In a steam power plant, saturated steam at a pressure of 400 psia enters the turbine. The condenser pressure is atmospheric. Find the ideal Rankine cycle and the maximum thermal efficiency. Derive a...

In a steam power plant, saturated steam at a pressure of 400 psia enters the turbine. The condenser pressure is atmospheric. Find the ideal Rankine cycle and the maximum thermal efficiency.

Derive a relation for the optimum
r_P

of a gas turbine operating on a Brayton cycle having the turbine and the compressor efficiencies of


_t

and


_c
, respectively.