FUNDAMENTALS OF THERMODYNAMICS
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.5P
A windmill takes out a fraction of the wind kinetic energy as power on a shaft. How do the temperature and wind velocity influence the power? Hint write the power term as mass-flow rate times specific work.
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