Question: Component Efficiencies: A compressor is tested on a static test stand at standard sea level conditions ( p a = 1 0 1 , 3

Component Efficiencies: A compressor is tested on a static test stand at standard sea level
conditions (pa=101,325Pa,Ta=288.15K); at these conditions, you may assume an ideal
gas with constant =1.4. The test article includes an inlet upstream of the compressor,
with sensors to measure stagnation pressure the compressor inlet and stagnation pressure and
stagnation temperature at the compressor exit. When run at its design speed, the measured
compressor inlet stagnation pressure is p02=100kPa and the measured compressor exit
conditions are p03=4.00MPa,T03=922K.
(a) What is inlet stagnation pressure ratio, rd? Why is inlet adiabatic efficiency not a useful
performance metric in this circumstance?
(b) What is the compressor adiabatic efficiency?
(c) Sketch a T-s diagram of the flow processes through the inlet and compressor. Be sure to
indicate points that represents ambient conditions (a), compressor inlet stagnation con-
ditions (02), and compressor exit stagnation conditions (03), and isobars for pressures
pa,p02, and p03.
Component Efficiencies: A compressor is tested on

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