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Chapter 5 Problem 528

Question

The diffuser in a jet engine is designed to decrease the kinetic energy of the air entering the engine compressor without any work or heat interactions. Calculate the velocity at the exit of a diffuser when air at 100 kPa and 308C enters it with a velocity of 350 m/s and the exit state is 200 kPa and 908C.

Solution

Step 1 of 4

Air is decelerated in an adiabatic diffuser. The velocity at the exit is to be determined.

Assumptions

1. This is a steady-flow process since there is no change with time.

2. Air is an ideal gas with constant specific heats.

3. Potential energy changes are negligible.

4. There are no work interactions.

5. The diffuser is adiabatic.

The specific heat of air at the average temperature of  is  (Table A-2b).

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Title Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach  8 
Author Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles
ISBN 9780073398174

Solved: The diffuser in a jet engine is designed to

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