Question: The vacuum in a condenser handling (9000 mathrm{~kg} / mathrm{h}) of steam is found to be (72 mathrm{~cm}) of (mathrm{Hg}) when Barometer reading is (76

The vacuum in a condenser handling \(9000 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{h}\) of steam is found to be \(72 \mathrm{~cm}\) of \(\mathrm{Hg}\) when Barometer reading is \(76 \mathrm{~cm}\) of \(\mathrm{Hg}\) and the temperature is \(25^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\). The air leakage amounts to \(2 \mathrm{~kg}\) for every \(5000 \mathrm{~kg}\) of steam. Determine the capacity of a suitable dry air pump in \(\mathrm{m}^{3} / \mathrm{min}\) required for the condenser. Take volumetric efficiency of the pump as 0.85

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