An ideal Stirling cycle uses 0.12 kg of air as the working fluid. The lower temperature at which energy is exchanged is 300 K while the upper temperature is 2000 K. Air is at 150 kPa at the beginning of compression and the peak pressure is 3 MPa. Assume that an ideal regenerator is used. Determine a) the energy captured and supplied by the regenerator, b) the net work from the cycle, c) the thermal efficiency of the cycle. Assume constant specific heats.

Air initially at 0.75 bar, 1000 k, and occupying a volume of 0.12 m^3 undergoes two processes. process 1-2: the air is compressed isothermally until the volume is halved. process 2-3: the air undergoes a constant pressure process until the volume is halved again. assume ideal gas behavior. a) determine the mass of the air, in kg. b) the work and the heat transfer for each of the two processes, in kj. (100 kj = 1 bar . m^3)

Arunner is jogging at a steady 3.6 km/hr. when the runner is 2.9 km from the finish line, a bird begins flying from the runner to the finish line at 14.4 km/hr (4 times as fast as the runner). when the bird reaches the finish line, it turns around and flies back to the runner. even though the bird is a dodo, we will assume that it occupies only one point in space, i. e., a zero-length bird. how far does the bird travel? (b) after this first encounter, the bird then turns around and flies from the runner back to the finish line, turns around again and flies back to the runner. the bird repeats the back and forth trips until the runner reaches the finish line. how far does the bird travel from the beginning? (i. e. include the distance traveled to the first encounter)

Amoving company collects data about couches they move and displays the data in a table. the force along the ramp, the angle of the ramp, and the height the couch is raised to are shown. which statements correctly compare the work done to move the couches? check all that apply. the same amount of work is done for couches 1 and 3. the same amount of work is done for couches 2 and 3. the work for couch 1 is greater than the work for couch 2. the work for couch 2 is less than the work for couch 3. the work for couch 3 is greater than the work for couch 1. the work for couch 2 is greater than the work for couch 1.