In: Mechanical Engineering
Consider a vapor power cycle as shown below. Steam enters the first turbine stage at 12 MP a, 480 oC, and expands to 2 MP a. Some steam is extracted at 2 MP a and fed to the closed heater. The remainder expands through the second-stage turbine to 0.3 MP a, where an additional amount is extracted and fed into the open heater operating at 0.3 MP a. The steam expanding through the third-stage turbine enters the condenser at a pressure of 6 kP a and leaves the condenser as saturated liquid at 6 kP a. Liquid water leaves the closed heater at 210 oC, 12 MP a, and condensate exiting as saturated liquid at 2 MP a is trapped into the open heater. Saturated liquid at 0.3 MP a leaves the open heater. Assume all pumps and turbine stages operate isentropically. Determine for the cycle: (a) the heat transfer to the working fluid passing through the steam generator, in MW, (b) the heat transfer from the working fluid passing through the condenser, in MW, (c) the thermal efficiency (%), and (d) sketch a T ?s diagram for the entire cycle with labeled states, isobars, and process directions