A gas-turbine power plant operates on the simple Brayton cycle between the pressure limits of 100 and 700 kPa. Air enters the compressor at 30°C at a rate of 12.6 kg/s and leaves at 260°C. A diesel...

A gas-turbine power plant operates on the simple Brayton cycle between the pressure limits of 100 and 700 kPa. Air enters the compressor at 30°C at a rate of 12.6 kg/s and leaves at 260°C. A diesel fuel with a heating value of 42,000 kJ/kg is burned in the combustion chamber with an air–fuel ratio of 60 and a combustion efficiency of 97 percent. Combustion gases leave the combustion chamber and enter the turbine whose isentropic efficiency is 85 percent. Treating the combustion gases as air and using constant specific heats at 500°C, determine (a) the isentropic efficiency of the compressor, (b) the net power output and the back work ratio, (c) the thermal efficiency, and (d) the second-law efficiency.