STEAM POWER TERMS

1. Is an ideal cycle used as the standard of comparison for steam power plants?
a. Bryton Cycle b. Rankine Cycle
2. The efficiency of the plant sometimes can be increased by withdrawing the steam from the turbine after it has partially
expanded and piping the steam back to the steam generator for reheating.
a. Reheat Cycle c. Regenerate Cycle
b. Rankine Cycle d. Reheat Regenerative Cycle
3. The combined to further improved the overall thermal efficiency and further reduced the moisture content of steam to minimize
corrosion.
a. Regenerative Cycle c. Reheat Regenerative Cycle
b. Rankine Cycle d. Reheat Cycle
4. This steam may be fed either to an open heater in which the bled steam comes into direct contact with the feed water or to a
closed heater that is a shell and tube type heat exchanger.
a. Reheat Cycle c. Reheat Regenerative Cycle
b. Regenerative Cycle
5. Is an integrated assembly of several essential components the function of which is to produce steam at a predetermined
pressure and temperature?
a. Steam Cycle c. Steam Boiler
b. Steam Generator d. Steam Prime movers
6. Is a steam boiler in which water circulates within tubes and heat is applied from outside the tubes to generate steam.
a. Water Tube Boiler b. Fire Tube Boiler
7. Is a steam boiler in which hot gaseous products of combustion pass through tubes surrounded by boiler water.
a. Water tube Boiler b. Fire tube Boiler
8. Is a closed vessel in which steam or other vapor is generated at the pressure of more than 1.055 kg/cm 2 gage by the direct
application.
a. Portable Boiler c. Locomotive Boiler
b. Power Boiler d. Miniature Boiler
9. Is an internally fired boiler which is self-contained and primarily intended for temporary location and the construction and
usage is obviously portable.
a. Portable Boiler c. Locomotive Boiler
b. Power Boiler d. Miniature Boiler
10. Is a boiler mounted on a self-propelled track locomotive and use to furnish motivating power travelling on rails.
a. Miniature Boiler c. Portable Boiler
b. Locomotive Boiler d. Power Boiler
11. Is any boiler which does not exceed any of the following limits : 405 mm inside diameter, 1,065 mm overall length of the
outside to outside of heads to center 1.85 mm of water heating surface, 7.03 kg/cm 2 maximum allowable working pressure.
a. Low Heating Pressure Boiler c. Miniature Boiler
b. Hot water supply Boiler d. Power Boiler
12. Is a boiler operated at pressure not exceeding 1.055 kg/cm 2 gage steam, or water temperature not exceeding 121°C.
a. Miniature Boiler c. Low Heating Pressure Boiler
b. Power Boiler d. Hot water supply boiler
13. Is a boiler furnishing hot water to be used externally to itself.
a. Miniature Boiler c. Low Heating Pressure Boiler
b. Power Boiler d. Hot water Supply Boiler
14. Is a vessel in which pressure is obtained from an external sources or from an external source or from an indirect application of
heat
a. Miniature Boiler c. Low Heating Pressure Boiler
b. Hot Water Pressure Boiler d. Unfired Pressure Vessel
15. Is a boiler remove from its original setting and re-erected at the same location or erected at location without change of
ownership.
a. Miniature Boiler c. Reinstalled Boiler
b. Power Boiler d. Second Hand Boiler
16. Is a boiler of which both the location and ownership have been changed after primary used.
a. Miniature Boiler c. Power Boiler
b. Second Hand Boiler d. Reinstalled Boiler
17. Is a boiler that has been inspected and declared unsafe to operate or disqualified stamped and marked indicating its rejection
by qualified stamped and marked indicating its rejection be qualified inspecting authority.
a. Second Hand Boiler c. Condemed Boiler
b. Reinstalled Boiler d. Power Boiler
18. Is a heat exchanger which utilizes the heat of the flue gases to preheat the air needed for combustion.
a. Feed Water Heater c. Air Preheater
b. Burner d. Breeching
19. A device that direct the flow of the hot gases to effect efficient heat transfer between the hot gases and the heated water
a. Gage Glass c. Pressure Gage
b. Baffles d. Temperature Gage
20. Is a valve through which the impurities that settle in the mud drum are removed.
a. Breakdown Valve c. Soot Blower
b. Safety Valve d. Water Walls
21. Is the duct that connects the boiler and chimney.
a. Soot Blower c. Breeching
b. Furnace d. Air Preheater
22. Is the combustion equipment for firing liquid and gaseous fluels.
a. Fusible Plug c. Breeching
b. Furnace d. Burner
23. Are device used to supply air needed for combustion and create the draft required for the flow of gases in the boiler.
a. Draft Fans c. Induced Draft
b. Forced Draft d. All of these
24. Is a feed water preheating device which utilizes the heat of the flue gases.
a. Economizer c. Feed Water Heater
b. Feed Water Pump d. Water Walls
25. Is a preheating device which utilizes steam mixed and the feed water.
a. Economizer c. Feed Water Heater
b. Water Walls d. Feed Water Pump
26. Is a device used to deliver water into the boiler.
a. Feed Water Pump c. Water Walls
b. Safety Valve d. BlowdownValve
27. A device that encloses the combustion equipment so that the heat generated will be utilized effectiveily
a. Gage Glass c. Temperature Gage
b. Furnace d. Burner
28. Is a metal plug with a definite melting point through which the steam is released in case of excessive temperature which is
usually caused by low water level.
a. Fusible Plug c. Metal Plug
b. Safety Valve d. Blowdown Valve
29. A device that indicate the water level existing in boiler.
a. Gage Glass c. Both a & b
b. Water Column d. Water Walls
30. Is a device that indicates the pressure of the steam in the boiler.
a. Glass Gage c. Pressure Gage
b. Air Preheater d. Temperature Gage
31. Is a safety device which automatically releases the steam in case of over-pressure.
a. Pressure Gage c. Fusible Plug
b. Safety Valve d. Blowdown Valve
32. Is a device which uses steam or compressed air to remove the soot that has accumulated in the boiler tubes and drums.
a. Baffles c. Soot blower
b. Burner d. Furnace
33. Is a device that indicates the temperature of steam in the boiler.
a. Temperature gage c. Pressure gage
34. Are water tubes installed in the furnace to protect the furnace against high temperature and also serve as extension of heat
transfer area for the feed water.
a. Water Walls c. Economizer
b. Feed Water Pump d. Breeching
35. Is the total area in m2 through which the heated water and hot gases exchange heat.
a. Heat supplied by the fuel
b. Boiler heat surface
c. Rated Boiler Horsepower
36. Is the actual heat absorption devided by 35,322.
a. Developed Boiler Horsepower
b. Rated boiler Horsepower
c. Percentage Rating
37. Is the manufacturer’s rating equivalent to the heating surface in m 2 divided by 0.91 for water tube and 1.1 for fire tube.
a. Boling heating surface
b. Heat supplied by fuel
c. Developed boiler horsepower
d. Rated boiler horsepower
38. Is the ratio of the developed boiler horse power to the rated boiler horse power.
a. Percent Rating c. Evaporation Units
b. Heat supplied d. Factors of Evaporation
39. Is the heat output of the boiler or the rate at which heat is transformed.
a. Factor of evaporating c. ASME evaporation units
b. Equivalent Evaporation d. Boiler Economy
40. Is the actual Heat absorption per kg of steam generated divided by 2257 ( hfg from and at 100°C ).
a. Factor of Evaporating c. ASME evaporation units
b. Equivalent Evaporation d. Actual specific evaporation
41. Is the product of the rate of evaporation of steam and factor of evaporation
a. Equivalent Evaporation c. ASME evaporation unit
b. Boiler Economy d. Actual specific evaporation
42. Is the ratio of the mass of steam to the mass of fuel.
a. Actual specific evaporation c. Both a & c
b. Boiler Economy d. Percent Rating
43. When two power is varied by throttling only, the mass of steam used by the engine varies proportionally as the indicate power.
a. Willan’s Law c. Hooke’s Law
b. Moiler’s Law d. None of these
44. Is a heat transfer device used to condense a steam under vacuum, by absorbing its latent heat in cooling fluid, ordinarily
water. It is a device in which the steam and cooling water do not mix.
a. Steam Condenser c. Surface Condenser
b. Contact Condenser d. All of these
45. Is a device used to maintain vacuum conditions on the exhaust of a steam prime mover by transfer of heat to circulating water
or air at the lowest ambient temperature.
a. Steam condenser c. Surface condenser
b. Contact condenser d. None of these
46. Is a heat transfer device in which the steam is brought into direct contact with the cooling liquid such as water and is
condensed by giving up its latent to the liquid.
a. Steam Condenser c. Surface Condenser
b. Contact condenser d. None of these
47. I machine by which originates mechanical motion using some of the natural force.
a. Steam Prime Movers c. Steam Turbine
b. Steam Boiler d. Both a & c
48. Is a prime mover for conversion of heat energy of steam into work on a revolving shaft, utilizing fluid acceleration principles in
jet and vane machinery.
a. Steam Prime Movers c. Steam Turbine
b. Steam Boiler d. Both a & c
49. Is the boiler efficiency less the energy consumed by accessories.
a. Net Boiler Efficiency c. Boiler Efficiency
b. Over all thermal efficiency d. Furnace efficiency
50. Is the measure of ability of a boiler or steam generator to transfer the heat given it by a furnace to the water and steam.
a. Boiler Efficiency c. Overall Thermal Efficiency
b. Net Boiler Efficiency d. Both a & c
 STEAM POWER BOARD PROBLEMS

1. In Rankine cycle’ steam enters the turbine at 2.5 MPa and condenser of 50kPa. What is the thermal efficiency of the cycle?
a. 25.55% c. 30.12%
b. 28.87% d. 31.71%
2. A superheated steam Rankine cycle has turbine inlet conditions of 17.5 MPa and 530°C expands in a turbine to 0.007 MPa.
The turbine and pump polytropic efficiencies are 0.9 and 0.7 respectively. Pressure losses between pump and turbine inlet are
1.5 MPa. What should be the pump work in kJ/kg?
a. 27.13 kJ/kg c. 32.47 kJ/kg
b. 29.87 kJ/kg d. 33.25 kJ/kg
3. Steam enters the superheater of a boiler at a pressure of 25 bar and dryness of 0.98 and leaves at the same pressure at a
temperature of 370°C. Calculate the heat energy supplied per kg of steam supplied in the superheated.
a. 405.51 kJ/kg c. 154.15 kJ/kg
b. 504.15 kJ/kg d. 245.25 kJ/kg
4. A back pressure steam turbine of 100,000 kW serves as a prime mover in a cogeneration system. The boiler admits the return
water at a temperature of 66°C and produces the steam at 6.5 MPa and 455°C. Steam then enters a back pressure turbine
and expands to the pressure of the process, which is 0.52 MPa. Assuming a boiler efficiency of 80% and neglect the effect of
pumping and the pressure drops at various location, what is the incremental heat rate for electric? The following enthalpies
have been found: turbine entrance = 3306.8 kJ/kg, exit = 2700.8 kJ/kg; boiler entrance = 276.23 kJ/kg, exit = 3306.8 kJ/kg.
a. 22,504.23 kJ//kg c. 12,435.72 kJ/kg
b. 52,244.32 kJ/kg d. 32,234.82 kJ/kg
5. Steam expands adiabatically in a turbine from 2000kPa, 400°C to 400kPa, 250°C. What is the effectiveness of the process in
percent assuming an atmospheric temperature of 15°C. Neglect change in kinetic and potential energy.
a. 79.62 % c. 82.45%
b. 84.52% d. 74.57%
6. In an open feed water heater for a steam power plant, saturated steam at 7 bar is mixed with subcooled liquid at 7 bar and
25°C. Just enough steam is supplied to ensure that the mixed steam leaving the heater will be saturated liquid at 7 bar when
heater efficiency is 90%. Calculate the mass flow rate is 0.865 kg/s.
a. 2.725 c. 2.286
b. 3.356 d. 3.984
7. A steam plants operates with an initial pressure of 1.70 MPa and 370°C temperature and exhaust to a heating system at 0.17
MPa. The condensate from the heating system is returned to the boiler at 65.5°C and the heating system utilizes from its
intended purpose 90% of the energy transferred from the steam its receives. The turbine efficiency is 70%. If the boiler
efficiency is 80%, what is the cogeneration efficiency of the system in percent. Neglect pumpwork.
a. 78 c. 91.24
b. 102.10 d. 69
8. In a cogeneration plant, steam enters the turbine at 4MPa and 400°C. One fourth of the steam is extracted from the turbine at
600kPa pressure for process heating. The remaining steam continues to expand to 10kPa. The extracted steam is then
condensed and mixed with feed water at constant pressure and the mixture is pumped to the boiler pressure of 4MPa. The
mass flow rate of the steam trough the boiler is 30kg/s. Disregarding any pressure drops and heat losses in the piping, and
assuming the turbine and pump to be isentropic, how much process heat is required in kW?
a. 15,646.8 c. 3,578.5
b. 2,468.2 d. 1,026.90
9. A 23.5 kg of steam per second at 5MPa and 400°C is produce by a steam generator. The feedwater enters the economizer at
145°C and leaves at 205°C. The steam leaves the boiler drum with a quality of 98%. The unit consumes 2.75 kg of coal per
second as received having a heating value of 25,102kJ/kg. What would be the over-all efficiency of the unit in percent?
a. 65 c. 88
b. 95 d. 78
10. A coal-fired power plant has a turbine-generator rated at 1000MW gross. The plant required about 9% of this power for its
internal operations. It uses 9800 tons of coal per day. The coal has a heating value of 6,388.9 kCal/kg, and the steam
generator efficiency is 86%. What is the net station efficiency of the plant in percent?
a. 33.07% c. 36.74%
b. 40.01% d. 30.13%
11. Steam enters the turbine of a cogeneration plant at 7.0MPa and 500°C. Steam at a flow flow rate of 7.6 kg/s is extracted from
the turbine at 600kPa pressure for process heating. The remaining steam continues to expand to 10kPa. The recovered
condensates are pumped back to the boiler. The mass flow rate of steam that enters the turbine is 30kg/s. Calculate the
cogeneration efficiency in percent.
a. 60 c. 65
 b. 50 d. 55
12. A 60 MW turbine generator running at 3600 rpm receives steam at 4MPa and 450°C with a back pressure of 10kPa. Engine
efficiency is 78% and the combined mechanical and electrical efficiency is 95%. What would be the exhaust enthalpy of steam
in kJ/kg?
a. 28,124.20 kJ/kg c. 20,432.10 kJ/kg
b. 2,400.12 kJ/kg d. 30,101.15 kJ/kg
13. Steam enters throttling calorimeter at a pressure of 1.03MPa. The calorimeter downstream pressure and temperature are
respectively 0.100MPa and 125°C. What is the percentage moisture of the supply steam?
a. 2.62 c. 3.15
b. 5.21 d. 1.98
14. A drum containing steam with 2.5 m in diameter is 7.5 m long. Of the total volume, 1/3 contains saturated steam at 800 kPa
and the other 2/3 contains saturated water. If this tank should explode, how much water would evaporate? Consider the
process to be of constant enthalpy.
a. 2,948.11 kg c. 2,651.24 kg
b. 2,424.62 kg d. 2,123.76 kg
15. A Batangas base industrial company operates a steam power plant with reheat and regeneration. The steam enters the
turbine at 300 bar and 900 K and expands to 1 bar. Steam leaves the first stage at 30 bar and part of it entering a closed
heater while the rest reheated to 800K. Both section of the turbine have adiabatic efficiency of 93%. A condensate pump exist
between the main condenser and the heater. Another pump lies between the heater and condensste outlet line from the heater
(condense extracted steam). Compute the extracted fraction of the total mass flow to the heater.
a. 0.234 c. 0.765
b. 0.543 d. 0.485
16. In a Rankine cycle, saturated liquid water at 1bar is compressed isentropically to 150bar. First by heating in a boiler and then
by superheating by constant pressure of 150bar, the water substance is brought to 750K. after adiabatic reversible expansion
in a turbine to 1bar, it is then cooled in a condenser to a saturated liquid. How much work is generated in the turbine?
a. 967.9 kJ/kg c. 796.9 kJ/kg
b. 976.9 kJ/kg d. 769.9 kJ/kg
17. A reheat steam has 13,850 kPa throttle pressure at the turbine inlet and a 2800 kPa reheat pressure, the throttled and reheat
temperature of the steam is 540°C, condenser pressure is 3.4kPa, engine efficiency of high pressure and low pressure is 75%.
Find the cycle thermal efficiency.
a. 34.46% c. 36.66%
b. 35.56% d. 37.76%
18. A simple steam engine plant has a boiler feedwater at 95.6°C. Steam is supplied to the engine at 7.03 kg/cm 2, 97% dry.
Atmospheric exhaust. Steam rate 9.3 kg per ihp-hr, em = 87%. Generator of 91.5% efficiency is directly connected to the
engine. Determine the Rankine cycle efficiency.
a. 9.88% c. 11.63%
b. 12.47% d. 10.55%
19. A 75 W turbine generator has a steam of 12.7 kg/kW-hr. Steam at 12.3 kg/cm2 gauge 55.6% superheated. Exhaust 50.8 mm
Hg abs. Find the combined thermal efficiency of a simple vapor cycle incorporating this unit.
a. 9.67% c. 11.64%
b. 12.15% d. 10.25%
20. A thermal power plant generates 1000kW nad 200kW for auxiliaries. Determine the net thermal efficiency if the generated by
fuel is 15,000kW.
a. 24% c. 28%
b. 26% d. 30%
21. A steam boiler on a test generates 885,000 lb of steam in a 4hr period. The average steam pressure is 400 psia, the average
steam temperature is 700°F, and the average temperature of the feed water supplied to the boiler is 280°F. if the boiler
efficiency for the period is 82.5% and if the coal has a heating values of 13,850 Btu/lb as fired, find the average amount of coal
burned in short tons per hour.
a. 9.84 short tons per hour
b. 10.75 short tons per hour
c. 12.05 short tons per hour
d. 11.45 short tons per hour
22. A boiler operating at 11 kg/cm2 is required to generate a minimum of 50,000 kg/hr of saturated steam. Feed water enters the
boiler at 80°C. The furnace is designed to fire coal at average rate of 4,800 kg/hr and boiler efficiency is 85%. Compute the
developed boiler horsepower.
a. 3,462.52 Hp c. 5,234.75 Hp
b. 4,356.78 Hp d. 2,560.45 Hp
23. A water tube boiler evaporated 5.05 kg of water per second from a feed water temperature of 104.44°C to steam to steam at
1241.1 kPa and quality of 0.97; weight of coal fuel per second 0.57 kg; higher heating value of coal as fired, 11,800 Btu/lb.
Determine the rate of heat absorption in kJ/s, the boiler horsepower, and the efficiency of steam generating units.
a. 11,558 kJ/kg, 1178 Bo. Hp, 73.87%
b. 12,346 kJ/kg, 1234 Bo. Hp, 84.35%
c. 14,567 kJ/kg, 1045 Bo. Hp, 67.45%
d. 10,275 kJ/kg, 1475 Bo. Hp, 83.25%
24. A waste heat recovery boiler produces 4.8 MPa (dry saturated) steam from 104°C feed water. The boiler receives energy from
5 kg/s of 954°C dry air. After passing through the waste heat boiler, the temperature of the air has been reduced to 343°C.
How much steam in kg I produced per second ?
Note: at 4.8 MPa dry and saturated, h = 2796.0 kJ/kg.
a. 1.3 c. 2.1
b. 0.92 d. 3.4
25. A steam generating plant consisting of a boiler, an economizer and super heater generates superheated steam at rate of 50
tons per hr. Feed water enters the boiler at 5 MPa and 120°C. Steam leaves the superheated at 4.5 MPa and 320°C. if the
coal used has heating value of 30,000 kJ/kg, calculate the no. of tons of coal fired per hour for gross efficiency of 85%.
a. 4.889 tons/hr c. 3.267 tons/day
b. 5.897 tons/hr d. 2.675 tons/day
26. A water tube boiler has a capacity of 1000 kg/hr of steam. The factor of evaporation is 1.3, boiler rating is 200%, boiler
efficiency is 65%, heating surface area is 0.91 m2 per bo. Hp, and the heating value of fuel is 18,400 kCal/kg. The total coal
available in the bunker is 50,000 kg. Determine the no. of hrs. to consume the available fuel.
a. 853.36 hrs c. 979.46 hrs
b. 706.57 hrs d. 100.75 hrs
27. Two boiler are operating steadily on 91,000 kg of coal contained in a bunker. One boiler is producing 1591 kg of steam per
hour at 1.2 factor of evaporation and an efficiency of 65% and another boiler produced 1364 kg of steam per hour at 1.15
factor of evaporation and an efficiency of 60%. How many hours will the coal in the bunker run the boilers if the heating value
of coal is 7,590kCal/kg ?
a. 230.80 hrs c. 350.35 hrs
b. 280.54 hrs d. 300.54 hrs
28. A following coal has the following ultimate analysis by weight :
C = 70.5% H2 = 4.5% O2 = 6.0 % Moisture = 4%
S = 3.0 % Ash = 11% N2 = 1.0 %
 A stocker fired boiler of 175,000 kg/hr steaming capacity uses this coal as fuel. Calculate the volume of air in m 3/hr with air at
60°F and 14.7 psia pressure if boiler efficiency is 70%, e = 30% and FE = 1.10.
a. 212,830 m3/hr c. 122,345 m3/hr
b. 342,987 m3/hr d. 132,456 m3/hr
29. Find the rated boiler horsepower of H.R.T. boiler 60 in. in diameter 16ft long, and having seventy and 3 in. O.D. tubes with
0.109 in. wall ?
a. 95.09 Bo. Hp c. 89.09 Bo. Hp
b. 78.09 Bo. Hp d. 93.05 Bo. Hp
30. What is the heating surface are of a water tube boiler if the equivalent rated boiler horsepower is 200 ?
a. 182 c. 450
b. 206 d. 198
31. The heating surface are of a fire tube boiler is 400 m2. What is the equivalent rated boiler horsepower ?
a. 363.64 HP c. 256.78 HP
b. 435.72 HP d. 135.72 HP
32. What would be the percentage of the over-all efficiency of a steam generator obtaining an evaporation equivalent to 10.95 kg
of water from and at 100°C per kg of coal containing 34,064 kJ/kg heating value?
a. 74% c. 82%
b. 73% d. 70%
33. For a generation of dry and saturated steam at 1.0 Mpa absolute, what is the percentage gain in heat when the boiler
feedwater is heated from 30°C to 90°C?
a. 8.47% c. 9.47%
b. 9.97% d. 5.47%
34. What is the percent rating of a water tube boiler if the heating surface area is 400 m 2 and the developed boiler horsepower is
750?
a. 170.625% c. 130.625%
b. 140.675% d. 120.765%
35. The heating value of fuel supplied in a boiler is 40,000kJ/kg. If the factor of evaporation is 1.10 and the actual specific
evaporation is 10, what is the efficiency of the boiler?
a. 62.07% c. 78.01%
b. 53.08% d. 54.97%
36. Steam is admitted to the cylinder of an engine such a manner the average pressure is 120 psi. The diameter of the piston is 10
in. and the length of stroke is 12 in. what is the HP of the engine when it is making 300 rpm. ?
a. 171.5HP c. 173.2HP
b. 175HP d. 174.4HP
37. The Area of the indicator card taken of the high pressure cylinder of a quadruple expansion engine is 1445 mm2, the length is
80 mm, and 1 mm of height represents 0.27 bar. The Bore of the cylinder runs at 1.65 rev/sec. Calculate the total indicated
power of the engine assuming equal powers are developed in all cylinders.
a. 1911.2 kW c. 1123.5 kW
b. 2345.7 kW d. 2331.43 kW
38. During the test on a single-cylinder steam engine, the mean effective pressure was 405 kPa when running at 3 rev/sec.. The
break load was 1.9 kN acting at an effective radius of 1.2 m. if the cylinder diameter is 0.275 m and the stroke 0.4 m. ,
calculate the mechanical efficiency.
a. 74.46% c. 73.24%
b. 84.54% d. 23.45%
39. A steam engine has an indicated efficiency of 65%. The enthalpies of the engine at entrance and exit are 3000 kJ/kg and 2500
kJ/kg respectively. If the mechanical efficiency is 85% and the steam consumption is 1000 kg/hr, what is the break power of
the engine?
a. 76.64 kW c. 87.67 kW
b. 78.54 kW d. 82.34 kW
40. Steam at 7.5 bar is admitted to an engine cylinder and cut off at 0.34 of the stroke. The back pressure is 1.7 bar. Neglecting
clearance, calculate the hypothetical mean gross pressure and mean effective pressure.
a. 5.301 bar & 3.601 bar c. 5.467 bar & 2.457 bar
b. 5.601 bar & 2.602 bar d. 4.578 bar & 3.457 bar
41. Steam is supplied to the cylinder of an engine at 8.3 bar and cut-off takes palce when the piston has traveled 0.45 of its stroke.
The clearance volume is equal to 5% of the stroke volume. If the back pressure is 2.4 bar, calculate the actual mean effective
pressure taking a diagram factor of 0.72.
a. 3.178 bar c. 2.457bar
b. 3.478 bar d. 2.574 bar
42. The mean effective pressure of an engine running at 300 rpm is 500 kPa. What is the indicated power if the engine has bore of
250 mm x 450 mm.\
a. 110.5 kW c. 123.5 kW
b. 210.7 kW d. 312.4 kW
43. In a test laboratory, it was found out that of the 80BHP developed by the engine on test, 45 Hp are absorbed by the cooling
water that is pumped through the water jacket and the radiator. The water enters the top of the radiator at 200°F. At that
temperature, enthalpy of the water is 168.07 BTU/lb. Water leaves the bottom of the radiator at 190°F and with an enthalpy of
158.03 BTU/lb. what is the water flow rate for steady-state operation?
a. 22.8 gal/min c. 12.58 gal/min
b. 52.3 gal/min d. 18.98 gal/min
44. A double acting steam cylinder engine with bore and stroke of 250 mm x 450 mm rotates at 250 rpm. If the mean effective
pressure is 400 kPa, what is the indicated power developed in the cylinder?
a. 73.63 kW c. 84.75 kW
b. 78.57 kW d. 85.57 kW
45. Steam enters a turbine stage with an enthalpy of 3628 kJ/kg at 70 m/s and leaves the same stage with an enthalpy of 2846
kJ/kg and a velocity of 124 m/s. Calculate the power if there are 5 kg/s steam admitted at the turbine throttled?
a. 4596.45 kW c. 3883.81 kW
b. 3976.55 kW d. 1675.42 kW
46. A steam turbine has an entrance enthalpy of 3000 kJ/kg and an exit enthalpy of 2000 kJ/kg. What is the stage efficiency if the
actual enthalpy after isentropic expansion is 2,200 kJ/kg?
a. 82% c. 86%
b. 70% d. 80%
47. A chain gate stroke 9.5 ft. wide, receives crushed coal having a mean specific weight of 54 lb/ft 3. The coal is spread to a
uniform depth of 6.8 in. by the coal gate. Determine the stroker speed in fpm if the furnace is to burn 7.5 tons per hour.
a. 0.86 ft/min c. 1.86 ft/min
b. 0.98 ft/min d. 1.98 ft/min
48. The vacuum in the surface condenser of a small condensing steam power plant is 650 mm Hg as referred to a 760 mm Hg
barometer. If the temperature in the condenser is 35°C ( Pc = 5.628 kPa ) the vacuum efficiency is:
a. 95.29 % c. 90.56%
b. 88.56% d. 85.92%
49. Wet steam at 1.6 MPa ( hf = 859 kJ/kg, hfg = 935 kJ/kg ) reducing valve and is throttled to a pressure of 0.80 MPa ( h f = 721
kJ/kg, hfg = 2048 kJ/kg ). Find the dryness fraction of the reduced steam.
 a. 0.9933 c. 0.1755
b. 0.1933 d. 0.1622
50. The entrance and exit of enthalpies of a steam turbine are 4000 and 3000 kJ/kg respectively. What is the mass of the steam
entering the turbine if the generator power is 3MW nad generator efficiency is 90%.
a. 12,000 kg/hr c. 17,000 kg/hr
b. 14,000 kg/hr d. 24,000 kg/hr