HEAT TRANSFER

1. A 15 cm thick wall has a thermal conductivity of 5W /m-°K. If inside and outside surface temperature of the wall are
200°C and 20°C, respectively. Determine the heat transmitted.Answer: A
A. 5.67 KW/m2
B. 4.68 KW/m2
C. 8.87 KW/m2
D. 6.87 KW/m2

2. Two walls of cold storage plant are composed of an insulating material (l = 0.25 KJ/hr-m-°C), 100 mm thick at the outer
layer and material (l = 3.5 KJ/hr-m-°C), 15 cm thick at inner layer. If the surface temperature at cold side is 30°C and
hot side is 250°C, find the heat transmitted per square meter.Answer: A
A. 0.138 KW/m2
B. 0.450 KW/m2
C. 0.025 KW/m2
D. 0.065 KW/m2

3. Sea water for cooling enters a condenser at 27°C and leaves at 37°C. The condenser temperature is 45°C, what is the
log mean temperature difference?Answer: B
A. 50.65°C
B. 12.33°C
C. 37.82°C
D. 80.54°C

4. Determine the thermal conductivity of a material that uses a 2 m2 test panel, 25 mm thick with a temperature difference
of 10.8°F between the surfaces. During the 5 hours test period, the heat transmitted is 200 KJ.Answer: C
A. 0.045 W/m-°K
B. 0.560 W/m-°K
C. 0.023 W/m-°K
D. 0.370 W/m-°K

5. A steam pipe having a surface temperature of 200 °C passes through a room where the temperature is 27°C. The outside
diameter of pipe is 80 mm and emissivity factor is 0.8 Calculate the radiated heat loss for 3 m pipe length.Answer: A
A. 1434.47 W
B. 2746.35 W
C. 2756.57 W
D. 3546.45 W

6. A counter flow heat exchanger is designed to heat fuel oil from 30°C to 90°C while the heating fluid enters at 140°C at
105°C. Determine the arithmetic mean temperature difference.Answer: B
A. 72.5°C
B. 62.5°C
C. 45.5°C
D. 67.5°C

7. A heat exchanger has an overall coefficient of heat transfer of 0.50 KW/m2-°C. Heat loss is 11 KW and the mean
temperature difference is 15°C. What is the heat transfer are in ft2?Answer: D
A. 51.80 ft2
B. 37.30 ft2
C. 56.80 ft2
D. 15.80 ft2

8. Brine enters a circulating brine cooler at the rate of 60 m3/hr at -10°C and leaves at -16°C. Specific heat of brine is 1.072
KJ/kg-°K and specific gravity of 1.1. Determine the tons of refrigeration.Answer: C
A. 53.5 TR
B. 65.3TR
C. 33.5 TR
D. 44.5 TR
9. A heat exchanger has a hot gas temperature of 300°C and surface conductance on hot side is 200 W/m2-°K. If heat
transmitted is 1000 W/m2, what is the surface temperature on the wall at hot side?Answer: A
A. 295°C
B. 465°C
C. 234°C
D. 354°C

10. A heat exchanger is to be designed for the following specifications:

Hot gas temperature, 1145°C
Cold gas temperature is 45°C
Unit surface conductance on the hot side, 230 W/m2-°K
Unit surface conductance on the cold side, 290 W/m2-°K
Thermal conductivity of the metal wall, 115 W/m-°K
Find the maximum thickness of metal wall between the hot gas and cold gas, so that the maximum temperature of the
wall does not exceed 545°C.Answer: C
A. 10 mm
B. 30mm
C. 20mm
D. 40mm

11. An uninsulated steam pipe passes through a room in which the air and walls are at 25°C. The outside diameter of the
pipe is 70 mm, and its surface temperature and emissivity are 200°C and 0.80, respectively. If the coefficient associated
with free convection heat transfer from the surface to the air is 15 W/m2-°K, what is the rate of heat loss from the surface
per unit length of pipe?Answer: A
A. 998 w/m2
B. 872 w/m2
C. 762 w/m2
D. 422 w/m2

12. A turbo-charged, 16 cylinder, Vee-type diesel engine has an air consumption of 3,000 kg/hr per cylinder at rated load
and speed. This air is drawn in through a filter by a centrifugal compressor directly connected to the exhaust gas turbine.
The temperature of the air from the compressor is 145°C and a counter flow air cooler reduces the air temperature to
45°C before it goes to the engine suction header. Cooling water enters air cooler at 30°C and leaves at 38°C. Calculate
the log mean temperature difference.Answer: A
A. 47°C
B. 87°C
C. 34°C
D. 65°C

13. A turbo-charged, 16 cylinder, Vee type diesel engine has an air consumption of 3,000 kg/her per cylinder at rated load
and speed. This air is drawn in through a filter by a centrifugal compressor directly connected to the exhaust gas turbine.
The temperature of the air from the compressor is 145°C and a counter flow air cooler reduces the air temperature to
45°C before it goes to the engine suction header. Cooling water enters air cooler at 30°C and leaves at 38°C. Calculate
the quantity of cooling water in m3/hr required to cool the total requirements of the engine at rated load and
speed.Answer: A
A. 144
B. 136
C. 123
D. 165

14. An oil heater heats 100 kg per minute of oil from 35°C to 100°C in a counter flow heat exchanger. The average specific
heat of the oil is 2.5KJ/kg-°C. Exhaust gases used for heating enter the heater with an average specific heat of 1 KJ/kg-
°C, a mass flow rate of 250 kg/min and an initial temperature of 200°C. The overall heat transfer coefficient is 75 W/m2-
°C. Determine heating surface in square meters.Answer: D
A. 30
B. 63
C. 40
D. 36
15. A surface condenser serving a 50,000 KW steam turbo-generator unit receives exhaust steam at the rate of 196,000
kg/hr. Vacuum in condenser is 702 mm Hg. Sea water for cooling enters at 29.5°C and leaves at 37.5°C. For steam
turbine condensed as heat given up to cooling water. Calculate logarithmic mean temperature difference in °F.Answer:
C
A. 10
B. 14
C. 12
D. 16

16. A surface condenser serving a 50,000 KW steam turbo-generator unit receives exhaust steam at the rate of 196,000
kg/hr. Vacuum in condenser is 702 mm Hg. Sea water for cooling enters at 29.5°C and leaves at 37.5°C. For steam
turbine condenser design, manufacturers consider 950 Btu/lb of steam turbine condensed as heat given up to cooling
water. Calculate the required quantity of cooling water in cubic meters per hour.Answer: D
A. 10,374
B. 12,445
C. 11,345
D. 13,509

17. Calculate the energy transfer rate across 6” wall of firebrick with a temperature differences across the wall of 50°C. The
thermal conductivity of the firebrick is 0.95 Btu/hr-ft-°F at the temperature interest.Answer: B
A. 285 W/m2
B. 369 W/m2
C. 112 W/m2
D. 429 W/m2

18. Water is flowing in a pipe with radius of 25.4 cm at a velocity of 5m/sec at the temperature in the pipe. The density and
viscosity of the water are as follows: density = 997.9 kg/sec, viscosity = 1.131 Pa-s. What is the Reynolds Number for
this situation?Answer: A
A. 2241
B. 96.2
C. 3100
D. 1140

19. The hot combustion gases of a furnace are separated from the ambient air and its surrounding, which are at 25°C, by a
brick wall 0.15 m thick. The brick has a thermal conductivity of 1.2 W/m-°K and surface emissivity of 0.8. Under steady
state conditions and outer surface temperature of 100°C is measured. Free convection heat transfer to the air adjoining
this surface is characterized by a convection coefficient of 20W/m2-°K. What is the brick inner surface temperature in
°C?Answer: B
A. 623.7
B. 352.5
C. 461.4
D. 256.3

20. Steam initially saturated at 2.05 Mpa, passes through a 10.10 cm standard steel pipe for a total distance of 152 m. The
steam line is insulated with a 5.08 cm thickness of 85% magnesia. For an ambient temperature of 22°C, what is the
quality of the steam which arises at its destination if the mass flow rate is 0.125 kg steam per second?
Properties of steam:
Pressure = 2.05 Temperature = 213.67
Enthalpy: hf = 914.52 hfg = 1885.5
hg = 28000.0
k for 85% magnesia = 0.069 W/m-°K
fo for still air = 9.36 W/m-°KAnswer: A
A. 93%
B. 98%
C. 84%
D. 76%
21. Compute the amount of condensate formed during 10 minutes warm-up of 150 meter pipe conveys the saturated steam
with enthalpy vaporization hfg = 1,947.8 LJ/kg.The minimum external temperature of pipe is 2°C. The final temperature
of pipe is 195°C. The specific heat of pipe material is 0.6 KJ/kg-°C. The specific weight is 28 kg/m.Answer: C
A. 249.69 kg
B. 982.45 kg
C. 294.54 kg
D. 423.45 kg

22. What is the heat transfer in the glass surface area of 0.7 m2 having an inside temperature (room) of 23°C and 13°C
outside temperature (surrounding). The thickness of glass surface is 0.0007 m. The thermal conductivity is 1.8 W/m-
°K.Answer: D
A. 5.8 kw
B. 3.6 kw
C. 6.2 kw
D. 2.34 kw

PUMPS

1. A double suction centrifugal pumps delivers 70 ft3/sec of water at a head of 12 m and running at 1250 rpm. What is
the specific speed of the pump?Answer: D
A. 5014 rpm
B. 5453 rpm
C. 2345 rpm
D. 9968 rpm

2. The pump centerline of a centrifugal pump is located 2.5 m above from the high tide level. The sea water varies two
meters from high tide to low tide level. If friction loss at the suction is 0.8 m, determine the total suction
head.Answer: A
A. 5.30 m
B. 2.30 m
C. 6.30 m
D. 8.23 m

3. A centrifugal pump requires 40 ft head to deliver water from low level to higher level. If pump speed is 1600 rpm,
determine the impeller diameter of the centrifugal pump.
Answer: A
A. 185 mm
B. 160 mm
C. 154 mm
D. 176 mm

4. The suction pressure of a pump reads 2 in. of mercury vacuum and discharge pressure reads 130 psi is used to deliver
100 gpm of water with specific volume of 0.0163 ft3/lb. Determine the pump work.Answer: B
A. 4.6 KW
B. 5.7 KW
C. 7.4 KW
D. 9.4 KW

5. A pump is to deliver 150 gpm of water at ahead of 120 m. If pump efficiency is 70%, what is the horsepower rating
of motor required to drive the pump?Answer: D
A. 40.44 Hp
B. 25.66 Hp
C. 38.44 Hp
D. 21.33 Hp
6. A motor is used to d rive a pump having an efficiency of 85% and 70 % respectively. What is the combined efficiency
of pump and motor?Answer: A
A. 59.50%
B. 61.50%
C. 62.50%
D. 65.50%

7. In a boiler feed pump, the enthalpy at the entrance is 765 KJ/kg. If pump has a head of 900 m, what is the exit
enthalpy of the pump.Answer: C
A. 897 KJ/kg
B. 465 KJ/kg
C. 774 KJ/kg
D. 864 KJ/kg

8. A submersible pump delivers 350 gpm of water to a height of 5 ft from the ground. The pump was installed 120 ft
below the ground level and a draw down of 8 ft during the operation. If water level is 25 ft above the pump, determine
the pump power.Answer: C
A. 7.13 KW
B. 4.86 KW
C. 7.24 KW
D. 864 KW

9. Determine the number of stages needed for a centrifugal pump if it is used to deliver 400 gal/min of water and pump
power of 15 Hp. Each impeller develops a head of 38 ft.
Answer: B
A. 6
B. 4
C. 8
D. 7

10. A boiler feed pump receives 50 li/sec of water with specific volume of 0.00112 m3/kg at ahead of 750 m. What is
the power output of driving motor if pump efficiency is 65%?Answer: A
A. 505.32 KW
B. 643.54 KW
C. 785.56 KW
D. 356.45 KW

11. What power can a boiler feed pump can deliver a mass of 35 kg/s water at a head of 500 m?Answer: D
A. 356.56 KW
B. 354.54 KW
C. 456.64 KW
D. 171.67 KW

12. A pump running at 100 rpm delivers water against a head of 30 m. IF pump speed will increase to 120 rpm, what is
the increase in head?Answer: B
A. 43.2 m
B. 13.2 m
C. 34.6 m
D. 56.3 m

13. A pump is used to deliver 50 li/sec of sea water at a speed of 120 rpm. If speed will increase to 135 rpm, determine
the increase in pump capacity.Answer: D
A. 56.25 li/sec
B. 34.56 li/sec
C. 87.54li/sec
 D. 6.260 li/sec

14. A 15 KW motor running at 350 rpm is used to drive a pump. If speed will be changed to 370 rpm, what is the
increase in power?Answer: A
A. 2.72 KW
B. 17.72 KW
C. 56.45 KW
D. 5.67 KW

15. A certain pump is used to deliver 150 gpm of water having a density of 61.2 lb/ft3. The suction and discharge gage
reads 4 in Hg vacuum and 25 psi, repectively, The discharge gage is 2 ft above the suction gage. What is the brake
power of the motor if pump efficiency is 75%?Answer: A
A. 3.24 Hp
B. 2.67 Hp
C. 5.45 Hp
D. 6.89 Hp

16. The discharge pipe of a pump is 400 mm in diameter delivers 0.5 m3/sec of water to a building which maintains a
pressure of 100 Kpa at a height of 30 m above the reservoir. If equivalent head is 2m, what power must be furnished
by the pump?Answer: A
A. 211 KW
B. 480 KW
C. 340 KW
D. 240 KW

17. A centrifugal pump is designed for 1800 rpm and head of 61m. Determine the speed of impeller if diameter is
reduces from 305 mm to 254 mm.Answer: C
A. 1000 rpm
B. 1250 rpm
C. 1500 rpm
D. 1600 rpm

18. Water from a reservoir A 10 m elevation is drawn by a motor driven pump to an upper reservoir B at 72m elevation.
Suction and discharge head loss are 0.15m, respectively. For discharge rate of 15li/sec, find the power input to the
motor if overall efficiency is 65%.Answer: C
A. 12.65 KW
B. 23.54 KW
C. 14.17 KW
D. 45.35 KW

19. The elevation of suction reservoir is 5m above the pump centerline and delivers to 85m elevation tank which
maintain 150 Kpa. If 1.5m3/sec of water is used to deliver a total head of 3m, determine the power needed by the
pump.Answer: A
A. 1446 KW
B. 2546 KW
C. 4675 KW
D. 3456 KW

20. Water from a reservoir is pumped over a hill through a pipe 900 mm in diameter and a pressure of one kg/cm2 is
maintained at the pipe discharge where the pipe is 85m from the pump centerline. The pump has a positive suction
head of 5m. Pumping rate of the pump at 1000 rpm is 1.5 m3/sec. Friction losses is equivalent to 3m of head loss.
What amount of energy must be furnished by the pump in KW?Answer: A
A. 1372 kw
B. 1523 kw
C. 1234 kw
D. 1723 kw
21. Water from a reservoir is pumped over a hill through a pipe 450 mm in diameter and a pressure of 1 kg/cm2 is
maintained at the summit. Water discharge is 30m above the reservoir. The quantity pumped is 0.5 m3/sec. Frictional
losses in the discharge and suction pipe and pump is equivalent to 1.5m head loss. The speed of the pump is 800
rpm what amount of energy must be furnished by the pump in KW?Answer: B
A. 202
B. 206
C. 204
D. 208

22. Water from an open reservoir A at 8m elevation is drawn by a motor-driven pump to an open reservoir B at 70m
elevation. The inside diameter of the suction pipe is 200mm and 150mm for the discharge pipe. The suction line has
a loss of head three times that of the velocity head in the 200 mm pipe. The discharge line has a loss of head twenty
times that of the velocity head in the discharge pipeline. The pump centerline is at 4m. Overall efficiency of the
system is 78%. For a discharge rate of 10li/sec, find the power input to the motor and the pressure gage reading
installed just at the outlet and inlet of the pump in Kpag.Answer: D
A. 2.34 kw
B. 5.45 kw
C. 6.59 kw
D. 7.84 kw

23. A pump is to deliver 80 gpm of water at 140°F with a discharge pressure of 150 psig. Suction pressure indicates 2
inches of mercury vacuum. The diameter of suction and discharge pipes are 5 inches, respectively. The pump has
an efficiency of 70%, while the motor efficiency is 80%. Determine power input to the drive motor.Answer: D
A. 7.23 kw
B. 2.34 kw
C. 8.34 kw
D. 9.39 kw

24. Determine the water horsepower and the mechanical efficiency of a centrifugal water pump which has an input of
3.5 Hp if the pump has an 8 inches nominal size suction and 6 inches nominal size discharge if it handles 150 gpm
of water at 150°F. The suction line gage shows 4” Hg vacuum and the discharge gage shows 26 psi. The discharge
gage is located 2 feet above the center of the discharge pipe line and pump inlet and discharge lines are at the same
elevation.Answer: A
A. 2.52 hp
B. 6.33 hp
C. 4.23 hp
D. 8.34 hp

25. A boiler feed pump receives 40 liters per second at 4 Mpa and 180°C. It operates against a total head of 900 m with
an efficiency of 60%. Determine the enthalpy leaving the pump in KJ/kgAnswer: B
A. 783.45
B. 773.57
C. 756.23
D. 765.23

26. A boiler feed pump receives 40 liters per second at 180°C. It

operates against a total head of 900 m with an efficiency of 60%. Determine power output of the driving motor in
KW.Answer: D
A. 453.23
B. 623.34
C. 983.45
D. 523.27

27. A boiler feed pump receives 40 liters per second at 180°C. It operates against a total head of 900m with an efficiency
of 60%. Determine discharge pressure in Kpa for a suction pressure of 4 Mpa.Answer: A
A. 11,850 kpa
B. 13,455 kpa
C. 12,566 kpa
 D. 14,233 kpa

28. A boiler feed pump receives 45 li/sec of water at 190°C and enthalpy of 839.33 KJ/kg. It operates against a head of
952m with efficiency of 70%. Estimate the water leaving temperature assuming that the temperature rise as due to
the inefficiency of the input energyAnswer: A
A. 191°C
B. 143°C
C. 123°C
D. 165°C

29. A submersible, multi-stage, centrifugal deep well pump 260 gpm capacity is installed in a well 27 feet below the
static water level. Drawdown when pumping at rated capacity is 10 feet. The pump delivers the water into a 25,000
gallons capacity overhead storage tank. Total discharge head developed by pump, including friction in piping is 243
feet. Calculate brake horsepower required to drive the pump if pump efficiency is 70%.Answer: C
A. 31.31
B. 41.41
C. 21.21
D. 51.51

30. A submersible, multi-stage, centrifugal deep well pump 260 gpm capacity is installed in a well 27 feet below the
static water level and running at 3450 rpm. Drawdown when pumping at rated capacity overhead storage tank. Total
discharge head developed by pump, including friction in piping is 243 feet. Calculate the diameter of the impeller
of this pump in inches if each impeller diameter developed a head of 38 ft.Answer: A
A. 3.28
B. 5.33
C. 4.23
D. 6.34

31. A double suction, single stage, centrifugal pump delivers 900 m3/hr of sea water(SG = 1.03) from a source where
the water level varies two meters from high tide to low tide level. The pump centerline is located 2.6 meters above
the surface of the water at high tide level. The pump discharges into a surface condenser, 3m above pump centerline.
Loss of head due to friction in suction pipe is 0.8m and that in the discharge side is 3m. Pump is directly coupled to
a 1750 rpm, 460 V, 3 phase, 60 Hz motor. Calculate the specific speed of pump in rpm.Answer: B
A. 3131 rpm
B. 5151 rpm
C. 4141 rpm
D. 6161 rpm

32. A pump driven by an electric motor moves 25 gal/min of water from reservoir A to reservoir B, lifting the water to
a total of 245 feet. The efficiency of the pump and motor are 64% and 84% respectively. What size of motor(HP) is
required?Answer: B
A. Hp
B. 3 Hp
C. 4 Hp
D. 7.5 Hp

33. Water is pumped at 1m3/sec to an elevation of 5m through a flexible hose using a 100% efficiency pump rated at
100 KW. Using the same length of hose, what size of motor is needed to pump 1 m3/sec of water to a tank with no
elevation gain? In both cases both ends of hose are at atmospheric pressure. Neglect kinetic energy.Answer: A
A. 51 KW
B. 18 KW
C. 43 KW
D. 22 KW
34. A vacuum pump is used to drain a flooded mine shaft of 20°C water. The pump pressure of water at this temperature
is 2.34 Kpa. The pump is incapable of lifting the water higher than 10.16m. What is the atmospheric
pressure?Answer: D
A. 109
B. 112
C. 98
D. 101.9

35. It is desired to deliver 5 gpm at a head of 640m in a single stage pump having specific speed not to exceed 40. If the
speed is not to exceed 1352 rpm, how many stages are required?Answer: D
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 2

36. The rate of flow of water in a pump installation is 60.6 kg/sec. The intake static gage is located 1.22m below the
pump center line and reads 68.95 Kpa gage; the discharge static gage is 0.61m below the pump centerline and reads
344.76 Kpa gage. The gages are located close to the pump as much as possible. The areas of the intake and discharge
pipes are 0.093 m2 and 0.069 m2, respectively. The pump efficiency is 70%. Take density of water equals 1000
kg/m3. What is the hydraulic power in KW?Answer: A
A. 17.0
B. 24.5
C. 31.9
D. 15.2

37. Water in rural areas is often extracted from underground water source whose free surface is 60m below ground
level. The water is to be raised 5m above the ground by a pump. The diameter of the pipe is 10 cm at the inlet and
15 cm at the exit. Neglecting any heat interaction with the surroundings and frictional heating effects, what is the
necessary power input to the pump for a steady flow of water at the rate of 15 li/sec in KW if pump efficiency is
85%?Answer: D
A. 9.54
B. 5.343
C. 7.82
D. 11.23

38. A pump lifts water at a rate of 283 lps from a lake and force it into a tank 8m above the level of the water at a
pressure of 137 kpa. What is the power required in kilowatts.Answer: C
A. 71
B. 41
C. 61
D. 51

39. A pump receives 8kg/s of water at 220 Kpa and 110°C and discharges it at 1100 kpa. Compute for the power required
in kilowatts.Answer: C
A. 8.126
B. 5.082
C. 7.041
D. 6.104

40. A fuel pump is delivering 10 gallons per minute of oil with a specific gravity of 0.83. The total head is 9.14m, find
how much energy does the pump consumes in KJ per hour.
Answer: A
A. 169
B. 19
C. 189
 D. 179

41. A pump discharges 150 liters per second of water to a height of 75 meters. If the efficiency is 75% and the speed of
the pump is 1800 rpm, what is the torque in N-m to which the drive shaft is subjected?Answer: B
A. 771
B. 781
C. 791
D. 681

42. A pump with a 400 mm diameter suction and a 350 mm diameter discharge pipe is to deliver 20,000 liters per minute
of 15.6°C water. Calculate the pump head in meters if suction gage is 7.5cm below pump centerline and reads
127mm Hg vacuum and discharge gage is 45cm above the pump centerline and reads 75 kpa.Answer: D
A. 15 m
B. 5 m
C. 20 m
D. 10 m

43. A centrifugal pump delivers 300,000 liters per hour of water to a pressurized tank whose pressure is 280 kpa. The
source of water is 5m below the pump. The diameter of the suction pipe is 300mm and the discharge pipe is 250mm.
Calculate the kw rating of the driving motor assuming the pump efficiency to be 72%.Answer: D
A. 41.75 kw
B. 35.75 kw
C. 43.26 kw
D. 38.16kw

44. A centrifugal pump delivers 80 liters per second of water on test. Suction gage reads 10 MM Hg vacuum and 1.2
meters below pump centerline. Power input is 70 kw. Find the total dynamic head in meters. Answer: A
A. 66
B. 60
C. 62
D. 64

45. A pump delivers 500 gpm of water against a total head of 200 ft and operating at 1770 rpm. Changes have increased
the total head to 375 ft. At what rpm should the pump be operated to achieve the new head at the same
efficiency?Answer: C
A. 3000 rpm
B. 3434 rpm
C. 2424 rpm