Lecture 1 Problems A.

2800
PUMPS B. 2600
1. A fuel pump is delivering 60 gallons per minute of oil with a C. 2700
specific gravity of 0.75. The total head is 30 meters. Find the D. 2500
motor that is capable of handling this pump. Assume efficiency 9. A pump discharges 150 liters per second of water to a height of
of 70%. 75 m. If the efficiency is 75% and the speed of the pump is 1800
A. 1 hp motor rpm, what is the torque in N-m to which the drive shaft is
B. 1 ½ hp motor subjected?
C. 1 ¼ hp motor A. 771
D. 2 hp motor B. 791
2. A pump delivers 4 m3/min of water from 100 kPaa to 300 kPaa. C. 781
The inlet and outlet pipe diameters are 15 cm and 12 cm, D. 681
respectively. The inlet and outlet temperatures are both 25 C 10. Water is pumped from a tank where the pressure is atmospheric
and the density of water is 997 kg/m3. Determine the pump work to a height of 2 m, water temperature is 40 deg C (Pv = 7.3845
in kW. kPa), loss of head due to friction is 0.75 m. Find the available
A. 12.25 NPSH of the pump.
B. 14.01 A. 7.8 m
C. 13.03 B. 5.8 m
D. 10.54 C. 6.8 m
3. A pump is lifting water through 5.486 m to fill a 566.254 m3 tank. D. 8.8 m
The overall energy efficiency is 80%. Calculate the length of FANS
time that 7.46 kW applied to the pump will require to complete 11. A fan is designed to deliver 850 m3/hr with a static pressure of 5
the job. cm of water column on full delivery. What is the static air power
A. 85.11 min in watts?
B. 81.51 min A. 115.8
C. 75.11 min B. 152.6
D. 71.51 min C. 0.116
4. A boiler feed pump receives 300 liters of water at 90 C (h = D. 0.153
839.33 kJ/kg) per minute. It is operating against a total head of 12. A blower is used to provide the combustion air requirements for
800 m. Calculate for the enthalpy of the fluid leaving the pump, a boiler that burns coal at the rate of 10 tonnes per hour. The air
in kJ/kg. Assume a pump efficiency of 75 percent. requirements are 90,000 m3/hr. Air is being provided under a
A. 870.2 total head of 150 mm WG. Find the power input to the motor if
B. 847.2 the efficiency is 97.29%. Blower mechanical efficiency is 60%.
C. 860.3 A. 60 kw
D. 857.2 B. 63 kw
5. A centrifugal pump has a discharge of 0.1 m3/s at a head of 80 C. 70 kw
meters. If the speed of the pump is increased to attain a D. 73 kw
discharge of 0.15 m3/s, what new kw power will be required? 13. A fan used to provide ventilation in a tunnel requires a 3-kW
A. 137 kw electric motor to deliver 360 m3/min at a static pressure of 300
B. 167 kw mm of water when operated at a speed of 500 rpm. It was later
C. 117 kw found that the air to be delivered needs to be increased to 420
D. 177 kw m3/min. If the fan size remains constant., account for the
6. A single-acting reciprocating pump, with a diameter of 0.12 pressure in meters of water.
meter and stroke of 0.18 meter, delivers water at a rate of 0.025 A. 0.0384
cubic meter per minute. What is the percentage slip it delivers at B. 0.0843
15 revolutions per minute? C. 0.4083
A. 15.1% D. 0.3048
B. 20.5% 14. Calculate the air power of a fan that delivers 1200 m3/min of air
C. 18.4% through a 1 m by 1.5 m outlet. Static pressure is 120 mm w.g.
D. 41.6% and density of air is 1.18.
7. A 4-stage centrifugal pump discharges 1200 gpm of water at A. 20.45 kW
1750 rpm with a total head of 1000 ft. Find the specific speed. B. 30.45 kW
A. 685 rpm C. 35.64 kW
B. 880 rpm D. 25.64 kW
C. 1200 rpm 15. A ventilation system includes a fan of 570 m3 per minute. A
D. 965 rpm capacity discharging thru a 122 cm x 91 cm air conduct against
8. A pump operating at 1750 rpm is delivering 1900 L/min against 30 cm static pressure. Air temperature is at 21 C and barometer
a total head of 50 m. Changes in the piping system have pressure is 730 mm Hg. (97 kPa). What input power will be
increased the total head to 110 m. At what rpm should the pump required to give the fan an efficiency of 44.3%? vf = 0.00100416
be operated to achieve this new heat at the same efficiency? m3/kg.
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 A. 50 hp C. 21.0
B. 86 hp D. 16.6
C. 38 hp
D. 72 hp 23. In an isentropic compression process, air is compressed from
16. A fan develops a brake power of 150 kW at 1.2 kg/m3 air an initial pressure of 100 psi to 200 psi. What is the final volume,
density. What is the new brake power of the fan if it operates at in cubic inches, if the initial volume is 10 in3.
100 kPa and 30 C at the same speed? A. 3.509
A. 163.75 kW B. 5.000
B. 133.86 kW C. 4.500
C. 143.75 kW D. 6.095
D. 173.86 kW 24. A 2-stage air compressor operates between constant pressure
17. Find the air horsepower of an industrial fan that delivers 26 m3/s limits of 100 kPa and 1.125 MPa. The swept volume of the low-
of air through a 1 m by 1.2 m; pressure is 127 mm of water; air pressure piston is 0.1 cu meter per second. Using pV1.3 = C,
temperature is 21 C and barometric pressure is 760 mm of determine the compressor power in kw.
mercury. A. 22.92 kw
A. 43.33 hp B. 29.72 kw
B. 53.35 hp C. 17.92 kw
C. 46.45 hp D. 27.92 kw
D. 56.45 hp 25. Air enters a reversible compressor at an inlet temperature and
Compressors pressure of 200 C and 100 kPa, respectively. Air leaves the
18. Air taken from the atmosphere at 100 kPa and 21 C is delivered compressor at 950 kPa. Compute the compressor work per unit
to the air receiver at 690 kPa and 150 C by means of a water mass.
jacketed reciprocating compressor. The compressor has rated A. -175.85 kJ/kg
capacity of 0.15 m3/s free air. Determine the power required to B. -295.95 kJ/kg
compress the air. C. -265.65 kJ/kg
A. 34.94 kw D. -305.25 kJ/kg
B. 54.94 kw 26. An air compressor of a pneumatic system displaces air at 20
C. 44.94 kw m3/min when the intake pressure is 101 kPa. Using a volumetric
D. 24.94 kw efficiency of 80%, determine the required time to compress air
19. A single acting air compressor has a volumetric efficiency of to a 10 cubic meter receiver from 350 kPa to 910 kPa.
87% operates at 500 rpm. It takes in air at 100 kPa and 30 C A. 2.8 min
and discharges it at 600 kPa. The air handled is 6 m3/min B. 3.9 min
measured at discharge condition. If the compression is C. 3.5 min
isentropic, find the mean effective pressure in kPa. D. 4.2 min
A. 253.64 kPa 27. Determine the total mass of air required during the 5 hours
B. 303.59 kPa operation of an air compressor with a capacity of 10 m3/min
C. 203.59 kPa measured at 100 kPa and 25 C.
D. 353.65 kPa A. 2307 kg
20. A blower operating at 15,000 rpm compresses air from 20 C and B. 3508 kg
1 atm to 1.68 atm. The design flow is 38 m3/min and at this point C. 3307 kg
the power input is 60 kW. Determine the blower efficiency at the D. 2703 kg
design flow. Solution:
A. 65% pV = mRT
B. 64.91% (100 )(10 )
C. 59.81% m= = 11.69 kg min
D. 60.01% 0.287 (25 + 273 )
21. Air is compressed in a reversible compressor at an inlet In 5 hours
temperature and pressure of 28 deg C and 95 kPa, respectively.  60 min 
Air leaves the compressor at 650 kPa. Compute the m = (11.69 kg min )(5 hr ) 
compressor work per unit mass.
 hr 
A. -234.34 kJ/kg m = 3507.7 kg
B. -228.34 kJ/kg 28. A six-stage compression system has a suction and discharge
C. -221.34 kJ/kg pressure of 100 kPa and 1500 kPa, respectively. What
D. -324.34 kJ/kg intercooler number has an operating pressure of approximately
22. Calculate the compression ratio necessary to produce a 955 kPa?
compression pressure of 150 psia with a compression curve A. 2nd
index of 1.30 and an initial compression of 13.7 psia. B. 3rd
A. 12.2 C. 5th
B. 6.29 D. 6th
Solution:
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 For 6-stage compresspor 1.6 W/m-C and is 40 cm thick. Calculate for the heat flux
p15 = 6
p1 p25 = 6
(100)(1500)
5
= 955 kPa
through the wall in W/m2.
A. 216.57
29. The piston displacement of a double acting compressor running B. 257.16
at 300 rpm is 0.4 m3/s. If bore and stroke are unity, determine C. 265.71
the piston speed in m/s. D. 271.56
A. 1.71 36. A two-meter steel pipe with a 5-cm outer diameter is covered
B. 3.71 with a 6.4-mm layer of asbestos insulation, k = 0.096 Btu/hr-ft-F,
C. 10.33 followed by a 2.5-cm layer of fiberglass insulation, k = 0.028
D. 6.77 Btu/hr-ft-F. The pipe wall temperature is 315 C, and the outside
30. A single-stage single acting air compressor, running at 5 rev/s, insulation temperature is 38 C. Determine the heat transfer in
has air intake of 22.8 liters at atmospheric pressure and 25 C. If watts.
it compresses 5.7 liters in accordance with the compression law A. 121
pV1.2 = C, calculate the temperature of the air at the end of B. 167
compression. C. 213
A. 110 C D. 259
B. 125 C 37. A slab of material has an area o.d. 2m2 and is 1 mm thick. One
C. 115 C side is maintained at a temperature of 0 C while the other is at
D. 120 C 12 C. It is determined that 6820 J of heat flows through the
Heat Transfer material in a time of 10 minutes. What is the thermal
31. Calculate the logarithmic mean temperature difference for a conductivity of the material?
condenser if the temperature difference between condensing A. 4.74 x 10-4 W/moC
steam and water inlet is 650 C and that steam inlet and water is B. 5.74 x 10-4 W/moC
120 C. C. 2.66 x 10-4 W/moC
A. 325.7 C D. 9.79 x 10-4 W/moC
B. 313.7 C 38. Calculate the heat transfer per hour through a solid brick wall 6
C. 225.7 C m long, 2.9 m high, and 225 mm thick, when the outer surface is
D. 155.7 C at 5 C and the inner surface 17 C, the coefficient of thermal
32. The heat transfer from a 3-m diameter sphere to a 23 C air conductivity of the brick being 0.6 W/m.K.
steam over a time interval of one hour is 4000 kJ. Estimate the A. 2004.48 kJ
surface temperature of the sphere if the heat transfer coefficient B. 3004.48 kJ
is 10 W/m2-K. C. 2400.48 kJ
A. 26.93 C D. 3400.48 kJ
B. 16.93 C
C. 19.93 C
D. 66.93 C
33. A 15-m long by 4-m high wall is composed of an insulation layer
with R = 2 m2-K/W and a wood layer with R = 0.5 m2-K/W.
Estimate the heat transfer rate through the wall if the
temperature is 30 C.
A. 330 W
B. 440 W
C. 550 W
D. 720 W
34. The surface of a furnace wall is at a temperature of 1500 C. The
outside wall temperature is 45 C. The furnace wall is made of 25
cm of refractory material having a thermal conductivity of 1.4
W/m-K. The outside wall is steel, 1 cm thick with thermal
conductivity of 47 W/m-K. Calculate the thickness in meters of
brick to be installed in between the refractory material and steel
if its thermal conductivity is 0.28 W/m-K and the heat loss is not
to exceed 825 W/m2.
A. 0.443
B. 0.475
C. 0.502
D. 0.613
35. One side of a plane wall is maintained at 100 C, while the other
side is exposed to a convection environment having T = 10 C
and h = 10 W/m2-C. The wall has a thermal conductivity of k =