10-27 A single-flash geothermal power plant uses hot geothermal water at 230ºC as the heat source. The mass flow rate of
steam through the turbine, the isentropic efficiency of the turbine, the power output from the turbine, and the thermal
efficiency of the plant are to be determined.
Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist. 2 Kinetic and potential energy changes are negligible.
Analysis (a) We use properties of water for geothermal water (Tables A-4 through A-6)
T1 230C
h1 990.14 kJ/kg
x1 0
h2 h f 3
P2 500 kPa 990.14 640.09
x2 0.1661
h2 h1 990.14 kJ/kg h fg 2108 steam
turbine
The mass flow rate of steam through the turbine is separator 4
h3 h4 2748.1 2344.7
T 0.686
h3 h4 s 2748.1 2160.3
(d) We use saturated liquid state at the standard temperature for dead state enthalpy
T0 25C
h0 104.83 kJ/kg
x0 0
W T, out 15,410
th 0.0757 7.6%
E in 203,622
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