TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Thermodynamics Competency Exam

NAME:__________________________ DATE:091015
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1. A refrigerator operates in a cyclic And reversible manner
between 0 and 27C. What is the coefficient of performance
given that the heat of fusion of water is 334.72J/g.
a. 101.1%
b. 1011%
c. 350% d. NOTG
2. Air is compressed in a cylinder such that the volume changes
from 100 to 10 in3. The initial pressure is 50 psia and the
temperature is held constant at 100F. Calculate the work.
a. -484 ft-lbf
b. 484 ft-lbf
c. -959 ft-lbf
d. 959 ft-lbf
3. A 1500-kg automobile traveling at 30 m/s is brought to rest by
impacting a shock absorber composed of a piston with small
holes that moves in a cylinder containing water. How much heat
must be removed from the water to return it to its original
temperature?
a. 235 kJ
b. -19kJ
c. 675 kJ
d. 898 kJ
4. A refrigerator is rated at a COP of 4. The refrigerated space
that it cools requires a peak cooling rate of 30000 kJ/h. What
size electricaI motor (rated in horsepower) is required for the
refrigerator?
a. 1.819 HP b. 15.26 HP c.2.793 HP d. 8.85 HP
5. A heat pump is proposed in which 50F groundwater is used
to heat a house to 70F. The groundwater is to experience a
temperature drop of 12"F, and the house requires 75,000 Btu/hr.
Calculate the minimum mass flux of the groundwater and the
minimum horsepower required.
a. 5984 lbm/hr, 0.98 hp
b. 6014 lbm/hr, 1.11 hp
c. 441 lbm/hr, 3.2 hp
d. 1716 lbm/hr, 2.09 hp
6. Two kg of saturated steam is contained in 0.2-m3 rigid
volume. Heat is transferred to the surroundings at 30C until the
quality reaches 20 percent. Calculate the entropy change of the
universe.
a. 4.84 kJ/K
b. -4.67 kJ/K
c. 89 kJ/K d.3.55 kJ/K
7. The values of equilibrium constant at the temperatures 834K
and 921K for the reaction SO2 + 0.5O2 SO3 are 18.0 and
4.96, respectively. Calculate the average value of H over the
temperature change.
a. 94,140J
b. 94.14kJ
c. 49,140J d. NOTG
8. For the ideal Rankine cycle shown in Fig. 8-26 determine the
mass flow rate of steam and the cycle efficiency.

10. Predict the value for the enthalpy of vaporization for water
at 200C assuming steam to be an ideal gas.
a. 5432 kJ/kg
b. 2153 kJ/kg
c. 1895 kJ/kg d. 237 kJ/kg
11. Coefficient to performance for a reversed Carnot cycle
working between temperatures T1 and T2 (T1> T2) is
a. T2 /(T1 - T2)
b. T1 /(T1 T2)
c. (T2 T1) / T1
d. (T1 T2) /T2
12. One ton of refrigeration capacity is equivalent to
a. 50 k cal/hr
b. 200 BTU/hr c.200BTU/min
d.200 BTU/day
13. In case of steady flow compression polytropic process
(PVn = constant), the work done on air is the lowest, when
a. n = y = 1.4
b. n = 0
c. n = 1
d. n = 1.66
14. As the entropy of the universe is increasing day by day
the work producing capacity of a heat engine is
a. not changed
b. decreasing
c. increasing
d. data insufficient cant be predicted
15. Fugacity coefficient of a substance is the ratio of its
fugacity to
a. mole fraction
b. activity
c. pressure
d. activity coefficient
16. Joule-Thomson experiment is
A. isobaric
B. adiabatic
C. isenthalpic
D. both(b) & (c)
17. Water on heating from 1 to 4C
A. contracts
B. expands
C. has same volume
D. may contract or expand
18. A steam turbine with rated capacity of 56,400 kW
(56,400kJ/s) operates with steam at inlet conditions of
8,600kPa and 500C, and discharges into a condenser at a
pressure of 10kPa. Assuming a turbine efficiency of 0.75,
determine the mass rate of flow of the steam.
a. 45 kg/s
b. 49 kg/s
c. 55 kg/s
d. 59 kg/s
19. Which of the following equation is obtained on
combining 1sT and 2nd law of thermodynamics, for a system
of constant mass?
a. dU = TdS PdV
b. dQ = Cv dT + PdV
c. dQ = Cp dT + Vdp
d. TdS = dU PdV
20. Which of the following behaves most closely like an ideal
gas ?
A. He
B. N2
C. O2
D.H2
21. The reaction is always spontaneous when
a. H is (-)S is (+)
b. H is (+)S is (+)
c. H is (+)S is (-)
d. H is (-)S is (-)
22. Which is not a refrigerant ?
A. SO2
B. NH3

C. CCl2F2

D. C2H4Cl2

23. 2.0 mole of an ideal gas is expanded isothermally to five

times its initial volume. Calculat ethe change in entropy.
a. 2.303 J/C
b. 35.03 J/C
c. 26.77 J/C
d. NOTG
24. Calculate the total entropy change when 1 mole of ice at
0C is heated to steam at 100C at 0.1 MPa pressure. The
molar heat of fusion of ice at 0C is 6.008 kJ and the heat of
vaporization of water at 100C is 40.668 kJ. The specific heat
of water is approximately 4.184 J/C.g.
a. 322.007 J/C.g.
b. 229.42 J/C.g.
c. 425 J/C.g.
d. NOTG
a. 32.9 kg/s, 43%
b. 16.1 kg/s, 38.5%
c. 18.93%, 42.5%
d. 21.9%, 61.76%
9. An adiabatic compressor receives 20 m3/min of air from the
atmosphere at 20C and compresses it to 10 MPa. Calculate the
minimum power requirement.
a. 317 kW
b. 654 kW
c. 452Kw d. 33.90 kW

25. Calculate the final temperature for the combustion of a

mixture of 1 mole of hydrogen, 0.5 mole of oxygen and 2
mole of nitrogen in a closed bomb calorimeter of constant
volume, given that the change in enthalpy for the formation
of 1 mole of water is 241.835 kJ and for gaseous H2O and
N2, Cv of H2O = 23.849 J/K.mole and Cv for N2 = 20.836
J/K.mole.
a. 394.34K
b. 3943.39K
c.2565K
d. NOTG