🔍 Key Concepts

• Focus on the thermal efficiency row in the table and compare values for the simple cycle, recuperated, and intercooled‑recuperated (ICR) cycles. • Understand what DP (design point) usually represents for a gas turbine – think about what load condition that corresponds to. • Recall how recuperation and intercooling generally affect gas turbine efficiency at different loads compared to a simple cycle.

💭 Think About

• Looking only at the data actually provided in the illustration, which operating condition is clearly represented: any load, low load, partial load, or full (design) load? • At that condition, which cycle has the highest thermal efficiency according to the numbers in the table, and how does that compare to what each choice is claiming? • Which answer choices make claims about loads or conditions that are NOT directly supported by the single set of values shown in the illustration?

✅ Before You Answer

• Carefully read the heading: confirm that the values shown are "Value at DP" and think about what that implies about the load condition. • Compare the numerical thermal efficiency for each cycle (SC, recuperated, ICR) and note which is greater or smaller at this point. • Eliminate any choice that makes a broad statement about "any load", "low load", or "partial load" if you cannot back it up using the specific data shown in the table.