A pharmaceutical company is studying the possibility of satisfying its electrical and thermal requirements using cogeneration. There are several possible configurations to carry out cogeneration, especially with conventional equipment such as gas or steam turbines. 

The electrical requirements of the plant are 2000 kW. 

The thermal requirements of the plant are 1800 kW. 

1. The student must produce these requirements using the heat of a chemical process (chemical reaction) to feed a boiler and a steam turbine. The chemical reaction must be chosen according to the types of processes carried out in the pharmaceutical or pharmaco-agricultural industry. The team must size the cogeneration plant equipment based on a Rankine cycle. Sizing means finding the material flows and enthalpies of all the necessary points. (It can also be done without considering a chemical process for greater ease, so that the rest can be resolved)
2. From these prices, find the costs related to electricity production and thermal requirements.

Consider that the prices for steam are as follows: 

1. $13/tone (low pressure steam)
2. $14/tone (medium pressure steam)
3. $17/ton (high pressure steam)
4. 100% of the heat produced by the combustion chamber reaches the steam inside the boiler
5. plant operation is 8300 h/year

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