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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 108 kPa. The maximum cycle temperature is 1500 K. The compressor 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 with cy=0.718 kJ/kg-K, cp=1005 kJ/kg-K. R=0.287 kJ/kg-K, and k=1.4.
Combustion
chamber
Compressor
to
High-pressure
Determine the temperature and pressure at state 4, the exit of the high-pressure turbine.
The temperature at state 4 is
The pressure at state 4 is [
K.
Low-pressure
kPa.
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