Determine (a) the fraction of steam extracted from the turbine for the open feedwater heater, (b) the thermal efficiency of the cycle, and (c) the net power output for a mass flow rate of 42 kg/s through the boiler.
A steam power plant operates on an ideal reheat–regenerative Rankine cycle with one
reheater and two feedwater heaters, one open and one closed. Steam enters the highpressure turbine at 15 MPa and 600°C and the low pressure turbine at 1 MPa and 500°C.
The condenser pressure is 5 kPa. Steam is extracted from the turbine at 0.6 MPa for the
closed feedwater heater and at 0.2 MPa for the open feedwater heater. In the closed
feedwater heater, the feedwater is heated to the condensation temperature of the extracted
steam. The extracted steam leaves the closed feedwater heater as a saturated liquid, which
is subsequently throttled to the open feedwater heater. Show the cycle on a T-s diagram
with respect to saturation lines. Determine (a) the fraction of steam extracted from the
turbine for the open feedwater heater, (b) the thermal efficiency of the cycle, and (c) the
net power output for a mass flow rate of 42 kg/s through the boiler.
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