


5. The product gas from a coal gasification plant consists of 60.0 mole% CO and the...
A fuel gas containing 95 mole% methane and the balance ethane is burned completely with 25% excess air. The stack gas leaves the furnace at 900°C and is cooled to 450°C in a waste-heat boiler, a heat exchanger in which heat lost by cooling gases is used to produce steam from liquid water for heating, power generation, or process applications. (a) Taking as a basis of calculation 100 mol of the fuel gas fed to the furnace, calculate the amount...
A bituminous coal is burned with air in a boiler furnace. The
coal is fed at a rate of 40000 kg/h and has an ultimate analysis of
76wt% C, 5wt% H, 8wt% O, negligible amounts of N and S, and 11wt%
non-combustible ash. Air enters a preheater at 30 °C and 1 atm with
a relative humidity of 30%, exchanges heat with the hot flue gas
leaving the furnace and air enters the furnace at temperature Ta
(°C). The flue...
Thermodynamics
1. Saturated liquid H20 at 16 MPa is fed into the boiler of a variant of a Carnot cycle (but simplified Rankin cycle) where the working fluid is not an ideal gas. Saturated H20 vapor is fed into the turbine of the same turbine. The condenser of this turbine is operated at 8 kPa. The mass flowrate of the H20 in this cycle is 7.2x103 kg/min. Draw the path of this process on T-s diagram. Estimate the thermal efficiency...
Combined Gas and Steam Power Plant The highest temperature at the inlet of a gas turbine can be 1600oC. The temperature of the ambient air is 27oC. Determine the maximum pressure ratio and the associated efficiency. Determine the conditions (temperatures and pressure) at the various points of the cycle. What’s the maximum temperature of the exhaust gases? Determine the amount of natural gas required for a 500 MW plant. Determine the associated emissions. What’s the total amount of exhaust gas?...
Section B – combined cycles Overview: a combined gas – steam power cycle in Sweden provides electricity and hot water for heating duties for a small city. The gas turbine drives an electricity generator with an efficiency of 97%. A sub-critical coal fired boiler is used as a heat recovery steam generator, as well as providing additional steam from coal during the winter months. The steam turbine drives an electricity generator with an efficiency of 95%. The plant is located...
A combined cycle gas turbine/vapor power plant uses the turbine exhaust as the energy source for the boiler. Each power system uses a single turbine. The gas power system is modeled as an ideal air-standard Brayton cycle. The vapor power system is modeled as an ideal Rankine cycle. Given specific operating conditions determine the temperature and pressure at each state, the rate of heat transfer in the boiler, the power output of each turbine, and the overall efficiency. --Given Values--...
A steam power plant design consists of an ideal Rankine cycle with regeneration. Steam enters Turbine 1 at P1 and T1 at the rate of m1 and exits at P2. A fraction (y') of the steam exiting Turbine 1 is diverted to a closed feedwater heater while the remainder enters Turbine 2. A portion (y'') of the steam exiting Turbine 2 at P3 is diverted to an open feedwater heater while the remainder enters Turbine 3. The exit of Turbine...
A combined cycle gas turbine / vapor power plant uses the turbine exhaust as the energy source for the boiler. Each power system uses a single turbine. The gas power system is modeled as an ideal air-standard Brayton cycle. The vapor power system is modeled as an ideal Rankine cycle. Given specific operating conditions determine the temperature and pressure at each state, the rate of heat transfer in the boiler, the power output of each turbine, and the overall efficiency....
A steam power plant design consists of an ideal Rankine cycle with reheat and regeneration. Steam enters Turbine 1 at P1 and T1 at the rate of m1 and exits at P2. A fraction (y') of the steam exiting Turbine 1 is diverted to a closed feedwater heater while the remainder is reheated to T3 before entering Turbine 2. A fraction (y'') of the steam exiting Turbine 2 at P4 is diverted to an open feedwater heater while the remainder...
Flue gas from a sugar mill furnace burning bagasse fibre in air contains 8.35% CO2, 15.5% H2O, 0.55% O2 and 75.6%N2. 130 kmol/min of the flue gas exits the furnace at 1300 C and 1atm and is used to generate steam in an adiabatic boiler (i.e. well-insulated heat exchanger). After exchanging heat with the steam, the flue gas leaves the boiler at 350 C and 1atm. Saturated liquid water at 75 C enters the adiabatic boiler tubes where it is...