question archive A Rankine power cycle with reheat uses water as the working fluid
A Rankine power cycle with reheat uses water as the working fluid
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A Rankine power cycle with reheat uses water as the working fluid.
The inlet conditions of the first stage turbine are 14MPa and 600o C. All the turbines are known to have isentropic efficiency of 85%, however the pump is assumed as an isentropic pump. If the maximum temperature is kept at 600o C and the condenser pressure is 6 kPa, by constructing a suitable plot, show that having more than 2 reheat stages is not practical. (Hint: Take at least three reheat pressures between 2 to 12 MPa)
Note: You may construct the plot on Microsoft Excel or manually on a graph paper. However, all the calculations involved must be performed manually, in details and must be shown clearly.
