Problem Sets:

1. A coal fired power plant has a turbine generator rated at 1000 MW gross. The plant
required about 9% of this power for its internal operations. It uses 9800 tons (1 ton
= 970 kg) of coal per day. The coal has a heating value of 6388.9 kCal/kg, and the
steam generator efficiency is 86%. What is the Net station efficiency of the plant in
percent?

a) 33.07
b) 40.01
c) 36.74
d) 30.12
Solution:
Net output 910 000
Net Station efficiency = = = 0.3307 = 33.07 %
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2. Find the specific entropy of wet steam of temperature 195 C and dryness of 0.90.
Steam Properties: S f = 2.284 kJ/kg-K ; s fg = 4.185 kJ/kg-K
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b) 7.04
c) 5.268
d) 3.575
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S = 2.284 + ( 0.90 (4.185) ) = 6.05

3. Superheated steam at 17 bar (1.7 MPa) and 350 C is expanded in an engine the
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final pressure is 1.7 bar (0.17 MPa). If the expansion is isentropic, find the dryness
fraction of the expanded steam.
Steam Properties @ 1.7 MPa ; S = 7.044 kJ/kg – K
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@ 0.17 MPa : S f = 1.475 kJ/kg-K ; s fg = 5.707 kJ/kg-K

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4. Superheated steam at 20 bar and 300 C is expanded in isentropically. At what
pressure will the steam be just dry and saturated?
a) 6 bar
b) 8 bar
c) 10 bar
d) 4 bar
Solution:
Steam Table Properties:
At 20 bar and 300 C; S = 6.768 kJ/kg
Find at Table 2 : Pressures the nearest pressure to 6.768 since it is dry saturated steam
you can find it on S g , and S g = 6.671 for 0.6 MPa or 6 bar.

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5. Consider a steam power plant operating on the ideal reheat Rankine cycle. Steam

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a) 60.05
b) 30.56
c) 85.98
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d) 45.01
Solution:

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