Plant Definition and 285 Threads

This is probably a very basic engineering question, but I'm from an energy policy background and the resources I've found (such as this) are quite detailed. Internal combustion engines such as automobile engines and aircraft (jet and piston powered) produce more power in colder environments and...

Some people say it's ambitious, some people say it's crazy and some people say it just won't work. What do you think?

Homework Statement A hydroelectric power plant is built next to a reservoir with a water turbine beneath a dam. In normal operation, which of the following conditions will increase the flow rate of water, in kg s^-1 ,through the turbine. (1) There are too much water in the reservoir. (2) After...

Hello! I'm having a bit of an issue here, and I came across this site while searching on how to dissolve plant matter. The thread I found had some ideas, but said a reason would be needed before any concrete advice could be given. So here's my request - I need to instantaneously dissolve plant...

Homework Statement Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution What I attempted to do is .80(1/2)mv2 = Ee Where v is the velocity of the falling water, m is the mass of the falling water, and Ee is the electrical power generated by the electric plant. So then I solved for m since you...

Hello, How Nuclear power plant work?

Homework Statement Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution For the above modeled transfer function of the plant, I'm trying to design a compensator that satisfies some requirements. a. The maximum control bandwidth (0 dB crossover frequency) is 100 rad/s. b. The minimum phase...

Hello Gentlemen, I am working In phosphate plant with a lot of chemical fumes produced from the Process area. Due to Iodine and Florine gases, my car glass is damaged (corrosion) and i barley can see while I am going home.:frown: Please help me to find any Chemical Compound that helps to...

i want to know how much energy does a plant absorb in ultraviolet light, but i have no idea how i am going to do that.

Hi everyone this is my first time posting here, First of all, excuse my english because here in Mtl we speak French mostly. My team and I are working on an university project in Montreal (Qc) Canada (Polytechnique) regarding the recycling of radioactive material waste. We are working on the...

Is Hydroelectric power plant a perpetual motion machine of second kind from this classification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_motion#Classification ? or not? If not which kind of perpetual motion machine is it? :)

What do you think is the ultimate way to oversee plant nutrient water composition - say you need to check the nutrient levels from a natural water source for all the essentials a handful of times a year? Full profile: N, P, K, Ca, S, Mg, B, Cl, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cu, Mo, Ni. Preferred method would be...

Hi guys, I do apologize if this thread is in the incorrect place.. Long story short, I'm doing a university project based on developing an AI to control the power plant energy output. From my research so far, I've concluded that the control rods control the fission rate. The problem is, I for...

hi i had doubt in hereditary and evolution chapter class 10 CBSE India So now I know that the phenotypic ratio of the pea ( with reference to dwarfness and tallness) is 3 : 1 which can be interpreted as : for every 4 pea plants obtained by a peapod, there are 3 tall plants and 1 dwarf plant...

How fast will water freeze when the outside temp has been -17C for 3 days and my generator blows up so now I don't have power to any pumps and the temp has dipped to -20C My plant pumps 5700 GPM

Homework Statement At a processing plant, olive oil of density 875 kg/m3 flows in a horizontal section of hose that constricts from a diameter of 2.92 cm to a diameter of 1.20 cm. Assume steady, ideal flow. What is the volume flow rate if the change in pressure between the two sections of hose...

I got this off ebay for $55. This is one that was used at the Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania. It measures in mR and has both a rate and dose alarm that can be set for a custom amount. Uses one 9v battery. Not really sure what I can use it for, but I was thinking about...

Homework Statement The steam enter the turbine (3) of the steam plant at 8 MPa and 500°C. The steam extends in an isentropic process and leaves the turbine (4) at 200 kPa, then enters and leaves the condenser at constant pressure (You may treat the steam as a saturated liquid when it leaves the...

Can we use fast-growing sea plant to increase the surface area of the sea, enhance global evaporation, and get the Earth cooler? Do we know some sea plants growing really fast with photosynthesis? I was struck with this idea when I was doing a search on giant vegetables on land.

A plant cell is usually larger in size. An animal cell is comparatively smaller in size. 2. It cannot change its shape. An animal cell can often change its shape. 3. A mature plant cell contains a large central vacuole. An animal cell often possesses many small vacuoles. 4. Plastids are present...

Homework Statement An electric power plant can produce electricity at a fixed power P, but the plant operator is free to choose the voltage V at which it is produced. This electricity is carried as an electric current I through a transmission line (resistance R) from the plant to the user...

How do I extract triacontanol (melissyl alcohol) from rice bran wax? I have very little knowledge in chemistry, but can do basic procedures. I don't have a laboratory, just a kitchen. Is it an alcohol? Like, same as ethanol alcohol? Does that mean I can mix rice bran wax with ethanol and...

Is Structural Integrity Inc the best nuclear plant services company ? Which companies are the best rank NPP services company? Thank you!

Mirabilis Jalapa exhibits incomplete dominance. So, if we cross Red and White colored plants (Parental Gen), we get, pink flowers (Filial I Gen). When these are selfed, we get red, pink, white in ratio 1:2:1 So, how do you determine that Red is dominant, because, we are dealing with incomplete...

Homework Statement A high school experiment shows a plant immersed in a solution of nitrate ions. The beaker is closed but has an air vent passing into the solution. Q. Why is air bubbled into the solution Q. Why is the beaker covered with black paper Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a...

I'm looking for ways to help mitigate California's drought. I've come up with two ideas. The first is a pipeline from Washington. The pipeline could be built with similar construction principles to an oil pipeline, which is a pretty mature process. The water could be sold to California...

All, I didn't take the time to perform a search on this so I apologize if a good thread already exists. However, does anyone have any updated information on this plant? Thanks Matt

Im attempting this question for an evening class I am attending. hope I am posting in the right place. I'm not sure where I have gone wrong think its where I rearranged my formula to find steam output. Question attached below

There are reports of a renewed reactor shutdown at Zaporizhya, the Ukraine's largest nuclear power station, as well as rumors of possible radiation leaks: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-30/ukraine-hiding-huge-radiation-leak-largest-nuclear-power-plant-Europe Given wretched weather and a...

Homework Statement It has been suggested that we should use our power plants to generate energy in the off-hours (such as late at night) and store it for use during the day. One idea put forward is to store the energy in large flywheels. Suppose we want to build such a flywheel in the shape of...

We have just been informed by media in europe that an accident had happened (today?) at the south ukrainian nuclear plant Saporoschje (warzone). Ukrainian Energy Minister will inform the public asap. First rumors say it's not a security issue, it's a technical issue, whatever that means. Let's...

I am trying to set up an equation relating the mechanical energy in a hydropower plant to its electrical output. What I picture is the relation between the energy input from the moving water, to the rotational energy of the turbine to the electric output of the generator. I know I can calculate...

Sir, why for a hydroelectric power power plant, the minimum height is 34 meter.? Please explain

Here is a video of a funny accident that happened at a steel mill in Russia. Thousands of pounds of molten metal come pouring out of it's ladle onto the floor due to equipment failure. Fortunately no one was hurt in this incident, but the whole plant could have gone up in flames if the outcome...

I have decided to grow a plant that could possibly help with my illness. This plant could possibly cause an issue due to its nature. Is there an acid that is somewhat safe to dissolve dried plant material quickly? I have looked at other physics forums that talk about piranha acid and that is WAY...

hi I want to work in a shipping industry or a power plant for my career. however the university I go to have made us choose 3 options for our final year subjects. I have chosen a thermo dynamics final year project. but I want to know would be better to get into this type of career? I have chosen...

South Africa is set to get a nuclear power plant, following the signing of a cooperation deal with Russia recently. Both sides noted that the nuclear power plant will have a production capacity of up to 9.6 GW based on Russian Technology, by 2030. Read more here...

I'm curious to know whether these huge generators [700 MW, 2235 MW] are same in construction as small generators, except bigger frame, coils and magnets? Also they say Generator is Motor and vice versa. So does it mean those big generators can be used as Motor too? In reality is it wise to...

Hey Guys, I would like to know from some of the more experienced engineers out there how you would go about ball-pointing the feasibility of a sewage treatment plant at the get go. In other words ,before anyone decides to spend any money on a thorough feasibility study. Namely ,I'm interested...

Or for that matter, any other types of seeds you find in spice bottles, such as coriander seeds or even cumin seeds? They've probably been treated in some way, but would they grow at all? Unfortunately there's no garden centre or anything near my uni.

Homework Statement In a hydroelectric plant, water falls from a high elevation to a lower elevation,losing PE in the process/ In doing so, it turns turbines which generate electricity. In a particular hydroelectric plant, water flows at a rate of 400 kg/s. If 80% of the PE that the water...

Homework Statement My simplified version of the equation: Power plant proposes output power increase from 188MW to 535 MW Excess heat is dumped into river with smelt. Smelt can withstand a 3.44C temp increase River = 222ft wide at dump site. Do not know depth or cross section here...

How can I insert pieces of other plant genes into another different specie of plant. I want to create new plants, so I would know the process.

Do plants stop making use of nutrients in seed leaves once it develop its first leaves and leave them to die? Thanks in advance.

Homework Statement If 230 million tonnes of solid waste were burned in waste-to-energy power plants that are 20% efficient a) how many kilowatt- hours of electrical energy could be produced in a year? Compare this quantity with the total US electrical energy production of 3.8 trillion...

Homework Statement The controversial Cheviot open-pit coal mine in Alberta, Canada occupies 7,455 hectares (one hectare= 10^4 m^2) and produces 1.4 million tonnes of coal per year. a) use the energy content of coal of 29 MJ/kg to find the power in watts corresponding to this rate of...

Hi, I would like some help for my final project. I'm trying to find an eqn for fluid resistance which is present on the frontal side of the blade as it spins: so far what I've come up by dimensional analysis is the drag force equation: F=Cd x ( ρ x v^2)/2 x A to get the fluid...

1. Problem statement A power plant generates electricity from the difference in sea temperature. At the surface of the sea the temperature is 27°C. At the bottom of the sea the temperature is 6°C. a) What is the highest efficiency that this plant can have? b) If the power plant generates...

I'm trying to understand exactly how power plant generators increase power output. So I will explain what I think is right. To increase the power output of a generator more torque from the prime mover is required to increase the torque angle between the voltage impressed on the stator from...