Air enters the compressor of a simple gas turbine at 100 kPa, 300 K, with a volumetric flow rate of 5 m3/s. The compressor pressure ratio is 10 and its isentropic efficiency is 85%. At the inlet to the turbine, the pressure is 950 kPa, and the temperature is 1400 K. The turbine has an isentropic efficiency of 88% and the exit pressure is 100 kPa. On the basis of an air-standard analysis, a. develop a full accounting of the net exergy increase of the air passing through the gas turbine combustor, in kW.
b. devise and evaluate an exergetic efficiency for the gas turbine cycle.