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A bulldozer pushes 500 kg of dirt 100 m with a force of 1500 N. It then lifts the dirt 3 m up to put it in a dump truck. How much work did it do in each
A bucket of concrete of total mass 200 kg is raised by a crane with an acceleration of 2 m/s2 relative to the ground at a location
A bottle with a volume of 0.1 m3 contains butane with a quality of 75% and a temperature of 300 K. Estimate the total butane mass in the bottle
A car engine operates with a thermal efficiency of 35%. Assume the air-conditioner has a coefficient of performance of ß = 3 working as a refrigerator
A car engine delivers 25 hp to the driveshaft with a thermal efficiency of 30%. The fuel has a heating value of 40 000 kJ/kg
A car engine burns 5 kg fuel (equivalent to addition of QH) at 1500 K and rejects energy to the radiator and the exhaust at an average temperature of 750 K
A car drives at 60 km/h and is brought to a full stop with constant deceleration in 5 seconds. If the total car and driver mass is 1075 kg
A car air-conditioning unit has a 0.5-kg aluminum storage cylinder that is sealed with a valve and it contains 2 L of refrigerant R-134a at 500 kPa
A 50/50 (by mole) gas mixture of methane CH4 and ethylene C2H4 is contained in a cylinder/piston at the initial state 480 kPa, 330 K, 1.05 m3.
A 500-L insulated tank contains air at 40°C, 2 MPa. A valve on the tank is opened, and air escapes until half the original mass is gone
A 55-kg man gives in to temptation and eats an entire 1-L box of ice cream. How long does this man need to jog to burn off the calories he consumed
A 6-m3 rigid tank initially contains a mixture of 1 kmol of hydrogen (H2) gas and the stoichiometric amount of air at 25°C.
A 68-kg woman is planning to bicycle for an hour. If she is to meet her entire energy needs while bicycling by eating 30-g chocolate candy bars
A 7-hp (shaft) pump is used to raise water to an elevation of 15 m. If the mechanical efficiency of the pump is 82 percent, determine the maximum volume
A 600-MW steam power plant, which is cooled by a nearby river, has a thermal efficiency of 40 percent. Determine the rate of heat transfer to the river water.
A 6-pack canned drink is to be cooled from 25°C to 3°C. The mass of each canned drink is 0.355 kg. The drinks can be treated as water, and the energy
A 75-hp compressor in a facility that operates at full load for 2500 h a year is powered by an electric motor that has an efficiency of 88 percent.
A 70-lbm copper block initially at 250°F is dropped into an insulated tank that contains 1.5 ft3 of water at 75°F. Determine
A 4-L pressure cooker has an operating pressure of 175 kPa. Initially, one-half of the volume is filled with liquid and the other half with vapor.
The rate of heat loss from the room is estimated to be about 5000 kJ/h. If the initial temperature of the room air is 10°C
A 400-L tank, A contains argon gas at 250 kPa, 30°C. Cylinder B, having a frictionless piston of such mass that a pressure of 150 kPa will float
A 4-m x 5-m x 7-m well-sealed room is to be heated by 1500 kg of liquid water contained in a tank that is placed in the room.
A 4-m x 5-m x 6-m room is to be heated by a baseboard resistance heater. It is desired that the resistance heater be able to raise the air temperature
A 4-L rigid tank contains 2 kg of saturated liquid-vapor mixture of water at 50°C. The water is now slowly heated until it exists in a single phase
A 5-ft3 rigid tank contains 5 lbm of water at 20 psia. Determine