In: Mechanical Engineering
A mixer operating at steady state has two inlets and one outlet.
- At inlet 1, superheated water vapor at 2 bar and 200°C flows with an average velocity of 1m/s
- At inlet 2, saturated water with a quality of x = 0.5 at 2 bar flows with an average velocity of 1m/s
- At the outlet, saturated water with a quality of x = 0.7 flows through a pipe 5 cm in diameter.
a) Calculate the mass flow rate through the outlet pipe.
b) Calculate the rate of heat loss to the surrounding from the mixer.