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A piston–cylinder device initially contains 1.2 kg of air at 700 kPa and 200°C. At this state, the piston is touching on a pair of stops. The mass of the piston is such th...
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A pressure cooker is a pot that cooks food much faster than ordinary pots by maintaining a higher pressure and temperature during cooking. The pressure inside the pot is controlled by a pressure regul...
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In a single-flash geothermal power plant, geothermal water enters the flash chamber (a throttling valve) at 230°C as a saturated liquid at a rate of 50 kg/s. The steam resulting from the fl...
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An adiabatic air compressor is to be powered by a direct-coupled adiabatic steam turbine that is also driving a generator. Steam enters the turbine at 12.5 MPa and 500°C at a rate of 25 kg/...
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Repeat Prob. 2–50E by replacing air with oil with a specific gravity of 0.69. Data from Prob 2-50: The pressure in a natural gas pipeline is measured by the manometer shown in Fig....
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How do the energies of a flowing fluid and a fluid at rest compare? Name the specific forms of energy associated with each case.
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An air compressor compresses 6 L of air at 120 kPa and 20°C to 1000 kPa and 400°C. Determine the flow work, in kJ/kg, required by the compressor.
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A house is maintained at 1 atm and 24°C, and warm air inside a house is forced to leave the house at a rate of 90 m3/h as a result of outdoor air at 5°C infiltrating into the house through the cracks....
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