Question

Steam enters the turbine of an ideal Rankine cycle power plant with a pressure of 12.5 MPa and a temperature of 600°C and expands adiabatically to condenser pressure equal to

30 kPa. Please answer the following: a. Represent the cycle on a T-s diagram, indicate the values of the isobars and temperature and entropy on the axes. b. Compute the thermal efficiency for this cycle.

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