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Chapter 10.9, Problem 112RP
Show that the thermal efficiency of a combined gas–steam power plant ηcc can be expressed as
where ηg = Wg /Qin and ηs = Ws/Qg,out are the thermal efficiencies of the gas and steam cycles, respectively. Using this relation, determine the thermal efficiency of a combined power cycle that consists of a topping gas-turbine cycle with an efficiency of 40 percent and a bottoming steam-turbine cycle with an efficiency of 30 percent.
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