Question: Solve the following problem using EES - Software Consider a steam power plant that operates on an ideal reheat - regenerative Rankine cycle with one

Solve the following problem using EES-Software
Consider a steam power plant that operates on an ideal reheat-regenerative Rankine cycle with one open feedwater heater, and one reheater. Steam enters the turbine at 15 MPa and 600C and is condensed in the condenser at a pressure of 10 kPa . Some steam is extracted from the turbine at 4 MPa for the closed feedwater heater, and the remaining steam is heated at the same pressure to 600C. The extracted steam is completely condensed in the heater and is pumped to 15 MPa before it mixes with the feedwater at the same pressure. Steam for the open feedwater heater is extracted from the low pressure turbine at a pressure of 0.5 MPa. Determine:
(a) the fractions of steam extract from the turbines,
(b) the heat input and output of the cycle, in (kJkg),
(c) the work interactions for each turbine and compressor, in (kJkg),
(d) the thermal efficiency of the cycle.
Parametric study: Study (graph) the effect of changing the intermediate (extracted steam) pressure on the cycle efficiency. Take this pressure values to be between 1 MPa to 5 MPa with an increment of 500 kPa .
Solve the following problem using EES - Software

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