Consider a power plant operating on a simple ideal Rankine cycle. Steam enters the turbine at $3$MPa, $350$ oC and at $10$kPa at the condenser.

Determine cycle efficiency, with and without isentropic efficiencies, i$.$e$.$ compressor isentropic efficiency $0\mathrm{.}9($nc$=0\mathrm{.}9)$ and turbine isentropic efficiency $0\mathrm{.}9($nt$=0\mathrm{.}9).$ Also, estimate, Wpump, Wturbine, Qhigh and Qlow $($Qrejection$)$ of the system

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