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What are the temperature on the left edge of the wall, the maximum temperature in the wall, and the heat flux q'' in kw/m^2 going through the right side of the plate?
The work on the system is measured as 200KJ per Kg of water vapor flowing. Determine the isentropic turbine efficiency.
A heat engine receives 1 kW heat transfer at 1000 K and gives out 600 W as work with the rest as heat transfer to the ambient. What are the fluxes of exergy in and out?
The reheated steam is then expanded in the low-pressure turbine to 10 kPa. Determine the steam flow rate to the high-pressure turbine and the power required to drive each of the pumps.
A piston-cylinder contains 1.2 kg of saturated water vapor at an initial temperature of T1 = 200 oC. Is a process that is internally reversible and adiabatic necessarily isentrop
A compressor is used to bring saturated water vapor at 1 MPa up to 17.5 MPa, where the actual exit temperature is 650°C. Find the isentropic compressor efficiency and the entropy generation.
Consider an ideal gas-turbine cycle with two stages of compression and two stages of expansion. The pressure ratio across each compressor stage and each turbine stage is 8 to 1.
A steam turbine inlet is at 1200 kPa, 500oC. The actual exit is at 300 kPa with an actual work of 407 kJ/kg. What is its second law efficiency?
Sketch ball temperature versus time for 0(b)Find the expression for the ball temp as a function of time,T(t), and plot the ball temp for 0.
A heat pump has a coefficient of performance of 2 using a power input of 2 kW. Its low temperature is To and the high temperature is 80oC, with an ambient at To. Find the fluxes of exergy associate
Calculate the following the (U10050 stirling motor) stirling engine: Overall efficiency , thermal efficiency , mechanical efficiency and the coefficient of performance(CoP).
A large stationary diesel engine produces 15 MW with a thermal efficiency of 40%. The exhaust gas, which we assume is air, flows out at 800 K and the intake is 290 K. How large a mass flow rate is t
The yield of a chamical process is being studied. From previous experience with disprocess the standart deviation of yield is known to be 3. The past 5 days of plant operation have resulted in the f
Determine the final temperature in °C, the entropy change for the copper vessel and each of the liquid water masses, and the amount of entropy produced.
A gas turbine cycle has two stages of compression, with an intercooler between the stages. Air enters the first stage at 100 kPa, 300 K. The pressure ratio across each compressor stage is 5 to 1, an
Consider a gas turbine cycle with two stages of compression and two stages of expansion. The pressure ratio across each compressor stage and each turbine stage is 8 to 1.
The barometric pressure is reported to be 605.5 torr and the temperature of the water is 22.5 c. How is the mass of the gas filling the Erlenmeyer determined?
Consider a small ammonia absorption refrigeration cycle that is powered by solar energy and is to be used as an air conditioner. Saturated vapor ammonia leaves the generator at 50°C, and saturat
The performance of an ammonia absorption cycle refrigerator is to be compared with that of a similar vapor-compression system. Consider an absorption system having an evaporator temperature of ?10&d
Knowing that v = -4 m/s at t=0, and v=20 m/s at t = 4, determine the constant K. Determine the equations of velocity and position, knowing that x = 4m when t = 6s.
Calculate the percentage volume change for a material being transformed from FCC to BCC. remember to assume the atomic diameters to be fixed and the atoms are packed together as rigid spheres.
Assuming an axial velocity at the eye of the impeller, an impeller tip diameter of 33cm, a slip factor of 0.90 and a power input factor of 1.04, calculate the rotational speed required fo the centri
If cold water at 20 degrees C enters the hot water tank at the same rate as hot water exits, how much electrical work is done to the water in the tank?
What is NACA, when did it exist, and what are some of its major accomplishments? What is NASA, when was it founded, and what are some of its accomplishments?
If ice homogeneously nucleates at -40 degrees C, calculate the critical radius values of 3.1 x 10^8 J/m3, respectively, for the latent heat of fusion and the ice/water interferface free energy.