Question: Please don't copy and paste from CHATGPT 1 . A condensing steam turbine exhausting at 1 . 5 psia uses steam at 1 4 0

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1. A condensing steam turbine exhausting at 1.5 psia uses steam at 1400 psia and 1000 F to produce 100 MW of electricity at an efficiency of 80%. For ambient conditions of 95 F and 60% relative humidity what is the wet bulb temperature, and what would you recommend the cooling water supply and return temperatures be for the steam turbine condenser?
2. For the condenser in Problem 1, what is the cooling water flow rate?
3. For the cooling water flow in Problem 2, what would the required cooling water pump brake horsepower be if the discharge pressure is 90 psia (assume a pump efficiency of 70%)?
4. How much air would be required in a wet mechanical draft counterflow cooling tower with a pressure drop of 0.6 inches of water to cool the water from Problem 2?
5. For the air flow and pressure drop in Problem 4, what would the cooling tower fan brake horsepower be?
6. How many cooling tower cells do you think this would require?
7. How much makeup water would you need for this cooling tower if the cycles of concentration is 5?

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