Calculate the thermal efficiency of a Rankine cycle in which the steam is initially dry saturated at 2 Mpa and the condenser pressure 75 kN / m². Express this efficiency as a percentage of a Carnot cycle efficiency of the same limits of temperature.

Calculate the thermal efficiency of a Rankine cycle in which the steam is initially dry saturated at 2 Mpa and the condenser pressure 75 kN / m². Express this efficiency as a percentage of a Carnot cycle efficiency of the same limits of temperature.

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