Rankine Steam Power Cycle
The cycle work with a boiler pressure of 4500kPa and a condenser pressure of 40kPa. Steam leaves the
boiler at 500°C. Losses in the steam turbine due to friction amounts to around 5%
Calculate the enthapy
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Consider a steam power plant which operates on the simple ideal
Rankine cycle (shown in the next page), where the boiler pressure
is 3 MPa and the condenser saturation temperature is 50°C. The
temperature at the exit of the boiler is 500°C. Water leaves the
condenser as a saturated liquid. The mass flow rate through each
component is 15 kg/s. Calculate:
1. The power output of the steam power plant
2. The thermal efficiency of the steam power plant
Now,...
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A steam plant operates on a reheat Rankine cycle and has a net power output of 80MW. Steam enters the high pressure turbine at 10 MPa and 500 °C and the low pressure turbine at 1 MPa and 500 °C. Steam leaves the condenser as a saturated liquid at a pressure of 10kPa. The efficiency of the turbine is 80% and the efficiency of the pump is 95%. Determine the thermal efficiency of the cycle. Rankine Cycle with Reheat
1. A Steam Power Plant that operates on an ideal regenerative Rankine Cycle with an open feedwater heater is considered. The turbine inlet conditions are 6 MPa, 450 C. The regeneration pressure is 0.4 MPa. The condenser pressure is 20 kPa. a) Draw the T-s diagram, and the sketch of the steam power plant. b) Calculate the low pressure pump work. c) Calculate the high pressure pump work. d) Calculate the fraction of the steam extracted from the turbine for...
Consider a steam power plant that operates on the ideal
regenerative Rankine cycle with a closed feedwater heater as shown
in the figure. The plant maintains the turbine inlet at 3000 kPa
and 3508C; and operates the condenser at 20 kPa. Steam is extracted
at 1000 kPa to serve the closed feedwater heater, which discharges
into the condenser after being throttled to condenser pressure.
Calculate the work produced by the turbine, the work consumed by
the pump, and the heat...
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A Rankine Cycle based steam power plant produces 200 MW of power. Steam exits the boiler at 3 MPa and 500° C. The turbine exit is at 40 kPa. Isentropic efficiencies of the turbine and pump are 75% and 70% respectively. Show the cycle on a T-s diagram Calculate the mass flow rate of steam Determine the heat transfer rates in the boiler and condenser in MW Determine the cycle efficiency Determine the mass flow rate of the condenser cooling...
Steam generated in a Rankine steam power cycle at a pressure of 8 MPa and temperature 600oC is fed to a turbine. Exhaust from the turbine enters a condenser at 100 kPa, where it is condensed to saturated liquid, which is then pumped to the boiler. (a) (20 pts.) What is the thermal efficiency η of an ideal Rankine cycle operating at these conditions? (b) (5 pts.) If the net power production of the cycle is 80,000 kW, what is...
A steam power plant operates using the reheat Rankine cycle. Steam enters the high pressure turbine at 12.5 MPa and 550ºC at a rate of 7.7 kg/s and leaves at 2MPa. Steam is then reheated at a constant pressure to 450ºC before it expands in the low pressure turbine. The isentropic efficiencies of the turbine and the pumpare 85% and 90%, respectively. Steam leaves the condenser as a saturated liquid. If the moisture content of the steam at the exit...
(2) Steam generated in a Rankine steam power cycle at a pressure of 8 MPa and temperature 600°C is fed to a turbine. Exhaust from the turbine enters a condenser at 100 kPa, where it is condensed to saturated liquid, which is then pumped to the boiler. (a) (20 pts.) What is the thermal efficiency n of an ideal Rankine cycle operating at these conditions? (b) (5 pts.) If the net power production of the cycle is 80,000 kW, what...