Stem enters a nozzle operating at steady state at 40 bars, and 4000C and 10 m/s. Steam flows through this nozzle with negligible heat transfer and change in potential energy. Steam exits at 15 bars and 665 m/s. mass flow rate is 2 kg/s. Compute exit area of the nozzle.
Given data for steam at 15 bar:
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T(0C)
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H (kJ/kg)
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V (m3/kg)
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250
300
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2023.9
3038.2
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0.15201
0.16971
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and Enthalpy of steam at inlet 3214.5 kJ/kg.