Saturated liquid water is compressed

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Saturated liquid water is compressed from 100 kPa (State 1) to 2.5 MPa (State 2) in an adiabatic pump having 85% isentropic efficiency.

a) Calculate the specific work (kJ/kg) required for the compression of liquid water.

b) Determine the entropy generation (kJ/kg-K) for the pump

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