In: Mechanical Engineering
Nitrogen (N2) at 1 bar, 300 K enters a compressor operating at steady state and is compressed adiabatically to an exit state of 16 bar, 750 K. The N2 is modeled as an ideal gas and kinetic and potential energy effects are negligible. Determine the work input, in kJ per kg of N2 flowing, the rate of entropy production, in kJ/K per kg of N2 flowing, and the isentropic compressor efficiency.