A steam power plant , pertaining with one regenerative feed water hea…
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Question
A steam power plant , pertaining with one regenerative feed water heating is run at the initial steam conditions of 35.0 bar and $440^{\circ}\text{ C}$ with exhaust pressure of 0.040 bar. Steam is bled from the turbine for feed water heating at a pressure of 1.226 bar. Determine
(i) Specific heat consumption
(ii) Thermal efficiency of the cycle
(iii) Economy percentage compared with the cycle of a simple condensing power plant.
- Year: 2018