A steam turbine can be modeled as an is entropic expansion. The incoming steam is super heated

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A steam turbine can be modeled as an is entropic expansion. The incoming steam is super heated at an initial temperature T+ and pressure p+. After expansion, the exhausted steam is at temperature T. A high-performance turbine cannot tolerate low-quality steam because the water droplets degrade its mechanical components. Suppose that T = 40 C and that the turbine requires χ ≥ 0.9 throughout the expansion process. If the high-pressure system is rated to 5 MPa, what is the minimum possible initial temperature of the steam?

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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