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NoTE: This is a multi-part question.Once an answer is submitted,you will be unable to return to this part. A steam power plant operates on an ideal reheat-regenerative Rankine cycle with one reheater and two open feedwater heaters.Steam enters the high-pressure turbine at 1500 psia and 1100F and leaves the low-pressure turbine at 1 psia Steam is extracted from the turbine at 250 and 40 psia,and it is reheated to 1000F at a pressure of 140 psia.Water leaves both feedwater heaters as a saturated liquid. Heat is transferred to the steam in the boiler at a rate of 6.0 105 Btu/s.
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Determine the mass flow rate of steam through the boiler.Use steam tables.You must provide an answer before moving on to the next part.)
The mass flow rate of steam through the boiler is
.576| Ibm/s.