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mass flow rate

GATE Mechanical Engineering · Thermodynamics - Power Cycles · 1997-2022

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Saturated vapor at 200 °C condenses to saturated liquid at the rate of 150 kg/s on the shell side of a heat exchanger (enthalpy of condensation h fg = 2400 kJ/kg). A fluid with C p...

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2019 Q49

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2017 PYQ

A calorically perfect gas (specific heat at constant pressure $$1000$$$$J/kg.K$$) enters and leaves a gas turbine with the same velocity. The temperatures of the gas at turbine ent...

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2014 PYQ

Water flows through a pipe having an inner radius of $$10$$ $$mm$$ at the rate of $$36$$ $$kg/hr$$ at $${25^ \circ }C$$. The viscosity of water at $${25^ \circ }C$$ is $$0.001$$ $$...

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2003 PYQ

A water container is kept on a weighing balance. Water from a tap is falling vertically into the container with a volume flow rate of $$'Q'$$; the velocity of the water when it hit...

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1997 PYQ

Air enters a frictionless adiabatic converging nozzle at $$10$$ bar, $$500$$ $$K$$ with negligible velocity. The nozzle dis-charges to a region at $$2$$ bar. If the exit area of th...

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