Consider the combined gas-steam power cycle. The topping cycle is a gas-turbine cycle that has a pressure ratio of 8. Air enters the compressor at 300 K and the turbine at 1300 K. The isentropic efficiency of the compressor is 80 percent, and that of the gas turbine is 85 percent. The bottoming cycle is a simple ideal Rankine cycle operating between the pressure limits of 7 MPa and 5 kPa. Steam is heated in a heat exchanger by the exhaust gases to a temperature of 500°C. The exhaust gases leave the heat exchanger at 450 K. Lec. (7) 1300 Determine (a) the ratio of the mass flow rates of the steam and the combustion gases and (b) the thermal efficiency of the combined cycle. T, KA 450 300 7 MPa Power Plant 5 kPa Dr. Omar M. Ali 500°C 7 MPa

Consider the combined gas-steam power cycle. The topping cycle is a gas-turbine cycle that has a pressure ratio of 8. Air enters the compressor at 300 K and the turbine at 1300 K. The isentropic efficiency of the compressor is 80 percent, and that of the gas turbine is 85 percent. The bottoming cycle is a simple ideal Rankine cycle operating between the pressure limits of 7 MPa and 5 kPa. Steam is heated in a heat exchanger by the exhaust gases to a temperature of 500°C. The exhaust gases leave the heat exchanger at 450 K. Lec. (7) 1300 Determine (a) the ratio of the mass flow rates of the steam and the combustion gases and (b) the thermal efficiency of the combined cycle. T, KA 450 300 7 MPa Power Plant 5 kPa Dr. Omar M. Ali 500°C 7 MPa

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