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A steam turbine inlet is at 1200 kPa, 500°C. The exit is at 200 kPa. What is the highest possible exit temperature? Which efficiency does that correspond to?

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The highest possible exit temperature would be if we did not get any work out, i.e. the turbine broke down. Now we have a throttle process with constant h assuming we do not have a significant exit velocity.

Exit: 200 kPa, h = hin = 3476.28 kJ/kg ⇒ T = 495°C

Efficiency: η = w/ws = 0

Remark: Since process is irreversible there is no area under curve in T-* diagram that correspond to a q, nor is there any area in the P-v diagram corresponding to a shaft work.

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