5.7D The Minto Wheel is a power-producing device activated by evaporating and co

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5.7D The Minto Wheel is a power-producing device activated by evaporating and condensing a working substance. The only energy input would be from a waste heat solar source. Write a paper explaining the operating principles of the device. Indicate whether the Minto wheel operates as a thermodynamic power cycle, and if so give the range of thermal efficiencies that might be archieved. Evaluate propane as a working substance and suggest an alternative. How would the wheel diameter and the volumes of the containers holding the working substance affect performance? Are there any practical applications for such a device? Discuss.

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Here the Minto wheel is a power producing device. Here the wheel takes heat from the solar source or from wasterheat, with this heat energy the wheel starts rotating very fastly,when it is rotating very fast then this wheel acts like aturbine. So on this wheel if water is circulating then this wheelproduced power.

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