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Predict the discharge of a larger, geometrically similar pump operating at peak efficiency at a speed of 1800 rpm across an actual head rise of 200 ft.
If z1-z2=0.5m, what is the actual head rise across the pump? Explain how you would estimate the pump motor power requirement.
Determine the mass flow rate through the duct if the reciever pressure is A.) 10 psia, B.) 5 psia. Sketch temperature-entropy diagrams for situations A and B.
Calculate the maximum pressure (kP) and maximum temperature (degrees C) in the cycle. Determine the cut-off ratio of the cycle. Calculate thermal efficiency (%) of the cycle.
A length sufficient to accelerate a 2mm diameter projectile to its steady state velocity of 1km/s while overcoming a frictional load of 4N. What DC voltage must be applied to the rails?
The diameter of the bottle is 3 inches. Determine the largest acceleration the conveyor can have without causing the bottle to tip.
What is the maximum possible acceleration of the vehicle without having the wheels ‘spin' if the vehicle is rear wheel drive?
Consider a steam power plant that operates on a simple nonideal Rankine cycle and has a net power output of 38 MW. Determine the mass flow rate of steam.
Determine the (a) isentropic efficiency of the compressor; (b) the rate of heat supplied to the heated room; and (c) the COP of the heat pump.
During takeoff, the reservoirs undergo strong vibrations that can be modeled as sinusoidal inputs. Determine the system natural frequency and damping ratio.
If the solvent front moves 54 mm from the baseline and a compound in the food dye being analyzed moves 32 mm from the baseline, what is the Rf value for the compound?
Superheated steam at 15 MPa and 600 C enters the turbine of a steam power plant and is expanded to an exit pressure of 15 kPa.
Find the heat transfer and work per unit mass of air in KJ/kg for each process of the two cycles, and compare the thermal efficiency of each. Assume constant specific heats at room temperature, and
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), and (c) the amount of heat transferred in the heatin
Consider outdoor ambient air at 35°C, 100 kPa, 30% relative humidity. What is maximum amount of cooling (outgoing temperature in °C) that can be achieved with this approach?
If steam is available at 400C and 10 bar, and condenses to a saturated liquid at 10 bar, how much steam (kg/hr) is needed to vaporize the acetone?
The cycle discharges energy by heat transfer to the surroundings at 25°C. Find the minimum theoretical power input required by the refrigeration cycle, in kW.
The cycle develops 50 kW of power while depositing 1200 kJ/min of energy by heat to the cold reservoir. Determine the temperature of the hot reservoir and the thermal efficiency of the cycle.
A wheel can be modeled as a thin ring having mass 10 kg and four spokes made of slender rods each of mass 2 kg. What is the moment required to stop the wheel 50 m downhill from its location at t = 0?
Steam at 1 MPa, 625.4 Celcius, expands in an insulated piston cylinder assembly to 0.01 MPa. Determine the maximum work (kJ) done during the process if the initial volume is 0.125 m^3
Find work required by the compressor, isentropic efficienty of the compressor, work output of the turbine, net work produced by the system, and the device's thermal efficiency.
Consider a large commercial airplane cruising at a speed of 1050km/h in air at an altitude of 10km where the standard air temperature is -50C. Determine if the speed of this airplane is supersonic
Determine the depth h of the mercury inside the box. If the box is shaken, the waves appear. If the wavelength id the waves is L/3, determine the speed of the waves.
Sketch the velocity field (and, thus, trajectories of the fluid elements) when only one source is on, and then when two sources (with the same strength) are on.