A steam turbine working on the Rankine cycle is supplied with dry sat…

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A steam turbine working on the Rankine cycle is supplied with dry saturated steam at 25 bar and the exhaust takes place at 0.2 bar. For a steam flow rate of 10 kg/s, determine:

i. Quality of steam at end of the expansion

ii. Turbine shaft work

iii. Power required to drive the pump

iv. Work ratio

v. Rankine efficiency

vi. Heat flow in the condenser.

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