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In a thermally isolated mixing chamber cold water at 50oC and 1MPa is heated steadily by...

In a thermally isolated mixing chamber cold water at 50oC and 1MPa is heated steadily by a steam at 200oC and 1MPa. The mixture leaves the chamber at 150oC.

1.mass ratio of the hot and cold streams

2 entropy generation rate per unit cold water mass flow rate

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