Carbon dioxide (CO) enters a compressor at a volumetric flow rate of 62,000 L/min and a...

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Carbon dioxide (CO) enters a compressor at a volumetric flow rate of 62,000 L/min and a temperature of 300.0 K and a pressure of 100.0 kPa. At the exit of the compressor pressure is 2.900 MPa and the temperature is 700 K. The compressor is well insulated and can be considered to be adiabatic. i) Draw a diagram of the problem indicating the system boundary and all energy interactions. Outline all necessary assumptions necessary to solve the problem. ii) Determine the mass flowrate of CO entering the compressor (in kg/s). iii) Utilising the constant cold specific heat assumption determine the isentropic efficiency of the compressor (%), the required power input to the compressor (in kW) and the entropy generation (in kW/k) for the process. iv) Utilising the variable specific heat assumption determine the isentropic efficiency of the compressor (%), the required power input to the compressor (in kW) and the entropy generation (in kW/k) for the process. v) If the isentropic efficiency of the compressor is to be determined with better than 5% accuracy, based on the answers obtained in iii) and iv) would the constant cold specific heat assumption be appropriate? Carbon dioxide (CO) enters a compressor at a volumetric flow rate of 62,000 L/min and a temperature of 300.0 K and a pressure of 100.0 kPa. At the exit of the compressor pressure is 2.900 MPa and the temperature is 700 K. The compressor is well insulated and can be considered to be adiabatic. i) Draw a diagram of the problem indicating the system boundary and all energy interactions. Outline all necessary assumptions necessary to solve the problem. ii) Determine the mass flowrate of CO entering the compressor (in kg/s). iii) Utilising the constant cold specific heat assumption determine the isentropic efficiency of the compressor (%), the required power input to the compressor (in kW) and the entropy generation (in kW/k) for the process. iv) Utilising the variable specific heat assumption determine the isentropic efficiency of the compressor (%), the required power input to the compressor (in kW) and the entropy generation (in kW/k) for the process. v) If the isentropic efficiency of the compressor is to be determined with better than 5% accuracy, based on the answers obtained in iii) and iv) would the constant cold specific heat assumption be appropriate?