A plane from Kuala Lumpur to Buenos Aires stopped in Johannesburg's O.R Tambo Airport to refuel before proceeded with the second part of the journey (Johannesburg - Buenos Aires). This second part of the journey needs 23000 kg of jet fuel (density = 0.813 kg/L) to complete. To calculate the amount of fuel had to be added for this second part of the flight. the engineer needs to convert the remaining quantity of the fuels, 9,234 litres, to a mass, subtract it with the required amount of fuel jet needed for the journey and convert the result back to volume unit (as the refill will be done in volume unit). The next day, it was announced all over the news that this flight had crashed in the middle of Atlantic Ocean, killing all passengers and crews onboard. Upon investigation, the investigator found a note in a refueller paperwork indicating an incorrect conversion factor of 1.79 1b/ litre was used to convert from volume to mass unit, and no further conversion was done to convert the lbm to kg. (a) To complete the accident report, you must include the assessment on how much of fuel jet (in volume unit) is lacking, ending the plane and the passengers and crew's onboard life. (b) Give suggestions to avoid this tragedy ever happened again.

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

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Author:J.M. Smith Termodinamica en ingenieria quimica, Hendrick C Van Ness, Michael Abbott, Mark Swihart

Publisher:J.M. Smith Termodinamica en ingenieria quimica, Hendrick C Van Ness, Michael Abbott, Mark Swihart

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A plane from Kuala Lumpur to Buenos Aires stopped in Johannesburg's O.R Tambo Airport to refuel before proceeded with the second part of the journey (Johannesburg - Buenos Aires). This second part of the journey needs 23000 kg of jet fuel (density = 0.813 kg/L) to complete. To calculate the amount of fuel had to be added for this second part of the flight. the engineer needs to convert the remaining quantity of the fuels, 9,234 litres, to a mass, subtract it with the required amount of fuel jet needed for the journey and convert the result back to volume unit (as the refill will be done in volume unit). The next day, it was announced all over the news that this flight had crashed in the middle of Atlantic Ocean, killing all passengers and crews onboard. Upon investigation, the investigator found a note in a refueller paperwork indicating an incorrect conversion factor of 1.79 1b/ litre was used to convert from volume to mass unit, and no further conversion was done to convert the lbm to kg. (a) To complete the accident report, you must include the assessment on how much of fuel jet (in volume unit) is lacking, ending the plane and the passengers and crew's onboard life. (b) Give suggestions to avoid this tragedy ever happened again.

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