A coal fire boiler plant consumes 400 kg of coal per hour. The boiler evaporates 3200 kg of water at 44.5 degrees * C into superheated steam at a pressure of 12 bar and 274.5 degrees * C . If the calorific value of fuel is 32760 kJ/kg of coal. Determine equivalent evaporation from and at 100 degrees *C and the thermal efficiency of the boiler. Assume specific heat of superheated steam as 2.1 kJ/kg.K.

A coal fire boiler plant consumes 400 kg of coal per hour. The boiler evaporates 3200 kg of water at 44.5 degrees * C into superheated steam at a pressure of 12 bar and 274.5 degrees * C . If the calorific value of fuel is 32760 kJ/kg of coal. Determine equivalent evaporation from and at 100 degrees *C and the thermal efficiency of the boiler. Assume specific heat of superheated steam as 2.1 kJ/kg.K.

Elements Of Electromagnetics

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ISBN:9780190698614

Author:Sadiku, Matthew N. O.

Publisher:Sadiku, Matthew N. O.

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