The net power output of an ideal reheat regenerative steam cycle is 80 MW. Steam enters the h.p. turbine at 80 bar, 500 °C and expands till it becomes saturated vapour. Some of the steam then goes to an open feedwater heater and the balance is reheated to 400 °C, after which it expands in an l.p. turbine to 0.07 bar. Compute (a) the reheat pressure, (b) the steam flow rate to the h.p. turbine, (c) the cycle efficiency, and (d) the rate of flow of cooling water in the condenser if the temperature rise of water is 8 °C, (e) If the velocity of steam flowing from the turbine to the condenser is limited to 130 m/s, find the diameter of the connecting pipe. [Ans. (a) 6.5 bar, (b) 58.4 kg/s, (c) 43.7% (d) 3146.5 kg/s, (e) 2.97 m]