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, 520◦C and expands to 1 MPa, where some of
the steam is extracted and diverted to the open
feedwater heater at 1 MPa. The remaining steam expands through the
second turbine stage to the condenser pressure of
6 kPa. Saturated liquid exits the open feedwater heater at 1 MPa.
For isentropic processes in the turbines and pumps,
determine for the cycle.
a) The thermal efficiency.
b) The net power developed, in MW, for a mass flow rate of 106 kg/h
into the first-stage turbine.