Consider a steam power plant which operates on the Rankine cycle. The pressures in the boiler and the condenser are 5000 kPa and 40 kPa, respectively. The temperatures at the inlet of the turbine and at the inlet of the pump are 500oC and 70oC, respectively. The isentropic efficiency of the turbine is 94 percent, pressure and pump losses are negligible. If the mass flow rate of steam is 10 kg/s. Determine (a) the heat transfer rate in the boiler, (b) the power input for pump, (c) the net power produced by the cycle and (d) the thermal efficiency of the cycle.
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