A steam turbine power plant is based on the ideal Rankine cycle, the working fluid is water. The heat transfer from the turbine & pump are small enough to be neglected, same as kinetic and potential energy. A) Analyze the heat exhange between the hot resevoir and water boiler to find the required mass flow rate of water. b) The Net power output of plant. C) thermal efficiency of the cycle.
Answers:
A) 1.236 kg/s
B)1.292 MW
C)32.3%