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A combined cycle gas turbine/vapor power plant uses the turbine exhaust as the energy source for the boiler. Each power system uses a single turbine. The gas power system is modeled as an ideal air-standard Brayton cycle. The vapor power system is modeled as an ideal Rankine cycle. Given specific operating conditions determine the temperature and pressure at each state, the rate of heat transfer in the boiler, the power output of each turbine, and the overall efficiency. --Given Values--...
A combined cycle gas turbine / vapor power plant uses the turbine exhaust as the energy source for the boiler. Each power system uses a single turbine. The gas power system is modeled as an ideal air-standard Brayton cycle. The vapor power system is modeled as an ideal Rankine cycle. Given specific operating conditions determine the temperature and pressure at each state, the rate of heat transfer in the boiler, the power output of each turbine, and the overall efficiency....
Need help for this Brayton Cycle problem. Please help me 4. (30 marks) A gas-turbine power plant operates on the simple Brayton cycle between the pressure limits of 100 kPa and 800 kPa. The T-s diagram of this cycle is shown in Fig. 2. Air enters the compressor at 30°C and leaves at 330°C at a mass flow rate of 200 kg/s. The maximum cycle temperature is 1400 K. During operation of the cycle, the net power output is measured...
please solve by exact analysis Problem 1 A Brayton-cycle power plant takes in air at 100 kPa and 26.7°C. Compression in two stages with intercooling, and each stage has a pressure ratio of 2.38 and an efficiency of 84%, with intercooling to 26.7°C The maximum temperature of the cycle is 676.7°C Turbine efficiency is 82%. The turbine and compressor are assumed adiabatic. A regenerator heats the compressed air to 326.7°C before sending it to the combustor. Calculate (a) the back...
An ideal Brayton power generation cycle draws in air at 100 kPa and 20 °C. The compressor increases the pressure to 500 kPa. The burner adds heat equal to 500 kJ/kg. You can use air standard analysis and assume constant specific heats. (a) (5 pts) find the temperature after the compressor (b) (5 pts) find the specific compressor work (c) (5 pts) find the temperature after the burner (d) (5 pts) find the turbine work (e) (5 pts) find the...
A combined gas-steam power plant uses a simple gas turbine for the topping cycle and a simple Rankine cycle for the bottoming cycle. Atmospheric air enters the compressor at 101 kPa and 20 °C, and the maximum gas cycle temperature is 1100 °C. The compressor pressure ratio is 8. The gas stream leaves the heat exchanger at the saturation temperature of the steam flowing through the heat exchanger. Steam enters the heat exchanger at a pressure of 6 MPa and...
3a. A gas-turbine power plant operates on the simple Brayton cycle between the pressure limits of 14.7 and 200 psia. Air enters the compressor at 77°F at a rate of 28 lbm/s and leaves at 750°F. Fuel is burned in the combustion chamber and the combustion gases enter the turbine at 2000°F. Combustion gases leave the turbine whose isentropic efficiency is 85 percent. Treating the combustion gases as air and using constant specific heats evaluated at 900°F, determine (a) the...
2. Consider a combined gas steam power cycle. The gas cycle is a simple Brayton cycle that has a pressure ratio of 7. Air enters at 9.8 kg / s at the compressor at 15 ° C and 100 kPa, and at the gas turbine at 950 ° C. The steam cycle is a Rankine cycle with overheating between the pressure limits of 6 MPa and 10 kPa. The water vapor is heated in the heat exchanger at a rate...
Process Combuster Compressor ip Compressor Turbine 10 Intercooler Figure 1 shows a typical Brayton power cycle with inter-cooling Air enters the compressor at 98 kPa and 24 °C. Compression is done in two stages with inter-cooling between the stages. The compressor has an isentropic efficiency of 87% The gas exits the combustor at 490 kPa and 850 °C. The turbine has an isentropic efficiency of 95%. A gas stream with a temperature of 950 "C, recovered from another process, is...
Consider a closed Brayton cycle heat-engine. Air is compressed from 300K, 100 kPa to 580K, 700 kPa. The air is heated at the rate of 950 kJ/kg before it enters the turbine. The isentropic efficiency of the turbine is 86%. Determine: a) the fraction of the turbine shaft power used to drive the compressor, and b) the thermal efficiency of the engine. Sketch the prooess on a T-s diagram. Do the calculation first with variable specific heats and then repeat...