Some engineers have developed a device that provides lighting to rural areas with no access to grid electricity. The device is i
ntended for indoor use. It is driven by gravity, and it works as follows: A bag of rock or sand is raised by human power to a higher location. As the bag descends very slowly, it powers a sprocket-wheel which also rotates slowly. A gear train mechanism converts this slow motion to high speed, which drives a DC generator. The electric output from the generator is used to power an LED bulb. Consider a gravity-driven LED bulb that provides 16 lumens of lighting. The device uses a 10-kg sandbag that is raised by human power to a 2-m height. For continuous lighting, the bag needs to be raised every 20 minutes. Using an efficacy of 150 lumens per watt for the LED bulb, determine (a) the velocity of the sandbag as it descends and (b) the overall efficiency of the device.
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Answer:
A) About newtons
B) 76.518 newtons
C) 111.834 newtons
Explanation:
A) , where G is the universal gravitational constant, M 1 and 2 are the masses of both objects in kilograms, and r is the radius in meters. Plugging in the given numbers, you get:
B) You can find the weight of each object on Earth because you know the approximate acceleration due to gravity is 9.81m/s^2. Multiplying this by the mass of each object, you get a weight for the first particle of 76.518 newtons.
C) You can do a similar thing to the previous particle and find that its weight is 11.4*9.81=111.834 newtons.
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