Problem 2: A coal power plant located in the mid-western United States uses the following real Rankine cycle, with water as its working fluid, to transmit heat energy into useable work. Assume that the pump operates with an isentropic efficiency of 85% and the turbine operates with an isentropic efficiency of 75% and that the following steady-state conditions for the daily operation of the plant are known: P1= 100 kPa, xị = 0, P2= 1800 kPa, T3 = 675 °C, m = 5.0 kg/s Complete the following table of values: 1 2 3 4 P [kPa] 100 1800 T[°C] 675 W, net h [kJ/kg] and determine W,net; İ# and Q̟. QL

Problem 2: A coal power plant located in the mid-western United States uses the following real Rankine cycle, with water as its working fluid, to transmit heat energy into useable work. Assume that the pump operates with an isentropic efficiency of 85% and the turbine operates with an isentropic efficiency of 75% and that the following steady-state conditions for the daily operation of the plant are known: P1= 100 kPa, xị = 0, P2= 1800 kPa, T3 = 675 °C, m = 5.0 kg/s Complete the following table of values: 1 2 3 4 P [kPa] 100 1800 T[°C] 675 W, net h [kJ/kg] and determine W,net; İ# and Q̟. QL

Elements Of Electromagnetics

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