In: Mechanical Engineering
A power plant operates on a regenerative vapor power cycle with
one open feedwater heater. Steam enters the first turbine stage at
12 MPa, 560°C and expands to 1 MPa, where some of the steam is
extracted and diverted to the open feedwater heater operating at 1
MPa. The remaining steam expands through the second turbine stage
to the condenser pressure of 50 kPa. Saturated liquid exits the
open feedwater heater at 1 MPa. The net power output for the cycle
is 330 MW. Assume that both turbine stages and both pumps have an
isentropic efficiency of 90%.
Determine:
(a) the percent cycle thermal efficiency.
(b) the mass flow rate into the first turbine stage, in kg/s.
(c) the rate of entropy production in the open feedwater heater, in
kW/K.