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Determine the power required, in hp, to heat the house using electrical resistance elements and compare with the minimum theoretical power that would be required by a heat pump.
Water is the working fluid in an ideal Rankine cycle. Saturated vapor enters the turbine at 18 MPa. The condenser pressure is 6 kPa. Determine (a) the net work per unit mass of steam flow, in kJ/kg.
Should electric power plants reject energy by heat transfer to large blocks of ice that are maintained by a refrigeration system instead of a body of water or the atmosphere?
Identify the approximate values of each of the parameters listed below, based on the graph. Based on this graph, what is the modulus of elasticity of this copper alloy?
You achieve this final condition by a series of steps, drawing the rod into finer and finer dimensions and then annealing. For the final step, what should be the starting diameter of the wire?
A completely reversible refrigeration cycle removes heat at a rate of 100kW from an industrial refrigerator maintained at 10 degree Celsius.
During the process, the pressure and specific volume are related by pv^1.2=constant. Assuming the system is stationary; determine the heat transfer and the work, each in kj/kg.
A 45 wt% PB-55 MG alloy is rapidly quenched to room temperature from an elevated temperature in such a way that the high temperature microstructure is preserved.
An isentropic steam turbine processes 5kg/s of steam at 4Mpa. The majority of this steam is exhausted at 50kPa and 100 degree Celsius. Five percent of the steam is diverted for feedwater heating at
Your family grows over time and the required water supply grows beyond the 3gal/min Plot the required pipe diameter as a function of water supply requirement, now assume that the pipe is a very smoo
If the maximum temperature of the cycle is 2200K, determine: (a) the heat addition in kJ, (b) the net work in kJ, (c) the thermal efficiency (%), and (d) the mean effective pressure in kPa. Use vari
A car with a mass of 1570 kg is supported by four springs, each with a spring constant of 25 N/mm. In traveling over an elevated highway, vertical motion in the car is excited Each span of the highw
Calculate the critical radius for a Nickel embryo (nucleus) that is undercooled 150 degrees C. The melting point of Ni is 1453 0C.
A hollow sphere of aluminum, with an inside radius of 0.01 m and an outside radius of 0.02 m has its outer surface maintained at 100°C.
Oil enters a counter flow heat exchanger at 450 K with a mass flow rate of 10 kg/s and exits at 350 K. A separate stream of liquid water enters at 20?C, 5 bar. Each stream experiences no significant
Determine the equivalent state of stress on an element at the same point oriented 45 degrees clockwise with respect to the element shown. Use solving Equilibrium Equation Method.
A steam turbine operates with 1.6 MPa and 350o C steam at its inlet and saturated vapor at 30o C at its exit. Determine the heat loss rate through the turbine casing when the mass flow rate of the
If 5000 MW of thermal energy are added to the water in the boiler , 3500 MW are rejected in the condenser , and the additional heat losses from the cycle are 500 MW , what is the net power plant ? w
0.5 kg of water, initially at 300 kPa, 200oC, is compressed in a piston-cylinder assembly to 1500 kPa, 210oC. If heat transfer from the water occurs at an average temperature of 205oC and the entrop
Assume ideal gases with a constant heat capacity of cp = 29.3 J/mol K. Are the output pressures and temperatures are consistent with the second law?
If the design load on the prototype is 500 N, what will be the measured drag (N) on the model? What model design problem does this illustrate?
The piston rises to a new position doing 100 J of work on its surroundings and again equilibrates at 100 C. Calculate DU for stage 1 and Q for stage 2.
Tests on a geometrically-scaled model elbow will use water at 20 degrees Celsius at 4 m/s. Find the diameter and radius of curvature of the model elbow for dynamic similarity. Show the details of yo
Determine the maximum thermal efficiency for any power cycle operating between these temperatures. The thermal efficiency of existing OTEC plants is approximately 2 percent.
Derive an expression for the intermediate temperature T in terms of T(H) and T(C) when: the net work of the two power cycles is equal.