Consider steam in an ideal Rankine cycle. The saturated vapor enters the turbine at 8.0...
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 Consider steam in an ideal Rankine cycle. The saturated vapor enters the turbine at 8.0 MPa. Saturated liquid exits the condenser at P = 0.008 MPa. The net power output of the cycle is 100 MW.
determine the thermal efficiency of the cycle
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consider the diagram belowthe processes in the cycles are 1 2 isentropic pumping process in the pump 2 3 isobaric heat transfer in the boiler 3 4 isentropic expansion in the turbine 4 1 isobaric heat
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