FUELS & COMBUSTION CALCULATIONS Unit 5 Prabir Basu TYPES OF FUELS FOSSIL FUELS Solid fuels (COAL) Liquid fuels (OIL) Gaseous fuels (NATURAL GAS) NUCLEAR FUELS RENEWABLE FUELS (BIOMASS) WASTE FUELS (MUNICIPAL WASTES) SOLID FUELS PROPERTIES HEATING VALUE ULTIMATE ANALYSIS PROXIMATE ANALYSIS ASH DEFORMATION POINTS Initial deformation temp. Softening temp. Hemispherical temp Fluid temp. LIQUID FUELS PROPERTIES HEATING VALUE
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The Effect of Gasoline Fumes on plants Introduction: This science fair project was conducted to study the effect of gasoline fumes on plants. The testing was done by placing plants beside a gasoline-filled container for different periods of time and temperatures. Hypothesis: Gasoline fumes cause plants to die - the longer the exposure to the fumes‚ the quicker the plants will die. Our second hypothesis is that exposure to fumes‚ at higher environmental temperatures‚ will result in quicker
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How to Calculate Preferred Dividends Preferred stock (or preference shares) is a special class of stock that pays a fixed dividend set at the time of issuance. Also‚ preferred dividends must be paid before common stock dividends. To calculate the dividends for preferred stocks‚ you need to multiply the par value of the shares by the dividend percentage. Example 1: If the dividend percentage is 8 percent and the preferred stock was issued at $20 per share‚ then the annual dividend is: 8% * $20 =
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Calculation for Nursing Staff requirement for a healthcare centre Assumptions: Working time: 8 hours/day x 6 days/week Weekly off: 52 days/year Annual Leave: 30 days/year Public holidays: 8 days /year Therefore‚ no. of working hours/staff = 8 x (365-52-30-8) = 8 x 275 = 2200 Requirement of Nursing Manpower: (Nurse / Patient Ratio) for wards VIP room: 1:2 Deluxe rooms: 1:3 Private rooms 1:4 General Ward 1:5 Labor room 1:1 ICU 1:2 Requirement for the three
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The Impact of High Gasoline Prices As long as natural resources become diminish ‚tense relationship between the middle east and the United States and other potential reasons‚ the price of gasoline rises up. Actually our daily product and economy are immediately related to national oil price‚ so any fluctuation in prices will influence our society directly. Nowadays‚ the government decided to raise the price of domestic oil. This policy has caused many complaints from Taiwanese citizen these recent
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warming are the cars humans drive every‚ more specifically the engines that power them. Gasoline engines are a major problem because of the emissions they put into the atmosphere; however‚ electric engines and other alternatives may prove to be the future. Gasoline engines have been powerhouses literally and figuratively for a long time. Not only
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The Chemistry of Gasoline and Diesel Because we are one of the most advanced animals in the world‚ we humans are constantly improving our methods of living by inventing new tools and gadgets to help achieve this task. With this immense amount of creation‚ come severe consequences‚ which is the need to find a usable source of fuel to power these machineries of luxury. To our luck‚ the discovery of fossil fuels‚ substances created from the decomposition of ancient organisms and fossils like oil‚ natural
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responding to large gasoline truck fires. In the scenario I will to provide‚ in greater detail‚ when it comes to fighting different types of flammable liquid fires and the appropriate approach that should be taken to effectively extinguish gasoline fires. Gasoline fires remain extremely different to each other‚ similar to various incidents in which firefighters respond to day to day. The scenario exists in the town of Yonkers New York. The scenario contains an 8‚900-gallon gasoline tanker overturned
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the after-tax cost of debt was calculated to be asdfkl;safd. These are logical calculations‚ since the majority of Microsoft’s bonds do‚ in fact‚ have interest rates around 4%. Note‚ the interest on Microsoft’s bonds is incurred on a semi-annual basis and was calculated in this report on the same basis. Therefore‚ the semi-annual cost of debt would be half this value: 2%. Some other notes to consider in bond calculations are given below: Do we have any other notes to consider guys? Feel free to message
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American consumers. May was a month of records that broke one after another‚ and that came on the heels of months of rising prices. And then the cycle continued‚ with prices eventually falling and then inching toward the $4.00 mark again in 2011. Gasoline is the bloodline that keeps America moving‚ and tracking gas prices can feel like a roller coaster ride. They ’re down a little one month‚ up the next‚ and then they shoot up more than 50 percent in a year. Plus‚ they ’re different depending on where
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