Question: ( Sandler 5 . 1 2 ) Electrical power is to be produced from a steam turbine connected to a nuclear reactor. Steam is obtained

(Sandler 5.12) Electrical power is to be produced from a steam turbine connected to a nuclear reactor. Steam is obtained from the reactor at 540K and 36bar. the turbine exit pressure is 1.0 bar and the turbine is adiabatic.
a) Compute the maximum work per kilogram of steam that can be obtained from the turbine. A clever chemical engineer has suggested that the single-stage turbine considered here be replaced by a two-stage adiabatic turbine, and that the steam exiting from the first stage be returned to the reactor and reheated at constant pressure 540K, and then fed to the second stage of the turbine.
b) Compute the maximum work obtained per kilogram of steam if the two-stage turbine is used and the exhaust pressure of the first stage is P=18.5bar.
c) Compute the maximum work obtained per kilogram of steam if the two-stage turbine is used and the exhaust pressure of the first stage is P=6 bar.
d) Compute the heat absorbed per kilogram of steam in the reheating steps in parts (b) and (c).
 (Sandler 5.12) Electrical power is to be produced from a steam

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