Air is compressed steadily by a 5-kW compressor from 100 kPa and 178C to 600 kPa and 1678C at a rate of 1.6 kg/min. During this process, some heat transfer takes place between the compressor and the surrounding medium at 178C. Determine the rate of entropy change of air during this process.
Ch 13 The Budget: The Politics of Taxing and Spending. Politics in Action: The Messy Politics of Budgeting IN 2011, THE UNITED STATES CAME PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO DEFAULTING ON ITS DEBTS AND THROWING THE WORLD ECONOMY INTO A TAILSPIN. BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY, STOCK MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD WOULD CRASH AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY WOULD STAGNATE. THE UNITED STATES HAD REACHED THE DEBT LIMIT – THE LIMIT OF LEGALLY ALLOWED DEBT SET BY CONGRESS – AND THUS COULD NOT BORROW MORE TO COVER INTEREST PAYMENTS IT HAD TO MAKE ON ITS DEBT. BUGETING IS POLICY: THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT ON A PROGRAM DETERMINES HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SERVED, HOW WELL THEY ARE SERVED, HOW MUCH OF SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT CAN PURCHASE. THE BIGGER THE
