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The maximum temperature is 1200 K and the minimum temperature is 290 K. The minimum and maximum pressures are 95 and 380 kPa, respectively. Calculate the power output of the turbine.
The maximum temperature is 2500 K. Determine the thermal efficiency and the mean effective pressure for the cycle.
The compression ratio is 13.5 and the maximum pressure is 50 bar. The initial conditions are 1 bar and 20oC. Calculate the temperature, specific volume and pressure at the beginning of each process.
The remaining steam continues expansion with an isentropic efficiency of 0.80 the condenser pressure of 0.05 bar. Plot the cycle on T-S and H-S diagrams then find the extraction pressure of the wate
If only one extraction from the turbine occurs at 10 bar, what percentage of the total flow to the turbine is ideally extracted? Calculate the amount by which the turbine work is changed.
A steam power plant utilizing the Rankine cycle has the following particulars. Compare the efficiency of the plant with that of the corresponding Carnot cycle.
The appropriate pumps are used for the water leaving the condenser and the feed water heater. Calculate the cycle thermal efficiency and the net work per kg of steam.
Steam enters a turbine at a pressure of 10 bar and temperature 360 degree C. It exists the turbine as saturated vapor at 1 bar (0.1 MPa). What is the isentropic efficiency of the turbine?
Calculate the time required at the carburizing temperature. What time is required at the same temperature to double this amount of penetration?
Discuss the validity of the use of the "semi-infinite" case for considering the penetration of carbon in this situation. At what point does this simplified treatment break down?
Plate 3 moves at 3 m s-1 Find: the velocity of plate 2 at steady-state the force per unit area on plate 3 required to maintain the 3 m s-1 velocity.
A house wall consists of 1/2 in. drywall, 3 5/8 in. glass fiber insulation, and an outside brick wall 4 in. thick. Find the temperature (K) at the junction between the drywall and the glass fiber insu
It is desired to reduce this by a factor of 100 while maintaining the inside temperature at -30 degrees F. Find the appropriate insulation thickness in inches.
Find the thermal conductivity (in Wm^-1 K^-1) and thermal diffusivity (m^2s^-1) for a new insulating material for which the following information has been determined.
(b) Determine the maximum velocity attained by the collar A as it rises. (b) What maximum height relative to the initial position is reached by the collar A?
The discharge from the turbine is 250 cubic feet per second, what power output may be expected from the turbine?
A storage tank for natural (NG) has a top dome that can move up or down as gas is added or subtracted from the tank maintaining 1.1 bar, 17 C inside. What happens to the flow work?
Calculate the required volumetric flow rate (in liters per second) in an ideal system (frictionless). how will the actual volumetric flow rate vary from your solution? why?
Concentration is a process by which both useful heat and energy are produced. Calculate the mass flow rates of all the streams and the volumetric flow rates of all the streams.
Find the rate of heat transfer and if the outer surface is at 90 degrees and the is are is moving, what is the rate of heat transfer from the outer surface to surrounding air at 25 degrees C( assume
The sphere can then be rotated about any axis with minimal friction. Estimate the gap thickness (in inches) created.
What is the total heat transfer rate (Watts) from the pipe per metre length and the temperature of the fluid in the pipe? Stefan Boltzmann constant is 5.67 x 10-8 W/m2K4.
A temperature of 38oC at the beginning of compression. The maximum temperature in the cycle is 2889 K. Based on this model calculate the heat added per cycle (kJ).
Determine the mass flow rate of condenser cooling water, if the cooling water undergoes a temperature increase of 18oC with negligible pressure change in passing through the condenser.
Analyze the cycle assuming air standard assumptions that account for variation in specific heats using your air tables.