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Find the net rate of entropy change of the water and hot reservoir for this process if rate of heat transfer to the water is 8998kW.
Sketch the T vs. s cycle/diagram for this ideal Rankine power plant (including the T vs. s bell-curve for water/steam and the exact values of P & v at each stage).
The thermal energy that is used to heat the water is being transferred to the water from a 500 C hot reservoir. Find the rate of heat transfer to the water.
Estimate the length of the tubes to accomplish this heating. Asasume that the steam side haet transfer coefficient is 1000 Btu/h-ft2-F.
Determine the maximum height h at which the cabinet can be pushed so that it does not tip over, and find the corresponding acceleration of the cabinet.
The Golden Gate Bridge has a main span of 4200 ft, a sag of 470 ft, and a total static loading of 21,300 lb/linear foot.
Carbon dioxide is compressed in an isentropic process from 103 kPa and 22 degrees Celcius to 525 kPa using a steady-flow device with one inlet and one outlet.
Steam enters the turbine in a vapor power plant at 1600 psia and 1000 degrees F (State 1) and expands to a pressure of 1 psia (State 2). Calculate the mass flow rate (lbm/hr) of cooling water.
A power plant is analyzed as a simple Rankine cycle with a boiler operating at a pressure of 7 MPa. Sketch the cycle on a Pv and a Ts diagram and then determine the temperature in the condenser: T1 =
Steam leaves the boiler and enters the turbine as a saturated vapor. The condenser operates at 40 oC. Sketch the cycle on a Pv and a Ts diagram and then determine the pressure in the boiler: P2 =
Air is compressed in an isentropic process from an initial pressure and temperature of P1 = 90 kPa and T1 = 22 oC to a final pressure of P2 = 900 kPa. Determine the work done per kg of air during t
Calculate the Gibbs free energy of the eutectic melt relative to (a) unmixed liquid Au and liquid Si, and unmixed solid Au and solid Si.
A thermocouple outputs a voltage that is linearyl proportional to temperature. Determine the steady state response (output signal) from the thermocouple.
Determine the required coefficient of friction so the wall does not slip along its base, and determine if the wall is safe from tipping.
Determine the specific net-work (i.e. net-work per unit mass flow) in terms of the initial temperature of the cycle. Solve the problem algebraically at first, then sub in values for k, r, r_c, c_p,
Determine the (a) temperature of air before it enters the heating section, (b) the amount of heat removed in the heating section (kJ/kg dry air)
Determine the force between the jaws of the clamp in terms of a torque exerted on the handle of the adjusting screw.
Which values for the magnification are more accurate those calculated with the object and image distances or those calculated with the object and image heights? Why?
What is total, hemispherical emissivity? Determine the initial time rate of change of the sheet metal temperature (dT/dt).
Briefly explain how this cathodic protection of tin cans is possible since tin is electrochemically less active than steel in the galvanic series.
Write a C program calls a function to read a list of n integer values from user input. If user inputs -999 the function loop will stop and return the average, max and min.
Calculate the mass flow rate (lbm/hr) of cooling water. Find the entropy generation (Btu/lbm-R) for the turbine and pump. Show the cycle on T-s diagram.
Specify the boundary conditions at 0degrees, 180deg, 270degrees and 360. Sketch the s-v-a (position, velocity and acceleration) diagrams for one cycle. Display the diagrams large and clearly.
The coefficient of friction between the toolbox and bed is .6. What is the minimum acceleration that the pick-up can have without having the toolbox fall over?
Determine the flowrate. Do you think this pump is a good choice? Explain. Show all steps and list where data comes from for my understanding.