A steam power plant with boiler use coal fuel with net heat 4000 kcal/kg and boiler...

A steam power plant with boiler use coal fuel with net heat 4000 kcal/kg and boiler efficiency 90%. If steam utrbine from the power plsnt generate power output 100 MW, at condition vapor enter at 10 MPa, 520^oC and condensate to saturated liquid at 0.08 bar. If the isentropic efficiency turbine and pump is 90%, then

a) Calculate coal required (ton/hour)

b) Calculate netto efficiency of the power plant

c) Calculate Net Plant Heat Rate (kCal/kWh)

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