As a power plant engineer working in power generation construction company, you are required to conduct a preliminary study and analysis of a vapor power plant as requested by a client. On this note you have come out with regenerative power cycle operating under ideal condition. Within the system, steam enters the turbine at 16 MPa and 620°C and is condensed in the condenser at a pressure of 20 kPa. Some steam leaves the turbine at a pressure of 1.5 MPa and enters the open feedwater heater. a) State the assumptions in conducting the analysis. Draw the schematic (label the state) and T-S diagram of the power plant cycle. b)Determine the fraction of steam extracted from the turbine and the thermal efficiency of the cycle. Suggest further improvements that can be made to increase the efficiency of the power plant

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As a power plant engineer working in power generation construction company, you are required to conduct a preliminary study and analysis of a vapor power plant as requested by a client. On this note you have come out with regenerative power cycle operating under ideal condition. Within the system, steam enters the turbine at 16 MPa and 620°C and is condensed in the condenser at a pressure of 20 kPa. Some steam leaves the turbine at a pressure of 1.5 MPa and enters the open feedwater heater.

a) State the assumptions in conducting the analysis. Draw the schematic (label the state) and T-S diagram of the power plant cycle.

b)Determine the fraction of steam extracted from the turbine and the thermal efficiency of the cycle. Suggest further improvements that can be made to increase the efficiency of the power plant

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