PROBLEM:Steam power plant with ideal Rankine cycle. Steam enters theturbine at 4MPA and 700°C. The steam is cooled in thecondenser at 20 kPa using cooling water. The net power outputof the cycle is 100MW. Determine: a) The power produced bythe turbine and consumed by the pump, b) thermal efficiency ofthe cycle, c) mass flow rate of the steam, and d) the mass flowrate of the condenser cooling water, if the cooling water entersthe condenser at 15 °C and exits at 35°C. Draw the T-s diagram.

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