Republic of the Philippines

SOUTHERN LEYTE STATE UNIVERSITY

Main Campus, Sogod, Southern Leyte

FINAL – TERM EXAMINATION

in
EE514 (Power Plant Engineering)

I. OBJECTIVE TYPE (2 pts. each )

1. In which of the power plants has least reliable a. Steam coal b. Charcoal
power? c. Coke d. Soft coal
a. Solar Power Plant b. Wind Power Plant
c. Tidal Power Plant d. Geothermal Plant 15. How do you call the power generated using sea
water?
2. Which coal has the highest ash content? a. Ocean power b. Water power
a. Bituminous coal b. Steam Coal c. Tidal power d. Hydro power
c. Coking coal d. Lignite
16. What is the result of dividing the area under the daily
3. How do you call the graphical representation curve by 24 hours?
between discharge and time? a. Average load b. Peak load
a. Load graph b. Hydrograph c. Demand factor d. Load factor
c. Power graph d. None of these
17. Which of the following power plants requires highly
4. Which of the following coal has the lowest calorific skilled engineers to run the plant operation?
value? a. Hydroelectric plant b. Gas turbine plant
a. Steam coal b. Bituminous coal c. Nuclear plant d. Solar plant
c. Lignite d. Anthracite
18. A diesel power plant is best suited for what
5. Which of the following power plant has the high application?
maintenance cost? a. Base load plant b. Stand – by plant
a. Diesel power plant b. Hydroelectric plant c. Peak load plant d. all of these
c. Nuclear power plant d. Thermal plant
19. Ships are generally powered by which one?
6. Most heat generated in the internal combustion a. Diesel engines b. Hydraulic turbines
engine is lost where? c. Nuclear power plants d. Steam accumulators
a. Cooling water b. Exhaust gases
c. Radiation d. Lubricating oil 20. A nuclear power plant is basically used as what type
of plant application?
7. A gas turbine works on which of the following a. Base load plant b. Peak load plant
principles? c. Stand by plant d. spinning reserve
a. Rankine cycle b. Carnot cycle
c. Brayton cycle d. Otto cycle 21. Which one is not a conventional source of energy?
a. Tidal energy b. Nuclear energy
8. How do you call the ratio of the maximum demand c. wind energy d. Geothermal
of the installation to the sum of the individual
demand? 22. Which power plant is expected to have the longest
a. Demand factor b. Diversity factor expected life?
c. Plant use factor d. Plant capacity a. Steam b. Diesel
factor c. Hydroelectric d. Nuclear

9. Depreciation charges are high in which of the 23. What is the usual efficiency of a thermal plant?
following power plant a. 10% b. 30%
a. Thermal plant b. Diesel plant c. 60% d. 80%
c. Hydroelectric plant d. Windmill plant
24. In a power plant, which of the following is not
10. It is a reserved generating capacity which is in considered as a fixed cost?
operation but not in service? a. Fuel cost b. Interest on capital
a. Hot reserve b. Cold reserve c. Insurance charges d. Depreciation cost
c. Spinning reserve d. Fast reserve
25. Which of the following power plants takes the
11. Which of the following power plant has the highest biggest share of the power generation?
capital cost per MWh of energy generated? a. Thermal plants b. Diesel plant
a. Steam power plant b. Diesel plant c. Hydroelectric plant d. nuclear plants
c. Hydroelectric plant d. Nuclear plant

12. Hydrograph is similar to which one?

a. Load duration curve b. Mass curve
c. Energy load curve d. None of these

13. Which domestic appliance has the highest power

rating?
a. Ceiling fan b. Refrigerator
c. Electric iron d. Television

14. What is the other term for coal used in power plants?
II. PROBLEM SOLVING
9. A distribution transformer supplies a
1. Suppose that the consumption of energy group of general power subscriber’s
has a growth rate of 4 % per year. In how whose connected load is 300 hp. The
many years will the energy be tripled? demand factor is 70%. If the group load
factor is 50% and energy sells at 4 pesos
2. A certain amount of fuel can produce 10 per kWh. Assuming motor efficiency is
quads of energy. In how many days will 80%, what is the average power in kW
the fuel be totally consumed if it is used to being delivered to the customer?
satisfy a demand of 1013 BTU / day at a
power plant with an overall efficiency of
20 %? 10. A coal fired power plant with 3000 kW
rated capacity costs 15,000 pesos /kW was
3. An electric motor driven conveyor belt is installed. Annual operating cost 12 million
80 ft long is required to take 2,200 lbs. of pesos; annual maintenance cost 8 million
dirt, rocks, etc. per minute from an pesos; annual depreciation 15 million
excavation site and raise it 15 ft vertically. pesos; interest on investment per year is
If all friction in the machinery is 8% and cost of coal is 800 pesos per ton.
neglected, what hp of motor is required? If one pound of coal is needed to generate
1 kW – hr , find the total annual cost to
4. The annual peak load on a 15,000 kW operate the plant. Plant capacity factor is
power plant is 10,500 kW. Two 50%.
substations are supplied by this plant.
Annual energy dispatched through
substation A is 27,500,000 kW – hr with a
peak load of 8900 kW, while 16,500,000
kW – hr are sent through B with a peak
load of 6,650 kW. Find the capacity factor
of the plant?

5. The inlet of an electric heater is 15 oC .

Water is flowing at the rate of 300 grams
per minute. The voltmeter measuring the
voltage across the heating element reads
120 V and an ammeter measuring current
taken reads 10 A. when steady state is
finally reached, what is the final reading
of the outlet thermometer?

6. The net energy requirement in a place was

approximately 2.82 x 106 GWh. What is
the equivalent of this energy in quad.

7. The consumption of energy ( in quads )

from various sources was as follows: coal
16.1, oil 32.1, natural gas 20.2, hydro 2.9,
and nuclear 2.9. Calculate in
gigawatthours the total electric energy that
could be produced from these sources,
assuming an average power plant
conversion efficiency of 0.15.

8. A hydroelectric plant is to be constructed

on a place having an annual rainfall of 2m.
The water catchment area is 300 sq. km.
with a head of 30m. If only 80% of the
collected water is available for power,
determine the power that can be generated.
Assume overall efficiency is 80%.