Problem
1. The power plant in the previous problem is augmented with a natural gas burner to superheat the water to 600 F before entering the turbine. Find the cycle efficiency with this configuration and the specific heat transfer added by the natural gas burner.
2. A Rankine cycle with R-410a has the boiler at 600 psia superheating to 340 F, and the condenser operates at 100 psia. Find all four energy transfers and the cycle efficiency.
3. A supply of geothermal hot water is to be used as the energy source in an ideal Rankine cycle, with R-134a as the cycle working fluid. Saturated vapor R-134a leaves the boiler at a temperature of 180 F, and the condenser temperature is 100 F. Calculate the thermal efficiency of this cycle.
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