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    The passage discusses the ideal reheat Rankine cycle, including its components, calculations, and benefits of reheating steam.

    An ideal reheat Rankine cycle involves expanding steam in two stages, with reheating of the steam between the high-pressure and low-pressure turbines.

    Reheating steam in a Rankine cycle is done to practically solve the problem of excessive moisture in the turbines when boiler pressure is increased.

    Reheater Application:

    Ideal Reheat Rankine Cycle


    The moisture content of the steam is increased to unacceptable level when the
    boiler pressure is increased. By utilizing a reheat process inside the Rankine
    cycle, it could practically solve the excessive moisture problem in the turbines.
    This technique is commonly used in modern steam power plants. Figure X
    indicates the ideal reheat Rankine cycle and T-S diagram of the cycle.

    Figure X : The ideal reheat Rankine Cycle with T-S diagram


    In ideal reheat Rankine cycle, the expansion process takes place in two
    stages. In first stage (the high pressure turbine), steam is expanded
    isentropically to an intermediate pressure and sent back to the boiler where it is
    reheated at constant pressure, usually to the inlet temperature of the first
    turbine stage. Steam then expands isentropically in the second stage (low
    pressure turbine) to the condenser pressure. This improves the cycle efficiency
    by 4 to 5 percent by increasing the average temperature at which heat is
    transferred to the steam. The reheat stages can be increased to increase the
    efficiency; however the gain is too small to justify the added cost and complexity.
    A third reheat stage would increase the cycle efficiency by about half of the
    improvement attained.

    Sample Calculation for ideal reheat Rankine cycle


    Ideal Rankine cycle

    Consider a steam power plant operating on the ideal Rankine cycle. Steam
    enters the turbine at 15MPa and 600C and is condensed in the condenser at a
    pressure of 10kPa. Determine the thermal efficiency.
    State 1:
    P1 = 10kPa (Sat Liquid)
    h1 = hf@10kPa = 191.81KJ/kg
    v1 = vf@10kPa = 0.00101m3/kg
    State 2:
    P2 = 15MPa
    s2 = s 1
    wpump in = v1 (P2 P1) = (0.00101 m3/kg)[15000-10]kPa(1kJ/1kPa.m3) = 15.14 kJ/kg
    h2 = h1 + wpump in = (191.81 + 15.14) kJ/kg = 206.95 kJ/kg
    State 3:
    P3 = 15Mpa
    T3 = 600C
    h3 = 3583.1 kJ/kg
    s3 = 6.68 kJ/kg.K
    State 4:
    P4 = 10kPa
    s4 = s3

    x4 = s4 sf / sfg = 6.68 0.6492/7.4996 = 0.804


    h4 = hf + x4hfg = 191.81 + 0.804(2392.1) = 2115.06 kJ/kg
    Therefore
    qin = h3 h2 = 3583.1 206.95 = 3376.2 kJ/kg
    qout = h4 h1 = 2115.3 - 191.81 = 1923.5 kJ/kg
    th = 1 qout/qin = 1 1923.5/3376.2 =0.43 = 43 %
    Thermal efficiency = 43 percent
    Moisture content = 19.6 percent

    Ideal Reheat Rankine Cycle

    Consider a steam power plant operating on the ideal reheat Rankine cycle.
    Steam enters the high-pressure turbine at 15 MPa and 600C and is condensed in
    the condenser at a pressure of 10kPa. 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
    The reheat pressure is determined from the requirement that the entropies at
    states 5 and 6 be the same:
    State 6
    P6 = 10kPa
    x6 = 0.896 (saturated mixture)
    s6 = sf + x6sfg = 0.6492 + 0.896(7.4996) = 7.3688 kJ/kg.K

    h6 = hf + x6hfg = 191.81 + 0.896(2392.1) = 2335.1 kJ/kg


    State 5
    T5 = 600C
    s5 = s 6
    Therefore, P5 = 4MPa ; h5 = 364.9 kJ/kg
    Steam should be reheated at a pressure of 4MPa or lower to prevent a moisture
    content above 10.4 percent.
    (b) the thermal efficiency of the cycle. Assume the steam is reheated to the inlet
    temperature of the high-pressure turbine.
    State 1
    P1 = 10kPa (Saturated Liquid)
    h1 = hf@10kPa = 191.81 kJ/kg
    V1 = Vf@10kPa = 0.00101 m3/kg
    State 2
    P2 = 15MPa
    s2 = s 1
    wpump in = V1(P2-P1) = 0.00101(15000 - 10) = 15.14 kJ/kg
    h2 = h1 + wpump in = 191.81 +15.14 = 206.95 kJ/kg
    State 3
    P3 = 15MPa
    T3 = 600C
    h3 = 3585.1 kJ/kg
    s3 = 6.6796 kJ/kg.K
    State 4
    P4 = 4MPa
    s4 =s3
    h4 =3155 kJ/kg
    T4 = 375.5C
    Thus,

    qin = (h3 h2) + (h5 + h4) = (3583.1 206.95) + (3674.9 3155) = 3896.1 kJ/kg
    qout = h6 + h1 = 2335.1 191.81 = 2143.3 kJ/kg
    th = 1 qout/qin = 1 2143.3/3896.1 = 0.45 = 45 %
    Thermal efficiency = 45 percent
    Moisture content = 10.4 percent
    A comparison of the two result reveals that the reheating process reduces the
    moisture content from 19.6to 10.4 percent while increasing the thermal
    efficiency from 43% to 45%.

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