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Lecture 32

The document outlines a problem related to a vapor power plant, detailing the processes involved in the thermodynamic cycle. It includes tasks to determine the cycle's reversibility, calculate thermal efficiency, and compare it with Carnot efficiency. The analysis is based on specific equations and steam table data.

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Lecture 32

The document outlines a problem related to a vapor power plant, detailing the processes involved in the thermodynamic cycle. It includes tasks to determine the cycle's reversibility, calculate thermal efficiency, and compare it with Carnot efficiency. The analysis is based on specific equations and steam table data.

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ME 231

Thermodynamics-I

Lecture 32
Fall 2015
Problem 5.86
Figure P5.86 gives the schematic of a vapor power plant in which water steadily

circulates through the four components shown. The water flows through the boiler

and condenser at constant pressure and through the turbine and pump

adiabatically. Kinetic and potential energy effects can be ignored. Process data

follow:

Process 4–1:constant-pressure at 1 MPa from saturated liquid to saturated vapor

Process 2–3:constant-pressure at 20 kPa from x2 = 88% to x3 =18%

(a) Using Eq. 5.13 expressed on a time-rate basis, determine if the cycle is internally

reversible, irreversible, or impossible.


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Problem 5.86 (b & c)
(b) Determine the thermal efficiency using Eq. 5.4 expressed on a time-rate basis

and steam table data.

(c) Compare the result of part (b) with the Carnot efficiency calculated using Eq. 5.9

with the boiler and condenser temperatures and comment.

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