Consider a Rankine cycle with saturated steam leaving the boiler at a pressure of 2 MPa and a condenser pressure of 10 kPa.
(a) Calculate the thermal efficiency of the ideal Rankine cycle for these operating conditions.
(b) It the net reversible work for the cycle is 0.5 MW, calculate the required flow rate of cooling watersupplied to the condenser at 15°C with an allowable temperature rise of 10°C.
(e) Design a shell-and-tube heat exchanger (one-shell, multiple-tube passes) that will meet the heat rateand temperature conditions required of the condenser. Your design should specify the number oftubes and their diameter and length.
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