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After a period of time, the pressure in the tank rises to 1.5 MPa. Determine the final temperature (oC) of the water in the tank. Assume variable specific heats (use the property tables for water).
What is the solar flux absorbed by the abdorber plate? Given the temps of both plates, what is the rate of power lost from the absorber per unit area?
Determine the a) the acceleration of poina b) the acceleration of carriage C) the distance the cylinder has rolled with respect to carriage after 0.5 s.
The specific gravity of solids is 2.70. Determine the moisture content, dry unit weight and degree of saturation of the sample.
A sample of silty clay has a volume of 14.88cm3, a total mass of 28.81 g, a dry mass of 24.83 g, and a specific gravity of solids 2.7. Determine the void ratio and the degree of saturation.
The specific gravity of the solid particles is 2.7. For this sample, determine the water content, void ratio, porosity and total unit weight.
A small convex mirror placed at the 17.3 cm position forms a final image at the 10.0 cm point. What is the radius of curvature of the convex mirror?
Determine the diameter of the standard commercial steel pipe that will give the required performance. include the minor losses. an initial guess for the pipe size of 5 cm can be used.
If the boiler has an efficiency of 85% and burns natural gas with a heating value of 100,000 btu/therm at a cost of $1.25/therm, what does it cost to provide natural gas to this plant in $/hr?
Assume the specific gravity of solids as 2.67. Also determine the void ratios and the degree of saturation of the soil in both the undisturbed and remolded states.
Wet density, pt = 2.1 g/cm3, G = 2.7, water content, w - 15%. Determine (i) dry density, pd, (ii) porosity, (iii) void ratio, and (iv) degree of saturation.
The coefficient of sliding friction is mu_k. Determine the distance the sphere has traveled along the incline when pure rolling begins.
Determine the isentropic and actual work output for the turbine. What is the actual exit quality? Show your work on a separate page and include an appropriate figure.
The sun warms the can and contents to a final tmperature of 20 deg c. detërmine the following: total heat transfer to the can and contents.
Using the First Law and assuming steady-state behavior, determine the shaft power delivered to the generator by the steam turbine.
Make a list of all assumptions and the reasonableness thereof. Draw the DC electric circuit analogy diagram with all symbols used clearly defined
Find the work delivered by the turbine per unit mass of water in kJ/kg. By calculating the entropy produced in this cycle, determine if this expansion internally reversible or irreversible or imposs
It is estimated that the refrigerator removes 3300 kJ/hr heat from the food, and rejects 4800 kJ/hr heat to the ambient, which is at 30 ºC. Determine the power input to the refrigerator in kW a
After a period of time, the pressure in the tank rises to 1.5 MPa. Determine the final volume (m3) of the water in the tank. Assume variable specific heats (use the property tables for water).
Determine the pipe diameter considering that concrete pipe is available in a range of diameters from 12" to 48" in 3" increments only.
Calculate the quality if saturated or the temperature if superheated of the steam as it loves the nozzle and the same values If the nozzle lost heat during the flow process at 100 kj/kg.
A 2mm diameter metor of specific gravity 2.9 has a speed of 6 km/s at an altitude of 50,000m where the density of air is 1.03x10^-3 kg/m^3.
Show the cycle on a T-s diagram with respect to saturation lines and including both isobars. Determine the amount of work required to operate the A/C if all processes are ideal. [Btu/min].
Show the cycle on a T-s diagram with respect to saturation lines and including both isobars. Determine the maximum amount of work that can be extracted from the Rankine power cycle (kW).