A small steam whistle (perfectly insulated and doing no shaft work) causes a drop of $$0.8$$ $$kJ/kg$$ in the enthalpy of steam from entry to exit. If the kinetic energy of the steam at entry is negligible, the velocity of the steam at exit is

GATE 2001 Mechanical Engineering PYQ — Thermodynamics

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Thermodynamics · First Law

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