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Based on the following information, find the Net Present Value of the net annual income stream, and the Lifetime Cost, for a site with two possible turbine choices. Which turbine provides the best lifetime cost? Site characteristics: H=10m, Q=3m/s, g=9.81m/s, p=1000kg/m Financial variables: r=4%, sale price of generated electricity=8p/kWh, project lifetime n=20 years Turbine choice 1: 300kW (maximum for the site conditions), efficiency n=90%, operates all year round, capital cost 0.35m for turbine and balance of plant, installation cost 0.1m. Annual operation and maintenance cost 1% of turbine and balance of plant capital cost. Turbine choice 2: 200kW (less than the maximum given the site conditions), efficiency n=94%, operates all year round, capital cost 0.18m for turbine and balance of plant, installation cost 0.03m. Annual operation and maintenance cost 1.5% of turbine and balance of plant capital cost.
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Good Transmission line should have the Low series inductance, high shunt capacitance High series inductance, high shunt capacitance Low series inductance, low shunt capacitance High series inductance, low shunt capacitance and-
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Suppose a single firm produces all of the output in a contestable market. Analysts determine that the market inverse demand function isP=45010Q, and the firm's cost function isC(Q)=20Q. Determine the firm's equilibrium price and corresponding profits. Price:$Profits$
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When using a product detector to detect a DSB-SC system there are at least 2 critical factors concerning the carrier at the receiver. What is the result of having a receiver carrier which is 60 degrees out of phase with respect to the carrier at the transmitter? The detected signal will be scaled by 50%. Nil. The detected signal will not be scaled at all. The detected signal will be scaled by 70%. The detected signal will not be scaled as the statement is only correct in relation to the frequency of the receive and transmit carrier. The detected signal will be scaled by 25%.
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A company is Selling price per unit = 1000 $. Fixed cost = 225,000 $ and variable cost per unit = 250 $. Estimating profit 3000 $. Find = BEP 4 = Sales value .5 *************** The operating profit at production 2 .....................and selling 500 units The number of unit to obtain on .3 = $ operating profit of 1,500,000 = The number of unit to verify BEP .1
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Course INFORMATION SYSTEM AUDIT AND CONTROL8. What are the components of audit risk?
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An engineer working in a well reputed engineering firm was responsible for the designing and estimation of a bridge to be constructed. Due to some design inadequacies the bridge failed while in construction. Evatuate with reference to this case whether there will be a legal entitlement (cite relevant article of tort case that can be levied against the engineer incharge in this case)
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Give at least 15 tools & 15 Equipments needed to perform the Electrical Preventive Maintenance? Also, give each the definition on why it was needed in performing electrical preventive maintenance.
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Discussions List View Topic Control system Subscribe Discuss the importance of the control system the development of the industrial system.
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Please answer electronically, not manually1- What do electrical engineers learn? Electrical Engineer From courses, experiences or information that speed up recruitment processes Increase your salary if possible
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I have a series of questions about control systems that are long and I can't post them separately because they are related to one another, any recommendation on how to post it on Chegg, to get the desired answers? you can check my questions folder to understand what I mean.
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Using ac analysis and the small-signal model, calculate values for RIN, ROUT, and Av. Refer to section 7.6 in the textbook for equations. Values for ro, gm, and r, can be calculated from the Q-point calculated in question #1 with the expressions in textbook section 7.5. T T Vout Vin 2 ww RB Rin ww Rc 4 Rout
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(a) In the design of modern intelligent buildings, environmental issues become important. What are the driving forces for implementing environment-friendly design in buildings? (8 marks) (b) Multiple zone systems are applicable in very large buildings with several zones where the cooling/heating requirements are different and single-zone systems are not economical enough. Figure Al(b) shows the single duct multiple zone systems. Explain the working of the systems with at least two advantages and two disadvantages. (8 marks) Reheat coils 8807 H CC HC O Zone 1 O Zone 2 Zone 3 Figure Al(b): Single duct, constant volume multiple zone systems (c) The definition of Intelligent Buildings (IB) is based on certain classification which addresses certain services for users and technology. List all different definitions and define any three of them.
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a factory manifactures of two types of heavy- duty machines in quantities x1 , x2 , the cost function is given by : , How many machines of each type should be prouducte to minimize the cost of production if these must be total of 8 machines , using lagrangian multiplier ( carry out 4 decimal places in your work )F(x) = x + 2x -x1x.
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A paper mill has installed three steam generators (boilers) to provide process steam and also to use some its waste products as an energy source. Since there is extra capacity, the mill has installed three 10-MW turbine generators to take advantage of the situation. Each generator is a 4160-V, 12.5 MVA, 60 Hz, 0.8-PF-lagging, two-pole, Y-connected synchronous generator with a synchronous reactance of 1.10 Q and an armature resistance of 0.03 Q. Generators 1 and 2 have a characteristic power-frequency slope of 5 MW/Hz, and generator 3 has a slope of 6 MW/Hz. i. If the no-load frequency of each of the three generators is adjusted to 61 Hz, evaluate the power that the three machines be supplying when actual system frequency is 60 Hz ii. Evaluate the maximum power that the three generators can supply in this condition without the ratings of one of them being exceeded. State the frequency of this limit. Estimate the power that each generator will supply at that point iii. Propose methods or actions that have to be done to get all three generators to supply their rated real and reactive powers at an overall operating frequency of 60 Hz.
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Clear communication and precise navigation are critical to aircraft safety. In this discussion activity, research and discuss the latest types of communication and/or navigation technology. Explain how these systems work and if there are any limitations to these systems.
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Reliability cost and reliability worthReliability cost and reliability worth assessment plays a vital role in power system planning, operation and expansion as it offers an opportunity to incorporate customer concerns in the analysis.Failures in any part of the power system can cause interruptions which range from inconveniencing a small number of local residents to a major and widespread catastrophic disruption of supply. The economic impact of these outages is not necessarily restricted to loss of revenue by the utility or loss of energy utilization by the customer but, in order to estimate true costs, should also include indirect costs imposed on customers, society, and the environment due to the outage.It is required that you write a research report on this topic.
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The management of CDC Construction Pioneers have decided to build 900 new apartments in the Kasoa area due to the influx of immigrant workers into the country. Two Architectural Companies have provided building plans and technical schematics for the project. Management are happy with the proposals of both Standard apartment and Deluxe apartment. After investigating the steps involved in construction, management determined that each apartment complex built will require some resources. Management analysed each of the bids and concluded that if the plans of Standard apartment are built, it requires 0.7 days in foundation works, 0.5 days in the masonry, 1 day in finishing, and 0.1 days in painting works. Deluxe apartment will require 1 day in foundation works, 0.83 days in the masonry, 0.67 days in finishing, and 0.25 days in the painting works. Management estimate that, 630 days for foundation works, 600 days for masonry, 708 days for finishing and 135 days for 11 painting works will be available to build the apartments. The company accountant assigned all relevant variable costs and arrived at a rent that will result in a daily profit contribution of Gh 10 for every Standard apartment and Gh 9 for every Deluxe apartment built. Management wants to know how many Standard apartments and Deluxe apartments to construct a) Express the decision variables for this problem and formulate a linear programming model for this problem. b) The model was solved using solver and part of the results is provided in the Table below. Use it to answer the questions that follow Variable Cells Final Reduced Objecti ve Allowabl e Allowabl e Cell Name Value Cost Coeffici ent Increase Decrease $B$ 9 Std. apt 539.9999 842 0 10 3.499999 325 3.7 $B$ 10 Deluxe apt 252.0000 11 0 9 5.285714 286 2.333333 Constraints Final Shadow Constra Allowabl Allowabl Major Topic Sensitivity Analysis Blooms Designation EV Score 7 12 int e e Cell Name Value Price R.H. Side Increase Decrease $E$ 4 Foundati on Usage 630 4.374999 566 630 52.36363 159 134.4 $E$ 5 Masonry Usage 479.9999 929 0 600 1E+30 120.0000 071 $E$ 6 Finishing Usage 708 6.937500 304 708 192 127.9999 86 $E$ 7 Painting Usage 117.0000 012 0 135 1E+30 17.99999 882 (i) What is the optimal solution to this problem? (ii) What is the corresponding value of the objective function? (iii) Why does the reduced cost column contain zeros? C) (i) If the unit contribution margin on daily Delux apartment was GH 11 instead of GH 9, how would that affect the optimal solution (iii) If management of CDC could obtain additional resources, which one would you advice to be of most value to them and why? (iv) Which constraints is/are binding Major Topic Sensitivity Analysis Blooms Designation AN Score 6 Major Topic Blooms Designation
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Tail stock in Lathe machine is known as Olive centre Odead centre Otool post Onone of these 36. How is the draft calculated? Oa) Difference between starting and final thickness Ob) Sum of starting and final thickness Oc) Product of starting and final thickness Od) Ratio of starting and final thickness 37. The term deep grinding refers to which one of the following: O(a) alternative name for any creep feed Grinding operation, Ob) external cylindrical creep feed grinding O(c) grinding operation performed at the bottom of a hole, O(d) surface grinding that uses a large crossfeed, or (e) surface grinding that uses a large infeed
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Over recent recents, e-Commerce has relied the following to stay successfully and competitive*A. Logistics functionB. Make functionC. All SCOR model functionD. Non above
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Sustainable development (SD) is the blueprint to ensure a better future for all. The economy, society and the environment arethe predominant pillars of SD. There is an inherent relation between socio-economic development and the environment. Theactivities involved in such development can bring both adverse and favorable consequence to the environment. The journey ofmankind to an elevated socio-economic condition significantly depends on the industrial revolution; whichever depend welland truly on the generation and consumption of energy. Hence, extensive use of fossil fuels i.e. oil, gas, coal etc. to produceenergy is the principal reason behind the emission of greenhouse gas, trace metals and similar type of pollutants. The by-product of fossil-fuel combustion is a significant threat to the environment which later brings a harmful effect on humanhealth. As a developing country, Bangladesh is not an exception in this regard. It is quite obvious that prolongation of suchenergy generation method certainly raises a conflict to the concept of SD. Further, it creates a confrontment situationconcerning the projected timeline. Henceforth, a transition to renewable energy may mitigate all these adverse effects within ashort time. Generating energy from clean and renewable source can significantly reduce carbon footprint and global warming,and it has numerous environmental and health benefits. Besides, using renewable sources for energy generation allow to builda reliable and affordable energy source; that lessen reliance on foreign energy sources as well. Above all, to ensure thesustainability of the three pillars of Sustainable Development and to safeguard the environment for a better future; there is noalternative to using renewable energy for energy generation.Based on the concept of Sustainable Engineering practice, identify, discuss and analyze following issues from thegiven case:(a) How many SDG/s can you relate in the above case? (Hint: Indicate the SDG that can be / should be achieved or targetedfor the design of a sustainable power generation system for a country)(b) Discuss the importance of following standard code of ethics for the attainment of SDGs ? (Hint: Discuss how the Code ofethics help to achieve SDG in a country)please answer in short
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Case Study: Transformer Room Accident Some years ago an accident occurred in an 11 KV electrical sub-station in Selangor, when are flashover occurred in a transformer room of the sub-station. Four workers were severely injured while one of them suffered burns over 50% of his body and had to receive treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital. The accident occured when a worker was loosening the power supply wire to a Circuit Breaker, when accidently a part of the victim's body i.e. his head, touched equipment on entering the clearance space of the 11KVA Power System. As a result, short circuit and flashover occurred which resulted in an explosion that injured the workers. Subsequent investigations determined that the working space was not suitable for such risky and dangerous jobs, i.e. in this case involving currents pertaining to high voltages. It was determined from the accident investigation analysis that the divider separating the electrical powered section from the under-repair section was missing. This can cause any part of the workmen's bodies to be exposed to the dangers of electrocution if the work is not done with extreme caution. In reference to the Case Study above, students must answer all of the following questions Define the problem i.e. explain what you think has occurred in this accident. (10 marks) 2. What is the impact of this accident? (20 marks) Identify possible factors that led to the problem. (30 marks) 4 Recommended Control Measures
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Shares of Apple (AAPL) for the last five years are collected. Returns for Apple's stock were 37.7% for 2014, -4.6% for 2015, 10% for 2016, 46.1% for 2017 and -6.8% for 2018. The mean return over the five years is how much? (a) 13.5% (b) 15.5% (c) 16.5% (d) 26.2%
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NMJ 40303 Reliability and Failure Analysis Assignment 2 (2.5%) Due Date: 29 May 2021 (11.59 pm) ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS Failure modes: 1. Leakage current (metal line) 2. Shorts 3. Leakage current (dielectric) EVALUATE THE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES USED TO LOCALIZE ANY ONE OF THE FAILURES (INCLUDE THE PROS AND CONS FOR EACH OF THE TECHNIQUES). FORMAT: 1. ANSWERS MUST BE HAND-WRITTEN IN TABLE FORM 2. NO. OF PAGES: 1-2 PAGES (IN PDF)
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