Air at 1bar, 290K enters a compressor operating at steady state and is compressed adiabatically to 3bar. The isentropic compressor efficiency is 80%. Ignore kinetic and potential energy effects. Air can be modeled as ideal gas and k can be chosen as 1.4, determine for the compressor (a) the power input, in kJ/kg of air flowing. 134.26 (b) the amount of entropy produced, in kJ/kg-K of air flowing. 0.06564

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Air at 1bar, 290K enters a compressor operating at steady state and is compressed adiabatically to 3bar. The isentropic
compressor efficiency is 80%. ignore kinetic and potential energy effects. Air can be modeled as ideal gas and k can be
chosen as 1.4, determine for the compressor
(a) the power input, in kJ/kg of air flowing. 134.26
(b) the amount of entropy produced, in kJ/kg-K of air flowing. 0.06564
Transcribed Image Text:Air at 1bar, 290K enters a compressor operating at steady state and is compressed adiabatically to 3bar. The isentropic compressor efficiency is 80%. ignore kinetic and potential energy effects. Air can be modeled as ideal gas and k can be chosen as 1.4, determine for the compressor (a) the power input, in kJ/kg of air flowing. 134.26 (b) the amount of entropy produced, in kJ/kg-K of air flowing. 0.06564
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