How Much Work is Lost in This Thermodynamics Scenario?

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The discussion focuses on calculating the lost work in a thermodynamic process involving flue gas cooling and steam generation. The flue gas cools from 1100°C to 150°C, generating saturated steam at 100°C, with a heat capacity defined by CP/R = 3.83 + 0.000551 T. The participant has successfully calculated the entropy changes for both the gas and steam but struggles with the rate of entropy generation and the application of the first law of thermodynamics to determine the heat load. The lost work is directly related to these calculations.

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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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