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Water vapor enters a subsonic diffuser at 0.5 bar, 175 °C, and 200 m/s. The diffuser...

Water vapor enters a subsonic diffuser at 0.5 bar,
175 °C, and 200 m/s. The diffuser inlet is 100 cm2. During passage through the diffuser, the fluid velocity is reduced to 50 m/s, pressure increases to 1.0 bar and heat transfer to the surroundings is

0.5 kg/kJ. Determine

a) the final temperature,

b) the mass flow rate [kg/s] and

c) the outlet area [cm2]

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