For each problem, sketch the appropriate process diagram on a T-v, P-v, or P-h diagram 4.60 :...

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For each problem, sketch the appropriate process diagram on aT-v, P-v, or P-h diagram

4.60 : Steam exiting the turbine of a power plant passes throughthe insulated shell-and-tube heat exchanger condenser. The massflow rate of the steam is 145 kg/s, and the steam enters the heatexchanger as a saturated mixture with a quality of 0.95 at 20 kPa.The steam exits the condenser as a saturated liquid at 20 kPa.Liquid cooling water is used to condense the steam. The coolingwater enters the condenser at 10 degrees celsius. (a) Determine theexit temperature of the liquid cooling water if the mass flow rateis 4000 kg/s. (b) Using your heat exchanger model, plot the coolingwater mass flow rate and volumetric flow rate (entering thecondenser) for exit temperatures ranging from 15 degrees celsius to55 degrees celsius. (c) if the exit temperature of the coolingwater is regulated such that it must be no greater than 40 degreescelsius, and if the cooling water flow rate through the condensercan be adjusted in a range from 500 kg/s to 2000 kg/s, what is therange of maximum possible flow rates of steam through thecondenser?

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