AN ELECTRIC POWER PLANT OPERATES BASED ON A RANKINE CYCLE IDEAL STEAM REGENERATIVE WITH TWO FEED WATER HEATERS AND OVERHEATING. STEAM ENTERS THE TURBINE AT 15 MPa AND 600 C AND ESCAPE TOWARDS CONDENSER AT 6 kPa. THE STEAM IS SUPERHEATED TO 0.8 MPa AND 500C. ONE IS MADE STEAM EXTRACTION FROM THE TURBINE AT 1.4 MPa TO A CLOSED WATER HEATER FEED AND CONDENSATE FROM THIS HEATER IS THROTTED AND DELIVERED TO OPEN FEEDWATER HEATER; STEAM EXTRACTION OF THE TURBINE TO THE OPEN FEEDWATER HEATER IS CARRIED OUT AT 0.4 MPa. THE TURBINE DEVELOPS A POWER OF 100 MW. DETERMINE: a) DRAW THE T-s AND EQUIPMENT DIAGRAMS b) THE THERMAL EFFICIENCY OF THE CYCLE. c) THE FLOW OF WATER NECESSARY TO CONDENSE THE STEAM THAT ENTERS THE CONDENSER, IF THE WATER FOR IT ENTERS AT A TEMPERATURE OF 22C AND SALE WITH AN INCREASE OF 10 DEGREES. d) THE MASS FLOW OF STEAM THROUGH THE STEAM GENERATOR FOR AN OUTPUT OF POWER IN THE TURBINE OF 100 MW

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AN ELECTRIC POWER PLANT OPERATES BASED ON A RANKINE CYCLE
IDEAL STEAM REGENERATIVE WITH TWO FEED WATER HEATERS AND
OVERHEATING. STEAM ENTERS THE TURBINE AT 15 MPa AND 600
C AND ESCAPE TOWARDS
CONDENSER AT 6 kPa. THE STEAM IS SUPERHEATED TO 0.8 MPa AND 500C. ONE IS MADE
STEAM EXTRACTION FROM THE TURBINE AT 1.4 MPa TO A CLOSED WATER HEATER
FEED AND CONDENSATE FROM THIS HEATER IS THROTTED AND DELIVERED
TO OPEN FEEDWATER HEATER; STEAM EXTRACTION OF
THE TURBINE TO THE OPEN FEEDWATER HEATER IS CARRIED OUT AT 0.4
MPa. THE TURBINE DEVELOPS A POWER OF 100 MW.
DETERMINE:
a) DRAW THE T-s AND EQUIPMENT DIAGRAMS
b) THE THERMAL EFFICIENCY OF THE CYCLE.
c) THE FLOW OF WATER NECESSARY TO CONDENSE THE STEAM THAT ENTERS THE
CONDENSER, IF THE WATER FOR IT ENTERS AT A TEMPERATURE OF 22C AND SALE
WITH AN INCREASE OF 10 DEGREES.
d) THE MASS FLOW OF STEAM THROUGH THE STEAM GENERATOR FOR AN OUTPUT OF
POWER IN THE TURBINE OF 100 MW.  
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