Question: Air enters a compressor operating at steady state at 1 atm with a specific enthalpy of 2 9 0 k J k g and exits

Air enters a compressor operating at steady state at 1atm with a specific enthalpy of 290kJkg and exits at a higher pressure with a specific enthalpy of 1023kJkg. The mass flow rate is 0.1kgs. Kinetic and potential energy effects are negligible and the air can be modeled as an ideal gas. If the compressor power input is 77kW, the rate of heat transfer between the air and its surroundings is
(a)150.3kW from the surroundings to the air
(b)150.3kW from the air to the surroundings
(c)3.7kW from the surroundings to the air
(d)3.7kW from the air to the surroundings
Air enters a compressor operating at steady state

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