An isentropic turbine takes in superheated water vapor at 1 MPa and 270°C. A mixture is...
A real turbine takes in superheated water vapor at 1 MPa and 320°C. The turbine ejects saturated vapor at 200 kPa. What is the isentropic efficiency of the turbine?
Water is the working fluid in a Rankine cycle. Superheated vapor enters the turbine at 8 MPa, 700°C and the turbine exit pressure is 8 kPa. Saturated liquid enters the pump at 8 kPa. The heat transfer rate to the working fluid in the steam generator is 24 MW. The isentropic turbine efficiency is 88%, and the isentropic pump efficiency is 82%. Cooling water enters the condenser at 18°C and exits at 36°C with no significant change in pressure. Determine...
Water is the working fluid in a Rankine cycle. Superheated vapor enters the turbine at 10 Mpa, 560 C with a mass flow rate of 7.8kg/s and exits at 8 kPa. Saturated liquid enters the pump at 8 kPa. The isentropic turbine efficiency is 85%, and the isentropic pump efficiency is 85%. Cooling water enters the adiabatic condenser at 18 C and exits at 36 C with no significant change in pressure and assuming the specific heat of the cooling...
Superheated steam at 20 MPa, 560oC enters the turbine of a vapor power plant. The pressure at the exit of the turbine is 0.7 bar, and liquid leaves the condenser at 0.4 bar at 75oC. The pressure is increased to 20.1 MPa across the pump and the specific enthalpy is 338.14 kJ/kg. The turbine isentropic efficiency is 81%. Cooling water enters the condenser at 20oC with a mass flow rate of 70.7 kg/s and exits the condenser at 38oC. For...
Steam enters the turbine of a simple vapor power plant with a pressure of 12 Mpa and a temperature of 600 ℃ and expands adiabatically to condenser pressure p. The isentropic efficiency of both the turbine and the pump is 84%. (a) For p = 30 kPa, determine the turbine exit quality and the cycle thermal efficiency.
Problem 8.021 SI Water is the working fluid in a Rankine cycle with reheat. Superheated vapor enters the turbine at 10 MPa, 520°C, and the condenser pressure is 6 kPa. Steam expands through the first-stage turbine to 0.7 MPa and then is reheated to 520°C. The pump and each turbine stage have an isentropic efficiency of 80%. Determine for the cycle: (a) the heat addition, in kJ per kg of steam entering the first-stage turbine. (b) the percent thermal efficiency....
Problem 4. Water vapor at 6 MPa, 600 °C enters a turbine operating at steady state and expands to 10 kPa. The mass flow rate is 2 kg/s, and the power developed is 2626 kW. Stray heat transfer and kinetic and potential energy effects are negligible. Determine (a) the isentropic turbine efficiency and (b) the rate of entropy production within the turbine in kw/K.
Argon enters an adiabatic turbine at 800°C and 1.5 MPa at a rate of 120 kmol/hr and exits at 200 kPa. If the isentropic efficiency of the turbine is 90% determine: A) The actual power output B)The actual exit temperature C)Sgen
Water vapor at 6 MPa and 500 °C enters a turbine operating at steady state and expands to 1 bar. Mass flow rate is 2kg/s. Neglect heat transfer, kinetic energy and potential energy changes. For the actual process (1-2), water leaves the turbine with a specific entropy S2 = 7.1176 kJ / kg / k Find: a) Plot isentropic process in the turbine (1-2s) and the actual process in the turbine (1-2) on a T-s diagram. Justify the location of...