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Determine for the cycle: (a) the mass flow rate of steam entering the first stage of the turbine, in lb/h. (b) the rate of heat transfer, in Btu/h, to the working fluid passing through the steam gen
A cube is originally at 100 degree. From t = 0 on, the faces are held at 0 degree. Find the time-dependent temperature distribution.
The vacancy formation energy in a particular metal is 0.5 eV. Calculate the concentration of vacancies at 400 oC
A material that you are working with has a band gap of 4 eV but it is opaque (doesn't transmit light) because it contains many pores. Explain the mechanism for low light transmission in this materia
Determine (a) the net power developed in kW (b) the back work ratio, and (c) the thermal efficiency of the cycle . You may assume air to behave like an ideal gas.
Then 1000 Btu per lb of air of heat is added to the system while the pressure remains constant. Determine the change in entropy of the air using a variable heat capacity in units of Btu/R.
Air enters an adiabatic turbine at 408ºC and 1.3 MPa and leaves at 56 kPa. If the isentropic efficiency of the turbine is 92%, what is the actual exhaust temperature at the outlet in ºC?
Consider oxygen at 100 bar and specific volume of 0.08. Calculate the temperature T using the Van der Waal's equation of state.
Sample B is dry, but the density is the same as that of sample A. Assuming air to be an ideal gas, determine the temperature of sample B.
A laboratory test shows that the saturation pressure at -31 deg C is 0.9 bar and the saturation pressure at -29 deg C is 1.1 bar. If the mass flow rate of refrigerant is 0.01 m^3/s, find the refrige
Determine (a) the compressor power, in kW, (b) the refrigerating capacity, in tons(1 ton of refrigeration=3.52 kW), and (c) the coefficient of performance. Show the cycle on a T-s diagram.
Nitrogen at 900kPa and 300oC is expended adiabatically and reversibly in a closed system to 100kPa. Determine the minimum nitrogen temperature after the expansion.
The turbine isentropic efficiency is 0.75. Calculate the efficiency of the plant. If the unit produces 12.5 MW, what is the steam flow rate?
Estimate the energy that a runner expends to overcome aerodynamic drag while running a complete marathon race. This expenditure of energy is equivalent to climbing a hill of what height?
The moist air is then passes through the heating unit. In the heating unit the moist air is heated to 24 oC without adding any moisture. Show the processes on a schematic psychome
Determine the minimum temperature at state 2 and the corresponding minimum power input required by the compressor.
Determine the rate of heat addition and rejection when this cycle produces 110 hp and the cycle is repeated 1580 times per minute. Use constant sp. heats at room temperature.
A different production line has 15 defectives in a sample of 40. Find a 95% Confidence Interval for the proportion of defectives coming off the production line.
What properties (i.e. parameters representing material characteristics) of these gels change over time? Explain this feature m terms of stress relaxation and creep behavior.
Determine the number of discrete frequencies from the minimum to and including the maximum frequency that will appear in an amplitude- frequency plot of a signal sampled every 0.2 s.
Water is boiled at 90 C by a horizontal brass heating element of diameter 7 mm. Determine the surface temperature of the heater for the minimum heat flux case.
Estimate the total number of hours throughout your lifetime that you will spend at work as a mechanical engineer throughout your professional career. Be sure to explain and sb your work.?
What is the maximum tensile load that may be applied without any permanent deformation of the spring wire? Assume that the shear yield strength is 0.6 y, where y, is the yield strength in tension.