrium with
50℃. Find the heat carried away by water? the lake water. Assuming average specific
a. 1234.45 kW heat of 0.45 KJ/Kg-K for the iron,
b. 5233.75 kW determine the entropy generated during this
c. 2340.53 kW process?
d. 3140.25 kW a. -12.65 KJ/k
100. A heat engine has a thermal efficiency b. 16.97 KJ/k
of 50%. How much power does the engine c. 4.32 KJ/k
produce when heat is transferred at a rate d. 6.32 KJ/k
of 109KJ/hr? 109. A heat engine receives hat from a
a. 50 MW source at 1200 deg K at a rate of 500 KJ/s
b. 75 MW and rejects the waste heat to a medium at
c. 139 MW 300 deg K. the power output of the heat
d. 147 MW engine is 180 kW. Determine the
101. One kilogram of air is compressed irreversibility rate for this process.
adiabatically and in a steady flow manner. a. 190 kW
The compression efficiency is 80% and the b. 195 kW
work done on the air is 265 KJ/kg. Compute c. 200 kW
the heat? d. 205 kW
a. 212 KJ/kg 110. A dealer advertises that he has just
b. 100 KJ/kg received a shipment of electric resistance
c. 0 KJ/kg heaters fir residential buildings that have
d. 331.25 KJ/kg and efficiency of 100%. Assuming an indoor
102. Three hundred kilojoules of heat flow temperature of 21 deg C and outdoor
by conduction from the outside to the temperature of 10 deg C, determine the
inside of a cold storage in one hour. If second low efficiency of these heaters.
the temperature and all other conditions a. 8.74 %
are the same, what is the heat flowing b. 6.74 %
through the cold storage room in two hours? c. 3.74 %
a. 600 KJ d. 4.74 %
b. 900 KJ 111. A rigid tank contains 2 kmol of N2 and
c. 300 KJ 6 kmol of CO2 gases at 300 deg K and 115
d. 1,200 KJ MPa. Find the tank volume using ideal gas
103. The grain of entropy during isothermal equation?
nonflow process of 5 Ib of air at 60℉ is a. 7.33𝑚3
0.462 Btu/°R. Find the V1/V2? b. 5.33𝑚3
a. 3.85 c. 3.33𝑚3
b. 0.296 d. 1.33𝑚3
c. 1.0 112. A spherical balloon with a diameter of
d. 0.259 6m is filled with helium at 20 Deg C and
104. Air at 300°K and 200 kpa is heated at 200 kPa. Determine the mole number?
constant pressure to 600°K. Determine the a. 9.28 kmol
change of internal energy? b. 10.28 kmol
a. 245.58 KJ/kg c. 11.28 kmol
b. 235.58 KJ/kg d. 13.28 kmol
c. 225.58 KJ/kg 113. The air in an automobile tire with a
d. 215.58 KJ/kg volume of 0.53𝑓𝑡 3 is at 90 deg F and 20
105. An insulated rigid tank initially psig. Determine the amount of air that must
contains 1.5 Ib of helium at 80℉ and 50 be added to raise the pressure to the
psia. A paddle wheel with power rating of recommended value of 30 psig. Asssume the
0.02 hp is operated within the tank for 30 atmospheric pressure to be 14.7 psia and
min. determine the final temperature? the temperature and the volume to remain
a. 159.22 ℉ constant.
b. 235.58 ℉ a. 0.026 Ib
c. 179.22 ℉ b. 0.046 Ib
d. 189.22 ℉ c. 0.066 Ib
106. A heat source at 800 deg k losses 2000 d. 0.086 Ib
of heat to a sink at 500 deg k. determine 114. A rigid tank contains 20 lbm of air at
the entropy generated during this process? 20 psia and 70 deg F. more air is added to
a. 1.5 KJ/k the tank until the pressure and temperature
b. 2.5 KJ/k rise to 35 psia and 90 deg F, respectively.
c. -2.5 KJ/k Determine the amount of air added to the
d. 4 KJ/k tank?
107. Helium gases is compressed in an A. 11.73 Ib
adiabatic compressor from an initial state B. 13.73 Ib
of 14 psia and 50 deg F to a final C. 15.73 Ib
temperature of 320 deg F in a reversible D. 17.73 Ib
manner. Determine the exit pressure of 115. A rigid tank contains 5 kg of an ideal
helium? gas at 4 atm and 40 deg C. now a valve is
opened, and half of mass of the gas is
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allowed to escape. If the final pressure in reservoir at temperature T. the second

the tank is 1.5 atm, the final temperature engine receives heat by the first one,
in the tank is. convert some of it to work, and rejects the
a. -38 deg C rest to a reservoir at 300 deg k. if
b. -30 deg C thermal efficiencies of both engines are
c. 40 deg C the same, determine the temperature T.
d. 53 deg C A. 849 deg K
116. The pressure of an automobile tire is B. 578 deg K
measured to be 200 kpa (gage) before the C. 763 deg K
trip and 220 kpa (gage) after the trip at a D. 978 deg K
location where the atmospheric pressure is 124. A Carnot cycle operates between the
90 kpa. If the temperature of the air in temperature limits of 300 deg K and 1500
the tire before the trip is 25 deg C, the deg K, and produces 600 Kw of net power.
air temperature after the trip is. The rate of entropy change of the working
a. 45.6 deg C fluid during the heat addition process is.
b. 54.8 deg C a. 0
c. 27.5 deg C b. 0.4 KW/k
d. 26.7 deg C c. 0.5 KW/k
117. Water is boiling at 1 atm pressure in a d. 2.0 KW/k
stainless pan on an electric range. It is 125. Helium gas in an ideal otto cycle is
observed that 2 kg of liquid water compressed from 20 deg C and 2 L and its
evaporates in 30 min. the rate of heat temperature increases by an additional 800
transfer to the water is. deg C during the heat addition process. The
a. 2.97 kW temperature of helium before the expansion
b. 0.47 kW process is.
c. 2.51 kW a. 1700 C
d. 3.12 kW b. 1440 C
118. An elastic sphere containing gas at 129 c. 1240 C
kPa has a diameter of 1.0m. Heating the d. 880 C
sphere causes. It to expand to a diameter 126. A heat engine receives heat from a
of 1.3m. During the process the pressure is source at 1200 def K at a rate of 500 KJ/s
proportional to the sphere diameter. and rejects the waste heat to a sink at 300
Calculate the work done by the gas in KJ. deg K. if the power output of the engine is
A. 41.8 200 kw, the second law efficiency of this
B. 50.6 heat engine is.
C. 87.5 a. 35 %
D. 35.4 b. 75 %
119. An ideal gas with molecular weight of c. 53 %
7.1 kg/kg mol is compressed from 600 kpa d. 40 %
and 280 deg k to a final specific volume of 127. A water reservoir contains 100,000 kg
𝑚3 /kg. Calculate the work of compression in of water at an average elevation of 60m.
KJ/kg? The maximum amount of electric power that
a. 32.8 can be generated from this water is.
b. 33.3 a. 8 KWH
c. 35.6 b. 16 KWH
d. 28.7 c. 1630 KWH
120. A one cubic container contains a d. 58,800 KWH
mixture of gases composed of 0.02 kg-mol of 128. A house is maintained at 22 deg C in
oxygen and 0.04 kg-mol of helium at a winter by electric resistance heaters. If
pressure of 220 kpa. What is the the outdoor temperature is 5 deg C, the
temperature of this ideal gas mixture in second law efficiency of the resistance
degrees kelvin? heater is.
A. 441 a. 0 %
B. 450 b. 77 %
C. 400 c. 34 %
D. 350 d. 5.8 %
121. A 12 DC electrical motor draws a 129. Determine the temperature for which a
current of 15 amps. How much work in KJ thermometer with degrees Fahrenheit is
does this motor produce over a 10-minute numerically twice the reading of the
period of operation? temperature in degrees Celsius.
a. 108.0 a. -24.6
b. 318.2 b. 320
c. 216.0 c. 160
d. 129.6 d. -12.3
122. An insulated box containing helium gas 130. During takeoff in a spaceship, an
falls from a balloon 4.5 km above the astronaut is subjected to acceleration
earth’s surface. Calculate the temperature equal to 5 times the pull of the earth’s
rise in deg C of the helium when box hits standard gravity. If the astronaut is 180
the ground. Ibm and the take-off is vertical, what
a. 15.2 force does he exert on the seat?
b. 14.1 a. 4810.9 N
c. 25.3 b. 4414.5 N
d. 12.6 c. 8829 N
123. Consider two Carnot heat engine d. 9620 N
operating in series. The first engine 131. A pressure cooker operates by cooking
receives heat from the reservoir at 2400 food at a higher pressure and temperature
deg K and rejects the waste heat to another than is possible at atmospheric condition.
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Steam is contained in the sealed pot, with trapped in the apparatus if the pressure
vent hole in the middle of the cover, exerted on the gas remained constant.
allowing steam to escape. The pressure is a. 12302.41 𝑚𝑚3
regulated by covering the vent hole with a b. 70833.33 𝑚𝑚3
small weight, which is displaced slightly c. 8128.49 𝑚𝑚3
by escaping steam. Atmospheric pressure is
d. 2117.64 𝑚𝑚3
100 kpa, the vent hole area is 7-𝑚𝑚2 , and
139. At a pressure of 60℉, A motorbike tire
the pressure inside should be 250 kpa. What
is inflated to 33 psig. As it is driven
is the mass of the weight?
along the C-5 road, the temperature rise to
a. 0.107 kg
76℉. Assuming the volume remains constant.
b. 1.05 kg
Determine the final gauge pressure.
c. 1.75 kg
A. 34.47 psig
d. 0.1783 kg
B. 35.00 psig
132. A barometer can be used to measure an
C. 49.17 psig
airplane’s altitude by comparing the
D. 34.30 psig
barometric pressure at a given flying
140. Steam enters a turbine stage with an
altitude to that on the ground. Determine
enthalpy of 3700 KJ/kg and a velocity of 80
an airplane’s altitude if the pilot
m/s and leaves with an enthalpy of 2864
measures the barometric pressure at 700
KJ/kg with a velocity of 128 m/s. if the
mmHg, the ground reports it at 758 mm-Hg,
rate of a steam flow through the turbine if
and the average air density is 1.19
0.44 kg/s, what is the work done in KW?
kg/𝑚3 g=9.8 m/𝑚 𝑠 .
A. 365 kw
a. 987 m
B. 366.0 kw
b. 633 m
C. 365.64 kw
c. 788 m
D. 366.50 kw
d. 663 m
141. A Carnot cycle uses nitrogen (k=1.399)
133. A mixture of 0.4 Ibm of helium and 0.2
as the working substance. The heat supplied
lbm of oxygen is compressed polytropically
is 54 kj and the adiabatic expansion ratio
from 14.7 psia and 60℉ to 60 psia is 10. Determine the heat rejected.
according to n=1.4. Determine the a. 10 kj
polytrophic work. b. 21.6 kj
a. 139 Btu c. 32.4 kj
b. 239 Btu d. 54 kj
c. 339 Btu 142. A tank contains 20 kg of air at 200 kpa
d. 539 Btu
(gage) and 23℃. During heating process the
134. A turbine receives 150 lbm/sec of air
temperature of air rises. For safety
at 63 psia and 2450°R and expands it
purposes a technician installed a relief-
polytropically to 14.7 psia. The exponent n
type valve so that pressure of air inside
is equal to 1.45 for the process. Determine
the tank never exceed 260 kpa (gage). At
the power.
what air temperature the relief valve will
a. 52,343.16 Btu/sec
start releasing air?
b. 53,343.16 kW
A. 112℃
c. 53,343.16 Hp
B. 82℃
d. 53,343.16 ft-lb/sec
135. An adiabatic tank containing air is C. 92℃
used to power an air turbine during time of D. 102℃
peak power demand. The tank has a volume of 143. During a reversible process there are
500𝑚3 and contains air at 100 kpa to 500°K. abstracted 317 KJ/s from 1.134 kg/s of a
Determine the mass remaining when the certain gas while the temperature remains
pressure reaches 100 kpa. constant at 26.7℃. For this gas Cp= 2.232
a. 276.37 kg and Cv= 1.713 KJ/kg.K. the initial pressure
b. 672.73 kg is 586 kPa. Determine the final volume flow
c. 772.73 kg rate.
d. 227.73 kg a. 0.301 𝑚3 /s
136. An adiabatic tank containing air is b. 0.5 𝑚3 /s
used to power an air turbine during time of c. 0.03 𝑚3 /s
peak power demand. The tank has a volume of d. 0.05 𝑚3 /s
500𝑚3 and contains air at 1000 kpa and 144. In a process carried out on a closed
500°K. The temperature at this instant. system, the work transferred into the
A. -14.03 °C system was 4200KJ and the increase in the
B. -14.03 °K total energy of the system was 3500KJ.
C. 14.03 °F Determine the heat transferred?
D. 14.03 °R a. -700 KJ
137. How many hours would it take to boll b. -7700 KJ
down 1.2 kg of water in a kettle if a c. 7700 KJ
constant supply of heat at 1.25 kW is d. 700 KJ
supplied to the kettle? 145. Determine the atmospheric pressure at a
a. 36 hrs location where the barometric reading is
b. 52 hrs 740 mmHg and the gravitational acceleration
c. 18 hrs is g=9.81 m/𝑠 2 . Assume the temperature of
d. 0.6 hrs mercury to be 10℃, at which its density is
138. During an experiment on Charles’s law,
13,570 kg/𝑚3 ?
the volume of gas trapped in the apparatus
a. 99.7 kPa
was 10000𝑚𝑚3 when the temperature was 18°C. b. 101.325 kPa
The temperature of the gas was then raised c. 98.5 kPa
to 85°C. Determine the new volume of gas d. 97.5 kPa
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146. A fluid in a cylinder is at a pressure b. 21.1 ℃

of 700 KN/𝑚2 . It is expanded at a constant c. 44.1 ℃
pressure from a volume of 0.28𝑚3 to a volume d. 88.2 ℃
of 1.68𝑚3 . Determine the work done? 156. Air has specific heat (Cp) of 1
a. 960 KJ KJ/kg.K. if 100 g of air are heated with
b. 955 KJ 1500 W heater, which of the following
c. 1000 KJ occurs?
d. 980 KJ l. The air heats up to a rate of 15 K/s
147. An iron block weights 7 newtons and has ll. The air reaches a final temperature of
a volume of 200 cubic centimeters. What is 15000 K.
the density of the block? lll. The air undergoes a non-isentropic
a. 3465 kg/𝑚3 process.
b. 3565 kg/𝑚3 a. I only
c. 1255 kg/𝑚3 b. I and II
c. I, II, and III
d. 2550 kg/𝑚3
d. I and III
148. If the density of the gas is 0.003
157. In a constant temperature, closed
slugs per cubic foot, what is the specific
system process, 100 BTU of heat is
weight of the gas?
transferred to the working fluid at 100℉.
a. 9.04 N/𝑚3
What is the change in entropy of the
b. 15.2 N/𝑚3
working fluid?
c. 76.3 N/𝑚3 a. 0.18 KJ/K
d. 98.2 N/𝑚3 b. 0.25 KJ/K
149. The specific gravity of mercury c. 0.34 KJ/K
relative to water is 13.55. What is the d. 0.57 KJ/K
specific weight of mercury? (the specific 158. If a 1/3 horsepower pump runs for 20
weight of water is 62.4 lbf per cubic minutes, what is the energy used?
foot). a. 0.06 ergs
a. 82.2 KN/𝑚3 b. 0.25 kW
b. 102.3 KN/𝑚3 c. 0.30 MJ
c. 132.9 kN/𝑚3 d. 0.11 kW.h
d. 150.9 N/𝑚3 159. A machine is capable of accelerating a
150. If the specific weight of a liquid is 1 kg mass at m/𝑠 2 for 1 minute. The machine
58.5 lbf per cubic foot, what is the runs at 60 rpm. What is the power output of
specific volume of the liquid? the machine?
a. 0.5321 𝑐𝑚3 /g a. 1 erg
b. 0.6748 𝑐𝑚3 /g b. 1 cal
c. 1 J
c. 0.9504 𝑐𝑚3 /g
d. 1 W
d. 1.0675 𝑐𝑚3 /g
160. A power of 6 kW is supplied to the
151. Which of the following are not units of
motor of a crane. The motor has an
pressure?
efficiency of 90%. With that constant speed
a. Pa
does the crane lift an 800 lbf weight?
b. Bars
a. 0.09 cm/s
c. kg/m.𝑠 2 b. 0.32 cm/s
d. kg/𝑚2 c. 0.98 cm/s
152. A cylinder weight 150 lbf. Its cross- d. 1.52 cm/s
sectional area is 40 square inches. When 161. An engine has an efficiency of 26%. It
the cylinder stands vertically on one end, uses 2 gallons of gasoline per hour.
what pressure does the cylinder exert on Gasoline has a heating value of 20,500
the floor? BTU/lbm and a specific gravity of 0.8. What
a. 14.1 kPa is the power output of the engine?
b. 25.8 kPa a. 0.33 kW
c. 63.2 kPa b. 20.8 kW
d. 89.7 kPa c. 26.0 kW
153. What pressure is a column of water 100 d. 41.7 kW
centimeters high equivalent to? 162. In a Carnot cycle engine, the volume
a. 9810 dyne/𝑐𝑚2 after adiabatic compression is 8.5% of that
b. 9810 N/𝑚2 before the compression. The sink
c. 0.1 bars temperature is 30℃. Determine: thermal
d. 0.1 atm efficiency?
154. One hundred millilitres of water in a a. 60.71 %
plastic bag of negligible mass is to be b. 62.7%
catapulted upwards with an initial c. 61.6 %
2 d. 63.7 %
acceleration of 20.0 m/𝑠 . What force is
necessary to do this? Assume that gravity 163. Water is being in a closed pan on top
is 9.81 m/𝑠 2 and the density of water is 1 of range while being stirred by a paddle
g/𝑐𝑚3 . wheel. During the process, 30 KJ of heat is
A. 2.00 N transferred to the water, and 5 KJ of heat
B. 2.98 N is lost to the surrounding air. The paddle-
C. 15.0 N wheel work amounts to 500 N-m. Determine
D. 2.00 KN the final energy of the system if its
155. Air has a specific heat of 1 KJ/kg.K. initial energy is 10 KJ.
if the 2 BTU of energy is added to 100 g of A. 35.5 KJ
air, what is the change in air temperature? B. 45.5 KJ
a. 10.0 ℃ C. 25.5 KJ
D. 14.5 KJ
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164. Consider 1 kg of air at 32℃ that ℃. What is the temperature difference in

expanded by a reversible polytropic process °R?
with n= 1.25 until the pressure is halved. a. 495
Determine the heat transfer. Specific heat b. 594
at constant volume for air is 0.1786 c. 945
KJ/kg.K. d. 596
a. 17.02 KJ heat rejected 173. A boiler installed where the
b. 7.05 KJ heat rejected atmospheric pressure is 752 mm Hg has a
c. 17.02 KJ heat added pressure of 12kg/𝑐𝑚2 . Find the absolute
d. 7.05 KJ heat added pressure, in Mpa?
165. A Carnot cycle is represented by a a. 1277.05 kPaa
rectangle in a Ts diagram that operates b. 1772.05 kPaa
between temperature limits of 300°K and c. 1727.05 kPaa
650°K. Inscribed with in a rectangle is an d. 1572.07 kPaa
ellipse of maximum major and minor axes,
represents a cycle and operating at the ----------------------------------------------
same temperature limits. Considering that ---------------------------
the major axis of the ellipse is two time
that of its minor axis. Determine the
thermal efficiency of the cycle represented
by an ellipse?
a. 44.88 %
b. 43.66 %
c. 48.48 %
d. 46.36 %
166. If an airplane is flying at an altitude
of 5 800 ft, what is the approximate
atmospheric pressure at the said altitude?
a. 12.34 psi
b. 13.24 psi
c. 14.7 psi
d. 14.32 psi
167. Air at 1 Mpaa and 310 ℃ is expanded to
250 kPaa in accordance with the relation
p𝑉1.25 = 𝐶. Determine the work done?
a. + 162.11 Kj/kg
b. + 126. 11 Kj/kg
c. - 162. 11 Kj/kg
d. - 126. 11 Kj/kg
168. A container filled with helium is
dropped 3000m above the ground, find the
change of temperature?
a. 12.43 ℃
b. 15.43 ℃
c. 9.43 ℃
d. 8.43 ℃
169. A 3153-lb car is accelerated from 32
fps to 55 fps in 10 seconds. Determine the
work done in Btu?
a. 125.92
b. 152.92
c. 192.52
d. 129.52
170. A 2kg steam at 2.5 MPaa and 260 ℃
undergoes a constant pressure until the
quality becomes 70%. Determine the heat
rejected, in Btu. At 2.5 MPaa and 260 ℃:
𝑘𝐽
ℎ = 2907.4 ; and At 2.5 MPa and 70% quality:
𝑘𝑔
𝑘𝐽 𝑘𝐽
ℎ𝑓 = 962.11 andℎ𝑔 = 2803.1 .
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
A. 1244.7 Btu
B. 1442.7 Btu
C. 1424.7 Btu
D. 1274.4 Btu
171. Helium is used in Carnot engine where
the volumes beginning with the constant
temperature heat addition are 𝑉1 = 0.3565𝑚3 ,
𝑉2 = 0.5130𝑚3 , 𝑉3 = 8.0𝑚3 , and 𝑉4 =
5.57𝑚3 . Determine the thermal efficiency if k
= 1.666?
A. 83.95 %
B. 85.93 %
C. 89.35 %
D. 85.39 %
172. The temperature inside a furnace is 320
℃ and temperature of the outside is – 10