Brayton Cycles

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Topic: Brayton Cycles

 

A power plant working on an ideal Brayton cycle with two stages of compression and two
stages of expansion has an overall pressure ratio of 11. Air enters each stage of the
compressor at 310 K and each stage of the turbine at 1260 K and a regenerator with an
effectiveness of 70% effectiveness is used. Utilising the air standard assumptions and
accounting for the variation of specific heats with temperature:
(a) Determine the specific enthalpies at each stage in the cycle.
(b) Calculate the total work input at the compressors.
(c) Calculate the total work output at the turbines.
(d) Calculate the total heat supplied during the cycle.
(e) Calculate the thermal efficiency.
(f) Determine the mass flow rate of air needed to develop a net power output of 110 MW.
(Ans: 254.14 kJ/kg; 751.24 kJ/kg; 911.93 kJ/kg; 54.5%; 221.3 kg/s)
Transcribed Image Text:A power plant working on an ideal Brayton cycle with two stages of compression and two stages of expansion has an overall pressure ratio of 11. Air enters each stage of the compressor at 310 K and each stage of the turbine at 1260 K and a regenerator with an effectiveness of 70% effectiveness is used. Utilising the air standard assumptions and accounting for the variation of specific heats with temperature: (a) Determine the specific enthalpies at each stage in the cycle. (b) Calculate the total work input at the compressors. (c) Calculate the total work output at the turbines. (d) Calculate the total heat supplied during the cycle. (e) Calculate the thermal efficiency. (f) Determine the mass flow rate of air needed to develop a net power output of 110 MW. (Ans: 254.14 kJ/kg; 751.24 kJ/kg; 911.93 kJ/kg; 54.5%; 221.3 kg/s)
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