Question: Question 2. Air enters a compressor operating at a steady state at a mass flow rate of 1kg/s and is compressed from 1 to 5

 Question 2. Air enters a compressor operating at a steady state

Question 2. Air enters a compressor operating at a steady state at a mass flow rate of 1kg/s and is compressed from 1 to 5 bar. Air enters the compressor at 300K, and leaves at 500K. Inlet velocity is 12 m/s and outlet velocity is 4m/s. Inlet and outlet pipe cross sections are the same. The compressor is not operating adiabatically and during this compression process, heat is removed from the compresses at a rate of 10kJ/s. Calculate the amount of shaft work per unit time required in this steady-flow compression process. Express your result sin units of kJ/s. Assume that the Cp for air is 1kJ/kgK

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