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A heavily insulated steam turbine operates steadily and is supplied with 1 kg/s steam at 2MPa,...

A heavily insulated steam turbine operates steadily and is supplied with 1 kg/s steam at 2MPa, 400 deg C. If the outlet temperature is 100 deg C and the turbine has an output of 1000 kW determine the quality of the outlet steam, the rate of entropy generation and the isentropic efficiency of the turbine. (Changes in kinetic and potential energy are negligible).

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