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10-77 A cogeneration plant modified with regeneration is to generate power and process heat. The mass flow rate of steam
through the boiler for a net power output of 25 MW is to be determined.
Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist. 2 Kinetic and potential energy changes are negligible.
Analysis From the steam tables (Tables A-4, A-5, and A-6),
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h1  h f @ 10 kPa  191.81 kJ/kg
Turbine
v1  v f @ 10 kPa  0.00101 m 3 /kg Boiler
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wpI,in  v 1 P2  P1  8
 3
  1 kJ
 0.00101 m /kg 1600  10 kPa 
 1 kPa  m 3


 Process
 1.61 kJ/kg   5
heater
9 Condense
h2  h1  wpI,in  191.81  1.61  193.41 kJ/kg r
h3  h4  h9  h f @ 1.6 MPa  858.44 kJ/kg 4 3 1
PI
v4 v f @ 1.6 MPa  0.001159 m /kg 3 PII fwh
2
wpII,in  v 4 P5  P4 
T

   1 kJ
 0.001159 m 3 /kg 9000  400 kPa 
 1 kPa  m 3



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 8.57 kJ/kg   9 MPa

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h5  h4  wpII,in  858.44  8.57  867.02 kJ/kg
3,4,9 1.6 MPa
P6  9 MPa  h6  3118.8 kJ/kg
 2 7
T6  400C  s 6  6.2876 kJ/kg  K
10 kPa
s7  s f
6.2876  2.3435 1 8
P7  1.6 MPa  x 7    0.9675
 s fg 4.0765
s7  s6  h  h  x h  858.44  0.96751934.4  2730.0 kJ/kg s
7 f 7 fg

s8  s f 6.2876  0.6492
P8  10 kPa  x8    0.7518
 s fg 7.4996
s8  s 6  h  h  x h  191.81  0.75182392.1  1990.2 kJ/kg
8 f 8 fg

Then, per kg of steam flowing through the boiler, we have

wT,out  h6  h7   (1  y )h7  h8 
 3118.8  2730.0  kJ/kg  1  0.352730.0  1990.2 kJ/kg
 869.7 kJ/kg

wp,in  (1  y ) wpI,in  wpII,in

 1  0.351.61 kJ/kg   8.57 kJ/kg 
 9.62 kJ/kg
wnet  wT,out  wp,in  869.7  9.62  860.1 kJ/kg

Thus,
W net 25,000 kJ/s
m    29.1 kg/s
wnet 860.1 kJ/kg

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