Fundamentals Of Thermodynamics
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ISBN: 9781119494966
Author: Borgnakke, C. (claus), Sonntag, Richard Edwin, Author.
Publisher: Wiley,
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.32P
What is the specific work one can get from Hoover Dam now that the water level is down to 160 m above the downstream river? How much totalpower is then produced? State assumptions you made with facts from previous problem.
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