Thermodynamics Mech3001 - Week 6 - Problem 1 (5.41)

5-41 Refrigerant-134a is enters an adiabatic compressor as saturated vapor at -24°C and leaves at 0.8 MPa and 60°C. 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

Answers: (a) 73.06 kJ/s, (b) 0.209 m3 /s