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    Is there a method to input new substances into HYSYS?

    Hello, I am doing a senior design project on converting corn into ethanol. I would like to perform my mass and energy balances on hysys. However, HYSYS does not have glucose and many other streams of substances that would be flowing through our process. Is there a method to input new...
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    Avg Distance Truck Travels in Corn Field of Area n

    Picture this: Corn is planted in a large circle of area n. A truck drives from a negligibly small processing plant in the center of the field to collect the corn and bring it back to the plant. What is the average distance that the truck carrying the corn would have to travel in this case?
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    Rare Phenomenon: What Happens When 2 Sperm Fertilize the Same Egg?

    Hello, Quick Q. What happens when 2 sperm fertilize the same egg? Obviously it's extremely rare due the sodium ion channel's ability to quickly change the electric potential across the egg's membrane, preventing polyspermy. But what would happen if two sperm nailed the egg at EXACTLY the...
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    McCabe-Thiele Diagram: Murphree Efficiencies & Reboiler Stage

    Hello, I have a question regarding Murphree efficiences and the associated McCabe-Thiele diagram. In partial reflux distillation, should I include the reboiler stage when stepping down (i.e. determining the # of stages) from the distillate to the bottoms composition? Or should I just use...
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    What Is the Probability Both Children Will Have the Same Eye Color and Gender?

    Hello Gentlemen, Here's a statistical question for you: A man and a woman mate to produce a child that either has blue eyes (B) or green eyes (b), where blue eyes are dominant to green eyes. As you remember from biology, there are 3 different possibilities for the genotype - BB, Bb, or...
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    How many laptops can be plugged into a desk outlet without blowing the fuse?

    Hey guys, Thanks for responding to my concerns. I have one more question about circuits. Is there only one fuse that I can blow for a classroom? For instance, if I have 3 outlets in the classroom, is the maximum number of computers that I can have connected to the desk, going by waht's...
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    How many laptops can be plugged into a desk outlet without blowing the fuse?

    Hello, I'm a chemical engineering major who's taking a product design class. Hating all the different classroom desk/chair arrangements in my building, my group chose to redesign classroom desks/chairs (it has nothing to do w/ ChemE, I know). Being a ChemE, I only know about circuits from my...
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