Water is the working fluid in a Carnot vapor power cycle. Saturated liquid enters the boiler at a pressure of 10 MPa, and saturated vapor enters the turbine. The condenser pressure is 8 kPa. The effects of irreversibilities in the adiabatic expansion and the compression processes are taken into consideration. The turbine and pump efficiencies are 80% and 75%, respectively. Determine (a) the thermal efficiency, (b) the back work ratio, (c) the heat transfer to the working fluid per unit mass passing through the boiler in kJ/kg and (d) the heat transfer from the working fluid per unit mass passing through the condenser in kJ/kg.

A simple Rankine cycle uses water as the working fluid. Water enters the pump as a saturated liquid at 10 kPa and exits at a pressure of 5 MPa. Water enters the condenser as a saturated mixture with a quality of 90%. Assume that the cycle is ideal. 1. What is the temperature of the turbine inlet, in °C? Report your result to one decimal place using rounding. 2. How much heat was added in the boiler, in kJ/kg. Round to the nearest whole number. 3. How much heat was removed in the condenser? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. 4. What is the net work produced, in kJ/kg. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

A binary vapour cycle operates on mercury and steam. Standard mercury vapour at 4.5 bar is supplied to the mercury turbine, from which it exhausts at 0.04 bar. The mercury condenser generates saturated steam at 15 bar which is expanded in a steam turbine to0.04 bar.(i) Determine the overall efficiency of the cycle.(ii) If 48000 kg/h of steam flows through the steam turbine, what is the flow through themercury turbine ?(iii) Assuming that all processes are reversible, what is the useful work done in the binaryvapour cycle for the specified steam flow ?(iv) If the steam leaving the mercury

1. A steam power plant operates on Rankine cycle. The steam enters the turbine at 7MpA and 550 degrees celsius with a velocity of 30m/s. It discharges to the condenser at 20kpa with a velocity of 90m/s. For a flow of 37.8 kg/s. Determine: a. The schematic and T-S diagram of the cycle. b. The enthalpies on each state. c. Total Heat added d. Heat rejected in the condenser e. Net work f. Cycle EfficiencyP.S. Please help me with this question. Im having a hard time with this. Thank you very much and please show your solution.

4. An ideal vapor-compression heat pump cycle with Refrigerant 134a as the working fluid provides heating at a rate of 15 kW to maintain a building at 20°C when the outside temperature is 5°C. Saturated vapor at 2.4 bar leaves the evaporator, and saturated liquid at 8 bar leaves the condenser. Calculate (a) The power input to the compressor, in kW. (b) The coefficient of performance. (c) The coefficient of performance of a Carnot heat pump cycle operating between thermal reservoirs at 20 and 5 °C.

Need help with this engineering problem.   Steam enters the turbine of a simple vapor power plant with a pressure of 12 MPa and a temperature of 500°C and expands adiabatically to condenser pressure, p. Saturated liquid exits the condenser at pressure p. The isentropic efficiency of both the turbine and the pump is 84%.For p = 100 kPa, determine: (a) the turbine exit quality, in percent.(b) the cycle thermal efficiency, in percent.

An ideal vapor-compression heat pump cycle with Refrigerant 134a as the working fluid provides 15 kW to maintain a building at 200°C when the outside temperature is 50°C. Saturated vapor at 2.4 bar leaves the evaporator, and saturated liquid at 8 bar leaves the condenser. Calculate (a) The power input to the compressor, in kW (b) The coefficient of performance. (c) The coefficient of performance of a reversible heat pump cycle operating between thermal reservoirs at 20 and 50°C. (h, = 244.09kJ/ke, 5 = 0.9222 kJ/kg -K; h, = 268.97 kJ/ kg; h, = 93.42 kJ/ kg)

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Steam is the working fluid in an actual Rankine cycle. Steam enters the turbine at 8.0 MPa and 550 deg. C; and saturated liquid exits the condenser at a pressure of 0.008 MPa. The net power output of the cycle is 110 MW. The turbine and the pump each have an isentropic efficiency of 83% Illustrate and label the TS diagram and determine the cycle (a) the cycle thermal efficiency (b) the back work ratio (c)the mass flow rate of the steam, in kg/h, (d) the rate of heat transfer into the working fluid as it passes through the boiler, in MW, (e) the rate of heat transfer, from the condensing steam, as it passes through the condenser, in MW, (f) the mass flow rate of the condenser cooling water, in kg/hr., if cooling water enters the condenser at 15 deg. C and exits at 35 deg. C.

1. Consider a steam power plant that operates on a simple ideal Rankine cycle and has a net power output of45 MW. Steam enters the turbine at 7 MPa and 500°C and iscooled in the condenser at a pressure of 10 kPa by runningcooling water from a lake through the tubes of the condenserat a rate of 2000 kg/s. Show the cycle on a T-s diagram withrespect to saturation lines, and determine (a) the thermal efficiency of the cycle, (b) the mass flow rate of the steam, and(c) the temperature rise of the cooling water. Answers:(a) 38.9 percent, (b) 36 kg/s, (c) 8.4°C 2. Consider a 210-MW steam power plant that operateson a simple ideal Rankine cycle. Steam enters the turbine at10 MPa and 500°C and is cooled in the condenser at a pressure of 10 kPa. Show the cycle on a T-s diagram with respectto saturation lines, and determine (a) the quality of the steamat the turbine exit, (b) the thermal efficiency of the cycle,and (c) the mass flow rate of the steam. Answers: (a) 0.793,(b) 40.2 percent, (c) 165…