Consider a two-stage turbine operating at steady state with reheat at constant pressure between the stages. Show that the maximum work is developed when the pressure ratio is the same across each stage. Use a cold air-standard analysis, assuming the inlet state and the exit pressure are specified, each expansion process is isentropic, and the temperature at the inlet to each turbine stage is the same. Kinetic and potential energy effects can be ignored.

Amass of 1.5 kg of air at 120 kpa and 24°c is contained in a gas-tight, frictionless piston-cylinder device. the air is now compressed to a final pressure of 720 kpa. during the process, heat is transferred from the air such that the temperature inside the cylinder remains constant. calculate the boundary work input during this process.

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For the closed feedwater heater below, feedwater enters state 3 at a pressure of 2000 psia and temperature of 420 °f at a rate of ix10 ibhr. the feedwat extracted steam enters state 1 at a pressure of 1000 psia and enthalpy of 1500 btu/lbm. the extracted er leaves at an enthalpy of 528.7 btu/lbm steam leaves as a saturated liquid. (16) a) determine the mass flow rate of the extraction steam used to heat the feedwater (10) b) determine the terminal temperature difference of the closed feedwater heater