MECH 4010 Design Project Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Group 2 Jon DeCoste Denise McKay Brian Robinson Shaun Whitehead Stephen Wright Supervisors Dr. Murat Koksal Dr. Larry Hughes Client Department of Mechanical Engineering Dalhousie University December 5‚ 2005 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With the recent surge in fossil fuels prices‚ demands for cleaner energy sources‚ and government funding incentives‚ wind turbines have become a viable technology for power generation. Currently‚ horizontal
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PART B. WORKS INFORMATION ^ D w r Cymru Location Site Location Map Welsh Water Cardiff WWTW. Operating Manual 1. 1 Site Location Map National Grid Reference: Asset No.: ST 213 758 33785 Cardiff WWTW Directions Heading West along M4‚ turn onto A48 at Junction 29. After approx. 2 miles turn left onto A4161. After approx. 1 mile continue on A4232. After approx. 2 miles at roundabout‚ take second exit onto Rover Way towards the Docks. At 1st roundabout turn left onto Tide Fields
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PROPOSAL NO PROJECT REF. FLOWRATE m³/h Bharath Babu DATA SHEET 19389 rev. 1 pos. 4 DATE: FOs FAHU-1-FINAL REVISED 7758 MODEL ITEM NO. PRINTED 3/17/2013 23MK0608 89230608 3/17/2013 MEKAR is participating in the EUROVENT CERTIFICATION Programme for Air Handling Units. 23MK range is certified under the number 09.04.418 and presented on www.eurovent-certification.com. Eurovent - Air handling units - Energy efficiency class A Section [m2] 1.1625 Velocity [m/s] 1.85 Type: With Recirculation
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1. INTRODUCTION An engine is a device which transforms one form of energy into another form. Most of the engines convert thermal engine to mechanical work and therefore they are called heat engine. Heat engine can be broadly classified into two types. i. Internal combustion engine ii. External combustion engine 1.1 CLASSIFICATION OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE:- This type of engine is again classified into two types. i. Rotary ii. Reciprocating The reciprocating engine is a highly complex
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Alkanols Aim: To determine which alkanols has higher heat combustion Hypothesis: The alkanols with the longer carbon chain will a higher heat combustion Background Information: Heat combustion can be calculated by using various formulas. By using ΔH= -mcΔT‚ we can gather the amount of heat released. Since the experiment is exothermic‚ ΔH will have a negative value. By dividing the total amount by 1000‚ the units changes into KJ. Divide the total KJ of heat by the amount of fuel used(in grams) which gives
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Heat Exchanger Network Design for the Cumene Process | C.A.K.E. Because We’re Just that Delicious Iowa State University Ames IA‚ 50010 | Crego‚ Courtney LHines‚ KirkMonterrubio‚ AmyToohey‚ Erin | Abstract Often a major consideration of a chemical process plant is the high cost of utilities used for heating and cooling of process streams. Heat integration of process streams is an effective way to reduce the cost of these utilities‚ and this process is often referred to as a MUMNE (minimum
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radiation is one of the three ways in which heat is transferred. In convection‚ heat can be exchanged from one fluid to another. In this experiment‚ a heated plate is in contact with air inside a rectangular cross section duct. The air is heated by conduction from the heated plate. The density of the air decreases as it is heated and this makes the warm air rise. Colder air‚ which in turn is less dense‚ then replaces the warmer air‚ which has risen. The plate then heats this colder air‚ which will eventually
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Introduction The first law of thermodynamics states that the energy of the universe is constant. Heat is transferred when the atoms of one material vibrate and collide with the atoms of another material‚ thus transferring energy. For this reason‚ heats always travel from hot to cold objects and two objects will reach an equilibrium temperature. Materials and Methods 1. Oven 7. Test Tube 2. Pasco Temperature Probe 8. Stopper 3. Scale 9. Calorimeter 4. Samples of Metals
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DEFINITION OF HEAT TRANSFER | Heat transfer is energy in transit due to temperature difference . Whenever there exists a temperature difference in a medium or between media‚ heat transfer must occur. The basic requirement for heat transfer is the presence of temperature difference . There can be no net heat transfer between two mediums that are at the same temperature. The temperature difference is the driving force for heat transfer‚ just as the voltage difference is the driving force for electric
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Sameera Raziuddin Latent Heat of Fusion April 11‚ 2011 Abstract: A calorimeter‚ water at room temperature‚ ice‚ and a Pasco GLS Explorer were used in combination with a known value of the latent heat of fusion to create and carry out an experiment to determine the mass of an unknown amount of ice. Using the formula for latent heat of fusion‚ the mass of the ice was calculated to be 45.76g. The error of the carried out experiment was calculated to be 20.06%. Introduction:
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