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An ejector is to produce a vacuum. How to find the mass flow rate of secondary fluid from the container in which the sub-atmospheric pressure is to be produced, when both primary and secondary...
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I wrote a solver in openfoam for solving transport equation for Temperature. And I expect Integrated value of T to remain constant, but it is not happening.
02 February 2014 7,652 13 View
Entropy is defined relatively with temperature and enthalpy of the system but what type of characteristic is entropy?
02 February 2014 10,138 10 View
It's known that low ethanol blended gasoline fuel up to E10 results in an economic save as well as a reduction in emissions with out any modification on the engine system while on the other...
02 February 2014 3,480 14 View
Much thanks.
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Can anybody explain the procedure to activate the nanoparticles. For example, aluminium oxide. Do we need any equipment for this activation. What is the activation procedure?
22 January 2014 8,162 1 View
Thermal expansion of oil has been considered by incorporating an expansion tank (deaerator) in the pipeline. Whether vapor will form while heating? Even if vapor formed, whether expansion tank...
02 January 2014 8,983 3 View
By consider a heat pipe of inner radius r1 and outer radius r2, what will be its effective heat transfer surface area considering its thickness?
01 January 2014 6,589 7 View
In my experiment, I'll use hot oil as the heat transfer fluid. Can I use a flow meter which is normally used with water? If I can use it, do I have to calibrate anything else?
01 January 2014 2,046 11 View
Only engine specification and amount of fuel added per cycle are known.
01 January 2014 4,284 1 View
I am wondering how many feet of 6" iron pipe, at 625 Kelvin I would need to heat stream from 60 Kelvin at 20 psi to 525 Kelvin at 175 psi? What are the used principals?
01 January 2014 6,773 5 View
I know the velocity, inlet and outlet temperature of oil flowing through a pipe. Now how to find the heat transfer coefficient of the oil flowing through the pipe? What are the steps?
01 January 2014 7,719 10 View
I need to store some inorganic salts such as NaNO3,KNO3,NaOH and KOH. Which type of container & container material will be best suited for this?
01 January 2014 9,468 3 View
I can understand its utility in static system like pressure cooker, where water is having no velocity but in a boiler, water has enough velocity to circulate so this velocity should also get...
01 January 2014 9,130 2 View
Generally it is recommended to keep the expansion tank (deaerator tank) at a certain height (say 6-9 feet) above the pipe line. What is the concept behind this?
01 January 2014 9,957 16 View
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I need to cool oil passing through copper tubes with water. For more surface area, I am planning to make copper tubes spiral. Whether spiral copper tubes will be available readily or do we need to...
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The standard of the reciprocating engine test.
01 January 2014 3,599 3 View
Please suggest any simple procedure to measure it.
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Since it plays the main role in manufacturing of automobile parts.
12 December 2013 4,120 4 View
What is the best procedure to produce nano particles. What is the cost involved in it. Can anybody give the detailed procedure to produce nano particles with cost involved in it. Is it readily...
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