A power plant operates on an ideal reheat-regenerative Rankine cycle and has a net power output of 100 MW. Steam enters the high pressure turbine stage at 12 MPa, 550 o C and leaves at 1.5 MPa. Some steam is extracted at 1.5 MPa to heat the feedwater in an open feedwater heater. The rest of the steam is reheated to 500 o C and is expanded in the low pressure turbine to the condenser at a pressure of 50 kPa. Determine: (a) The T-S diagram of the cycle  (b) The Schematic Diagram of the cycl

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A power plant operates on an ideal reheat-regenerative Rankine cycle and has a net power output of 100 MW. Steam enters the high pressure turbine stage at 12 MPa, 550 o C and leaves at 1.5 MPa. Some steam is extracted at 1.5 MPa to heat the feedwater in an open feedwater heater. The rest of the steam is reheated to 500 o C and is expanded in the low pressure turbine to the condenser at a pressure of 50 kPa. Determine:

(a) The T-S diagram of the cycle 

(b) The Schematic Diagram of the cycle 

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