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The following problem description applies also to the next two problems. A piston-cylinder device contains 2...

The following problem description applies also to the next two problems.

A piston-cylinder device contains 2 kg of a saturated liquid mixture at an initial state 1 with p1= 100 kPa and x1= 0.8. The water is heated at constant pressure until its final state 2 with volume V2 = 1.947V1.

Its initial volume, in m3/kg, is closer to:

2.990

3.836

2.711

4.625

2.345

1.736

2.156

1.294

Its final temperature, in oC, is closer to:

268

167

300

142

280

220

188

325

The amount of heat supplied to the steam during the expansion process, in kJ, is closer to:

1702

750

1992

2210

1623

1248

984

1110

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What is biomass and write few examples of biomass? Write the chemical composition of biomass.


What is biomass and write few examples of biomass? Write the chemical composition of biomass. What role does biomass have to play in our energy supply?

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Does bauschinger effect play a role in fatigue behaviour of material?

Does bauschinger effect play a role in fatigue behaviour of material?

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What role does the manifold and production header play in a surface facility designed for reservoir fluids production?


What role does the manifold and production header play in a surface facility designed for reservoir fluids production? 

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The idealized cross-section of a two-cell thin-walled wing box is shown below with the data in Table 22.7.

 The idealized cross-section of a two-cell thin-walled wing box is shown below with the data in Table 22.7. If the wing box supports a load of 44,500 N acting along web 25, calculate the shear flow distribution. The shear modulus G is the same for all walls of the wing box. The cell areas are Ar = 232,000 mm2, An = 258,000 mm2.

 

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You currently have an electric hot water tank to produce your domestic hot water, which operates...

You currently have an electric hot water tank to produce your domestic hot water, which operates at 95% efficiency, and consumes 25 GJ of electricity to per year. You get a new hot water tank, this time, it comes with an integrated heat pump water heater with an annual COP of 2. Assume:
- Hot water load evenly distributed every month
- Heat for heat pump is drawn from space around hot water tank, which is located in the house.
- Losses of the original tank were heat losses from the tank to its surrounding air.
- Space heating is required 4 months of the year.
- Cooling is required for 6 months per year.
How much energy does the new hot water tank consume? By approximately how much would the space heating and cooling energy demand change with the new tank?

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Please explain the effect of size of supercooled region, present just ahead of liquid solid interface,...

Please explain the effect of size of supercooled region, present just ahead of liquid solid interface, on the shape/type of liquid solid interface and eventually on the final microstructure of an alloy during freezing

SUBJECT PHASE

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Indicate whether the following statements are true or false. Explain. The energy of simple compressible systems...

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false. Explain.

  1. The energy of simple compressible systems can be changed by energy transfer and by work associated with volume change.
  2. A polytropic process with n ≠ k is adiabatic.
  3. When an ideal gas undergoes a polytropic process with n = 1, the gas temperature remains constant.
  4. The tires of airplanes and race cars inflated with oxygen instead of air.
  5. Given temperature and specific volume of a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, you cannot determine the specific internal energy.
  6. The properties of velocity and elevation are included in the specification of an intensive thermodynamic state.

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Air at Mach 1.8 at an altitude of 8 km ISA, passes through a normal shockwave....

Air at Mach 1.8 at an altitude of 8 km ISA, passes through a normal shockwave.

a) Calculate the velocity of the flow in units of metres per second after the shock wave.

b) Calculate the change in specific entropy across the shockwave. Make sure you

include the appropriate units in your answer.

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Define mass density and specific weight. Define specific volume. Define specific gravity.

  1. Define mass density and specific weight.
  2. Define specific volume.
  3. Define specific gravity.

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Question 1 A copper tube having a cross-sectional area of 2000 mm2 and length of 300...

Question 1

A copper tube having a cross-sectional area of 2000 mm2 and length of 300 mm is placed between two rigid caps. Four 22 mm diameter steel bolts are symmetrically arranged parallel to the axis of the tube and are lightly fastened. Calculate:

  1. The stress in the tube if the temperature of the assembly is raised by 700C.
  2. The load each bolt will carry at the raised temperature.                                  

            EST = 200 GPa;   αST = 12 x 10-6 / 0C         

           ECU = 100 GPa;   αCU = 16 x 10-6 / 0C

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Moist air enters a conditioner operating at steady state at 40oC and 60% relative humidity constant...

Moist air enters a conditioner operating at steady state at 40oC and 60% relative humidity constant pressure process at 1 atm from to. The air is first passed over cooling coils and moisture is removed and then is passed over heating coils to achieve the final state of 18oC dry bulb and 10oC wet bulb.
(a) Sketch the process on the psychometric chart and determine
(b) the dew point temperature of the mixture at the inlet of the cooling coils and at the inlet of the heating coils, and
(c) the net heat transfer for the entire process, in kJ/ kg dry air?

Moist air enters an conditioner operating at steady state at 40oC and 60% relative humidity constant pressure process at 1 atm from to. The air is first passed over cooling coils and moisture is removed and then is passed over heating coils to achieve the final state of 18oC dry bulb and 10oC wet bulb. (a) Sketch the process on the psychometric chart and determine (b) the dew point temperature of the mixture at the inlet of the cooling coils and at the inlet of the heating coils, and (c) the net heat transfer for the entire process, in kJ/ kg dry air?

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Air enters the compressor of a simple gas turbine at p1 = 14 lbf/in2, T1 =...

Air enters the compressor of a simple gas turbine at p1 = 14 lbf/in2, T1 = 520°R. The isentropic efficiencies of the compressor and turbine are 83 and 87%, respectively. The compressor pressure ratio is 16 and the temperature at the turbine inlet is 2500°R. The volumetric flow rate of the air entering the compressor is 9000 ft3/min. Use an air-standard analysis.

Determine all temperatures at each state.

A) Determine the net power developed, in Btu/h.

B) Determine the thermal efficiency of the cycle

C) the temperatures at the compressor and turbine exits in °R

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Calculate the temperature T of 40 kg of CO2 gas in a 500 liter vessel at...

Calculate the temperature T of 40 kg of CO2 gas in a 500 liter vessel at 5 MPa. The critical pressure of CO2 is 7.39 MPa and the critical temperature is 31.05 ºC: also, specify the value of Z.

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What type of tool or technique you are suggesting to choose appropriate materials, methods and machines...

What type of tool or technique you are suggesting to choose appropriate materials, methods and machines to take decision on enhance existing production cell? Why do you prefer that tool or technique?

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