pump work
GATE Mechanical Engineering · Power Cycles · 1989-2014
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All concepts →In a power plant, water (density $$ = 1000\,\,kg/{m^3}$$ ) is pumped from $$80$$ $$kPa$$ to $$3$$ $$MPa$$. The pump has an isentropic efficiency of $$0.85.$$ Assuming that the temp...
A pump handling a liquid raises its pressure from $$1$$ bar to $$30$$ $$bar.$$ Take the density of the liquid as $$990$$ $$kg/{m^3}$$. The isentropic specific work done by the pump...
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