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THERMODYNAMICS EXPERT
You have a 0.1 mole/sec stream of propane at T = 400 K and P = 7.5 MPa. You isothermally and reversibly compress the pressure to 10 MPa using a intercooler
compressor. Find the amount of heat dumped into the environment and the amount of work needed to compress the propane.
The question is solved assuming propane as an ideal gas. Compression is an open system process. For isothermal systems, the work done is same in an open system and the closed system process.
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