A pump increases the pressure of water from 100 kPa to 3 MPa at a rate of

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A pump increases the pressure of water from 100 kPa to 3 MPa at a rate of 0.5 m3/min. The inlet and outlet diameters are identical and there is no change in elevation across the pump. If the efficiency of the pump is 77 percent, the power supplied to the pump is

(a) 18.5 kW 

(b) 21.8 kW

(c) 24.2 kW 

(d) 27.6 kW

(e) 31.4 kW

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