A new compressor has just been delivered to your plant. In order to check its performance you
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A new compressor has just been delivered to your plant. In order to check its performance you order your staff to make a test run using air. Your staff reports to you the following results: air at a flow rate of 50 mol/min was compressed from 1 bar and 25 °C to 10 bar. The temperature at the exit of the compressor was measured and found to be 450 °C.
a) What is the power (in kW) consumed by the compressor?
b) What is the efficiency of the compressor? Assume air to be an ideal gas with CP = 3.5R.
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To calculate the power consumed by the compressor and its efficiency well need to use the First Law of Thermodynamics and the ideal gas equation The s...View the full answer
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