UNIVERSITY OF CEBU-MAIN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Problem Set

1. Find the enthalpy of air with wet bulb temperature of 25 oC and dry bulb temperature of
32 oC using psychrometric chart.
A. 65.45 KJ/kg B. 76.50 KJ/kg C. 74.29 KJ/kg D. 78.40 KJ/kg
2. Find the enthalpy of air with wet bulb temperature of 25 oC and 60% RH using
psychrometric chart.
A. 74.56 KJ/kg B. 60.34 KJ/kg C. 76.50 KJ/kg D. 77.40 KJ/kg
3. Find the dew point temperature of air with dry bulb temperature of 303 oK and RH of
80% usingpsychrometric chart.
A. 26.50 oC B. 24.50 oC C. 85.25 oC D. 32 oC
4. At 30 oC, air-vapor mixture has a relative humidity of 75%. Find the humidity ratio if
barometric pressure is 100 kpa. At 30 oC, Psat = 4.246 kpa
A. 0.123 B. 0.0205 C. 0.054 D. 0.019
5. The humidity ratio of air is 0.05. If barometric pressure is 99 kpa, find the partial
pressure of water vapor.
A. 4.23 kpa B. 7.37 kpa C. 6.81 kpa D. 5.23 kpa
6. Air at 32 oC and pressure of 101 kpa has a density of 1.10 kg/m3. Find the humidity
ratio of air.
A. 0.0304 B. 0.6350 C. 0.0635 D. 0.0173
7. What is the enthalpy of the air-vapor mixture at 70% RH and 33 oC when the barometric
pressure is 101 kpa? At 33 oC: Psat = 5.628, hg = 2565.3
A. 97.76 KJ/kg B. 74.23 KJ/kg C. 67.34 KJ/kg D. 53.34 KJ/kg
8. Air-vapor mixture has an enthalpy of 73 KJ/kg at 31 oC. Find the partial pressure of
water vapor. At 31 oC: hg = 2556.3 KJ/kg
A. 6.34 kpa B. 1.34 kpa C. 4.231 kpa D. 2.61 kpa
9. An ammonia ice plant operates between a condenser temperature of 35oC and
evaporator of –15oC. It produces 12 metric tons of ice per day from water at 30oC to ice at
–5oC. Assuming simple saturation cycle, determine the horsepower of the motor if the
adiabatic efficiency of the compressor ηc = 0.87 and mechanical efficiency ηm = 0.96. The
specific heat of ice is 2.094 kJ/kg.oC and the latent heat is 335 kJ/kg. From the table for
ammonia the following enthalpies are: condenser entrance = 1703 kJ/kg, exit =366.1
kJ/kg; compressor entrance = 1443.9 kJ/kg, exit = 1703 kJ/kg
A. 17.68 hp B. 18.61 hp C. 15.5 hp D. 25.2 hp
10. A two stage cascade vapor compression refrigeration system uses ammonia in the low-
temperature loop and R-12 in the high-temperature loop. The ammonia provides 18 tons
cooling. If the high-loop temperature requires 10.12 kW compressor power and low-loop
15.93 kW, determine the COP of the system.
A. 2.429 B. 5.22 TR C. 3.314 TR D. 9.1 TR
11. Air in an airconditioner enters at 65% RH with w = 0.025 and leaves at 25 oC dry bulb
and 16 oC wet bulb. If mass of air is 10 kg/s, find the refrigeration capacity in tons of
refrigeration.
At 65% RH, w = 0.025: h = 85 KJ/kg, v = 0.803 m3/kg At 25 oC db, 16 oC wb: h = 43
KJ/kg;
A. 134.34 TR B. 119.45 TR C. 102.45 TR D. 98.34 TR
12. A 140 kw air conditioner has a has an initial condition of 40 oC db and 60% RH and
leaves at 20o db and 20% RH. Find the volume of air entering the conditioner. At 40 oC db
and 60% RH: h = 112 KJ/kg, w = 0.93m3/kg; At 20 oC db and 20% RH: h = 26 KJ/kg
A. 3.22 m3/s B. 2.62 m3/s C. 1.51 m3/s D. 1.93 m3/s
13. Outside air in an air conditioning unit has a mass of 52 kg at 42 oC is mixed with re-
circulated air at 32 kg at 28 oC, find the temperature after mixing.
A. 35.23 oC B. 32.23 oC C. 36.67 oC D. 45.32 oC
14. Sixty two kilogram of air with enthalpy of 80 KJ/kg is mixed with another x air until the
mixture is 110 kg and 70 KJ/kg enthalpy. Find the enthalpy of x air before mixing.
A. 40.23 KJ/kg B. 57.10 KJ/kg C. 13.75 KJ/kg D. 15.34 KJ/kg
15. Air in a conditioned space has 26 oC db and 70% RH, find the wet bulb depression.
A. 6.00 oC B. 15.34 oC C. 7.20 oC D. 17.80 oC
16. A 6 x 5 x 4 m room has a pressure of 101 kpa and temperature of 30oC (Psat = 5 kpa).
If percent relative humidity is 65%, find the mass of vapor (RV = 0.423 KJ/kgoK).
A. 0.345 kg B. 1.23 kg C. 3.04 kg D. 2.19 kg
17. A 75% efficient cooling tower has a water entering at 45o C and wet bulb temperature
of air entering at 25 oC. Find the water exit temperature of water.
A. 32o CB. 30oC C. 34.34oC D. 23.44oC
18. Water enters the cooling tower at 55 oC and leaves at 30 oC while the heat rejected to
air is 120 KW. Find the capacity of the pump needed to pump the water.
A. 1.15 li/s B. 3.22 li/s C. 2.34 li/s D. 4.23 li/s
19. Air enters the tower at the rate of 60 kg/s. The entrance enthalpy is 86 KJ/kg and exit
enthalpy of 53 KJ/kg. Find the temperature range of the tower if mass flow rate of water is
30 kg/s.
A. 14.34 oC B. 16.34 oC C. 10.23 oC D. 15.76 oC
20. A 100 BHP diesel engine has a brake thermal efficiency of 30% and jacket water loss of
34%. The engine is to be cooled by means of a cooling tower having a range of 27 oC. Find
the mass of water leaving the tower.
A. 5,238.45 kg/hrB. 2692.35 kg/hr C. 7038.45 kg/hr D. 6108.62 kg/hr
21. A 120 tons refrigeration system with COP of 5 has a condenser which is to be cooled by
means of a cooling tower. Air enters the tower at 25 oC db and 50% RH and leaves at 35
oC db and 80% RH. Find the volume of air needed m3/hr. At 25oC and 50% RH: h = 50
KJ/kg, v = 0.86 m3/kg At 350C db and 80% RH: h = 108
A.7.51 m3/s B. 2.34 m3/s C. 4.98 m3/s D. 3.16 m3/s
22. The evaporative condenser of an ammonia refrigeration plant has a water flow rate of
100 kg/s and enters a natural draft cooling tower at 43 oC. The water is cooled to 30 oC by
air entering at 27 oC db 24 oC wet bulb. The air leaves the tower as 90% RH and 32 oC db.
Calculate the percent of make-up water needed the tower. At 27 oC db and 24 oC wb: h =
72.5 KJ/kg, w = 0.0178 At 90% RH and 32 oC db: h = 102 KJ/kg, w = 0.0275
A. 2.34% B. 1.79% C. 3.12% D. 2.84%
23. A cooling tower cools water from 39 oC to 24 oC at the rate of 25 kg/s. Air enters the
tower at 18 oC at the rate of 35 kg/s. Find the temperature of air leaving the tower.
A. 50.71 oC B. 62.86 oC C. 45.23 oC D. 34.45 oC
24. An airconditioning system has a sensible heat load of 120 kw and latent heat load of 25
kw. Find the sensible heat factor.
A. 64.45% B. 73.45% C. 56.34% D. 82.76%
25. Find the dew point temperature of air whose humidity ratio is 0.0150 kg water/kg dry
air.
A. 22.50 oC B. 23.50 oC C. 20.30 oC D. 25.5 Oc
26. Find the humidity ratio of air with enthalpy of 40 KJ/kg and RH of 40%. Using
psychrometric chart.
A. 0.0123 B. 0.045 C. 0.00600 D. 0.0068
27. Twenty five kilogram air enters the dryer at 24 oC db and 35% RH. Fifteen kg of re-
circulated air from the dryer has a partial pressure of water vapor of 10 kpa. Find the
humidity ratio after mixing. At 24 oC db, 35% RH: w = 0.0059
A. 0.0325 B. 0.1930 C. 0.0653 D. 0.0292