How Much Work is Lost in This Thermodynamics Scenario?

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The discussion revolves around calculating the lost work in a thermodynamic process involving flue gas cooling and steam generation. The flue gas is cooled from 1100°C to 150°C, and its heat is used to generate saturated steam at 100°C. Participants are focused on determining the rate of entropy generation and have calculated the entropy changes for both the gas and steam. Despite having some values, they are struggling to integrate these into the overall entropy equation. The conversation emphasizes the need for clarity in applying the first law of thermodynamics to find the heat load.
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A flue gas is cooled from 1100 C to 150 C and the heat is used to generate saturated steam at 100 C in a boiler. The flue gas has a heat capacity given by CP/R = 3.83 + 0.000551 T, where T is in K. Water enters the boiler at 100 C and is vaporized at this temperature. Its latent heat of vaporisation is 2256.9 kJ/kg. What is the lost work of this process

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Basically i think i only need help in finding the rate of entropy generation of this qn. I believe i can finish the qn once i get that :)

I managed to equate mdot(steam) x ndot(gas) = -15.13g/mol by doing a simple energy balance
Tried to sub that into equation for summation of entropy but can't seem to solve it.
Sdot(g) = Sdotg(steam) + Sdotg(gas)
I have calculated ΔS(gas) and ΔS(steam) to be -41.835 and 6048 J/kgK but still can't seem to sub it in.Appreciate the help! Thks!
 
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Using the first law of thermodynamics, what do you get for the heat load?
 
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