A steady flow air compressor takes in 5.00 kg/min of atmospheric air at 101.3 kPa and 20.0°C and delivers it at an exit pressure of 1.00 MPa. The air can be considered an ideal gas with constant specific heats. Potential and kinetic energy effects are negligible.
If the process is not reversible but is adiabatic and polytropic with a polytropic exponent of n = 1.47, calculate
a. The power required to drive the compressor.
b. The entropy production rate of the compressor.
c. The entrance and exit specific flow availabilities if the ground state local environmental temperature and pressure are 20.0°C and 101.3 kPa.