Diesel-fueled generators are frequently used as backup electrical power sources for homes and hospitals. Consider a Diesel powered generator with an efficiency of 39 percent for an engine speed of idle to about 1,800 rpm (revolutions per minute). If Diesel fuel has a chemical formula of C12H23.
a. Determine the chemical reaction for 1 kmol of Diesel fuel burning with the stoichiometric amount of air.
b. For each kg of Diesel fuel burned, how much CO2 is generated, in kg?
c. Find the higher heating value (HHV) for C12H23 at 25°C, 1 atm.
d. Calculate the amount of Diesel fuel, in kg and in gallons, required to produce a power output of 18 kW to a home for a period of 8 h.
e. Comment on your results.

A3-mm-thick panel of aluminum alloy (k 177 w/m-k, c 875 j/kg-k and ? = 2770 kg/m) is finished on both sides with an epoxy coating that must be cured at or above t,-150°c for at least 5 min. the production line for the curing operation involves two steps: (1) heating in a large oven with air at ts,0-175°c and a convection coefficient of h, 40 w/m2. k, and (2) cooling in a large chamber with air at 25°c and a con- vection coefficient of he 10 w/m2.k. the heating portion of the process is conducted over a time interval te which exceeds the ime required to reach 150°c by 5 min (h = r + 300 s). the coating has an emissivity of ? = 0.8, and the temperatures of the oven and chamber walls are 175 and 25°c, respectively. if the panel is placed in the oven at an initial temperature of 25°c and removed from the chamber at a safe-to-touch tempera ture of 37°c, what is the total elapsed time for the two-step curing operation?