A Rankine power cycle with reheat uses water as the working
fluid. The inlet conditions of the
first stage turbine are 14MPa and 600oC. All the turbines are known
to have isentropic
efficiency of 85%, however the pump is assumed as an isentropic
pump. If the maximum
temperature is kept at 600oC and the condenser pressure is 6 kPa,
by constructing a suitable
plot, show that having more than 2 reheat stages is not practical.
(Hint: Take at least three
reheat pressures between 2 to 12 MPa)
Note: You may construct the plot on Microsoft Excel or manually on
a graph paper. However,
all the calculations involved must be performed manually, in
details and must be shown clearly.
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Explain how diversity issues such as race, gender, age, religious affiliation and culture impact the client population (human trafficking)
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Please, I want a paragraph about PLA materiel, with a table of properties of PLA.
I need it in an experimental measurement and techniques project. NO PLAGIARISM PLEASE
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Identify and explain the suitable reactor for homogeneous and heterogeneous reaction?
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What is the most up-to-date information on hydrogen fuel cell use in automobiles in the United States? How many hydrogen fueling stations are there and where are they?
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Describe and give an example of four (4) other factors besides natural selection that could lead to evolution (changes in allele frequency at the population level).
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In a process to make jelly, the macerated fruit, which has 14% by weight of soluble solids, is mixed with sugar (1.22 Kg Sugar / 1.00 Kg fruit) and pectin (0.0025 Kg pectin / 1.00 kg fruit). Consider sugar and pectin as soluble solids. The resulting mixture is passed to an evaporator to produce a jelly with 67% by weight of soluble solid. Calculate, for a feed of 1000 Kg / h of macerated fruit, the Kg / h of mixture obtained, the Kg / h of evaporated water and the Kg / h of jelly produced.
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Earth's climate system includes not only the Sun but also: land surfaces and albedo, water in its three phases, oceans covering much of the planet, and the atmosphere. Explain how each is involved in the climate system.
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5. How do we know that the fossil fuel burning was done by humans?
6. Besides greenhouse gases, list three other factors that could conceivably account for a warming atmosphere.
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Why is it relevant to explore the question of whether Africans came to the western hemisphere before Columbus?
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Compute the ideal work required for the mixing of pure oxygen and pure nitrogen to produce air (21 mol % oxygen and 79 mol % nitrogen) at 25 °C and 1 bar in a steady-flow process if T surrounding= 500 K. Assume that this process is an isentropic process and pure oxygen, nitrogen, and the air is an ideal gas. (8 points)
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The sun can be treated as a blackbody at temperature 5800 K, and solar radiation between the wavelengths 0.35 and 0.70 μm is useful for photosynthesis. (a)What is the wavelength λ1 below which 20% of the solar emission is concentrated? (b) What is the wavelength λ2 above which 20% of the solar emission is concentrated? (b) What fraction of total solar radiation is not useful for photo-synthesis?
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3. What are the implications for the semiconductor industry that silicon has a relatively good heat conductivity?
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Parent Isotope |
Daughter Isotope |
Decay Particle (two protons and two neutrons or one electron) |
Type of Decay (alpha or beta) |
uranium–238 |
thorium-234 |
two protons and two neutrons |
alpha decay |
thorium-234 |
Protactinium-234 |
One electron |
Alpha decay |
Protactinium-234 |
Uranium-234 |
One electron |
Beta decay |
Uranium-234 |
Thorium-230 |
Two protons and two neutrons |
Alpha decay |
Thorium-230 |
Radium-226 |
Two protons and two neutrons |
Alpha decay |
Radium-226 |
Radon-222 |
Two protons and two neutrons |
Alpha decay |
Radon-222 |
Polonium-218 |
Two protons and two neutrons |
Alpha decay |
Polonium-218 |
Lead-214 |
Two protons and two neutrons |
Alpha decay |
Lead-214 |
Bismuth-214 |
One electron |
Beta decay |
Bismuth-214 |
Polonium-214 |
One electron |
Beta decay |
Polonium-214 |
Lead-210 |
Two protons and two neutrons |
Alpha decay |
Lead-210 |
Bismuth-210 |
One electron |
Beta decay |
Bismuth-210 |
Polonium-210 |
One electron |
Beta decay |
Polonium-210 |
lead-206 |
Two protons and two neutrons |
Alpha decay |
Conclusion Questions
Analyze your results above in order to answer the following questions. Be sure to respond in complete sentences.
2. What is the half-life of lead-206?
3. What is the main difference between alpha decay and beta decay?
4. Is there an application for either type of decay that is beneficial to humans?
5. During radioactive decay, which additional type of radiation is often emitted along with alpha or beta particles?
6. Why does the table not include the type of radiation discussed in question five?
7. Including your answer for question five, list the three main types of decay particles in order from least penetrating to
most penetrating. Include the type of material that stops each type of radiation.
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20 liters of water at 20 bar and 100 °C are in a variable volume container. 56,000 kJ of heat are added to the system at constant pressure which causes an increase in both temperature and volume.
Draw a schematic of the process
Write the energy balance for this process and clearly state any assumptions:
What is the final volume of the container?
How much work in [kJ] is completed? Pay careful attention to your negative signs!
In one sentence explain your answer from Part D in the context of the process described in the problem statement and the heat that is added to the system.
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