A steam powerplant operating on an ideal Rankine Cycle is operating at a boiler pressure of...

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A steam powerplant operating on an ideal Rankine Cycle isoperating at a boiler pressure of 5.75MPa, steamenters the turbine at500°C andexpands to 147kPa. If the powerplant is producing5MW of energy find the following:

  1. Enthalpies at each point of the cycle 1,2,3,B (hint: you willhave to interpolate horizontally for point 1 and interpolate forthe f,g,fg values for point 2)
  2. Net work in kj/kg
  3. Mass flow rate of throttle steam used by the powerplant
  4. Heat added in the boiler
  5. Heat rejected in the condenser
  6. Cycle Thermal efficiency

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The ideal Rankyne cycle refers to issentropic    See Answer
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