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What is the effect of the propane addition on the mole fractions of propane in the vapor and liquid phases? Explain your answer.
A continuous gravity decanter is to separate chloro-benzene with a density of 1109 kg/m^3 from an aqueous wash liquid having a density of 1020 kg/m^3. If the total depth in the separator is 1m and t
Water at 60 F is flowing in laminar flow between two stationary parallel plates spaced 2 inches apart. The centerline velocity (umax) is 10 in/s. Assume the velocity profile to be parabolic i.e.,:
Determine the maximum and minimum temperature values and express them in Kelvin Farehient and identify their z location.
A non-flow process is carried out adiabatically. What is the change in specific internal energy of the fluid if 55,000 ft x lbf of work is removed from 8 lbm of fluid in this process.
A slotted arm rotates counterclockwise in a fixed circular path about an origin with a constant angular velocity of d(theta)/dt. The distance from the origin to the circular path is described by r=2
Calculate the necessary piston displacement in order to increase the pressure to 45 atm (typical of a diesel engine) varying linearly with displacement (i.e. the pressure varies linearly with displa
The water is then heated until its temperature is 400oF. What is the mass in the vessel? What its final specific volume? What is its final state?
Determine the speed of the cylinder after it has fallen 300 mm.How far has it fallen when it momentarily stops. When the 35-kg cylinder is released from rest, the spring is subjected to a tension of 7
Determine 1) the energy flow rate of the oil at the inlet; 2) the difference of energy flow rate between the outlet and inlet; 3) the overall efficiency of the motor-pump system?
The area ratio A/A* of the nozzle is 20 and the throat diameter is 0.1 m. Determine the stagnation pressure if the expansion is correct at sea level.
Air cools an electronics compartment by entering at 60 F and leaving at 105 F. The pressure is essentially constant at 14.7 psia. Determine (a) the change in internal energy of the air as it flows t
Assuming that the weight per unit volume of ocean water is 64 lb/ft3, determine the mass of the Pacific Ocean (a) in slugs; (b) in kilograms.
If 200 g of the water are in the liquid phase and the rest is vapor, determine the pressure in the tank, the volume that is occupied by the vapor, and the total volume of the tank.
How deep must a submarine be immersed in sea water (specific gravity is 1.03) for its shell to experience an "absolute" pressure that is 3.5 times the atmospheric pressure (Assume standard atmospher
A balloon filled with helium gas is to be used to lift a military vehicle that weighs 2570 pounds. As learned in class, the density of helium is about one-seventh the density of air.
Determine the magnitude of the acceleration of the child relative to the rail at that instant. Give answer to four significant figures.
A thin metal plate is insulated on the back and exposed to solar radiation on the front surface. The exposed surface of the plate has an absorptivity of 0.85 for solar radiation. (Absorptivity is th
A system contains Refrigerant R-134a with the specific enthalpy of 275 kJ/kg at 600 kPa. The phase of R-134a is?
The inner and outer surfaces of a 0.5 cm thick x 2.0 m x 2.0 m window glass in winter are 12°C and 4°C, respectively. If the thermal conductivity of the glass is 0.78 W/m-°C, determine t
Water is pumped from a lower reservoir to a higher reservoir by a pump that provides 15 kW of shaft power. The free surface of the upper reservoir is 40 m higher than that of the lower reservoir.
The steam is then reheated at a constant pressure to 500C before entering the second stage turbine. Steam leaves the second stage turbine as saturated vapor at 0.6 bar.
If the bond interest is payable monthly and the bond matures in 20 years, what nominal effective rates of return per year will the purchaser make on the investment?
The pressure at the interface of the troposphere and stratosphere (at 11 km) is 22.6 kPa (abs). In the first layer of the stratosphere the temperature remains constant at -56.5?C.
Determine the Fourier coefficients A_0, A_n, B_n, and the trigonometric fourier series for the function y(t) = At, where the function has a period of 2 s with y(-1) = -A and y(1) = A.