ELEN280_MECH287 Fall 2023 Homework #2

4. For each of the situations in trie lapie welow, state the process by which heat is transferred. Getting burnt by touching a hot stove Hot air rising, cooling and falling Heat from a campfire when you are seated beside it Ice cooling down your hand Heat from the Sun warming your face Boiling water by thrusting a red-hot piece of iron into it A slice of bread placed undera red-hot electric grill to make toast Heating a tin can of water using a Bunsen burner

Part 1: Do the Analysis of the Ocean Thermal Gradient Power Plant shown below. Your Analysis will be easier to do in EES but it is up to you. Your EES program must be well documented and documentation in your code should reference system sketches. (The cycle and individual components) These sketches are done on attached engineering or typing paper, unless you are able to draw them in EES. You must validate your results with hand calculations on engineering paper that invoke the 1 and 2 Law from the perspective of the entire cycle, not the individual components. Of course, a system sketch is required. nd 1. An ocean thermal gradient power plant using a simple non-ideal Rankine Cycle operates with a peak boiler temperature of 70 °F and a condenser temperature of 40 °F. The warm surface water of the ocean is supplying the thermal energy to the boiler. Assume a high source temperature of 80 °F. The cooler water deeper in the ocean is the sink for heat rejection at the condenser. Assume a…

2. (Inspired by a walk in Baker Student Center.) An escalator handles a steady load of 30 people per minute taking them from the first to the second floor through a vertical rise of 24 feet. Let us say the average person riding the elevator weighs 160 lb. a. What output power on a motor do you require to drive the unit? Take literally one minute to find an electric motor online that could do this job. You can search “_ hp electric motor" and state the motor name, power, cost, and vendor. Of course, round up your hp, not down to meet your specs. (In practice, this is an area where you can spec the motor in equivalent Watts, if you choose.) b. What is the electric power that is input to the motor considering losses within the escalator system due to friction, vibration, etc.? Your chosen motors surely have a different efficiencies and sources may even present efficiency as a function of power/rpm, so let's all use the value of e= 0.85 for consistency.

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Problem Statement = You install a heat pump to heat a cottage during the winter using the outside air as the heat source. You wish to maintain the interior temperature of the cottage at 22°C. A simplified model of the heat loss through the walls indicates that heat will need to be supplied at a rate of 0.14(Tinterior - Texterior) where Q is the rate at which heat must be supplied to the cottage (in kW), Tinterior is the interior air temperature (in C), and Texterior is the exterior air temperature (in C). You have a 1kW electric motor available to run the heat pump. What is the coldest winter day when the heat pump will be able to keep up to the heating demand? Answer Table Stage Description Your Answer Correct Answer * Due Date Grade (%) Part Weight Attempt Action/Message. Type 1 Coldest outdoor temperature (°C) Nov 7, 2024 11:59 pm 0.0 1 1/5 Submit * Correct answers will only show after due date has passed.

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3. This problem will help you understand why the wind blowing makes you feel colder, especially in the winter. You are outside on a cold day. The air temperature overall is around 5° C; assume your skin temperature is 16° C a) If you stay outside for a while and there is no wind, the air around you will eventually increase in temperature past 5° C. Explain why the air heats up, using the idea of conduction. b) What is the highest temperature the air around you can reach? Explain. c) As the air around you warms up, explain why you start cooling down more slowly. d) If the wind blows, convection happens: the warm air around your body is blown away, replaced by more 5° C cold air. In this case, will you cool down more quickly or more slowly? Explain. e) Explain why the "wind chill" temperature (ie, the temperature it feels like when the wind is blowing) is colder than the actual temperature of the air.

An electric hot water heater consumes 3.1 kilowatts of electricity and converts it to heat. How long will it take the water heater to heat a 67 gallon tank of water from 10 degrees Celsius to 50 degrees Celsius? (1 kilogram of water is 0.37 gallons, 1 Calorie = 4200 J).  It may be helpful to refer back to the weekly handout for guidance on this problem. Your final answer should be in minutes (rounded to the nearest 10 minutes).

University of Basrah - College of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Subject: Power Plant I Class: Fourth Examiner: Dr. Ahmad A. M Alsahlani Notes: Giving Sketches is compulsory wherever needed (Total Ma Q1] Answer the following que Exam: Final-Exam Date: 11/09/2023 Time: 2 Hours 1- Explain how the Geothermal Energy can be utilized to generate electricity. 2- State the two classifications of energy sources and give three examples for each. 3- State three advantages and three disadvantages of using Gas Turbine Power Plant. 4- What are the reasons that lead to a deviation in the ideal gas turbine cycle? 5- Draw a block diagram for a regenerative Rankin Cycle using one open feed water heater. Q2] A closed cycle gas-turbine power plant has a pressure ratio of 10. The air temperature is 35 C at the compressor inlet and 1127 C at the turbine inlet. The received energy at the Qi combustion chamber is 794 kJ/kg. Assume the isentropic efficiency of the turbine is 95%. Determine…

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1. a) Use the Grubler's formula to determine the number of degrees of freedom of the robot shown below (Figure 1). Here, all three legs are identical, but they (legs) are fixed to the ground. Also, R indicates Revolute joint, and U indicates Universal joint. b) Suppose there are now a total of n such legs. How many degrees of freedom does this system have? (A general formula for this system) R. U Fig 1. A type of platform robot.

Pls.answer thank you! A classroom that normally contains 40 people is to be air-conditioned with window air-conditioning units of 5 KW cooling capacity. A person at rest may be assumed to dissipate heat at a rate of about 360 KJ/hr. There are 10 light bulbs in the room, each with a rating of 100 watts. The rate of heat transfer to the classroom through the walls and the windows is estimated to be 15,000 KJ/hr. If the room air is to be maintained at a constant temperature of 21°C, determine the number of window air-conditioning units required.

For the following hydraulic circuit, we want to move a load of 2512 lb at a speed of 250 in/min. The cylinder has a diameter of 4 inches and a stroke of 20 inches. a) Calculate the speed (time)and the volume of the accumulator. b) Calculate the power forcharge the battery. c) The charging time ofthe accumulator

13. Here is a list of activity times for a project as well as crashing costs for its activities. Determine which activities should be crashed and the total cost of crashing if the goal is to shorten the proj- ect by three weeks as cheaply as possible. First construct a network diagram. You can use either an AOA or an AON (see Solved Problem 5). Path Activity Duration (weeks) First Crash Second Crash Тор A 5 $8 $10 9 C 3 14 15 Middle 3 11 7 9 3 14 15 Bottom 5 10 15 G 5 11 13 H 5 12 14