A gas-turbine power plant operates on a modified Brayton cycle shown in the figure with an overall pressure ratio of 8. Air enters the compressor at 0°C and 100 kPa. The maximum cycle temperature is 1500 K. The compres¬sor and the turbines are isentropic. The high-pressure turbine develops just enough power to run the compressor. Assume constant properties for air at 300 K as cv = 0.718 kJ/kg·K, cp = 1.005 kJ/kg·K, R = 0.287 kJ/kg·K, k = 1.4. (a) Sketch the T-s diagram for the cycle. Label the data states. (b) Determine the temperature and pressure at state 4, the exit of the high-pressure turbine. (c) If the net power output is 200 MW, determine the mass flow rate of the air into the compressor in kg/s.
A gas-turbine power plant operates on a modified Brayton cycle shown in the figure with an overall pressure ratio of 8. Air enters the compressor at 0°C and 100 kPa. The maximum cycle temperature is 1500 K. The compres¬sor and the turbines are isentropic. The high-pressure turbine develops just enough power to run the compressor. Assume constant properties for air at 300 K as cv = 0.718 kJ/kg·K, cp = 1.005 kJ/kg·K, R = 0.287 kJ/kg·K, k = 1.4.
(a) Sketch the T-s diagram for the cycle. Label the data states.
(b) Determine the temperature and pressure at state 4, the exit of the high-pressure turbine.
(c) If the net power output is 200 MW, determine the mass flow rate of the air into the compressor in kg/s.
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