Liquid sodium leaves a nuclear reactor at 800C and is used as the energy souce in a

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Liquid sodium leaves a nuclear reactor at 800°C and is used as the energy souce in a steam power plant. The condenser cooling water comes from a cooling tower at 15°C. Determine the maximum thermal efficiency of the power plant. Is it misleading to use the temperatures given to calculate this value?
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Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

ISBN: 978-0471152323

6th edition

Authors: Richard E. Sonntag, Claus Borgnakke, Gordon J. Van Wylen

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