TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

THERMODYNAMICS I

PRELIM EXAM

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer by marking the circle corresponding to the letter of your choice
on the sheet provided. Use pencil black ballpen only. STRICTLY NO ERASURES. WARNING: SHADED
ANSWERS WITHOUT CORRESPONDING SOLUTIONS WILL INCUR DEDUCTIONS.

LINKED PROBLEMS 1 – 3:
Steam at 200 psia and 600oF enters a turbine through a 3 – in diameter pipe with a velocity of 10 ft/s. The
exhaust from the turbine is carried through a 10 – inch diameter pipe and is at 5 psia and 200oF.
1. What is the change in enthalpy of the process?
A. + 174 BTU/lb B.
C. - 174 BTU/lb D. 1.9 x 1012 molecules

2. What is the final velocity?

A. 27.0 ft/s B. 16.7 ft/s
C. 33.4 ft/s D. 13.12 ft/s

3. What is the power output of the turbine?

A. 36.5 hP B. 20.20 hP
C. 1.65 hP D. 41.03 hP

LINKED PROBLEMS 4 -7:

Carbon dioxide gas enters a water – cooled compressor at conditions P1 = 15 psia and T1 = 50oF, and is
discharged at conditions P2 = 520 psia and T2 = 200oF. The entering CO2 flows through a 4 – in diameter
pipe with a velocity of 20 ft/s and is discharged through a 1 – in diameter pipe. The shaft work supplied to the
compressor is 5,360 BTU/lbmol.
4. What is the change in enthalpy?
A. – 7 BTU/lb B. – 4 BTU/lb
C. + 7 BTU/lb D. + 4 BTU/lb

5. What is the final velocity?

A. 6.12 ft/s B. 9.69 ft/s
C. 5.78 ft/s D. 3.54 ft/s

6. What is the work flowrate?

A. + 121.8 hP B. – 32.55 hP
C. – 121.8 hP D. + 32.55 hP

7. Calculate the heat flow.

A. – 99 BTU/lb B. + 155 BTU/lb
C. + 99 BTU/lb D. – 155 BTU/lb

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LINKED PROBLEMS 8 - 9:
Ethylene enters a turbine at 10 bar and 450 K, and exhaust at 1 atm and 325K. For a mass flow rate of 4.5
kg/s and a rate of 15200(P/kW)0.573. (State any assumptions you make.)
8. What is the work output of the turbine?
A. + 1009 kW B. + 3801 kW
C. – 1009 kW D. – 3801 kW

9. Determine the cost.

A. 4.9 M B. 2.1 M
C. 3.5 M D. 0.80 M

10. Can you submit this on time?

A. Yes B. Maybe
C. No D. Need more coffee

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