This is problem 6-6 from El-Wakil’s Powerplant Technology book-- consider a powerplant operating on an ideal Rankine cyclewithout feedwater heating. Steam enters the turbine saturated at1000°F at the rate 5x106 lbm/h. The turbineexhausts to a surface condenser area of 402,467 ft2 andcooling water inlet temperature of 60°F. Calculate (a) the plantnet power, in megawatts, (b) the plant efficiency, in percent, (c)the cooling water exit temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, and (d)the water flow rate, in pound mass per hour and cubic feet perminute.
