ENGR217 Summer 2017 Q B3[VALID]
Answer ALL parts (a) - (c)
Formulas you may need
- Ideal gas: , so , with (on the formula sheet)
- SFEE: (on the formula sheet)
- Ideal gas enthalpy change: , (on the formula sheet)
- Heat picked up by the cooling water: (on the formula sheet as )
- (a)[7]ThirdAn air compressor delivers a volume per minute of air at 6.5 bar pressure (absolute) and . Calculate the mass flow rate of air through the compressor, in kg/s.
- (b)[11]The compressor operates steadily, with air entering the compressor at 1.0 bar and temperature , and exiting at 6.5 bar and . The velocity of the air at inlet to the compressor is 90 m/s, and the velocity at the outlet is 35 m/s. If no heat is lost, estimate the power required to drive the compressor.
- (c)[7]To reduce the driving power required and to lower the temperature of the delivered air, the compressor is cooled by a water jacket through which water is pumped at a rate 0.04 kg/s. The water enters at and it leaves at . The compressor continues to pass air at the same mass flow rate and the entry temperature is unchanged, but the temperature of the air at exit is now . Estimate the power now consumed by the compressor, taking the specific heat of water as , and assuming the same air velocities as before.