A two-stage compressor in a gas turbine brings atmospheric air at 100 kPa, 17oC to 500 kPa,

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A two-stage compressor in a gas turbine brings atmospheric air at 100 kPa, 17oC to 500 kPa, then cools it in an intercooler to 27oC at constant P. The second stage brings the air to 1000 kPa. Assume both stages are adiabatic and reversible. Find the combined specific work to the compressor stages. Compare that to the specific work for the case of no intercooler (i.e. one compressor from 100 to 1000 kPa).
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Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

ISBN: 978-0471152323

6th edition

Authors: Richard E. Sonntag, Claus Borgnakke, Gordon J. Van Wylen

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