Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0-07339-817-9
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Chapter 2 - Energy, Energy Transfer, and General Energy Analysis - Problems - Page 106: 2-121

Answer

$D_{2}=7.77m$ $P_{k}=3.98kW$

Work Step by Step

The diameter of the wind channel dowstream, choosing $1$ as the point before the windmill and $2$ as the point after the windmill, is : $A_{1}V_{1}=A_{2}V_{2}$ $\frac{\pi D_{1}^2}{4}V_{1}=\frac{\pi D_{2}^2}{4}V_{2}$ $D_{2}=D_{1}\sqrt {\frac{V_{1}}{V_{2}}}=7m*\sqrt {\frac{8\frac{m}{s}}{6.5\frac{m}{s}}}=7.77m$ Now we calculate the specific volume of air: $\upsilon=\frac{RT}{P}=\frac{0.287\frac{kPam^3}{kgK}*(20+273.15)K}{100kPa}=0.841\frac{m^3}{kg}$ Then the mass flow rate will be: $m=\frac{Q}{\upsilon}=\frac{A_{1}V_{1}}{\upsilon}=\frac{\frac{\pi (7m)^2}{4}*8\frac{m}{s}}{0.841\frac{m^3}{kg}}=366.08\frac{kg}{s}$ Since we are working with kinetic energy: $P_{k}=\frac{1}{2}m\Delta V^2=\frac{1}{2}*366.08\frac{kg}{s}*[(8\frac{m}{s})^2-(6.5\frac{m}{s})^2]$ $P_{k}=3.98kW$
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