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10-85 A combined gas-steam power cycle uses a simple gas turbine for the topping cycle and simple Rankine cycle for the
bottoming cycle. The mass flow rate of air for a specified power output is to be determined.
Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist. 2 The air-standard assumptions are applicable fo Brayton cycle. 3 Kinetic
and potential energy changes are negligible. 4 Air is an ideal gas with constant specific heats.
Properties The properties of air at room temperature are cp = 1.005 kJ/kgK and k = 1.4 (Table A-2a).
Analysis Working around the topping cycle gives the
following results: T
( k 1) / k 7
P 1373 K
T6 s T5 6
(293 K)(8) 0.4/1.4 530.8 K
P5

h h c p (T6 s T5 ) Qin GAS
C 6s 5 CYCLE
h6 h5 c p (T6 T5 ) 8
T6 s T5 6 8s 3

T6 T5
C 6s 320C
6 MPa
530.8 293
293 572.8 K
0.85 9
( k 1) / k STEAM
P
0.4/1.4
1
T8 s T7 8
(1373 K) 758.0 K 293 K 2 CYCLE 20 kPa
P7 8 5
1 4s 4
Qout
h h c p (T7 T8 ) s
T 7 8 T8 T7 T (T7 T8 s )

h7 h8 s c p (T7 T8 s )
1373 (0.90)(1373 758.0)
819.5 K

T9 Tsat @ 6000 kPa 275.6C 548.6 K

Fixing the states around the bottom steam cycle yields (Tables A-4, A-5, A-6):
h1 h f @ 20 kPa 251.42 kJ/kg
v 1 v f @ 20 kPa 0.001017 m 3 /kg

wp,in v 1 ( P2 P1 )
1 kJ
(0.001017 m 3 /kg )(6000 20)kPa
1 kPa m 3
6.08 kJ/kg
h2 h1 wp,in 251.42 6.08 257.5 kJ/kg

P3 6000 kPa h3 2953.6 kJ/kg

T3 320C s 3 6.1871 kJ/kg K
P4 20 kPa
h4 s 2035.8 kJ/kg
s 4 s3
h3 h4
T h4 h3 T (h3 h4 s )

h3 h4 s
2953.6 (0.90)(2953.6 2035.8)
2127.6 kJ/kg

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The net work outputs from each cycle are

wnet, gas cycle wT, out wC,in
c p (T7 T8 ) c p (T6 T5 )
(1.005 kJ/kg K )(1373 819.5 572.7 293)K
275.2 kJ/kg

wnet, steam cycle wT,out wP,in

(h3 h4 ) wP,in
(2953.6 2127.6) 6.08
819.9 kJ/kg
An energy balance on the heat exchanger gives
c p (T8 T9 ) (1.005)(819.5 548.6)
m a c p (T8 T9 ) m w (h3 -h2 )
m w m a 0.1010m a
h3 -h2 2953.6 257.5

That is, 1 kg of exhaust gases can heat only 0.1010 kg of water. Then, the mass flow rate of air is

W net 100,000 kJ/s

m a 279.3 kg/s
wnet (1 275.2 0.1010 819.9) kJ/kg air

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