A gas turbine engine is fuelled with 3000 kg/hr of methane at 15C and 1000 kP a
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A gas turbine engine is fuelled with 3000 kg/hr of methane at 15°C and 1000 kPa, and supplied with ambient air at 15 °C. The air and fuel are compressed to 2900 kPa and fed to a combustor. The air flow rate is designed to give a temperature of 1400 °C at the outlet of the combustor. The hot gas leaving the combustor is expanded in the turbine. Shaft work produced by the turbine is used to power the two compressors and run a dynamo for generating electricity. If the efficiency of the compressors is 98% and that of the turbine is 88% and 1% of the shaft work is lost due to friction and losses in the dynamo, estimate the rate of power production and the overall cycle efficiency.
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Chemical Engineering Design
ISBN: 9780081025994
6th Edition
Authors: Ray Sinnott, R.K. Sinnott, Sinnott Gavin Towler