// Theory and Problems of Thermodynamics // Chapter 8 // Power and Refrigeration Cycles // Example 6 clear ;clc; //Given data P1 = 2.5 // entering pressure of superheated steam in MPa P2 = 10 // leaving pressure of steam in kPa T1 = 523.15 // steam is superheated to temperature in K T2 = 623.15 // steam is superheated to temperature in K // Steam at 2.5 MPa and 523.15 K n_T = 0.316 // Thermal efficeincy of turbine X5 =0.7678 // from example 8.3 // Superheated steam: 2.5 MPa and 623.15 K h6 = 3126.3 // in kJ/kg s6 = 6.8403 // in kJ/kg K // Steam at 10 kPa vf = 0.001010 // in m^3/kg hf = 191.83 // in kJ/kg sf = 0.6493 // in kJ/kg K hfg = 2392.8 // in kJ/kg sfg = 7.5009 // in kJ/kg K s7 = s6 X7 = (s7-sf)/sfg h7 = hf + X7*hfg // in kJ/kg Wp = vf*(P1*1e3-P2) // Wp = v*del_P = h2-h1 in kJ/kg h2 = hf + Wp // in kJ/kg n = ((h6 - h7)-(Wp))/(h6-h2) // Output Results mprintf('Thermal efficiency of power plant = %4.4f' ,n);