a gas turbine power plant operating on brayton cycle with a fuel compressor isentropic efficiency of...

a gas turbine power plant operating on brayton cycle with a fuel compressor isentropic efficiency of 80 and turbine isentropic efficiency of 85 percent and it has a pressure ratio of rp. The gas temperature is 300K at a compressor inlet and 1300K at the turbine inlet. Heat is received from a source of 1700K. Utilizing the air-standard assumption (Hot Assumption) and for pressure ratio rp which varies from 3 to 10, determine:

a) The gas temperature at the exits of the compressor and the turbine.

b) the back work ratio

c) the thermal efficiency

d) the second law efficiency

e) exergy destruction for each component

plot your results as functions of gas cycle pressure ratio, and discuss the results.

Please solve this using EES software

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samet mamat answered 2 years ago

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