Conversion of units

What chracterizes the axial flow turbine is its rotation axis. It could be placed vertically or horizontally to water surface. In this latter type the axis is parallel positioned to the incoming water stream. Also the generator can be submerged under water or non-submerged. This turbine is usually used as tidal energy converter. For small river use, the axis could be an angle inclined to the water stream. See figure \ref{Hydro_HorizontalAxis}. Hydrokinetic converters with a vertical axis…

The environment is a unique unit and incorporates all the living and non-living components such as plants, animals, streams and lakes. Deforestation refers to the long-term loss of tree canopy and the conversion of the land to other purposes. The overuse of resources and the industrialization process are some major causes of this phenomenon. This process goes on without check leading to soil erosion, floods, silting of irrigation canals, all of which degrade the environment. Deforestation in the…

because of the political and economic influence they exercise over them. Moreover, sometimes the conquest of territories by an empire was accompanied by attempts to integrate new populations into the dominant groups, especially through religious conversion, while in other cases the conquering groups were satisfied with allowing the coexistence of separate religious and cultural groups within the…

MCO project was an inconsistency of units between the all the sub teams on the project, which was a mission critical element. A mission critical element is defined as an aspect of the project that, if it were to fail, would disrupt the entire system and its objective. In the case of the MCO, the spacecraft engineer team and operation navigation team determined the changes in velocity within their models differed by a factor of 4.45. This is the exact conversion factor between pound-force and…

Family Homelessness Shelters On a daily basis we see the homeless men and women on the street. After all they are easy to spot, because they are wearing dirty or oversized clothing, and pushing shopping carts filled with their belongings. It might sound strange, but I was thankful for this stereo-type six years ago, because that way when people looked at my son and me, they didn’t know our secret…we were homeless. In 2010, the economy was in crisis, and with every crisis there are victims.…

Colombia went on to the gold standard, pegging the peso to the French franc at a rate of 1 peso = 5 francs. This peg only lasted until 1886. Between 1907 and 1914, coins were issued denominated in "peso p/m", equal to paper pesos. In 1910, the Junta de Conversion began issuing paper money and, in 1915, a new paper currency was introduced, the peso oro. This was equal to the coinage peso and replaced the old peso notes at a rate of 100 old paper pesos = 1 peso oro. In 1931, when the U.K. left the…

this time period might have been limited and historical events lost. Around the time of Bede’s birth, two twin monasteries, St. Peter and St. Paul, were founded in Wearmouth and Jarrow, respectively. The monasteries were meant to work as one whole unit. Their founder, Benedict Biscop, was a scholar much like Bede. Unlike Bede, however, Benedict travelled…

There are four main stages of manufacturing in the industrial process of sulfuric acid: extraction of sulfur, conversion of sulfur to sulfur dioxide, conversion or sulfur dioxide to sulfur trioxide, conversion of sulfur trioxide to sulfuric acid. First, sulfur is obtained from mines. Once extracted, it is then burned in air to produce sulfur dioxide, S(s) + O2(g) → SO2(g). Next, the sulfur dioxide is heated…

The objective of this assignment is to identify two areas for development from my practice experience 1. To also develop an action plan that will enable me to achieve my second progression point by accomplishing the set goal. SWOT analysis is an acronym that stands for strength, weakness, opportunities and threats, that relates to the accomplished goals in my practice experience 1, hence achieving the important outcomes. Pearce (2007) states that SWOT analysis remains a productive method used…

Pressure vs. Volume and Boyle’s Law Pre-Lab Questions According to our modern understanding of the gas laws, there are four measurable properties (variables) of a gas. These variables are P (pressure), V (volume), T (temperature), and n (number of moles). In Boyle’s experiment, which two variables were held constant? Both the temperature (T) and the number of moles of gas (n) were held constant in Boyle’s experiment. Fill in the blanks to summarize the relationship among the gas properties in…