Answer:
45.32%
Step-by-step explanation:
Given data:
pressure of high temperature steam = 6 MPa
low temperature heat rejection process ( Tr ) = 300 k
A) plot of cycle in t-s coordinates showing steam dome
attached below
B) Calculate thermal efficiency
thermal efficiency = 1 - (Tr / Tsat )
Tsat = 275.59°C ≈ 548.59 K ( from steam table at Pa = 6 MPa )
back to equation 1
1 - (300 / 548.59 )
1 - 0.5468 = 0.4532 = 45.32%