Steam is generated in the boiler of a cogeneration plant at 9 MPa and 450C at a steady rate of 5 kg/s. In normal operation, steam expands in a turbine to a pressure of 0.5 MPa and is then routed to the process heater, where it supplies the process heat. Steam leaves the process heater as a saturated liquid and is pumped to the boiler pressure. In this mode, no steam passes through the condenser, which operates at 20 kPa. Draw the schematic and T-S diagrams. Label the points by setting point 1 at the condenser outlet, point 2 at the 1st pump (after the condenser) outlet, point 3 at the process heater outlet, point 4 at the 2nd pump (after the process heater) outlet, point 5 at the boiler inlet, point 6 at the boiler outlet, point 7 at the process heater inlet, and point 8 at the condenser inlet. Use 2 decimal places for the enthalpy and other energies in solving and for the final answers. For the steam quality (x) and entropy (s), use 4 decimal places in solving. For the specific volume, use 6 decimal places.
Steam is generated in the boiler of a cogeneration plant at 9 MPa and 450C at a steady rate of 5 kg/s. In normal operation, steam expands in a turbine to a pressure of 0.5 MPa and is then routed to the process heater, where it supplies the process heat. Steam leaves the process heater as a saturated liquid and is pumped to the boiler pressure. In this mode, no steam passes through the condenser, which operates at 20 kPa.
Draw the schematic and T-S diagrams. Label the points by setting point 1 at the condenser outlet, point 2 at the 1st pump (after the condenser) outlet, point 3 at the process heater outlet, point 4 at the 2nd pump (after the process heater) outlet, point 5 at the boiler inlet, point 6 at the boiler outlet, point 7 at the process heater inlet, and point 8 at the condenser inlet.
Use 2 decimal places for the enthalpy and other energies in solving and for the final answers. For the steam quality (x) and entropy (s), use 4 decimal places in solving. For the specific volume, use 6 decimal places.
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