Benha University, Fac. of Eng. at Shoubra, Energy and Sustainable Energy Engineering Prog.

Sheet (6)
(1)- An automobile engine consumes fuel at a rate of 28 L/h and delivers 60 kW of power to the
wheels. If the fuel has a heating value of 44,000 kJ/kg and a density of 0.8 g/cm3, determine the
efficiency of this engine.

(2)- A coal-burning steam power plant produces a net power of 300 MW with an overall thermal
efficiency of 32%. The actual gravimetric air–fuel ratio in the furnace is calculated to be 12 kg
air/kg fuel. The heating value of the coal is 28,000 kJ/kg. Determine (a) the amount of coal
consumed during a 24-hour period and (b) the rate of air flowing through the furnace.

(3)- A household refrigerator with a COP of 1.2 removes heat from the refrigerated space at a rate
of 60 kJ/min. Determine (a) the electric power consumed by the refrigerator and (b) the rate of
heat transfer to the kitchen air.

(4)- An air conditioner removes heat steadily from a house at a rate of 750 kJ/min while drawing
electric power at a rate of 6 kW. Determine (a) the COP of this air conditioner and (b) the rate of
heat transfer to the outside air.

(5)- A household refrigerator that has a power input of 450 W and a COP of 2.5 is to cool five
large watermelons, 10 kg each, to 8°C. If the watermelons are initially at 20°C, determine how
long it will take for the refrigerator to cool them. The watermelons can be treated as water whose
specific heat is 4.2 kJ/kg · °C. Is your answer realistic or optimistic? Explain.

(6)- A heat pump is used to maintain a house at a constant temperature of 23°C. The house is losing
heat to the outside air through the walls and the windows at a rate of 60,000 kJ/h while the energy
generated within the house from people, lights, and appliances amounts to 4000 kJ/h. For a COP
of 2.5, determine the required power input to the heat pump.

(7)- Refrigerant-134a enters the evaporator coils placed at the back of the freezer section of a
household refrigerator at 120 kPa with a quality of 20 percent and leaves at 120 kPa and -20°C. If
the compressor consumes 450 W of power and the COP the refrigerator is 1.2, determine (a) the
mass flow rate of the refrigerant and (b) the rate of heat rejected to the kitchen air.

(8)- A Carnot refrigerator operates in a room in which the temperature is 25°C. The refrigerator
consumes 500 W of power when operating and has a COP of 4.5. Determine (a) the rate of heat
removal from the refrigerated space and (b) the temperature of the refrigerated space.

(9)- A Carnot heat pump is to be used to heat a house and maintain it at 20°C in winter. On a day
when the average outdoor temperature remains at about 2°C, the house is estimated to lose heat
at a rate of 82,000 kJ/h. If the heat pump consumes 8 kW of power while operating, determine
(a) how long the heat pump ran on that day; (b) the total heating costs, assuming an average
price of 8.5¢/kWh for electricity; and (c) the heating cost for the same day if resistance heating is
used instead of a heat pump.
(10)- A Carnot heat engine receives heat from a reservoir at 900°C at a rate of 800 kJ/min and
rejects the waste heat to the ambient air at 27°C. The entire work output of the heat engine is used
to drive a refrigerator that removes heat from the refrigerated space at -5°C and transfers it to the
same ambient air at 27°C. Determine (a) the maximum rate of heat removal from the refrigerated
space and (b) the total rate of heat rejection to the ambient air.

(11)- An air-conditioner with refrigerant-134a as the working fluid is used to keep a room at 26°C
by rejecting the waste heat to the outdoor air at 34°C. The room gains heat through the walls and
the windows at a rate of 250 kJ/min while the heat generated by the computer, TV, and lights
amounts to 900 W. The refrigerant enters the compressor at 500 kPa as a saturated vapor at a rate
of 100 L/min and leaves at 1200 kPa and 50°C. Determine (a) the actual COP, (b) the maximum
COP, and (c) the minimum volume flow rate of the refrigerant at the compressor inlet for the same
compressor inlet and exit conditions.

(12)- A heat pump with refrigerant-134a as the working fluid is used to keep a space at 25°C by
absorbing heat from geothermal water that enters the evaporator at 50°C at a rate of 0.065 kg/s and
leaves at 40°C. Refrigerant enters the evaporator at 20°C with a quality of 15 percent and leaves
at the same pressure as saturated vapor. If the compressor consumes 1.2 kW of power, determine
(a) the mass flow rate of the refrigerant, (b) the rate of heat supply, (c) the COP, and (d) the
minimum power input to the compressor for the same rate of heat supply.

(13)- A heat pump supplies heat energy to a house at the rate of 140,000 kJ/h when the house is
maintained at 25°C. Over a period of one month, the heat pump operates for 100 hours to transfer
energy from a heat source outside the house to inside the house. Consider a heat pump receiving
heat from two different outside energy sources. In one application the heat pump receives heat
from the outside air at 0°C. In a second application the heat pump receives heat from a lake having
a water temperature of 10°C. If electricity costs $0.085/kWh, determine the maximum money
saved by using the lake water rather than the outside air as the outside energy source.

With best wishes to all. Assist. Prof. Mamdouh Al Dosoky