Geothermal power plants utilize steam produced at locations where the hot core of the earth is quite close to the surface Yellowstone National Park is such a location, with many hot springs and geysers. Geothermal steam is typically wet and available only at relatively low temperatures. At a particular geothermal power plant, wet steam is available at 450 K with  quality of 0.90. Before the steam enters the turbine a cyclonic separator removes the moisture from the steam. The dry-steam flow rate to the turbine is 300 kg/s. Determine the mass flow rates of the wet steam entering the separator and of the exiting condensate.

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