Over the past 150 years, what has happened to the amount of forest cover in Minnesota?

$P = \frac{F}{A} \\\\Where;\\F \ is \ the \ force \ exerted \ by \ girl's \ weight\\\\P = \frac{F}{A} = \frac{mg}{A} = \frac{50 \times 9.8}{0.002} = 245,000 \ N/m^2$

Therefore, the pressure exerted by the girl is 245,000 N/m²

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3 years ago

A steam Rankine cycle operates between the pressure limits of 1500 psia in the boiler and 2 psia in the condenser. The turbine i

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Answer:

a. Mass flow rate through the boiler = 5.462lbm/s

b. Power produced by the turbine = 2525.8kW

c. The rate of heat supply in the boiler = 6901.42Btu/s

d. Thermal efficiency of the cycle = 34.3%

Explanation:

In order to provide a solution, we must assume that ;

- The system is operating at a steady condition

- Kinetic and potential energy changes are negligible

Now from steam tables, we calculate specific volume $v$ and enthalpy $h$ as,

$h_1 = 95.96Btu/lb$ ( $h_1 = h_f$ at $2psia$ )

$v_1 = 0.016238ft^3/lb$ ( $v_1 = v_f$ at $2psia$ )

$w_{p,in} = v_1(P_2-P_1) = 0.016238(1500-2) * \frac{1}{5.404} = 4.501 Btu/lb$

$w_p = h_2 - h_1\\h_2 = w_p+h_1=4.501+95.96=100.461Btu/lb$

$h_3 = 1364.0Btu/lb$

$s_3 = 1.5073Btu/lb.R$

( at $P_3 = 1500psia$ & $T_3 = 800^0F$ )

$P_4 = 2psia\\S_4 = S_3\\x_4S = \frac{S_4-S_f}{S_{fg}}=\frac{1.5073-0.1783}{1.7374}=0.765$

( $S_f$ & $S_{fg}$ when pressure is 2psia)

$h_4S = h_f+x_4S*h_{fg}=95.96+(0.765)(1021.0)=877.025Btu/lb$

$n_T= \frac{h_3-h_4}{h_3-h_4S}\\ h_4=h_3-n_T(h_3-h_4S)=1364.0-0.90(1364.0-877.025)=925.7Btu/lb$

Therefore,

$q_{in}=h_3-h_2=1364.0-100.461=1263.54Btu/lb\\q_{out}=h_4-h_1=925.7-95.96=829.74Btu/lb\\w_{net}=q_{in}-q_{out}=1263.54-829.74=433.8Btu/lb$

To calculate the mass flow rate of steam in the cycle, we use the formula

$W_{net}=mw_{net}\\m=\frac{W_{net}}{w_{net}} =\frac{2500}{433.8}=5.763*(\frac{0.94782Btu}{1Kj} )=5.462lb/s$

where $1Kj = 0.947817 Btu$

The power output and the rate of heat addition are calculated thus,

$W_{T,out}=m(h_3-h_4)=(5.462lb/s)*(1364-925.7)Btu/lb*(\frac{1Kj}{0.94782Btu} )\\=5.462*438.3*1.055=2525.8KW$

$Q_{in}=mq_{in}=5.462(1263.54)=6901.46Btu/s$

The thermal efficiency of the cycle can be found thus;

$n_{th}=\frac{W_{net}}{Q_{in}} =\frac{2500}{6901.46}*(\frac{0.94782Btu}{1Kj} ) =0.343$

= 34.3%

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3 years ago