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9-76 A gas turbine power plant that operates on the simple Brayton cycle with air as the working fluid has
a specified pressure ratio. The required mass flow rate of air is to be determined for two cases.
Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist. 2 The air-standard assumptions are applicable. 3 Kinetic
and potential energy changes are negligible. 4 Air is an ideal gas with constant specific heats.
Properties The properties of air at room temperature are
cp = 1.005 kJ/kg·K and k = 1.4 (Table A-2). T

Analysis (a) Using the isentropic relations, 1000 K 3

(k −1) / k
P 
T2 s = T1  2  = (300 K )(12 )0.4/1.4 = 610.2 K 2s
2
 P1 
4
(k −1) / k 0.4/1.4 300 K 1
4s
P  1
T4 s = T3  4 
 = (1000 K )  = 491.7 K s
 P3   12 
ws,C,in = h2 s − h1 = c p (T2 s − T1 ) = (1.005 kJ/kg ⋅ K )(610.2 − 300)K = 311.75 kJ/kg
ws,T, out = h3 − h4 s = c p (T3 − T4 s ) = (1.005 kJ/kg ⋅ K )(1000 − 491.7 )K = 510.84 kJ/kg
ws, net,out = ws,T,out − ws,C,in = 510.84 − 311.75 = 199.1 kJ/kg

W& net,out 70,000 kJ/s

m& s = = = 352 kg/s
ws, net,out 199.1 kJ/kg
(b) The net work output is determined to be
wa,net,out = wa,T,out − wa,C,in = η T ws,T, out − ws,C,in / η C
= (0.85)(510.84 ) − 311.75 0.85 = 67.5 kJ/kg
W& net,out 70,000 kJ/s
m& a = = = 1037 kg/s
wa,net,out 67.5 kJ/kg

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