1.

A six-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine with 76 mm bore and 98 mm stroke was run in the
laboratory at 200 rpm, when it was found that the engine torque was 153.5 N-m with all cylinders
firing but 123 N-m when one cylinder was out. The engine consumed 12.2 kg of fuel per hour
with a heating value of 54,120 kJ/kg and 252.2 kg of air at 15.6°C per hour. Determine the
indicated power.

2. In a test laboratory, it was found out that of the 80 BHP developed by an 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 BTU/lb.
What is the water flow rate for a steady-state condition?

3. A single-acting, four cylinder, 4-stroke cycle diesel engine with a bore to stroke of 21.59 × 27.94
cm, operating at 275 rpm, consumes 8.189 kg/hr of fuel whose heating value is 43,961.4 kJ/kg.
The indicated mead effective pressure is 475.7 kPa. The load on the brake arm, which is 93.98 cm
is 113.4 kg. What is the brake mean effective pressure in kPa?

4. A 2000 kW diesel engine unit uses 1 bbl oil per 525 kw-hr produced. Oil is 25°API. Efficiency of
generator is 93%, mechanical efficiency of engine is 80%. What is the indicated work in kw-s?
Also determine the indicated thermal efficiency.

5. A supercharged six-cylinder four-stroke cycle Diesel engine of 10.48 cm bore and 12.7 cm stroke
has a compression ratio of 15. When it is tested on a dynamometer with a 53.34 cm am at 2500
rpm, the scale reads 81.65 kg, 2.86 kg of fuel of 45,822.20 kJ/kg heating value are burned during
a 6 min test, and air metered to the cylinders at the rate of 0.182 kg/sec: Find the brake thermal
efficiency.

6. A certain diesel engine with the following specifications, 8-cylinder, 400 mm x 600 mm, four
stroke cycle has a fuel consumption of 0.6 lbs/hp-hr based on 19,100 Btu/lb. Engine speed is 280
RPM with an indicated mean effective pressure of 130 psi. If the jacket water carries away an
estimated 25% of the heat supplied, find its capacity (GPM) required if the allowable rise is 40°F.

7. Find the power which a 2.5 MW natural gas engine can develop at an altitude of 1981.2 meters
taking into consideration that both pressure and temperature change.

8. The thermal efficiency of a particular engine operating on an ideal cycle is 35%. Calculate the
heat supplied per 1200 watt-hr of work developed in kJ.

9. In a double-acting, 2-stroke compression ignition engine, 8-cylinder, the diameter of the cylinder
is 700 mm, stroke is 1350 mm and the piston rod diameter is 250 mm. When running at 108 rpm,
the indicated mean effective pressures above and below the pistons are 5.80 bar. and 4.90 bar
respectively. Calculate the brake power of the engine with a mechanical efficiency of 80% in
kilowatts.

10. What is the mechanical efficiency of a 0.5-MW diesel engine if the friction power is 70 kW?
11. Calculate the bore and stroke of a 6-cylinder automobile motor to deliver 30 BHP at 4800 rpm.
The ratio of stroke to bore is being 1.4. Assume the mean effective pressure in the cylinder to be
90 psi and the mechanical efficiency of 85%.

12. An engine has an efficiency of 26%. it uses 2 gallons of gasoline per hour. Gasoline has a heating
value of 20,500 BTU/lbm and a specific gravity of 0.80. What is the power output of the engine?

13. An engine burns a liter of fuel every 12 minutes. The fuel has a specific gravity of 0.8, and a
heating value of 45 MJ/kg. The engine has an efficiency of 25%. What is the brake horsepower of
the engine?

14. A device produces 37.5 kJ per cycle. There is one power stroke per cycle. Calculate the power
output if the device is running at 45 rpm.

15. A diesel generating set consumes 235 liters of fuel during a one-hour operation and produces 900
kW power. The density of fuel used is 0.8955 kg/liter. Determine the specific fuel consumption of
the diesel generating set in kg per kW-hr.

16. An 850-kWh diesel generating unit has a generator efficiency of 90 percent. If the mass of the
fuel is 209 kilograms, then compute for the engine fuel rate?

17. An engine has an efficiency of 26%. it uses 2 gallons of gasoline per hour. Gasoline has a heating
value of 20,500 BTU/lbm and a specific gravity of 0.80. What is the power output of the engine?

18. An engine burns a liter of fuel every 12 minutes. The fuel has a specific gravity of 0.8, and a
heating value of 45 MJ/kg. The engine has an efficiency of 25%. What is the brake horsepower of
the engine?

19. A device produces 37.5 kJ per cycle. There is one power stroke per cycle. Calculate the power
output if the device is running at 45 rpm.

20. An 850-kWh diesel generating unit has a generator efficiency of 90 percent. If the mass of the
fuel is 209 kilograms, then compute for the engine fuel rate?

21. A 20 cm x 36 cm, twin-cylinder, two-stroke cycle diesel engine running at 650 rpm. The engine
rate is 112 kW. Determine the engine displacement in m3/s-BHP.

22. A 1000 kw-hr diesel generating set has a generator efficiency of 85%. if the mass of the fuel is
150 kg, compute the engine fuel rate.

23. Find the power of a rotating shaft with a torque of 188 N-m and rotating at 1350 rpm.

24. If the brake mean effective pressure of a diesel engine is 500 kPa and the mechanical efficiency is
85%, what is the indicated mean effective pressure?
25. A 650 bhp diesel engine uses fuel oil of 28°API gravity at 45°C, fuel consumption is 0.56
lbs/bhp-hr. Cost of fuel is $0.15 per liter. Determine the following:
a.) Density of fuel used (kg/L)
b.) Fuel consumption rate (L/hr)
c.) Required minimum volume of the day tank (L)
d.) Daily fuel cost

26. Performance values of a.3 MW Diesel generating set are as follows:

Fuel rate, 1.5 barrels for 900 kWh of 25°API fuel
Generator efficiency, 92 percent
Mechanical efficiency, 81 percent
Voltage, 440/220, three-phase, 60 hertz

For 900 kWh energy produced, determine the following:

a.) Fuel consumed
b.) Engine fuel rate, in kg/kw-hr
c.) Brake thermal efficiency
d.) Indicated thermal efficiency

27. A car engine produces an average of 40 kW of power ina period of 15-min during which 1.5 kg of
gasoline is consumed. If the heating value of gasoline is 44,050 kJ/kg, determine the efficiency of
this engine during this period.

28. A Diesel engine consumed 500 liters of fuel having a density of 870 kg/m 3 and a heating value of
43,700 kJ/kg. If the thermal efficiency is 28%, how many hp-hrs will be generated?

29. A four-cylinder four-stroke Diesel engine with 20 cm bore and 30 cm stroke running at 1200 rpm
has a reading of 400 kPa mean effective pressure in the indicator diaphragm. Calculate the
indicated power generated in kW.

30. A prony brake for measuring the power generated of a six-cylinder, two-stroke Diesel engine
running at 2500 rpm indicates a reading of 300 N. The-length of the arm of the prony brake is 1.5
m. In an hour operation, it consumes 20 kg of fuel with a heating value of 48,000 kJ/kg.
Determine the brake thermal efficiency.

31. Calculate the volumetric efficiency of a four-stroke six-cylinder car engine of 10 cm bore and 10
cm stroke running at 2500 rpm with 3.0 m3/min of entering air.

32. An 18 cm × 24 cm single-acting, 8-cylinder, 4 stroke diesel engine operates at 1500 rpm. The
load on the brake arm which is 105 cm length is 100 kg. What is the brake mean effective
pressure in kPa?

33. A four-stroke, direct injection diesel engine of 4 in. bore x 4.5 in. stroke develops 45 HP at full
load and 8 HP when running at idling load. Engine speed is 2,200 rpm. What is the mechanical
efficiency?
34. The following data are the results on a test of an Otto cycle engine:
Torque = 1800.N-m
Indicated Mean Effective Pressure =. 700 kPa
Fuel consumption = 0.006 kg/sec
Fuel heating value = 43,000 kJ/kg
Bore x Stroke = 25 cm x 35cm; speed = 400 rpm.

Calculate the brake mean effective pressure.

35. A four-cylinder, four-cycle engine with 10-cm diameter pistons and a 15-cm stroke operates at a
speed of 700 rpm and yields an indicator diagram. The area of the indicator card is equal to 12.25
cm2. The length of the diagram is 8.75 cm, and the spring constant of the indicator spring is 600
kPa/cm. Determine the indicated mean effective pressure, and the indicated power.

36. A gasoline engine generates 300 kW while consuming 0.025 kg/sec of fuel. The friction power is
50 kW. The higher heating value of the fuel is 42,500 kJ/kg. Calculate the indicated thermal
efficiency.

37. A 373 kW (500 hp) internal combustion engine has a brake mean effective pressure of 551.5 kPa
at full load. What is the friction power if mechanical efficiency is 85%?

38. A dynamometer test was done for. one hour at a steady load on a 6 cylinder diesel engine. It was
found to use 42 kg of fuel having HHV = 42,000 kJ/kg. Cylinder is 22.8 cm x 27 cm, 4 cycle
type. Speed of 550 rpm and dynamometer torque at 27000 kg cm. Determine the brake. thermal
efficiency.
39. A four-stroke, 8-cylinder diesel engine with bore and stroke of 9 inches and 12 inches
respectively and speed of 950 rpm has a brake mean effective pressure of 164 psi. The specific
fuel consumption is 0.39 lb/bhp-hr and the fuel heating value is 18,500 Btu/lb. Determine the
thermal efficiency.

40. A four-stroke 394 mm bore and 534 mm stroke single acting diesel engine with four cylinders is
guaranteed to-deliver 350 BHP at.300 rpm. The engine consumed 66.8 kg/hr of fuel with a
heating value of 44,251 kJ/kg. Calculate the indicated mean effective pressure in kPa if
mechanical efficiency is 89%.

41. A 305 mm x 457 mm four-stroke single acting diesel engine is rated at 150 kW at 260 rpm: Fuel
consumption at rated load is 0.26 kg/kW-hr with a heating value of 43,912 k3/kg. Calculate the
brake thermal efficiency.

42. A four-cylinder, 4 stroke-cycle, 20 cm x 25 cm x 550 rpm diesel engine has a mean effective
pressure ‘of 150 psi. Calculate the brake power in kW if the engine efficiency is 88%.

43. A 500-kW diesel has a heat rate of 12,000 kJ/kW-hr. The’ compression ratio is 16:1, the cut-off
ratio is 2.3. Assume k = 1.32. Calculate the engine efficiency.
44. The brake thermal efficiency of a 1 MW diesel-electric plant is 36 %. Find the heat generated by
fuel in kW if the generator efficiency is 89%.

45. A 500 kW diesel engine develops torque of 2 kN-m, The engine drives an alternating current
generator with 8 poles producing-current at 60 Hz. What is the speed ratio of speed reduction
gear?