Consider an ideal Rankine cycle with reheat based on water as the working fluid. The steam...
Example: Consider a steam power plant operating on the ideal reheat Rankine cycle. Steam enters the high-pressure turbine at 15 MPa and 600 °C and is condensed in the condenser at a pressure of 10 kPa. If the moisture content of the steam at the exit of the low-pressure turbine is not to exceed 10.4 percent, determine (a) the pressure at which the steam should be reheated and (b) the thermal efficiency of the cycle. Assume the steam is reheated...
Water is the working fluid in an ideal Rankine cycle with reheat. Superheated vapor enters the turbine at 8 MPa, 480℃, and the condenser pressure is 8 kPa. Steam expands through the first stage turbine to 700 kPa and then is reheated to 480℃. Assumptions: see problem 1 . Determine for the cycle(a) the rate of heat addition, in kJ per kg to the working fluid in the steam generator.(b) the thermal efficiency.(c) the rate of heat transfer from the...
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Tutorial Questions 1.1. Water is the working fluid in an ideal Rankine cycle. The condenser pressure is kPa, and saturated vapor enters the turbine at 10 MPa. Determine the heat transfer rates, in kJ per kg of steam flowing, for the working fluid passing through the boiler and condenser and calculate the thermal efficiency.2. Water is the working fluid in an ideal Rankine cycle. Saturated vapor enters the turbine at 16 MPa, and the condenser pressure is 8 kPa ....
Consider a power plant with water as working fluid that operates on a reheat Rankine cycle and has a net power output of 75 MW. Steam enters the high-pressure turbine at 10 MPa and 400°C and the low-pressure turbine at 1 MPa and 400°C. Water leaves the condenser as a saturated liquid at a pressure of 100 kPa. The isentropic efficiency of the high-pressure turbine is 85% and the low-pressure turbine in 100%. The pump has an isentropic efficiency of...
A steam power plant operates on an ideal Rankine cycle with two stages of reheat and has a net power output of 80 MW. Steam enters all three stages of the turbine at 600 oC. The maximum pressure in the cycle is 10 MPa, and the minimum pressure is 20 kPa. Steam is reheated at 4 MPa the first time and at 2 MPa the second time. Show the cycle on a T-s diagram with respect to saturation lines, an...
An ideal reheat Rankine cycle with water as the working fluid operates the inlet of the high-pressure turbine at 8000 kPa and 450°C, the inlet of the low-pressure turbine at 300kPa and 500°C, and the condenser at 10 kPa. Determine the mass flow rate through the boiler needed for this system to produce a net 5000 kW of power and the thermal efficiency of the cycle.
Problem 1. (40) Water is the working fluid in an ideal Rankine cycle with reheat. Superheated vapor enters the turbine at 12 MPa, 480 °C and the pressure at the exit of the second stage turbine is 8 kPa. Steam expands through the first stage turbine to 1 MPa and then is reheated to 440 °C. Saturated liquid water leaves the condenser. After the pump, pressure goes back to 12 MPa. Find: (1) Sketch the process on a T-s diagram...
A steam power plant operates on an ideal Rankine cycle with two stages of reheat and has a net power output of124.5 MW. Steam maximum pressure in the cycle is15 MPa, and the minimum pressure is 5 kPa. Steam is reheated at 5 MPa the first time and at 1 MPa the second time. Determine (a) the thermal efficiency of the cycle enters all three stages of the turbine at 500C. The 0/o and (b) the mass flow rate of...
a) A steam power plant operates on an ideal reheat-regenerative Rankine cycle. Steam enters the high-pressure turbine (HPT) at a pressure of 10 MPa and temperature of 550°C. The steam expands through the HPT stage to a pressure of 0.6 MPa. Some of the steam at the end of the expansion process in HPT is extracted for a regeneration process in a closed-type feedwater heater. The steam leaves the heater as a saturated liquid and then is throttled to the...