GATE AE · 2017 · AE
Question 50: Centrifugal Compressor
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Question 50
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A centrifugal compressor requires 1800 kW of power to compress 10 kg/s of air. Consider the whirl velocity component is equal to the impeller speed (i.e., no slip) and no losses in the impeller. If the impeller has to rotate at 1900 rad/s, the diameter of the impeller is to be ________ m (in two decimal place).
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GATE AE 2017 · Paper 1
Aerospace Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Aerospace Engineering
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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