10-3E Water enters the boiler of a steady-flow Carnot engine as a saturated liquid at 180 psia and leaves with a quality of 0.90. Steam leaves the turbine at a pressure of 14.7 psia. Show the cycle on a T-s diagram relative to the saturation lines, and determine a) the thermal efficiency, b) the quality at the end of the isothermal heat-rejection process, and c) the net work output. Answers: a) 19.3 percent, b) 0.153, c) 148 Btu/lbm | |
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