1. The document is an assignment on applied thermodynamics that contains 12 questions about renewable energy resources in Saudi Arabia, fuel properties that affect handling and storage costs, combustion, and examples of different types of fuels. 2. It asks students to name renewable energy resources available in Saudi Arabia, explain why the country is investing more in renewables, and list three available resources. 3. Questions also cover how fuel properties like flash point, viscosity, and calorific value define storage and handling costs, the four conditions for complete combustion, and how to detect incomplete combustion.

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Assignment 1
1. Name all forms of renewable energy resources available in Saudi Arabia.
2. Why does cost of fuel handling and storage differ from fuel to another?
3. List four of the fuel properties which affect its handling and storage cost.
4. What are the four conditions must be fulfilled in order to achieve complete
fuel combustion?
5. Solar energy can be converted into heat and light, name the techniques that
are used to do so?
6. Combustion products contain water vapor, Nitrogen, and Oxygen where
does each come from?
7. What are the main difficulties of utilizing the following resources of energy
in Saudi Arabia:
i. Solar Energy
ii. Wind Energy
iii. Geothermal energy
iv. Wave energy
8. Recently, Saudi Arabia is investing more in renewable energy resources,
explain why and mention three resources of renewable energy available in
Saudi Arabia.
9. Mention how the following properties of fuel define the fuel handling and
storage cost.
a. Flash point
b. Fire point
c. Viscosity
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2. d. Cloud point
e. Pour point
f. Calorific value
10.Write the combustion equation and state how the combustion of fuel can be
successfully accomplished?
11.How to detect an incomplete combustion?
12.List some examples of solid, liquid and gasses fuel.
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MET 21 2 Dr.Khaled S. Al-Zahrani