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The density of the material is 1500 lb/ft3. The object falls in rotation about point O from a horizontal to a vertical position. How much work is done on the object?
The exhaust of each turbine is cooled to near saturated liquid conditions at 4 psia in a single condenser. Assuming this PWR operates on an ideal Rankine cycle, calculate the power transferred by th
The diameter of the cylinder is 16 meters, and the mass is 1000 kg. Using Impulse-Momentum if the power is cut off, how long will it take the container to come to rest?
What is the total rate of heat transfer to the oil? What is the pressure drop associated with the flow of the oil through the array?
Calculate the annual amount of limestone (mls) used if 35% goes through the process unreacted. Calculate the mass of calcium sulfite dihydrate (mCSD) that would be produced annually from the process
The limestone scrubber operates with an efficiency of 90%, and the ESP operates with an efficiency of 95%. Estimate the quantity of coal burned in one year, in short tons ( 1 ton = 2000 lbm).
Estimate the required filter length for a bed efficiency equal to 0.9998, assuming that the fiber efficiency is equal to 0.005.
The corona wires are charged at 24.0 kV, and the maximum electrical field is 450,000 V/m. Estimate the ESP efficiency, assuming that the average electrical drift velocity is equal to 2.91 cm/s.
Evaluate this design, and recommend whether to proceed with the design, or redesign based on a lower (or higher) residence time.
The wheel on a boat trailer has an angular speed of 1400 rpm when the trailer is towed at 90 km/hr. Calculate the angular deceleration in rad/s2 if the trailer decelerates uniformly to 40 km/hr in
A car accelerates uniformly from rest to 50 mph over a distance of 1/8 miles along a curve of 700 ft radius. Determine total acceleration in ft/s2 at the instant the speed of 50 mph is reached.
Assuming that the low pressure state is saturated liquid and the isentropic efficiency of the pump is 75%, determine the temperature of the water at the high pressure state.
Considering the balloon is perfectly insulated and thus process can be considered to be adiabatic and reversible, what is the final temperature of air in the balloon?
The bullet gets stuck in the block. Initially both blocks are stationary and springs are unstretched. Find the displacement of block with mass m2 after the impact.
Determine the linear acceleration of the boxes assuming that this acceleration is constant. Also determine the linear displacement of the boxes during this speed-up period.
What is the net heat flux from the surface when solar irradiation on the surface is 1200 W/m2? Assume a sky temperature of 0 K and that the surface is diffuse.
Point B is 10 m above point A, and the pressure at B must be maintained at 150 kPa. If the flow rate is 0.3 cubic meters per second, and the elevation of A is zero, what must be the pressure at A?
On the basis of an air-standard analysis, compare the values of the thermal efficiency with the same quantities evaluated for an ideal Brayton cycle.
Calculate the thermal efficiency of the cycle, the back work ratio, the net power output, and the total heat transferred in the combustion chamber.
A solar constant of 1.361 KW/m^2, how large of an area would one need to cover with solar cells to replace our dependence on coal with solar power.
Knowing the magnitude of the angular velocity of ABC is 10 rad/sec when theta=0, determine the components of the reaction at point C when theta=0.
The refrigerant leaves this evaporator as a saturated vapor, and the plant is sized to produce ice at 0°C at a rate of 2500 kg/h. Determine the rate of entropy generation in this plant.
What is the mass of the water if the bath is adiabatic? What is the entropy generation of the process? Fix the irreversibility for the same changes in state and analyze your fix.
A normal shock stands where area is 20 cm 2. What is the temperature right before the shock, and the Mach number, pressure, and temperature right after the shock.
A completely reversed cyclic axial force of 72kN amplitude is applied to the tension member. How many cycles would you estimate that it would take to initiate a fatigue crack at the notch root?