A combined gas–steam power plant has been designed with a net power output of 450 MW. The pressure ratio of the gas-turbine cycle is 14. Air enters the compressor at 300 K and the turbine at 1400 K. The combustion gases leaving the gas turbine are used to heat the steam at 8 MPa to 400 C in a heat exchanger. The combustion gases leave the heat exchanger at 460 K. An open feedwater heater incorporated with the steam cycle operates at a pressure of 0.6 MPa. The condenser pressure is 20 kPa. Assuming all the compression and expansion processes to be isentropic, determine (a) the mass flow rate ration of air to steam, (b) the required rate of heat input in the combustion chamber, and (c) thermal efficiency of the combined cycle.





A combined gas–steam power plant has been designed with a net power output of 450 MW....
Problem 1 0/5 points (0%) Consider a combined gas-steam power plant that has a net power output of 500 MW. The pressure ratio of the gas-turbine cycle is 12. Air enters the compressor at 308 K and the turbine at 1300 K. The combustion gases leaving the gas turbine are used to heat the steam at 9 MPa to 360°C in a heat exchanger. The combustion gases leave the heat exchanger at 460 K. An open feedwater heater incorporated with...
A combined cycle power plant has a net power output of 272 MW. Air enters the compressor of the Brayton cycle at 100 kPa and 17oC. The pressure ratio is 19, the turbine inlet temperature is 1660 K and the gases leaving the turbine are used to heat the steam of the Rankine cycle to 600oC and 5 MPa. The combustion gas leaves the heat exchanger (HRSG) at 390 K and the condenser pressure is 20 kPa. The isentropic efficiency...
Problem 2/2 (50%) -The gas-turbine cycle of a combined gas-steam power plant has a pressure ratio of 12. Air enters the compressor at 310 K and the turbine at 1400 K. The combustion gases leaving the gas turbine are used to heat the steam at 12.5 MPa to 500 C in a heat exchanger. The combustion gases leave the heat exchanger at 247"C. Steam expands in a high pressure turbine to a pressure of 2.5 MPa and is reheated in...
A combined gas turbine-vapor power plant has a net power output of 100 MW. Air enters the compressor of the gas turbine at 100kPa, 300K, and is compressed to 1200kPa. The isentropic efficiency of the compressor is 84%. The conditions at the inlet to the turbine are 1200kPa and 1400 K. Air expands through the turbine, which has an isentropic efficiency of 88%, to a pressure of 100kPa. The air then passes through the interconnecting heat exchanger, and is finally...
Problem4 (a) (40 points) A combined gas-steam powe cycles. The ideal Brayton and Rankine plant operates on Rankine cycle has a reheater. The Brayton cycle operates on a gas- of the gas-turbine cycle 1400 K The 15MPa to ercooling, reheating, and regeneration cycle. The pressure ratio 300 K for compressor stages is do Air enters compressors a combustion gases leaving the lower pressure gas turbine are used to heat the steam at C in a heat exchanger. The combustion gases...
The gas turbine cycle of a gas-steam combined cycle power plant has a pressure ratio of 12. The air enters the compressor at 310 K and 100 kPa (1) and the turbine at 1400 K (3). The combustion gases leaving the gas turbine (4) are used to heat the steam to 12.5 MPa up to 500 °C (6) in a heat exchanger. The flue gas exits the heat exchanger (5) at 247 °C. The steam is expanded in a high...
1. (10 points) A combined gas turbine-vapor power plant has a net power output of 45 MW. Air enters the compressor of the gas turbine at 100 kPa, 300 K, and is compressed to 1200 kPa. The isentropic efficiency of the compressor is 84%. The condition at the inlet to the turbine is 1200 kPa, 1400 K. Air expands through the turbine, which has an isentropic efficiency of 88%, to a pressure of 100 kPa. The air then passes through...
1. A combined gas-steam power cycle uses a single gas turbine
cycle for the air cycle and a simple Rankine cycle for the water
vapor cycle. Atmospheric air enters the compressor at a rate of
88.2 lbm / s, at 14.7 psia and 59 ° F, and the maximum gas cycle
temperature is 1,742 ° F. The pressure ratio in the compressor is
7. The isentropic efficiency of both the compressor and the turbine
is 80%. Gas exits the heat...
A combined gas-steam power plant uses a simple gas turbine for
the topping cycle and a simple Rankine cycle for the bottoming
cycle. Atmospheric air enters the compressor at 101 kPa and 20 °C,
and the maximum gas cycle temperature is 1100 °C. The
compressor pressure ratio is 8. The gas stream leaves the heat
exchanger at the saturation temperature of the steam flowing
through the heat exchanger. Steam enters the heat exchanger at a
pressure of 6 MPa and...
2. Consider a combined gas steam power cycle. The gas cycle is a
simple Brayton cycle that has a pressure ratio of 7. Air enters at
9.8 kg / s at the compressor at 15 ° C and 100 kPa, and at the gas
turbine at 950 ° C. The steam cycle is a Rankine cycle with
overheating between the pressure limits of 6 MPa and 10 kPa. The
water vapor is heated in the heat exchanger at a rate...