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A gas contained within a piston-cylinder assembly undergoes three processes in serial:
A gas mixture at 600 R and 20 psia consists of 1 lbm of CO2 and 3 lbm of CH4. Determine the partial pressure of each gas and the apparent molar mass of the gas
A gas is contained in a vertical, frictionless piston-cylinder device. The piston has a mass of 4 kg and a cross-sectional area of 35 cm2.
A gas is compressed from an initial volume of 0.42 m3 to a final volume of 0.12 m3. During the quasi-equilibrium process, the pressure changes with volume
A gas refrigeration cycle with a pressure ratio of 3 uses helium as the working fluid. The temperature of the helium is -10°C at the compressor inlet
A gas occupying a volume of 25 ft3 weights 3.5 lbs on the moon, where the acceleration of gravity is 5.47 ft/s2
A gas mixture of a known composition is frequently required for different purposes, e.g., in the calibration of gas analyzers.
A gas mixture consists of 5 kg of O2, 8 kg of N2, and 10 kg of CO2. Determine
A frictionless piston-cylinder device contains 2 kg of nitrogen at 100 kPa and 300 K. Nitrogen is now compressed slowly according to the relation
A frictionless piston-cylinder device initially contains air at 200 kPa and 0.2 m3. At this state, a linear spring (F = x) is touching the piston
A four-cylinder, four-stroke spark-ignition engine operates on the ideal Otto cycle with a compression ratio of 11 and a total displacement volume of 1.8 liter
A four-cylinder two-stroke 2.4-L diesel engine that operates on an ideal Diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 17 and a cutoff ratio of 2.2
A Ford Taurus driven 15,000 miles a year will use about 715 gallons of gasoline compared to a Ford Explorer that would use 940 gallons
A force of 125 N is applied to a mass of 12 kg in addition to the standard gravitation. If the direction of the force is vertical up find the acceleration
A flow, 0.2 kg/s dry air, of moist air at 40°C, 50% relative humidity flows from the outside state
A flow of moist air at 21°C, 60% relative humidity should be produced from mixing of two different moist air flows
A four-stroke turbocharged V-16 diesel engine built by GE Transportation Systems to power fast trains produces 3500 hp at 1200 rpm.
A fuel is completely burned first with the stoichiometric amount of air and then with the stoichiometric amount of pure oxygen
A fuel is burned during a steady-flow combustion process. Heat is lost to the surroundings at 300 K at a rate of 1120 kW
A frictionless piston-cylinder device and a rigid tank contain 2 kmol of an ideal gas at the same temperature, pressure, and volume.
A frictionless piston-cylinder device contains 16 lbm of superheated water vapor at 40 psia and 600°F.
The cylinder initial volume of 20 L contains air at 200 kPa and ambient temperature, 10C. The cylinder has a set of stops that prevent
A garden hose attached with a nozzle is used to fill a 20-gal bucket. The inner diameter of the hose is 1 in and it reduces to 0.5 in at the nozzle exit.
A dist-shaped flywheel, of uniform density other radius R, and thickness w, rotates with an angular velocity W in rad/s.
A diffuser is a steady-state, steady-flow device in which a fluid flowing at high velocity is decelerated such that the pressure increases in the process.