The speed of sound is greater in ice (4000 m/s), then in water (1500 m/s), then in air (340 m/s). The explanation for this is the differente state of the matter in the three cases.
In fact, sound waves travel faster in solids (like ice), then in liquids (like water), then in gases (like air). This is because the speed of the sound wave depends on the density of the medium: the greater the density, the faster the sound wave. This can be easily understood by thinking at how a sound wave propagates: a sound wave is a vibration of molecules, which is transmitted throughout the medium by collision of the molecules. Therefore, the smaller the spacing between the molecules (such as in solids), the more efficient is the propagation, and so the sound wave is faster. On the contrary, there is a large spacing between molecules in gases (such as in the air), so there are less collisions between the molecules and so the wave is not transmitted efficiently, and so it has less velocity.
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To objective is to find the:
(i) required heat exchanger area.
(ii) flow rate to be maintained in the evaporator.
Given that:
water temperature = 300 K
At a reasonable depth, the water is cold and its temperature = 280 K
The power output W = 2 MW
Efficiency
= 3%
where;



However, from the evaporator, the heat transfer Q can be determined by using the formula:
Q = UA(L MTD)
where;

Also;




LMTD = 4.97
Thus, the required heat exchanger area A is calculated by using the formula:

where;
U = overall heat coefficient given as 1200 W/m².K

The mass flow rate:

Least count of the pulse stopwatch is given by

this means each division of the stopwatch will measure 0.1 s of time
After 3 journeys from one end to other we can see that total time that is measured here is shown by the clock as 52nd division
So here total time is given as
Time = (Number of division) (Least count)
now we will have

