A steam power plant works between a boiler pressure of 40 bar and a condenser pressure of 0.04 bar. The turbine receives dry saturated steam that expands isentropically to the condenser pressure. Calculate the thermal efficiency, the work ratio and the specific steam consumption: a. For a Carnot cycle. b. For a Rankine cycle. Draw a T-s diagram for both cycles.

A steam power plant works between a boiler pressure of 40 bar and a condenser pressure of 0.04 bar. The turbine receives dry saturated steam that expands isentropically to the condenser pressure. Calculate the thermal efficiency, the work ratio and the specific steam consumption: a. For a Carnot cycle. b. For a Rankine cycle. Draw a T-s diagram for both cycles.

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