The net power of a steam power plant operating on the simple ideal Rankine cycle is 30.5 MW. Water vapor enters the turbine at a pressure of 7 MPa and a temperature of 500 °C, expanding to a condenser pressure of 10kPa in the turbine. The steam is condensed in the condenser by cooling with water supplied from a lake. The flow rate of the lake water is 1950 kg/s. Take the adiabatic efficiency of the pump and turbine as 87%. Show the cycle in the T-s diagram. a) The thermal efficiency of the cycle, b) The flow rate of the steam circulating in the cycle, c) Calculate the temperature rise of the cooling water.

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The net power of a steam power plant operating on the simple ideal Rankine cycle is 30.5 MW. Water vapor enters the turbine at a pressure of 7 MPa and a temperature of 500 °C, expanding to a condenser pressure of 10kPa in the turbine. The steam is condensed in the condenser by cooling with water supplied from a lake. The flow rate of the lake water is 1950 kg/s. Take the adiabatic efficiency of the pump and turbine as 87%. Show the cycle in the T-s diagram.

a) The thermal efficiency of the cycle,

b) The flow rate of the steam circulating in the cycle,

c) Calculate the temperature rise of the cooling water.

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