Fundamentals Of Thermodynamics
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Author: Borgnakke, C. (claus), Sonntag, Richard Edwin, Author.
Publisher: Wiley,
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.109EP
A wind turbine can exact at most a fraction 16/27 of the wind kinetic energy. With a rotor diameter of 50 ft and a wind speed of
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