A steam turbine carrying a full load of 46 MW uses 77.7 kg/s of steam. The turbine efficiency is 78%, and it exhausts steam at 26 mm Hg (absolute) with an enthalpy of 2310 kJ/kg. What are the temperature and pressure of the steam entering the turbine? Show the drawing

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A steam turbine carrying a full load of 46 MW uses 77.7 kg/s of steam. The turbine efficiency is 78%, and it exhausts steam at 26 mm Hg (absolute) with an enthalpy of 2310 kJ/kg. What are the temperature and pressure of the steam entering the turbine? Show the drawing

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