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please solve quickly. Waste heat from a chemical reactor is to run a boiler in a Rankine power cycle. The working fluid in the cycle is water. The boiler generates steam which exits at 300 psia and 1200°F. The condenser in the cycle runs at 3 psia, producing a saturated liquid. The turbine and the pump can be considered adiabatic and reversible. Assume the pump is driven by the turbinea.
a) Calculate the net work produced by the cycle, in Btu/lbm of
steam. Wt=-524btu/lbm
b) What is the thermal efficiency of the process?
c) What percent of the heat entering the boiler is discharged from
the condenser?
d) Carefully sketch a T-S diagram of this cycle, showing the temperatures of the streams between the processing units, and their locations relative to the phase boundaries. Label all axes.