| Performance
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| Topic
1: Work, Power and Efficiency |
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| 1.1
Define work and explain its relationship to energy. Apply
the concepts to an example at your site. |
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| 1.2
Define potential energy and kinetic energy, and give examples
of each at your site. |
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| 1.3
Determine the amount of work required to move one pound of
material to the top of one of your plant’s tanks or vessels. |
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| 1.4
Determine the power required to move the normal amount of
material per second, minute, or hour to the top of one of your
plant’s tanks or vessels. |
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| 1.5
List some ways that energy is wasted as plant equipment
performs work. |
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| Topic
2: Basic Machines |
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| 2.1
Locate an inclined plane in your plant and state how it
provides mechanical advantage. |
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| 2.2
Locate a lever in your plant and determine the mechanical
advantage it provides. |
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| 2.3
Locate a gear arrangement in your plant. State how it provides
mechanical advantage. |
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| 2.4
Cite an example of the hydraulic principle at work in the
plant. Describe how the principle is applied in the example. |
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| 2.5
Identify places in your plant where friction must be overcome.
In each place, state what is done to overcome the effects of
friction. |
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