A steam power plant operates on the reheat Rankine cycle. as shown in the schematic diagram (Fig Q 2). Steam enters the high-pressure turbine at 12.5 MPaand 550°C at a rate of7.7 kg/s and leaves at 2 MPa. Steam is then reheated at constant pressure to 450°C before it expands in the low-pressure turbine. The isentropic efficiencies of the turbine and the pump are 85% and 90%, re- spectively. Steam leaves the condenser as a saturated liquid. If the moisture content of the steam at the exit of the turbine is not to exceed 5%, then make all the necessary assumptions and determine

A steam power plant operates on the reheat Rankine cycle. as shown in the schematic diagram (Fig Q 2). Steam enters the high-pressure turbine at 12.5 MPaand 550°C at a rate of7.7 kg/s and leaves at 2 MPa. Steam is then reheated at constant pressure to 450°C before it expands in the low-pressure turbine. The isentropic efficiencies of the turbine and the pump are 85% and 90%, re- spectively. Steam leaves the condenser as a saturated liquid. If the moisture content of the steam at the exit of the turbine is not to exceed 5%, then make all the necessary assumptions and determine

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