We have a PV module running at its maximum power point with Vm = 20 V and Im = 5 A. We wish to deliver power to a 12-volt battery to charge it. We want to use a DC-DC converter to accomplish this while extracting maximum power from the source. (a) Propose a converter topology and specify the reason for that. (b) Solve for the duty cycle (D) with the converter you proposed in (a).

Steam enters a converging nozzle at 3.0 mpa and 500°c with a at 1.8 mpa. for a nozzle exit area of 32 cm2, determine the exit velocity, mass flow rate, and exit mach number if the nozzle: negligible velocity, and it exits (a) is isentropic (b) has an efficiency of 94 percent

Asimple speed reducer is composed of 2 spur gears. the pinion gear has a pitch diameter of 0.75" and 36 teeth while the driven gear has a pitch diameter of 4.0" and 192 teeth. a)-what is the diametral pitch of each gear? b)-if an electric motor rotating ccw at 3000 rpm is coupled to the pinion, what is the rotational speed of the driven gear? c)-if the torque delivered to the pinion is 1 n-m, what is the torque on the driven gear? d)-what is the power transmitted by the gear train?

Plot schematically the tensile stress versus strain curves for a typical thermoplastic material at a temperature below its glass transition temperature (tg and at a temperature above its tg, respectively. do the same for a typical thermosetting material. list in a table any differences or similarities between the two materials at t> tg and t < tg, respectively, and relate them to the structures of the two types of polymers