heat engine has a net work output of 500 MW. It receives thermal energy from water traveling through the core and exiting as a saturated vapor (note pressure of the core is 7 MPa. That steam then travels to a condenser where the output is a saturated liquid. The waste heat is discharged to a nearby body of water at 17°C. For steady state operation, determine the minimum theoretical steam mass flow rate in kg/s required to achieve the heat engine output.

heat engine has a net work output of 500 MW. It receives thermal energy from water traveling through the core and exiting as a saturated vapor (note pressure of the core is 7 MPa. That steam then travels to a condenser where the output is a saturated liquid. The waste heat is discharged to a nearby body of water at 17°C. For steady state operation, determine the minimum theoretical steam mass flow rate in kg/s required to achieve the heat engine output.

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