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9-77 A stationary gas-turbine power plant operates on a simple ideal Brayton cycle with air as the working
fluid. The power delivered by this plant is to be determined assuming constant and variable specific heats.
Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist. 2 The air-standard assumptions are applicable. 3 Kinetic
and potential energy changes are negligible. 4 Air is an ideal gas.
T

Analysis (a) Assuming constant specific heats,

P
T2 s = T1 2
P1
P
T4 s = T3 4
P3

th = 1

(k 1) / k

(k 1) / k

= (290 K )(8)0.4/1.4 = 525.3 K

1100 K

qin
2

1
= (1100 K )
8

0.4/1.4

= 607.2 K

290 K

4
1

qout

c p (T4 T1 )

q out
T T
607.2 290
= 1
= 1 4 1 = 1
= 0.448
q in
c p (T3 T2 )
T3 T2
1100 525.3

W& net,out = th Q& in = (0.448)(35,000 kW ) = 15,680 kW

(b) Assuming variable specific heats (Table A-17),

T1 = 290 K

Pr 2 =

h1 = 290.16 kJ/kg
Pr1 = 1.2311

P2
Pr = (8)(1.2311) = 9.8488
h2 = 526.12 kJ/kg
P1 1

T3 = 1100 K

h3 = 1161.07 kJ/kg
Pr3 = 167.1

P4
1
Pr = (167.1) = 20.89
h4 = 651.37 kJ/kg
P3 3 8
q
h h
651.37 290.16
= 1 out == 1 4 1 = 1
= 0.431
q in
h3 h2
1161.07 526.11

Pr 4 =

th

W& net,out = T Q& in = (0.431)(35,000 kW ) = 15,085 kW

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9-50

9-79 A gas-turbine power plant operates at specified conditions. The fraction of the turbine work output
used to drive the compressor and the thermal efficiency are to be determined.
Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist. 2 The air-standard
assumptions are applicable. 3 Kinetic and potential energy changes
T
are negligible. 4 Air is an ideal gas with constant specific heats.
3
Properties The properties of air at room temperature are cp = 1.005
950 kJ/kg
kJ/kgK and k = 1.4 (Table A-2).
580 K 2s 2
Analysis (a) Using constant specific heats,
P
700
rp = 2 =
=7
4s 4
300 K
P1 100
1

q in = h3 h2 = c p (T3 T2 )
T3 = T2 + q in /c p

= 580 K + (950 kJ/kg )/ (1.005 kJ/kg K )

= 1525.3 K
T4s

P
= T3 4
P3

(k 1)/k

1
= (1525.3 K )
7

0.4/1.4

= 874.8 K

wC,in = h2 h1 = c p (T2 T1 ) = (1.005kJ/kg K )(580 300 )K = 281.4 kJ/kg

wT,out = T (h3 h4 s ) = T c p (T3 T4 s ) = (0.86 )(1.005 kJ/kg K )(1525.3 874.8)K = 562.2 kJ/kg
wC,in

rbw =

(b)

wnet,out = wT,out wC,in = 562.2 281.4 = 280.8 kJ/kg

th =

281.4 kJ/kg
= 50.1%
562.2 kJ/kg

Thus,

wT,out
wnet,out
q in

280.8 kJ/kg
= 29.6%
950 kJ/kg

9-80E A gas-turbine power plant operates on a simple Brayton cycle with air as the working fluid. The net
power output of the plant is to be determined.
Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist. 2 The air-standard assumptions are applicable. 3 Kinetic
and potential energy changes are negligible. 4 Air is an ideal gas with variable specific heats.
Properties The properties of air are given in Table A-17E.
Analysis Using variable specific heats for air,

h3 = 504.71 Btu / lbm

T4 = 1200 R

P
120
rp = 2 =
=8
P1
15

h4 = 291.30 Btu / lbm

2000 R

T3 = 2000 R

1200 R

Q& out = m& (h4 h1 )

h1 = 291.30 6400/40 = 131.30 Btu/lbm
Pr1 = 1.474
Pr 2 =

2s
1

2
4s
6400 Btu/s

P2
Pr = (8)(1.474 ) = 11.79
h2 s = 238.07 Btu/lbm
P1 1

W& C,in = m& (h2 s h1 ) / C = (40 lbm/s)(238.07 131.30 )/ (0.80 ) = 5339 Btu/s
W& T,out = m& (h3 h4 ) = (40 lbm/s)(504.71 291.30)Btu/lbm = 8536 Btu/s
W& net,out = W& T,out W& C,in = 8536 5339 = 3197 Btu/s = 3373 kW

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