Reheat and

Regenerativ
e Rankine
Cycle
Problems
Group 2: Garcia, Kim, Memije, Taeda
CHE122-1/C32

Reheat Rankine Cycle

 Steam

power plant that operates on a reheat

Rankine cycle with 80 MW of net output. 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 10 kPa. Isentropic efficiencies
of the turbine and compressor are 80 percent
and 95 percent, respectively. Find:
a) quality or temperature of steam at turbine
exit.
b) thermal efficiency of the cycle.
c) mass flow rate of the steam.

Source:http://www.tufts.edu/as/tampl/es7/hw
/hw8soln.pdf

Solution
5

Superheated Steam
h5 = 3478.44 kJ/kg s5 = 7.7621 kJ/kg-K

@Low Pressure Turbine: s5=s6=7.7621

kJ/kg-K
P=10kPa
hl=191.81kJ/kg
hv=2584.63 kJ/kg

sl=0.6492 kJ/kg-K
sv=8.1501 kJ/kg-K

7.762=0.6492 + xvs(8.1501-0.6492)
xvs=0.948
h6s=191.81+0.948(8.1501-0.6492)
h6s=2460.86 kJ/kg

Solution
FLT: WT2s=h6s-h5=(2460.86-3478.44)kJ/kg
WT2s=-1017.58 kJ/kg
WT2=n(WT2s)=0.8(-1017.58kJ/kg)
WT2=-814.07 kJ/kg
h6=WT2+h5=(-814.07+3478.44)kJ/kg
h6=2664.37 kJ/kg Superheated Steam @
Interpolate:
10kPa
T(0C)
h(kJ/kg)
50

2592.56

T6

2664.37

100

2687.46

T6=87.83C

Solution
Superheated Steam
h3 = 3373.63 kJ/kg s3 = 6.5965 kJ/kg-K

@High Pressure Turbine: s3=s4=6.5965

kJ/kg-K
@ 1MPa-Superheated
Steam
T(0C)
h(kJ/kg) s(kJ/kgInterpolate:
K)

179.91

2778.08

6.5864

T4

H4s

6.5965

200

2827.86

6.6939

=2782.76

kJ/kg

Solution
FLT: WT1s=h4s-h3=(2782.76-3373.63)kJ/kg
WT1s=-590.87 kJ/kg
WT1=n(WT1s)=0.8(-590.87kJ/kg)
WT2=-472.696 kJ/kg
h4=WT1+h3=(-472.696+3373.63)kJ/kg
h4=2900.934 kJ/kg
@ Reheat:
FLT: qrh=h5-h4=(3478.44-2900.934)kJ/kg
qrh= 577.506 kJ/kg

Solution
1

Sat. Liquid @10kPa

h1 = 191.81 kJ/kg

v1=0.00101 kg/m3

@Pump:
Assume fluid is incompressible:
Wps=V(P2-P1)= .00101kg/m3(10,000-10)kPa
Wps =10.09kJ/kg
Wp=Wps/n = (10.09/095)kJ/kg
Wp=10.62 kJ/kg
FLT: h2=Wp+h1=(10.62+191.81)kJ/kg
h2=202.43 kJ/kg
@Boiler:
FLT: qh =h3-h2=(3373.63-202.43)kJ/kg
qh=3172.2 kJ/kg

Solution
W

=WT1+WT2+WP
Wnet=-472.696-814.07+10.62
-Wnet=1276.146 kJ/kg
net

nth=/(qh+qrh)
nth=1276.146/(3172.2+577.506)
nth=0.340
(1276.146kJ/kg)

Regenerative Rankine Cycle

 Steam

leaves the boiler in a steam

turbine plant at 2MPa, 300C is
expanded to 3.5 kPa before
entering the condenser. Compute
the efficiency of a regenerative
cycle, with an open feedwater
heater operating at the pressure
where
the
steam
becomes
saturated vapor.
Source:
http://www.che.ufl.edu/ziegler/
Problem%20set
%20solutions.pdf

qh
Boiler
Boiler

wT

Turbine
Turbine

5
2 MPa, 300C

qc
4

6
satd vapor

Condenser
Condenser

3.5 KPa
1

Pump
Pump
2
2

2
OFH
OFH

wP2

wP1

Pump
Pump
1
1

@ Stream 5 (superheated vapor, 300 0C, 2000 kPa):

h5 = 3023. 50 kJ/kg s5 = 6.7663 kJ/kg-K
@ Turbine: s5 = s6 = s7 = 6.7663 kJ/kg-K
@ P7 = 3.5 kPa, wet steam (satd liquid & vapor)
hl=111.29kJ/kg
sl=0.3887 kJ/kg-K
hv=2549.96 kJ/kg sv=8.526 kJ/kg-K
6.7663 = 0.3887 + xv(8.526-0.3887)
xv =0.784
h7=111.29+0.784(2549.96-111.29)
h7=2023.21 kJ/kg
@ s6 P(kPa)
= 6.7663 kJ/kg-K
saturated vapor:
s(kJ/kg-K)
h(kJ/kg)
550

6.7892

2752.94

P6

6.7663

h6

600

6.7600

2756.80

Interpolating two times:

P6 = 588 MPa
h6 = 2755.87 kJ/kg
Mass and Energy balance @ OFH:
h3 = yh6 (1-y) h2
y = (h3 - h2)/(h6 h2)

P(kPa)

h(kJ/kg)

550

655.91

588

h3

600

670.54

Interpolating:
h3 = 667.03 kJ/kg

@ Pump 1:
Saturated liquid at 3.5 kPa:
v = 0.00100 kg/m3 h1 = 111.29 kJ/kg
Assume incompressible fluid:
wP1 = h2 h1 = v(p2 p1)
wP1 = 0.00100 kg/m3 (2000 3.5) kPa
wP1 = 2 kJ/kg
h2 = 2 + 111.29 = 113.29 kJ/kg
y = (667.03 113.29)/(2755.87 113.29)
y = 0.209
wT = yh6 + (1-y)h7 h5
wT = (0.209)(2755.87 kJ/kg) + (1-0.209)(2023.21 kJ/kg) 3023.50
kJ/kg
wT = -847.16 kJ/kg

 Pump 2:
@
Saturated liquid at 588 kPa:
v = 0.00110 kg/m3
Assume incompressible fluid:
wP2 = h4 h3 = v(p4 p3) = 0.00110 kg/m3 (2000 588) kPa
wP2 = 1.55 kJ/kg
h4 = 667.03 + 1.55 = 668.58 kJ/kg
@ Boiler: qH = h5 h4 = 3023.50 668.50 = 2355 kJ/kg