Chapter 9, Problem 9.48P

A power plant operating in a Reheat Rankine Cycle produces steam at 3 MPa, 600oC in the boiler. It keeps the condenser at 45oC by transfer of 10 MW out as heat transfer. The first turbine section (high-pressure) expands to 500 kPa and then flow is reheated followed by the expansion in the low-pressure turbine. Provide a detailed solution. Avoid shortcuts. Find the boiler heat transfer including the reheat process (kW)

Draw the T-s diagram and Plant Lay-Out A steam power plant has a steam generator (boiler) exit at 4 MPa, 500°C and a condenser exit temperature of 45°C. Assume all components are ideal and find the: (A) Ideal pump work(B) Heat added in the boiler(C) Heat rejected in the condenser(D) Net cycle Work(E) Cycle thermal Efficiency

A thermal power plant operates such that the steam exits boiler at 4 MPa, 400C and the condenser pressure is 10 kPa. The efficiency of the turbine and pump is 85% and 90% respectively. a. Draw the plant PFD (Process Flow Disgram) and the process Ts diagram and calculate quality of steam discharge from the turbine as well as the plant's thermal efficiency. b. If the plant produces 300MW of net power, - What is the steam flowrates in kg/hr? - If the plant uses natural gas as a fuel, determine the flowrate of NG in MMSCMD. State the reference for your data. - If the plant uses coal as a fuel, determine the amount of coal required (tonne per annum). State the reference for your data and all your assumptions. c. How much power required by the pump in kW? Is this the real power required by the pump? Explain d. Find the heat rejected in the condenser and evaluate the thermal efficiency using this value. e. The heat rejected to surrounding is through a cooling water system from a nearby ocean.…

A 300 MW steam power plant, according to the simple ideal Rankine cycle references Water vapor enters the turbine at a pressure of 10 MPa and a temperature of 500°C; 10 KPA expands to condenser pressure.Isanthropic of turbine and pumpaccording to the efficiency of 85%, the degree of dryness of steam at the turbine output, find the thermal efficiency of the cycle and the mass flow of water vapor circulating in the cycle.

Find the COP of the simple vapor compression refrigeration cycle R-134a. The evaporation temperature is -5 ° C and the condenser temperature is 30 ° C. COP ?

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A power plant operating in a Reheat Rankine Cycle produces steam at 3 MPa, 600oC in the boiler. It keeps the condenser at 45oC by transfer of 10 MW out as heat transfer. The first turbine section (high-pressure) expands to 500 kPa and then flow is reheated followed by the expansion in the low-pressure turbine. Provide a detailed solution. Avoid shortcuts. Solve for the High-Pressure and Low-Pressure Turbines work output (kJ/kg)

Steam engine with incomplete expansion receives saturated steam at 1.04 Mpa,expands it to 0.105 Mpa where release occurs. Exhaust is to a condenser at 40C.The actual engine uses 6070 kg/h of steam; it has a brake engine efficiency of 60%and a mechanical efficiency of 85%. The electric generator which it drives has anefficiency of 925. (a) For the ideal engine, find the thermal efficiency and the mep.For the actual engine, determine (b) the brake work in kW and the brake thermalefficiency, (c) the indicated work in kW, indicated thermal efficiency and indicatedsteam rate, (d) the combined thermal efficiency and the combined steam rate

Steam enters the turbine at 10 MN/m2and 450oC. The steam expanded in the turbine down to the condenser pressure of 20 kN/m2. The condensate leaving the condenser is pumped to the boiler pressure directly. The turbine has an isentropic efficiency of 89%, and the mass of steam generated in the boiler is 5 kg/s. Find: Cycle thermal efficiency. Plant power output.Neglect the pump work and draw the cycle on a T – s diagram. Hint: 1 MN/m2= 10 bar