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8. Liquid water enters an adiabatic pump at 20°C and 100

kPa, at a flow rate of 3.5 kg/s. The water exits at 2000

kPa. The isentropic efficiency of the pump is 0.75.

Determine the power consumed by the pump. [MO3,

MO5, MO6]

Fig: 1