PPE House-In First Part

1) A boiler fuel contains 86.1% carbon, 12.5% hydrogen, 0.4% oxygen and 1% sulphur. 40% excess
air is supplied to the furnace and the fuel rate is 400 kg/h. Calculate the quantity of heat energy
transferred to the air per hour if it enters the air heater at 18C and leaves at 130°C. Take Cp for air
as 1.005 kJ/kgK and humidity ratio of 0.013kgv/kgda.
a. 904,200 kJ/hr b. 913736kJ/hr c. 865425kJ/hr d. 758425kJ/hr

Answer: B

2) The constituents of a fuel are 85% carbon, 13% hydrogen, and 2% oxygen. When burning this
fuel in a boiler furnace the air supply is 50% in excess of the theoretical minimum required for
complete combustion, the inlet temperature of the air being 31°C and exit gas temperature of
280°C. Calculate the heat energy carried away to waste in the flue gases expressed as a percentage
of the heat energy supplied, taking the specific heat of the flue gases as 1.005 kJ/kgK.
a. 10.85% b. 9.62% c. 15.63% d. 11.84%

Answer: D

3) In an experiment to determine the calorific value of an oil fuel by means of a bomb calorimeter,
the mass of the sample of fuel was 0.75 gram, mass of water surrounding the bomb 1.8 kg, water
equivalent of bomb and fittings 470 grams, and the rise in temperature was 3.3°C. Calculate the
calorific value of this oil in MJ/kg. Take specific heat of water= 4.2 kJ/kgK.
a. 41.94MJ/kg b. 32.15MJ/kg c. 25.63MJ/kg d. 65.63MJ/kg

Answer: A

4) The mass analysis of a fuel is 84% carbon, 14% hydrogen and 2% ash. It is burnt with 20% excess
air relative to stoichiometric requirement. If 100 kg/h of this fuel is burnt in a boiler determine the
volumetric flow rate of the gas if its temperature and pressure are 250°C and 1 bar respectively.
Note: Air contains 23.1% oxygen by mass. R o= 8.3143 kJ/kg mol K and atomic mass relationships
are: oxygen 16, carbon 12, hydrogen 1.
a. 2569m3/hr b. 2759m3/h c. 1256m3/hr d. 5689m3/hr

Answer: B

5) Steam at 30 bar, 375°C, is generated in a boiler at the rate of 30000 kg/h from feed water at
130°C. The fuel has a calorific value of 42 MJ/kg and the daily consumption is 53 tonne. Calculate
the equivalent engine power if the overall efficiency of the plant is 0.13.
a. 3349kW b. 2546kW c. 5634kW d. 8954kW

Answer: A

6) The equivalent evaporation of a boiler, from and at 100C, is 15kgsteam/kg fuel, and the calorific
value of the fuel burned is 41.9MJ/kg. Find the efficiency of the boiler.
a. 82.8% b. 78.9% c. 85.6% d. 80.8%

Answer: D

7) An economizer receives hot gas (cp=0.27Btu/lb-R) and water in the ratio 1.56lbg/lbw. The gas
enters at 850F and leaves at 355F; the water enters at 120F. Find the exit temperature of the water
and the LMTD for parallel flow.
a. 420.5F, 268F b. 320.5F, 228F b. 365.8F, 321F c. 287.3F. 310F

Answer: B
8) Steam at 285psia ( tsat=413F, hg=1202.45Btu/lb) enters a convective superheater in a saturated
state and leaves at 600F(h=1316.4). The hot gas (c p=0.241Btu/lb-F) leave the superheater at
1150F. There are 1.6 lbg/lbsteam and the total steam flow is 17,580lb/hr. If the transmittance is
U=4Btu/hr-ft2-F, find the temperature of gas entering the superheater and the heating surface area.
a. 987F, 456ft2 b. 3421F, 534ft2 c. 1445.F, 634ft2 d. 765F, 765ft2

Answer: C

9) A 22.7kg/s flow of air enters a preheater at 28C and leaves at 150C; 23.7kg/s of exhaust gases,
cp=1.09kJ/kg-K, enters at 315C. The overall coefficient of heat transfer is 710 W/m 2-C. Determine
the surface area for counterflow.
a. 28.77m2 b. 22.82m2 c. 32.54m2 d. 27.49m2

Answer: B

10) A waste heat recovery boiler produces 4.8Mpa (dry saturated) steam from 104C feedwater. The
boiler receives energy from 5kg/s of 954C dry air. After passing through the waste heat boiler, the
temperature of the air has been reduced to 343C. How much steam in kg is produced per second?
At 4.8mPa dry saturated, h=2796kJ/kg.
a. 1.3 b. 0.91 c. 2.1 d. 3.4

Answer: A

11) A steam boiler generating 25,560 kg/hr of steam at 4.137Mpa and 426.7C an enthalpy of 3274.1
kJ/kg is continuously blown at the rate of 1116kg/hr with an enthalpy of 1055kJ/kg.. Feedwater
enters the economizer at 148.9C with an enthalpy of 629.87kJ/kg. the furnace burns 2700kg/hr of
coal with a higher heating value of 30,470.6kJ/kg. Calculate the overall efficiency of the steam
boiler.
a. 81.78% b. 84.78% c. 82.73% d. 79.63%

Answer: C
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12) In a food processing plant a brine solution is heated from 6 C to 12 C in a double- pipe
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heat exchanger by water entering at 50 C and leaving at 40 C at the rate of 0.166 kg/s. If the
2 0
overall heat transfer coefficient is 850 W/m . C , what heat exchanger area is required for
counter flow?
a. 0.527m2 b. 0.173m2 c. 0.458m2 d. 0.227m2

Answer: D

13) A shell-and-tube heat exchanger must transfer 205 kW to a solution with a specific heat of 3.26
0 0
kJ/kg-K and change its temperature from 65 C to 93 C . Steam is available at 250 kPa
2
(tsat=127.35C). The unit convective coefficient is 3400 W/m −K for the inside and 7300 W/m
2
-K for the outside. The thermal conductivity for the tubes is 111 W/m-K, and the tubes have
4.0 cm O.D. and 3.0 cm I.D. and are 3 m long. Determine the number of tubes required.
a.7 b.6 c.5 d.8

Answer: A

14) A closed feedwater heater, with a transmittance of U=350Btu/hr-ft 2-F, uses condensing steam at 20
psia (tsat=227.96F) for heating 85,000lb/hr of water from 60F to 215F. What is the transmitting
area?
a. 627 ft2 b. 622ft2 c. 876ft2 d. 234ft2

Answer: B
15) A deaerating heater operates at 26.7psia(tsat=242.95F) and receives water at 181.6F. Drains from
higher-pressure heaters enter in the amount of 168,000 lb/hr at 303.7F. The feedwater flow from
the heater is 673,000lb/hr. Calculate the steam flow for an enthalpy of 1237.2Btu/lb.
a. 12102lb/hr b. 21,765lb/hr c. 191024lb/hr d. 12,654lb/hr

Answer: C

16) A cold storage compartment is 4.5 m long by 4 m wide by 2.5 m high. The four walls, ceiling and
floor are covered to a thickness of 150 mm with insulating material which has a coefficient of
thermal conductivity of 5.8 X 10-2 W/ m K. Calculate the quantity of heat leaking through the
insulation per hour when the outside and inside face temperatures of the material is 15°C and
-5°C respectively.
a. 2185kJ b. 3652kJ c. 1254kJ d. 4658kJ

Answer: A

17) The air inside electronic package housing has a temperature of 50 C. A chip in this housing has
internal thermal power generation rate of 0.003W. this chip is subjected to an air flow resulting in
a convective coefficient h of 9 W/m-K over its two main surfaces which are 0.5cm by 1cm.
determine the chip surface temperature neglecting radiation and heat transfer from edges.
a. 3.33C b. 53.33C c. 56.67C d. 23.33C

Answer: B

18) Water enters a 3cm diameter tube with a velocity of 50m/s and a temperature of 20C and is heated.
Calculate the average unit convective coefficient. For water, kinematic viscosity= 1.006x10 -6m2/s;
prandt number=7; and thermal conductivity=0.597W/m-K.
a. 86.6kW/m2-K b. 23.45 c. 76.12 d. 123.54

Answer: A

19) The total incident radiant energy upon a body which partially reflects absorbs, and transmits
2 2 2
radiant energy is 2200 W/m . Of this amount, 450 W/ m is reflected and 900 W/m is
absorbed by the body. Find the transmissivity.
a. 0.486 b. 0.486 c. 0.386 d. 0.832

Answer: C

20) What surface area must be provided by the filament of a 100W evacuated light globe where
t=2482C and emissivity= 0.38 for the filament? Assume the ambient temperature to be 25.6C.
a. 0.206cm2 b. 0.806 cm2 c. 1.24 cm2 d. 2.45 cm2

Answer: B

21) A flat circular plate is 500 mm diameter. Calculate the theoretical quantity of heat radiated per
hour when its temperature is 215°C and the temperature of its surrounds is 45°C. Take the value of
the radiation constant as 5.67 X 10-11 kJ/ m2 s K4.
a. 1863kJ b. 2658Kj c. 3652kJ d.3215kJ

Answer: A

22) The steam drum of a water- tube boiler has hemispherical ends, the diameter is 1.22 m and the
overall length is 6 m. Under steaming conditions the temperature of the shell before lagging was
230°C and the temperature of the surrounds was 51°C. The temperature of the cladding after
lagging was 69°C and the surrounds 27°C. Assuming 75% of the total shell area to be lagged and
 taking the radiation constant as 5.67 X 10-11kW/ m2 -K4, estimate the saving in heat energy per hour
due to lagging.
a. 157000kJ b. 187500kJ c. 166915kJ d. 96852kJ

Answer: C

23) Determine the monochromatic emissive power at 1.30 μ m of a blackbody at a temperature of

Answer: A

24) Saturated steam at 500K flows in a 20cm-ID, 21cm-OD, pipe. The pipe is covered with 8cm of
insulation that has a thermal conductivity of 0.1W/m-K. The pipe’s conductivity is 52W/m-K. The
ambient temperature is 300K. The unit convective coefficient on the inside is 18,000W/m 2-K and
on the outside is 12W/m2-K. Determine the heat loss from 4m of pipe.
a. 721W b. 1023W c. 987W d. 821W

Answer: D

25) An insulated steam pipe passes through a room in which the air and walls are at 25 0 C. The outside
diameter of the pipe is 70mm, and its surface temperature and emissivity are 200 0 C and 0.8
respectively. If the coefficient associated with free convection heat transfer from the surface to the
air is 15W/m2-K, what is the rate of heat transfer loss from the surface per unit length of pipe?
a. 698W/m b. 1243W/m c. 998W/m d. 876W/m

Answer: C

26) The hot combustion gases of a furnace are separated from the ambient air and its surrounding,
which are at 250 C, by a brick wall 0.15m thick. The brick has a thermal conductivity of 1.2W/m-K
and a surface emissivity of 0.8. Under steady state conditions and outer surface temperature of
1000 C is measured. Free convection heat transfer to the air adjoining this surface is characterized
by a convection coefficient of 20W/m2-K. What is the brick inner surface temperature in C?
a. 352.5 b. 623.7 c. 461.4 d. 256.3

Answer: A

27) A cubical tank of 2 m sides is constructed of metal plate 12 mm thick contains water at 75°C. The
surrounding air temperature is 16°C. Calculate the heat loss through each side of tank per minute.
Take the coefficient of thermal conductivity of the metal as 48 W/mK, the coefficient of heat
transfer of the water 2.5 kW/m²K, and the coefficient of heat transfer of the air 16 W/m²K.
a. 229.3kJ b. 214.3kJ c. 124.3kJ d. 224.3kJ

Answer: D

28) A steel pipe ( k =45 . 0W /m⋅K ) having a 5.0 cm OD is covered with a 4.2 cm thick layer of
magnesia ( k =0 .07 W /m⋅K ) which is in turn covered with a 3.4 cm layer of fiberglass
insulation( k=0.048 W/m-K). The pipe wall outside temperature is 370 K and the outside surface
temperature of the fiberglass is 305 K. What is the interfacial temperature between the magnesia
and the fiberglass?
a. 329.6 K b. 329.1 K c. 329.9 K d. 329.25 K

Answer: A
 29) Determine the critical radius in cm for an asbestos-cement covered pipe.
k asb =0.208 W/m ¿K
20
.The external heat-transfer coefficient is 1.5 Btu/h ¿ft ⋅ F .
a. 2.24 cm b. 2.55 cm c. 2.66 cm d. 2.44 cm
Answer: D

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30) A 6 in thick concrete wall, having thermal conductivity k =0.50 Btu/h ¿ft⋅ F , is exposed to
0 0
air at 70 F on one side and air at 20 F on the opposite side. The heat transfer coefficients are
hi =2.0 Btu/h ¿ft 2⋅0 F on the 70 0
F side and h0 =10 Btu/h ¿ft 2 0
¿ F on the 20
0
F
side. Determine the heat transfer rate.
a. 31.25 BTU/hr-ft2 b. 33.52 BTU/hr-ft2 c. 56.6 BTU/hr-ft2 d. 76.8 BTU/hr-ft2

Answer: A

31) A hollow steel sphere contains a 100-watt electrical filament, and these data are known; r i =9
in., r 0 =12 in. The film coefficient for the inner and outer surfaces are i h =6 , h
o = 2 Btu hr-
2 0 0
ft - F ; the environmental temperature is 80 F. Assuming the steady state, compute the
temperature inside air
0 0 0 0
a.102.9 F b. 110.8 F c. 101.9 F d. 101.5 F

Answer: C

32) If a triangle of height d and base b is vertical and submerged in a liquid with its vertex at the liquid
surface, compute the depth to its center of pressure.
a. ¾ d b. 2/3 d c. 2/5 d d. ½ d

Answer: A

33) Gate AB is vertical and 5 ft wide by 3ft high hinged at point A and restrained by a stop at point B. If
stop B will break if the force on it reached 9000lb, find the critical water depth.
a. 24.23ft b. 22.3ft c. 20.23ft d. 24.32ft

Answer: C

34) The weight of a certain crown in air was found to be 15N and its weight in water is 12N. Compute
its specific gravity.
a. 10.77 b. 5 c. 10.86 d. 11.25

Answer: B

35) A balloon weighs 300 lb and has a volume of 15,000ft3. It is filled with helium, which weighs
0.0112pcf at the temperature and pressure of the air, which weighs 0.0807 pcf. What load will the
balloon support?
a. 765.5lb b. 870.2 c. 742.5.8lb d. 812.4 lb

Answer: C

36) If the center of gravity of a ship in the upright position is 10m above the center of gravity of the
portion under water, the displacement being 1000metric tons, and the ship is tipped 30 0 causing the
center of buoyancy to shift sidewise 8m. What is the value of the moment in kg-m?
a. 3M kg-m b. 3.5M kg-m c. 4M kg-m d. 2M kg-m

Answer: A
37) An open tank 1.82m square, weighs 3,425N and contains 0.91m of water. It is acted upon by an
unbalanced force of 10,400N parallel to the pair of sides. What must be the height in m of the sides
of the tank so that no water will be spilled?
a. 1.5 b. 1.3 c. 1.4 d. 1.2

Answer: D

38) An open vessel 30cm in diameter and 90cm high is filled with water to a depth of 45cm. Find the
magnitude of the velocity in rad/s such that the vortex is just at the bottom.
a. 21.01 b. 28.01 c. 12.22 c. 34.2

Answer: B

39) A liquid of specific gravity 1.75 flows in a 6cm horizontal pipe. The total energy at a certain point in
the flow is 80m. The elevation of the pipe above a fixed datum is 2.6m. If the pressure at the
specified point is 75kpa, determine the velocity of flow and the power available at that point.
a. 37.85m/s; 146,979 W b. 44.29, 84372 c. 35.43, 98262 d. 33.38, 78933

Answer: A

40) If the velocity of water is 8m/s and the pressure is 140kPa on the discharge side of a pump. What
is the head of the pump if the velocity is 4m/s and pressure is 90kpa before the pump?
a. 6.54m b. 7.98m c. 7.54m d. 6.82m

Answer: C

41) A 300mmx75mm venture meter is inserted in a 300mm diameter pipeline where water flows at
55L/s. Neglecting losses, compute the drop in pressure head from the inlet to the throat.
a. 5.9m b. 4.3m c. 6.4m d. 7.9m

Answer: D

42) The headloss in 50m of 12cm diameter pipe is known to be 6m when liquid of specific gravity of 0.9
and viscosity of 0.04pa-s at the rate 0.06m3/s.Find the shear stress at the wall of the pipe.
a. 31.6kpa b. 15.8 kpa c. 126.4pkpa d. 63.56 kpa

Answer: D

43) Water flows at 0.2m3/s through a 300mm diameter, 120m long pipe under a pressure difference of
280mm Hg. Compute the friction factor.
a. 0.023 b. 0.0435 c. 0.0154 d. 0.0876

Answer: A

44) A square concrete conduit having a side of 0.788m carries water at a rate of 4m 3/s. Using Hazen
William formula with C=120, compute the head loss if the length of the conduit is 45m.
a. 2.8m b. 1.8m c. 1.3m d. 2.1m

Answer: B

45) Find the equivalent length of 167mm diameter pipe, f=0.024 for a reentrant pipe entrance with k=1.
a. 6.958m b. 7.394m c. 6.807m d. 7.102m

Answer: A

46) Two pipes with the same friction factor and length are parallel. If the first pipe has twice the
diameter of the second, what must be the ratio of their flow
a. 4.66 b. 4.32 c. 5.66 d. 10.22
 Answer: C

47) A 16cm diameter pipe of length 200m and surface elevation of 50m from the discharge of the pipe
with f=0.03 and loss of head due to entrance coefficient k=0.5 what is the velocity of flow in m/s?
a. 5.09m/s b. 6.05m/s c. 4.95m/s d. 3.56m/s

Answer: C
48) Horizontal orifice under a constant head of 1.3m issues a jet which hits a point 5m below the
centerline of the orifice and 5m horizontally from the vena contracta. What is the coefficient of
velocity?
a. 0.98 b. 0.95 c. 0.9 d. 0.89

Answer: A

49) What is the discharge capacity if a concrete pipe culvert 4ft in diameter and 10m long if the
difference in water level at the outlet is 1.52m. Assume coefficient of discharge of 0.74.

Answer: 4.72 cu. m/s

50) A 35,000 kW plant has a utilization factor of 71 % and a load factor of 39.6 %. What is the average load
in the plant?
a. 7654.2kW b. 9840.6kW c. 10254.3kW d. 12365.2kW

Answer: B

51) The annual peak load on a 15,000kW power plant is 10,500kW. Two substations are supplied by this
plant. Annual energy dispatched through substation A is 27,500,000 kW-hr with a peak at 8900kW,
while 16, 500,000 are sent through B with a peak 6650kW. Neglect line losses. Find the diversity factor
between substations and the capacity factor of the plant.
a. 2.32; 53.6% b. 1.23; 65.3% c. 1.48; 33.48% d. 1.35; 75.46%

Answer: C

52) A furnace burns coal with the ff. ultimate analysis: C=80.17%, H=4.34%, O=2.69%, N=1.45%,
S=0.84%, A=7.09% W=3.42% For 15% excess air and complete combustion. Determine the
actual air needed per kg if water is to be included and air is at 28C and 0%RH(w=0.0143kgv/kgda).
a. 10.32 b. 9.78 c. 12.43 d. 15.43

Answer: C

53) A natural gas has the following percentage volumetric composition. CH4=59.8%, C2H6=37.6%,
N2=2.2%, CO2=0.4%. Calculate for complete, the weight of air supplied including moisture if air
is in excess of 25% and at 28C and 50% RH(0.012kgv/kgda).
a. 12.45 b. 20.27 c. 23.35 d. 11.23

Answer: B

54) Two hundred metric tons per hour of coal are burned in 125% stoichiometric air; the as fired
ultimate analysis is 75%C, 4%H, 0.5%S, 6%O, 1.5%N, 8%W, 5% Ash. Find the mass of air needed
to burn the fuel.
a. 2446.45mton/hr b. 3652.3mton/hr c. 4526.2mton/hr d. 6532.2mton/hr

Answer: A

55) C8H18 fuel is burned with 25% excess. Calculate the weight of air needed including moisture if air
is at 25C and 60% RH.(w=0.012).
a. 12.30 b. 19.04 c. 20.23 d. 21.35

Answer: B

56) A vertical jet of water supports a load of 200N at a constant vertical height of 2m
from the tip of the nozzle. The diameter of the jet is 25mm. Find the velocity of the jet at
the nozzle tip.
a. 23.28m/s b. 28.32m/s c. 21.13m/s d. 22.82m/s

Answer: C

57) A 50mm horizontal jet of water with a discharge of 0.054m3/s strikes a vertical wall at 900 to
the wall. What is the force exerted on the wall?
a. 1.49kN b. 2.19kN c. 1.39kN d. 1.19kN

Answer: A

58) A cylindrical tank (10m in diameter and 5m in depth) contains water at 20C (9.789kN/m3)
and is brimful. If the water is heated to 50C (9.689kN/m3), how much water will spill over
the edge of the tank?
a. 4.05m3 b. 4.1m3 c. 5.1m3 d. 3.67m3

Answer: A

59) Two large plane surfaces are 1 in apart, and the space between them is filled with a liquid of
absolute viscosity 0.02000 lb-sec/ft2. Assuming the velocity gradient to be a straight line, what
force is required to pull a very thin plate of 4 ft2 area at a constant speed of 1 ft/sec if the plate
is 1/3 in from one of the surfaces?
a.) 7.82lb. b.) 5.67lb c.) 56.7lb d.) 4.32lb

Answer: D

60) A cylinder of 0.122-m radius rotates concentrically inside a fixed cylinder of 0.128-m radius.
Both cylinders are 0.305 m long. Determine the viscosity of the liquid that fills the space
between the cylinders if a torque of 0.881N-m is required to maintain an angular velocity of
60revolutions per minute.
a. 0.34 Pa-s b. 0.65pa-s c. 0.24pa-s d. 0.87pa-s

Answer: C

61) A small drop of water at 80 0F is in contact with the air and has diameter 0.02 in. If the pressure
within the droplet is 0.082 psi greater than the atmosphere, what is the value of the surface
tension?
a. 0.00492 lb/ft b. 0.00654lb/ft c. 0.00876lb/ft d. 0.00043lb/ft

Answer: A

1. Determine the ASHRAE number designation for dichlorotetraflouroethane, CClF2CClF2.

Answer: A

2. Which of the following refrigerant does not belong to A1 Safety group classification?
a. R11 b. R13 c. R114 d. R21

Answer: D
3. A strainer has a coefficient Cv rating of 60. It is to be used in a system to filter 50gpm of water.
What pressure loss expressed in feet of water can be expected?
a. 1.6 b. 2.31 c. 3.25 d. 0.85

Answer: A

4. Compute the volume of expansion tank for a chilled water system that contains 2000gal of
water. The system is regulated to 10psig at the tank with an operating temperature of 45F. It is
estimated that the maximum water temperature during extended shutdown would be 100F and a
safety relief valve in the system is set for 35psig. Assume standard barometric pressure and steel
pipe. Take specific volume at 100F as 0.01613ft3/lb and at 45F as 0.01602ft3/lb.
a. 3.2ft3 b. 8.6ft3 c. 10.2ft3 d. 5.2ft3
Answer: D
5. Estimate the exit temperature of 1000cfm of air at 120F flowing in a 16in round duct 24ft in
length. The duct has 1in of fibrous glass insulation, and the overall heat transfer coefficient
based on outside surface is 0.2Btu/(hr-ft 2-F). The environment temperature is 12F. Take average
density of air as 0.067ft3/lb.
a. 108F b. 117F c. 125F d. 136F

Answer: B