A steam power plant operates on an ideal reheat- regenerative Rankine cycle and has a net power output of 80 MW. Steam enters the high-pressure turbine at 10 MPa and 450°C and leaves at 0.8 MPa. Some steam is extracted at this pressure to heat the feedwater in an open feedwater heater. The rest of the steam is reheated to 450°C and is expanded in the low-pressure turbine to the condenser pressure of 10 kPa. determine (a) the mass flow rate of steam through the boiler and (b) the thermal efficiency of the cycle.

A steam power plant operates on an ideal reheat- regenerative Rankine cycle and has a net power output of 80 MW. Steam enters the high-pressure turbine at 10 MPa and 450°C and leaves at 0.8 MPa. Some steam is extracted at this pressure to heat the feedwater in an open feedwater heater. The rest of the steam is reheated to 450°C and is expanded in the low-pressure turbine to the condenser pressure of 10 kPa. determine (a) the mass flow rate of steam through the boiler and (b) the thermal efficiency of the cycle.

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