Reference no: EM13640054

In a certain processing plant, 10,000 kg/h steam is changed from 1 MPa, 400°C, to 0.2 MPa, 200°C, in a steady-flow device that can exchange energy as heat with the environment at 20°C. This is accomplished by first cooling the steam in a heat exchanger and then dropping the pressure by passing the steam through a valve. An energy-conscious plant manager thinks he might replace this hardware by something that could generate electric power while producing the same charge in steam state. Calculate the maximum amount of electric power (kW) that could be derived.