A steam power plant operates on an ideal regenerative Rankine cycle. Steam enters the turbine at 6 MPa and 450 C and is condensed in the condenser at 20 kPa. Steam is extracted from the turbineat 0.4 MPa to heat the feedwater in an open feedwater heater. Water leaves the feedwater heater as a saturated liquid. Show the cycle on a T-s diagram, and determine (a) the net work output per kilogram of steam flowing through the boiler and (b) the thermal efficiency of the cycle. Answers should be around (a) 1017 kJ/kg (b) 37.8%
