Question: An adiabatic pump is to be used to compress saturated liquid water at 10 kPa to a pressure to 15 MPa in a reversible manner.

An adiabatic pump is to be used to compress saturated liquid water at 10 kPa to a pressure to 15 MPa in a reversible manner. Determine the work input using
(a) Entropy data from the compressed liquid table,
(b) Inlet specific volume and pressure values,
(c) Average specific volume and pressure values. Also, determine the errors involved in parts (b) and (c).

An adiabatic pump is to be used to compress

15 MPa Pump 10 kPa

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