A compressor operating with 8.3 kg/s water vapour with a compression ratio (P2/P1) equal to 3.0 is cooled down by means of a cooling system which extracts 43 kJ/kg of heat (per unit mass of fluid) from the device. The steam enters the compressor as saturated vapor at 1.5 MPa and leaves it at 773 K. Calculate the power required if the compressor operates with an efficiency of 0.88. Give your answer in MW to 1 decimal place.

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