Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0-07339-817-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-07339-817-4

Chapter 2 - Energy, Energy Transfer, and General Energy Analysis - Problems - Page 107: 2-129

Answer

c) $47kW$

Work Step by Step

Here we are working with potential energy: The potential work is: $W_{p}=mgh$ And the potential power is: $P_{p}=\frac{W_{p}}{t}=\frac{mgh}{t}=mgV$ $P_{p}=400kg*9.81\frac{m}{s^2}*12\frac{m}{s}=47.09kW$
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