A power plant operates in an idealized Rankine cycle, using water as the working fluid (Figure 3). The steam at the exit of the boiler has a pressure of 6 MPa and temperature of 600 °C (point 1). The water at the exit of the condenser has a pressure of 15 kPa (point 3). The condenser employs a nearby river as the cooling source, which can be regarded to have a constant temperature of 25 °C. The mass flow rate of the steam is 80 kg/s. The hot reservoir has a temperature of 1400 K. Regard water as an incompressible liquid. During pumping, the density of water remains unchanged as Point 3 in Figure 3. lin Boiler i wwwwww Pump Turbine 4 lout Cooling water Condenser

A power plant operates in an idealized Rankine cycle, using water as the working fluid (Figure 3). The steam at the exit of the boiler has a pressure of 6 MPa and temperature of 600 °C (point 1). The water at the exit of the condenser has a pressure of 15 kPa (point 3). The condenser employs a nearby river as the cooling source, which can be regarded to have a constant temperature of 25 °C. The mass flow rate of the steam is 80 kg/s. The hot reservoir has a temperature of 1400 K. Regard water as an incompressible liquid. During pumping, the density of water remains unchanged as Point 3 in Figure 3. lin Boiler i wwwwww Pump Turbine 4 lout Cooling water Condenser

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