an engineer designs a heat engine using flat plate solar collectors. the collectors delivers heat at...
Flat-plate solar collectors have been installed on the roof of a residential building. The collectors, each measured 1-m-wide and 4-m-long, are installed side by side. The collectors are maintained at 15 °C while ambient air at 10 °C flows over the roof with a velocity of 2 m/s along the width of collectors. Determine the rate of convective heat loss from (a) the first plate and (b) the third plate V,T im 4m 田ロ田
A flat-plate solar collector is used to heat atmospheric air flowing through a rectangular channel. The bottom surface of the channel is well insulated, while the top surface is subjected to a uniform heat flux 96,which is due to the net effect of solar radiation absorption and heat exchange between the absorber and cover plates. W Transparent cover plate Absorber plate Rectangular channel Air Tmi, m Beginning with an appropriate differential control volume, obtain an equation that could be used...
ReviewI ConstantsI Periodic Table Part A Converting sunlight to electricity with solar cells has an efficiency of 15%. It's possible to achieve a higher efficiency (though currently at higher cost) by using concentrated sunlight as the hot reservoir of a heat engine. Each dish in the figure concentrates sunlight on one side of a heat engine, producing a hot-reservoir temperature of 530 °C. The cold reservoir, ambient air, is approximately 28 °C. The actual working efficiency of this device is...
A proposed ocean thermal-energy conversion (OTEC) system is a heat engine that would operate between warm water (15°C) at the ocean's surface and cooler water (3°C) 2,000 m below the surface. What is the maximum possible efficiency of the system? Enter your answer accurate to two decimal places.
Hot carbon dioxide exhaust gas at 1 atm is being cooled by flat plates. The gas at 220°C flows in parallel over the upper and lower surfaces of a 1.4-m-long flat plate at a velocity of 1.8 m/s and the flat plate surface temperature is maintained at 80°C. The properties of CO2 at Tf = (220°C + 80°C)/2 = 150°C are k = 0.02652 W/m∙K, ν = 1.627 × 10−5 m2/s, and Pr = 0.7445. Determine the local convection heat...
An engine works on the cycle shown in the diagram below, using 0.1 moles of a monatomic ideal gas. The processes A, B and C are isothermal, isovolumetric and adiabatic respectively. The maximum and minimum volumes are 8 litres and 2 litres, and the temperatures are as shown on the diagram. T=1000K Pressure (kPa) T=397K 0 8 2 4 6 Volume (litres) a) b) c) d) e) Calculate the work done on the gas in processes A and B. Calculate...
11) An isothermal flat plate is subjected to uniform flow as shown below. Using the properties and the illustration, determine the following: a) What is the heat flux at x1 (8 Points) b) What is the heat flux at x2 (8 Points) c) A temperature profile of T(x,y) = (5x2 + 3x + 8)*y is proposed for this plate. Is this a valid temperature profile for the illustrated case with constant thermophysical properties (not changing with respect to varying temperature)?...
Suppose a certain baseball diamond is a square 60 feet on a side. The pitching rubber is located 40.5 feet from home plate on a line joining home plate and second base. (a) How far is it from the pitching rubber to first base? (b) How far is it from the pitching rubber to second base? (c) If a pitcher faces home plate, through what angle does he need to turn to face first base? (a) The distance from the...
1.) The specific heat of a certain type of metal is 0.128 J/(g⋅∘C). What is the final temperature if 305J of heat is added to 41.7 g of this metal, initially at 20.0 ∘C? 2.) When 1723 J of heat energy is added to 42.3 g of hexane, C6H14, the temperature increases by 18.0 ∘C. Calculate the molar heat capacity of C6H14 3.) Liquid sodium is being considered as an engine coolant. How many grams of liquid sodium (minimum) are...