Chapter 5

Boilers
1.The heating surface area of water tube boiler is 200 m², what is the
equivalent rated boiler horsepower?

A. 217 Hp
B. 2365.93 Hp
C. 200 Hp
D. 219.78 Hp
2. The rated boiler horsepower of a fire tube boiler is 500 Hp. What is the
heating surface area of the boiler?

A. 500 m²
B. 300 m²
C. 400 m²
D. 550 m²
3. A water tube boiler has a heating surface area of 500 m². For a developed
boiler hp of 825. Determine the percent rating of the boiler.

A. 120.15%
B. 160.15%
C. 150.15%
D. 300.15%
4. The factor of evaporation of a boiler is 1.1 and a steam rate of 0.79 KG/sec.
What is the developd boiler horse power?

A. 300
B. 200
C. 869
D. 250
5. The percent rating is water tube boiler is 200%, factor of evaporation of
1.08 and heating surface area is 256 m². Find the rate of evaporation.

A. 8,153.02 kg/hr
B. 5,153.02 kg/hr
C. 7,200 kg/hr
D. 8,500.46 kg/hr
6. The actual specific evaporation of a certain boiler is 10. Factor of
evaporation is 1.05. If the heating value of fuel is 30,000 KJ/kg, find the
boiler efficiency.

A. 60%
B. 65%
C. 70%
D. 79%
7. The ASME evaporation units of a boiler is 24,827,000 KJ/hr. The boiler
auxiliaries consumes 1.5 MW. What is the net boiler efficiency if the heat
generated by the fuel is 30,000 KJ/hr?

A. 64.75%
B. 68.94%
C. 62.76%
D. 68.54%
8. A 100,000 kg of coal supplied two boilers. One has a capacity of 150 kg/hr.
How many days to consume the available fuel if the other boiler consumes
200 kg/hr?

A. 5 days
B. 7 days
C. 15 days
D. 12 days
9.The following coal has the following ultimate analysis by weight:

C = 70.5% H₂ = 4.5 O₂ = 6.0% N₂ = 1.0%

S = 3.0% Ash = 11% Moisture = 4%
A stocker fired boiler of 175,000 kg/hr steaming capacity uses this coal as fuel.
Calculate volume of air is m³/hr with air at 60°F and 14.7 psia pressure if
boiler efficiency is 70% and FE = 1.10.

A. 212,830 m³/hr
B. 215,830 m³/hr
C. 213,830 m³/hr
D. 214,830 m³/hr
10. The following coal has the following ultimate analysis by weight:

C = 70.5% H₂ = 4.5 O₂ = 6.0% N₂ = 1.0%

S = 3.0% Ash = 11% Moisture = 4%
A stocker fired boiler of 175,000 kg/hr steaming capacity uses this coal as fuel.
Volume of air in m³/hr with air at 60°F and 14.7 psia pressure. Weight in
metric tons of coal needed for 24 hours operation at rated capacity if boiler
efficiency is 70% and FE = 1.10.

A. 503.443 Mtons
B. 508.443 Mtons
C. 502.443 Mtons
D. 504.443 Mtons
11. Two boilers are operating steadily on 91,000 kg of coal contained is a
bunker. One boiler is producing 1591 kg of steam per hour at 1.2 factor of
evaporation and an efficiency of 65% and another boiler produces 1364 kg
of steam per hour at 1.15 factor of evaporation and an efficiency of 60%.
How many hours will the coal in the bunker run the boilers if the heating
value of coal is 7590 Kcal/kg?

A. 220.8 hrs
B. 256.2 hrs
C. 230.8 hrs
D. 453.3 hrs
12. A steam generating plant consisting of a boiler, an economizer and
superheater generates superheated steam at the rate of 50 tons/hr.
Feedwater enters the boiler at 5Mpa and 120°C. steam leaves the
superheater at 4.5 Mpa and 320°C. If the coal used has a heating value of
30,000 KJ/kg, calculate the number of tons of coal fired per hour for gross
efficiency of 85%

A. 4.89
B. 6.34
C. 5.34
D. 45.5
13. A water tube boiler has a capacity of 1000 kh/hr of steam. The factor of
evaporation is 1.3, boiler rating is 200%, boiler efficiency is 5%, heating
surface area is 0.91 m²/boiler Hp, and the heating value of fuel is 18,400
Kcal/kg. The total coal available in the bunker is 50,000 kg. Determine total
number of hours to consume the available fuel.

A. 533.45
B. 743.12
C. 634.34
D. 853.26
14. A boiler operating at 11 kg/cm² is required to generate a minimum of
50,000 kg/hr saturated steam. Feed water enters the boiler at 80°C. The
furnace is designed to fire coal at an average rate 4,800 kg/hr and boiler
efficiency is 85%. Compute the minimum heating value of local coal that
could be used in order to ensure the generation of required steam.

A. 28,464
B. 29,977
C. 23,556
D. 30,976
15. A boiler operating at 11 kg/cm² is required to generate a minimum of
50,000 kg/hr of saturated steam. Feed water enters the boiler at 80°C. The
furnace is designed to fire coal at an average rate 4,800 kg/hr and boiler
efficiency is 85%. Compute the developed boiler horse power.

A. 3462.56 hp
B. 1234.56 hp
C. 2345.67 hp
D. 4233.34 hp
16. A steam boiler generating 7.1 kg/s of 4.137 Mpa, 426.7°C steam is
continuously blown at the rate of 0.31 kg/sec. Feed water enters the
economizer at 148.9°C. The furnace burns 0.75 kg coal/sec of 30,470.6
KJ/kg higher value. Calculate the overall thermal efficiency of steam boiler.

A. 76.34%
B. 84.23%
C. 82.78%
D. 88.34%
17. 23.5 kg of steam per second at 5 Mpa and 400°C is produced by a steam
generator. The feedwater enters the economizer at 145°C and leaves at
205°C. The steam leaves the boiler drum with a quality of 98%. The unit
consumes 2.75 kg of coal per second as received having a heating value of
25,102 KJ/kg. What would be the overall efficiency of the unit in percent?

Steam properties:

At 5 Mpa and 400°C: h = 3195.7 KJ/kg

At Mpa: hf = 1154.23 hfg = 1640.1
At 205°C: ff = 875.04

ηb = 88%
18. A steam boiler on a test generates 885,000 lb of lb of steam in a 4-hour
period. The average steam pressure is 400 psia, the average steam
temperature is 700°F, and the average temperature of the feedwater
supplied to the boiler is 280°F. If the boiler efficiency for the period is
82.5%, and if the coal has a heating value of 13,850 Btu/lb as fired, find the
average amount of coal burned in short tons per hour.

At 400 psia and 700 °F, h₂ = 1362.7 Btu/lb

At 280 °F, h₁ = 249.1 Btu/lb

A. 9.84 short tons per hour

B. 10.75 short tons per hour
C. 12.05 short tons per tons
D. 11.45 short tons per hour
19. A steam boiler generates 401,430 kg of steam in a 4-hour period. The
steam pressure is 2750 kpa and 370 °C. The temperature of the supplied to
the steam generator is 138 °C. If the steam generator efficiency is 82.5% and
the coal has a heating value of 32,200 KJ/kg, find the average amount of
coal burned per hour.

A. 9771
B. 8734
C. 9563
D. 7354