Question: 2 . A gas turbine cycle operates with two compression stages and two expansion stages. In each compression stage the pressure ratio is 2 .

2. A gas turbine cycle operates with two compression stages and two expansion stages. In each compression stage the pressure ratio is 2.4 and the thermal efficiency is 0.81, the inlet temperature to the compressor is 25C, but the intercooler only cools the stream entering the second stage to 40C. The inlet temperature to each expansion stage is 890C, but a pressure drop between the compressor and the turbine reduces the pressure ratio in each expansion stage to 1.9. The adiabatic efficiency of the expansion stages is 0.87. The regenerator has an efficiency of 0.75 determine a) The compression work in KJ/kg b) The heat extracted in the intercooler c) The thermodynamic efficiency d) The temperature of the air leaving the regenerator and entering the combustion chamber in Kelvin.

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