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Chapter 5 Problem 544

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Refrigerant-134a enters an adiabatic compressor as saturated vapor at 2248C and leaves at 0.8 MPa and 608C. The mass flow rate of the refrigerant is 1.2 kg/s. Determine (a) the power input to the compressor and (b) the volume flow rate of the refrigerant at the compressor inlet.

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

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