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Strike441 [17]
3 years ago
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Two common methods of improving fuel efficiency of a vehicle are to reduce the drag coefficient and the frontal area of the vehi

cle. Consider a car with 1.85 m width and 1.75 m height, with a drag coefficient of 0.30. Determine the amount of fuel and money saved per year as a result of reducing the car height to 1.50 m while keeping its width the same. Assume the car is driven 25,000 km (15,000 miles) a year at an average speed of 100 km/h. Take the density and price of gasoline to be 0.74 kg/L and $1.04/L. Also assume the density of air to be 1.20 kg/m3, the heating value of gasoline to be 44,000 kJ/kg, and the overall efficiency of the car’s drive train to be 30%.
Engineering
1 answer:
qaws [65]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

\Delta V = 209.151\,L, \Delta C = 217.517\,USD

Explanation:

The drag force is equal to:

F_{D} = C_{D}\cdot \frac{1}{2}\cdot \rho_{air}\cdot v^{2}\cdot A

Where C_{D} is the drag coefficient and A is the frontal area, respectively. The work loss due to drag forces is:

W = F_{D}\cdot \Delta s

The reduction on amount of fuel is associated with the reduction in work loss:

\Delta W = (F_{D,1} - F_{D,2})\cdot \Delta s

Where F_{D,1} and F_{D,2} are the original and the reduced frontal areas, respectively.

\Delta W = C_{D}\cdot \frac{1}{2}\cdot \rho_{air}\cdot v^{2}\cdot (A_{1}-A_{2})\cdot \Delta s

The change is work loss in a year is:

\Delta W = (0.3)\cdot \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)\cdot (1.20\,\frac{kg}{m^{3}})\cdot (27.778\,\frac{m}{s})^{2}\cdot [(1.85\,m)\cdot (1.75\,m) - (1.50\,m)\cdot (1.75\,m)]\cdot (25\times 10^{6}\,m)

\Delta W = 2.043\times 10^{9}\,J

\Delta W = 2.043\times 10^{6}\,kJ

The change in chemical energy from gasoline is:

\Delta E = \frac{\Delta W}{\eta}

\Delta E = \frac{2.043\times 10^{6}\,kJ}{0.3}

\Delta E = 6.81\times 10^{6}\,kJ

The changes in gasoline consumption is:

\Delta m = \frac{\Delta E}{L_{c}}

\Delta m = \frac{6.81\times 10^{6}\,kJ}{44000\,\frac{kJ}{kg} }

\Delta m = 154.772\,kg

\Delta V = \frac{154.772\,kg}{0.74\,\frac{kg}{L} }

\Delta V = 209.151\,L

Lastly, the money saved is:

\Delta C = \left(\frac{154.772\,kg}{0.74\,\frac{kg}{L} }\right)\cdot (1.04\,\frac{USD}{L} )

\Delta C = 217.517\,USD

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