A liquid dominated geothermal plant with a single flash separator receives water at 204°C. The separator pressure is 1.04 MPa. A direct contact condenser operates at 0.034 MPa. The turbine has a polytropic efficiency of 0.75. For cycle output of 60 MW, what is the mass flow rate of the well water in kg/s? @ 204°C: hf = 870.51 kJ/kg @ 1.04 MPa: hf = 770.38 kJ/kg hfg = 2009.2 kJ/kg hg = 2779.6 kJ/kg sg = 6.5729 kJ/kg-K @ 0.034 MPa: hf = 301.40 kJ/kg hfg = 2328.8 kJ/kg sf = 0.09793 kJ/kg-K sfg = 6.7463 kJ/kg-K *

A liquid dominated geothermal plant with a single flash separator receives water at 204°C. The separator pressure is 1.04 MPa. A direct contact condenser operates at 0.034 MPa. The turbine has a polytropic efficiency of 0.75. For cycle output of 60 MW, what is the mass flow rate of the well water in kg/s? @ 204°C: hf = 870.51 kJ/kg @ 1.04 MPa: hf = 770.38 kJ/kg hfg = 2009.2 kJ/kg hg = 2779.6 kJ/kg sg = 6.5729 kJ/kg-K @ 0.034 MPa: hf = 301.40 kJ/kg hfg = 2328.8 kJ/kg sf = 0.09793 kJ/kg-K sfg = 6.7463 kJ/kg-K *

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology (MindTap Course List)

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Author:John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson

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Chapter22: Condensers

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