Multiple choice

The inlet and the outlet conditions of stream for an adiabatic steam turbine are indicated in the notations as usually followed.

Assume the above turbine to be part of a simple Rankine cycle. The density of water at the inlet to the pump is 1000 kg/m3. Ignoring kinetic and potential energy effects, the specific work (in kJ/kg) supplied to the pump is

  1. 0.293

  2. 0.351

  3. 2.930

  4. 3.510

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