Mass Flow Rate of River Water in Condenser
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ScribdTranslationsEXERCISE 8: Steam enters a condenser of a thermoelectric plant at 20 KPa and 95%
quality with a basic flow of 20000 Kg/h. It will be cooled with cold river water.
pasándola por los tubos ubicados en el interior del condensador. Para evitar la
thermal pollution the river water should not exceed 15º in temperature. If the steam
It must exit the condenser as saturated liquid at 20 KPa. Determine the mass flow rate.
from the river water.
DATA:
p3 30KPa
X3 0,98
m3 20000Kg/h
O
T2 T115C
p4 20KPa
m1 ???
SCHEME:
SOLUTION:
We analyze if it is a FEES. We came to the conclusion that yes, it is a FEES.
Energy analysis, input and output:
Ee Es
Qe We m*h m *h
1 3 1 3
Qs Ws m2*h 2 m4*h 4
We know that: heat and work are equal in input and output, therefore, they cancel each other out.
then the equation becomes:
m*h
1
m *h 3
1 3
m2*h 2 m4*h 4
Analyzing the scheme, mass flow in 1 and 2 is equal to the mass flow of the river. Also
mass flows 3 and 4 are equal to the mass flow of the condenser, therefore, the equation
fall
m*h
1
m
1 2
*h2 m4* h 4 m3* h 3
mriver*(h1 h2) mcond(h 4 h3 )
We cleared the mass flow of the river and expressed it as a function of temperatures:
mcond(h 4 h3)
mriver
h1 h2
mcond(h 4 h3)
mriver ............... 1
Cp*T
H2O
T 1 2
We calculate the missing values in equation 1. The fluid that circulates is water.
POINT 3:
p3 30KPa
X3 0.98
h3 h f X 3* h fg
The enthalpy values: are obtained from TABLE A-5 saturated water, book Yunes A Cengel,
7th edition
h3 289.23 0,98*2336,1
h3 2578.608 KJ/Kg
POINT 4:
p4 20KPa
From the table TABLE A-5 saturated water, book Yunes A Cengel, 7th edition
hf h 4 289.23KJ/Kg
Replace in equation 1 to calculate the mass flow of the river:
20000*(289.23 2578,608
mriver
4.18*1 5
mriver730264.115 kg/h