GATE AE 2024 AE Q58: Centrifugal Compressor

A centrifugal compressor is designed to operate with air. At the leading edge of the tip of the inducer (eye of the impeller), the blade angle is

, and the relative Mach number is 1.0. The stagnation temperature of the incoming air is 300 K. Consider

. Neglect pre-whirl and slip. The inducer tip speed is ________ m/s (rounded off to the nearest integer).

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