PPE - PROBLEM SET # 1

1. A vacuum gage connected to a tank reads 30 kpa at a location where the barometric reading is 755 mm Hg.
Determine the absolute pressure in the tank.
A. 70.6 kpa B. 84.23 kpa C. 90.34 kpa D. 98.45 kpa

2. Determine the pressure exerted on a diver at 30 m below the free surface of the sea. Assume a barometric
pressure of 101 kpa and the specific gravity of sea water is 1.03.
A. 404 kpa B. 410 kpa C. 420 kpa D. 430 kpa

3. A compressed spring above the piston exerts a force of 60 N on the piston. If the atmospheric pressure is
95 kpa, determine the pressure inside the cylinder.
A. 108.20 kpa B. 112.56 kpa C. 123.4 kpa D. 137.40 kpa

4. If the absolute temperature is 300oK, what is the equivalent in oR?

A. 530.34oR B. 534.23oR C. 537.20 oR D. 540.6oR

5. If the oF scale thrice the oC scale, what are the value oF and oC?
A. 26.67oC and 50oF B. 26.67oC and 80oF
C. 16.67oC and 70oF D. 56.67oC and 60oF

6. Water enters the heater at 30oC and leaves at 150oF, what is the temperature difference in oC?
A. 25.55oC B. 35.55oC C. 45.55oC D. 55.55oC

7. A 5 kg plastic tank that has a volume of 0.2 m3 is filled with liquid water. Assuming the density of water is
1000 kg/m3, determine the weight of the combine system.
A. 195 kg B. 200 kg C. 205 kg D. 210 kg

8. Determine the mass of the air contained in a room whose dimensions are 15 ft x 20 ft x 20 ft. Assume the
density of the air is 0.0724 lb/ft3.
A. 11.49 slugs B. 13.49 slugs C. 15.49 slugs D. 17.49 slugs

9. The water flows in the channel 200 mm x 300 mm at the rate of 2 m/sec. What is the volume flow in ft3/sec?
A. 1.24 ft3/s B. 2.24 ft3/s C. 3.24 ft3/s D. 4.24 ft3/s

10. Two gaseous streams are mixed together with one stream contains a diameter of 120 mm and specific
gravity of 0.86 and speed of 5 m/s and on the other stream is 150 mm and density of 890 kg/m3 at 2 m/s.
Find the mass flow rate at the exit if diameter of exit is 200 mm.
A. 65 kg/s B. 70 kg/s C. 75 kg/s D. 80 kg/s

11. In one section of water flow the pressure is 1500 kpa. If internal energy is 20 KJ/kg find the enthalpy at this
point.
A. 21.50 KJ/kg B. 23.50 KJ/kg C. 25.50 KJ/kg D. 27.50 KJ/kg

12. In a constant temperature process at 150oC, heat is transferred with an entropy change of 0.5 KJ/K.
Determine the heat added for the system.
A. 201.50 KJ B. 211.50 KJ C. 221.50 KJ D. 231.50 KJ

13. Two hundred kg of water is added to 4000 kg of alcohol with specific gravity of 0.8. Determine the specific
volume after mixing, m3/kg.
A. 0.00124 B. 0.02124 C. 0.00124 D. 0.000124
14. A batch of concrete consisted of 240 lbs fine aggregate, 380 lbs coarse aggregate, 100 lbs, cement, and 5
gallons water. The specific gravity of the sand and gravel may be taken as 2.65 and that of the cement as
3.10.
How much by weight of cement is required to produce one cubic yard?
A. 547.14 lb/yd3 B. 647.14 lb/yd3 C. 747.14 lb/yd3 D. 847.14 lb/yd3

15. A vessel has a pressure of 200 Kpag. The atmospheric pressure is 10 m of water equivalent. Find the
absolute pressure in m of water.
A. 28.39 m of H2O B. 30.39 m of H2O C. 32.39 m of H2O D. 34.39 m
of H2O

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16. Water flows in a pipe at the rate of 10 kg/s. If speed of flow is 10 m/s, find the pipe diameter.
A. 30.23 mm B. 35.68 mm C. 38.39 mm D. 42.39 mm

17. R-134a flows in a pipe at 30oC with a specific volume of 0.04434 m3/kg. The internal energy and enthalpy of
R-
134a are 250.8 KJ/kg and 273.0 KJ/kg respectively. The pressure of the refrigerant in Mpa is
A. 0.5 B. 0.4 C. 0.3 D. 0.1

18. Water is heated on an electrical range with a power rating of 1.5 KW for a period of 18 minutes. The initial
and final temperatures of the water are 15oC and 85oC and 70% of electrical heat is transferred to the water.
What is the amount of water?
A. 1.4 kg B. 3.9 kg C. 5.5 kg D. 9.2 kg

19. A new temperature scale is to be used where freezing and boiling temperature of water is at 1000N and
5000N respectively. Calculate the absolute zero in degrees oN.
A. -460 B. -992.6 C. -273.15 D. -100

20. The increase of enthalpy of a certain gas is 141.9 KJ KJ when the pressure increases from 103.448 kpa to
1034.48 Kpa and the volume decreases from 0.4772 cu. m to 0.0745 cu. m. Find the change of internal
energy in KJ.
A. 121.45 B. 114.25 C. 141.5 D. 154.21

21. In a constant temperature, closed system process, 120 KJ of heat is transferred to the working fluid at 38oC.
What is the change of entropy of the working fluid in KJ/K.
A. 0.683 B. 0.386 C. 0.854 D. 0.92

22. Five hundred kilocalories of heat is added to 2 kg of water at 80oC. How much steam is produced?
A. 0.85 kg B. 1 kg C. 1.1 kg D. 1.25 kg

23. An engineer carried an aneroid Barometer from the ground floor to his office atop the Shangri-La Hotel in
Mandaluyong City. On the ground level, the barometer reads 102.5 Kpa absolute; topside it read 95 kpa
absolute. Assuming that the average air density was 1.2 kg/m3, estimate the height of the hotel.
A. 500 m B. 550 m C. 580 m D. 637 m

24. The fluid in a manometer tube is 60% water and 40% alcohol (SG = 0.80). What is the manometer fluid
height difference if a 10 Kpa pressure difference is applied across the two ends of the manometer?
A. 1.27 m B. 1.5 m C. 1.75 m D. 1.18 m

25. One hundred grams of water is mixed to 150 grams of alcohol (density = 790 kg/m3). Calculate the specific
volume of the solution assuming that it is mixed completely.
A. 1.2 cm3/gm B. 1.5 cm3/gm C. 1.75 cm3/gm D. 2.0 cm3/gm

26. A fluid flows through 20 tubes on a single cooler with a velocity of 5 mps. The tube inside diameter is 40 mm
and a fluid density of 0.80 gram/ML. What is the volume flow rate in gpm?
A. 996 B. 1075 C. 1394 D. 1992

27. 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. 49 tons B. 48 tons C. 54 tons D. 50 tons

28. Oil flow through 16 tubes on a single cooler with a velocity of 2 m/s. The internal diameter of the tube is
30mm and oil density is 0.85 gm/ml. Find the volume flow in liters per sec.
A. 22.62 B. 32.22 C. 62.22 D. 42.62
29. The barometer of a mountain hiker reads 930 mbars at the beginning of a hiking trip and 780 mbars at the
end. Neglecting the effect of altitude on local gravitational acceleration, determine the vertical distance
climbed.
Assume g = 9.7 m/s2
A. 1274.21 m B. 1289.00 m C. 1267.34 m D. 1583.34 m

30. Determine the atmospheric pressure at a location where barometric reading is 740 mm Hg and gravitational
acceleration is g = 9.7 m/s2. Assume the temperature of mercury to be 10oC, at which the density is
13,570 kg/m3.
A. 99.45 kpa B. 97.41 kpa C. 95.44 kpa D. 98.66 kpa

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31. What is the kinetic energy of a 500 kg body traveling at 20 m/s?
A. 80 KJ B. 85 KJ C. 90 KJ D. 100 KJ

32. What is the potential energy of a 300 kg body if it strikes the ground from a 50 m elevation?
A. 127.15 KJ B. 137.15 KJ C. 147.15 KJ D. 157.15 KJ

33. Five kilograms water enters the heater at 25oC and leaves the heater at 180oF. Determine the heat added in
kw.
A. 1198 KW B. 1298 KW C. 1398 KW D. 1498 KW

34. Water enters the condenser at 30oC which has a mass of 3 kg/s. If heat added is 100 kw, determine the
outlet temperature in oC.
A. 37.96oC B. 39.96oC C. 41.96oC D. 43.96oC

35. The enthalpy of air is increased by 140 KJ/kg in a compressor. The rate of air flow is 16.42 kg/min. The
power input is 48.2 kw. What is the heat loss from the compressor?
A. 9.88 kw B. 10.56 kw C. 12.39 kw D. 15.35 kw

36. Steam enters a turbine 80 lbs of steam per minute with an enthalpy of 1700 Btu/lb and velocity of 98 ft/s. It
leaves the turbine at 1400 Btu/lb at 880 ft/s. The heat loss is 90,000 Btu/hr. Find the horsepower output of
the turbine.
A. 304.56 hp B. 483.45 hp C. 501.62 hp D. 601.62 hp

37. Steam enters a turbine stage with an enthalpy of 3620 KJ/kg at 75 m/s and leaves the same stage with an
enthalpy of 2800 KJ/kg at 128 m/s. Calculate the work done by steam.
A. 514.62 KJ/kg B. 614.62 KJ/kg C. 714.62 KJ/kg D. 814.62 KJ/kg

38. A steam turbine developed 2372.20 Hp when its inlet condition is 1300 Btu/lb enthalpy and 400 ft/s velocity
and steam flow of 200 lb/min. The exit enthalpy is 800 Btu/lb. Find the exit velocity.
A. 50 fps B. 52 fps C. 54 fps D. 56 fps

39. The mass flow rate of the gas in a gas turbine is 40 kg/sec. The specific enthalpy and velocity in the inlet are
1300 KJ/kg and 160 m/sec respectively while in the outlet are 350 KJ/kg and 50 m/sec respectively.
Calculate the power output in KW of the turbine if there is a heat loss of 1000 KW.
A. 37462 B. 34605 C. 41872 D. 30405

40. A house is to be heated by hot water that receives heat from a furnace. Air with an enthalpy of 305 KJ/kg
and fuel with an enthalpy of 45360 KJ/kg enters the furnace and the gases leaving have an enthalpy of 608
KJ/kg. There are 17 kg-air per kg-fuel and the water for heating receives 18.3 KW of heat by circulating
through the furnace. What is the fuel consumption in kg/hr?
A. 1,863 B. 1,289 C. 1,664 D. 1,071

41. Air in a 10 m3 tank has a pressure of 500 kpa and temperature of 40oC. Determine the mass of air in the
tank.
A. 44.66 kg B. 55.66 kg C. 66.66 kg D. 77.66 kg

42. The pressure and temperature of the vessel is 380 kpa and 60oC, what is the density of air in kg/m3?
A. 3.976 kg/m3 B. 4.976 kg/m3 C. 5.976 kg/m3 D. 6.976 kg/m3

43. What is the specific volume of air at 15 psia and 90oF in ft3/lb?
A. 13.57 ft3/lb B. 15.57 ft3/lb C. 17.57 ft3/lb D. 19.57 ft3/lb

44. The temperature of an ideal gas remains constant while the absolute pressure changes from 100 kpa to 800
kpa.
If initial volume is 100 liters, what is the final volume?
A. 10.00 liters B. 12.50 liters C. 15.00 liters D. 17.50 liters

45. An automobile tire is inflated to 35 psig at 54oF. After being driven, the temperature rises to 80oF.
Determine the final gage pressure assuming volume remains constant.
A. 36.51 psig B. 37.51 psig C. 38.51 psig D. 39.51 psig

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46. An air bubble from the bottom of a lake becomes triple itself as it reaches on the water surface. How deep is
the lake?
A. 10.65 m B. 15.65 m C. 20.65 m D. 25.65 m

47. Find the mass of ammonia in the 100 ft3 tank having a pressure of 70 psi at 120oF.
A. 11.61 lb B. 19.12 lb C. 24.34 lb D. 31.61 lb

48. If the initial pressure of ideal gas at 110 kpa is compressed to one-half its original volume and to twice its
original temperature, what is the final pressure?
A. 400 kpa B. 410 kpa C. 430 kpa D. 440 Kpa

49. A thermodynamic system contains 10 cubic meters of air at 300 kpa and 127oC. The weight of this system
in
Newtons is
A. 93 B. 127 C. 192 D. 256

50. Air in a closed piston-cylinder device arranged to maintain a pressure of 400 kpa is heated from 27oC to
227oC.
Initially the volume of the air is one liter. What is the final air volume?
A. 0.5 liter B. 0.00167 m3 C. 2.4 liter D. 0.036 m3

ANSWER KEY: Problem set 1

1. A 12. B 23. D 34. A 45. B

2. A 13. A 24. A 35. A 46. C
3. C 14. A 25. A 36. C 47. B
4. D 15. B 26. D 37. D 48. D
5. B 16. B 27. B 38. A 49. D
6. B 17. A 28. A 39. A 50. B
7. C 18. B 29. B 40. C
8. B 19. B 30. B 41. B
9. D 20. B 31. D 42. A
10. D 21. B 32. C 43. A
11. A 22. A 33. A 44. B

ANSWER KEY: Problem set 2

1. B 10. A 19. A 28. B 37. D

2. C 11. C 20. C 29. C 38. B
3. A 12. B 21. D 30. D 39. B
4. A 13. A 22. D 31. A 40. D
5. A 14. C 23. A 32. A 41. C
6. D 15. B 24. D 33. D 42. B
7. C 16. C 25. C 34. D
8. D 17. C 26. D 35. C
9. B 18. A 27. D 36. B

ANSWER KEY: Problem Set 3

1. B 7. D 13. C 19. C 25. B

2. B 8. B 14. A 20. A 26. B
3. C 9. A 15. A 21. A 27. B
4. A 10. D 16. C 22. D 28. C
5. B 11. B 17. C 23. B
6. C 12. C 18. B 24. A

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