Module 6: Activity No.

Compressors Exercises Problem

Name: Pascual, Jefferson C.
Student No. 20131149296
Problem:
A turbo-compressor is a gas turbine plant used to compress 10 kg/s of air from an
initial pressure of 102 kPa to a discharge pressure of 622 kPa with inlet and
discharge temperature of 297 K and 527 K respectively. The compressor inlet and
discharge pipe diameters are 50 cm and 20 cm respectively. Find the inlet and
discharge air velocity. Ans. 42.56 m/s ,77.4 m/s
𝑘𝑔
𝑚 = 10
𝑠
𝑃1 = 102 𝑘𝑃𝑎
𝑃2 = 622 𝑘𝑃𝑎
𝑇1 = 297𝐾
𝑇2 = 527𝐾
𝐷1 = 50 𝑐𝑚 = 0.5 𝑚
𝐷2 = 20 𝑐𝑚 = 0.2 𝑚

𝑝𝑉 = 𝑚𝑅𝑇
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝐽
𝑚𝑅𝑇1 10 0.287 297 𝐾
𝑠 𝑘𝑔 ∙ 𝐾
𝑄𝑠 = 𝑉1 = =
𝑝1 102 𝑘𝑃𝑎
𝑚3
𝑄𝑠 = 8.357
𝑠
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝐽
𝑚𝑅𝑇2 10 0.287 527 𝐾
𝑠 𝑘𝑔 ∙ 𝐾
𝑄𝑑 = 𝑉2 = =
𝑝2 622 𝑘𝑃𝑎
𝑚3
𝑄𝑑 = 2.432
𝑠
𝑚3 𝑚3
𝑄𝑠 8.357 𝑄𝑑 2.432
𝑣1 = = 𝑠 𝑣2 = = 𝑠
𝐴𝑠 𝜋 0.5 𝑚 2 𝐴𝑑 𝜋 0.2 𝑚 2
4 4
𝒎 𝒎
𝒗𝟏 = 𝟒𝟐. 𝟓𝟔 𝒗𝟐 = 𝟕𝟕. 𝟒𝟏
𝒔 𝒔