(Solution) - A stationary gas turbine power plant -(2025 Original AI-Free Solution)
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A stationary gas-turbine power plant operates on an ideal regenerative Brayton cycle (P = 100 percent) with air as the working fluid. Air enters the compressor at 95 kPa and 290 K and the turbine at 760 kPa and 1100 K. Heat is transferred to air from an external source at a rate of 75,000 kJ/s, determine the power delivered by this plant
(a) Assuming constant specific heats for air at room temperature and
(b) Accounting for the variation of specific heats with temperature.