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This document provides an assignment to analyze and compare two systems for providing steam heat to a university campus. The systems involve either throttling steam directly from the boiler or using a steam turbine. Students are asked to: 1) Calculate thermodynamic properties and mass of steam at key points in each system. 2) Determine the coal usage and electrical generation of each system. 3) Identify sources of exergy destruction and efficiencies. 4) Calculate annual costs of each system based on coal and electricity prices. 5) Determine the 2nd law cost of electricity and process steam.

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EES Code For Transient System

This document provides an assignment to analyze and compare two systems for providing steam heat to a university campus. The systems involve either throttling steam directly from the boiler or using a steam turbine. Students are asked to: 1) Calculate thermodynamic properties and mass of steam at key points in each system. 2) Determine the coal usage and electrical generation of each system. 3) Identify sources of exergy destruction and efficiencies. 4) Calculate annual costs of each system based on coal and electricity prices. 5) Determine the 2nd law cost of electricity and process steam.

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MEGN 598 (561) Advanced Thermodynamics Fall 2015

Homework Set III-1

DUE: Wednesday 10/28

Instructions: Solve the problem below, providing (1) a neatly typed 1-page summary of your solution with
approach, key equation(s), and final answers, and (2) formatted EES solution code with commented
sections and printout your: (a) formatted equations window, (b) solutions (or arrays) window with all
variables assigned units, and (c) any written conclusions which you can put directly into your EES code.
Make sure your name and information is given at the top of your formatted code.
Problem: Cogeneration for a Large University Campus
The buildings on a large university campus are heated with steam that is centrally produced. The steam is
produced at Ps = 600 psia, Ts = 500F in a b = 90% efficient coal-fired boiler (based on a heating value of
HV = 14,100 Btu/lbm for coal). The actual flow sheet of the campus heating system is quite complicated, but
for the purpose of this problem, it can be represented as shown in Figure 1. The steam is throttled to Pout =
175 psia and then piped to the campus buildings. Condensate at Tcond = 70F, Pcond = 14.7 psia is returned to
the plant, pumped to Ps using pump with efficiency p = 0.42 and then sent back to the boiler to complete a
cycle. The exergy of coal can be assumed to be 96% of its heating value.

Figure 1. Schematic of (a) existing system and (b) proposed system


An alternative to the configuration shown in Figure 1 (a) is to utilize a steam turbine, rather than a throttle, to
reduce the pressure of the steam from Ps to Pout, as shown in Figure 1(b). The turbine has an estimated
isentropic efficiency of t = 0.70 and it drives a g = 90% efficient electric generator. Both systems provide Q
= 2.3x1012 Btu of heat to campus buildings during an average heating season. Electricity is purchased to
operate the pump. The purpose of this problem is to compare the two systems shown in Figure 1.
Specifically, your solution should answer the following questions.
a.) Determine the water-side state properties (T, p, h, s, xf) and steam mass required over the heating season

(in kg and lbm) at each of the 4 locations. Assume that the dead state is T0 = 70F and P0 = 1 atm. Print out
the associated array table with units defined.

MEGN 598 (561) Advanced Thermodynamics Fall 2015


b.) How many tons of coal are used by the systems in Figures 1 (a) and (b) during the heating season?
c.) How much electrical energy can be produced by the system in Figure 1 (b) during the heating season?
d.) What are the major sources of exergy destruction for the systems in Figures 1(a) and (b)?
e.) What are the 2nd Law efficiencies of the boilers, and turbines in Figures 1(a) and (b)?
f.) What are the 1st and 2nd Law efficiencies of the two systems in Figure 1?
g.) What is the annual cost to heat campus buildings with the system in Figure 1(a) if coal costs cc =
$45/ton? Also determine the annual cost associated with the system in Figure 1(b) assuming that the
electricity that is generated is valued at ec = $0.10/kWhr as charged by the local power company.
h.) From a 2nd Law viewpoint, what should be the cost of electricity and process steam per kWh?

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