(i) List the name of the four processes in a generic Carnot cycle and state what type of energy transfer (work/heat) can be neglected in each process. (ii) Sketch a T-s diagram for the above cycle indicating the location of the four components required. (iii) Determine the dryness fraction of the steam that is fed to the condenser.

Superheated steam from the boiler expands in the turbine from inlet pressure p₁ of 50 bar and temperature 7 of 487 °C to condenser pressure p2 of 18 kPa. In the condenser, the steam condenses to saturated water. The isentropic efficiency of the turbine ns is 78.0 %. The mass flow of steam 9m,h is 140 kg/s. In the boiler, heat flow rate to the circulating fluid (water/steam) is 458 MW. Read from h,s-diagram and calculate: 1. Enthalpy of the superheated steam h kJ/kg (with zero decimal accuracy) 2. Enthalpy of the steam at turbine outlet after isentropic expansion h₂s kJ/kg (with zero decimal accuracy) 3. Enthalpy of the steam at turbine outlet h₂ kJ/kg (with zero decimal accuracy) 4. Turbine power Pt MW (with one decimal accuracy) 5. Steam content at the turbine outlet X2 kJ/kg (with two decimal accuracy) 6. Enthalpy after condenser h3 kJ/kg (with zero decimal accuracy) 7. Thermal power of condenser Qc 8. Thermal efficiency of the plant n MW (with one decimal accuracy) % (with one…

derive a symbolic expression for the maximum net conversion efficiency of the cycle,ηcycle, the ratio of the net amount of work produced compared to the external (not from heatregeneration) heat absorbed. You may treat the working fluid as an ideal gas. Your expressionmay include Tc, Th, and any defined constants.

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