Q 10:channel as it passes through the blades. Consider a circularwindmill with a 7-m-diameter rotor in a 8 m/s wind on a daywhen the atmospheric pressure is 100 kPa and the tempera-ture is 20°C. The wind speed behind the windmill is mea-Windmills slow the air and cause it to fill a largersured at 6.5 m/s. Determine the diameter of the wind channeldownstream from the rotor and the power produced by thiswindmill, presuming that the air is incompressible.Flow channelW

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Q10: Windmills slow the air and cause it to fill a larger channel as it passes through the blades. Consider a circular windmill with a 7-m-diameter rotor in a 8 m/s wind on a day when the atmospheric pressure is 100 kPa and the tempera- ture is 20°C. The wind speed behind the windmill is mea- sured at 6.5 m/s. Determine the diameter of the wind channel downstream from the rotor and the power produced by this windmill, presuming that the air is incompressible. Flow channel W

Q10: Windmills slow the air and cause it to fill a larger channel as it passes through the blades. Consider a circular windmill with a 7-m-diameter rotor in a 8 m/s wind on a day when the atmospheric pressure is 100 kPa and the tempera- ture is 20°C. The wind speed behind the windmill is mea- sured at 6.5 m/s. Determine the diameter of the wind channel downstream from the rotor and the power produced by this windmill, presuming that the air is incompressible. Flow channel W

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