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EESG 09101 Sustainable Conventional Energy Systems

Tutorial 1: Simple ideal Rankine cycle


1. Calculate the heat transfer or the work for each step of a Rankine
cycle. Also calculate the thermodynamic efficiency of the cycle.
The boiler operates at 19.8 bar and superheats the steam to
500°C. The condenser operates at 0.10 bar and the turbine is
adiabatic and reversible.
2. Steam generated at a power plant at 8.0Mpa and 500°C is fed to
a turbine. Exhaust from the turbine enters a condenser at 15kPa
where it is condensed to a saturated liquid, which is then pumped
to the boiler. What is the thermal efficiency of a Rankine cycle
with a reversible adiabatic turbine operating at these conditions.
Ans: (a) 0.874, (b) 34.1 percent, (c) 194 kg/s
3. Consider a 210MW steam power plant that operates on a simple
ideal Rankine cycle. Steam enters the turbine at 10 MPa and
500°C and is cooled in the condenser at a pressure of 10 kPa.
Show the cycle on a T-s diagram with respect to saturation lines,
and determine (a) the quality of the steam at the turbine exit, (b)
the thermal efficiency of the cycle, and (c) the mass flow rate of
the steam. Answers: (a) 0.793, (b) 40.2 percent, (c) 165 kg/s.
4. Consider a coal-fired steam power plant that produces 300 MW of
electric power. The power plant operates on a simple ideal
Rankine cycle with turbine inlet conditions of 5MPa and 450°C
and a condenser pressure of 25 kPa. The coal has a heating value
(energy released when the fuel is burned) of 29,300kJ/kg.
Assuming that 75 percent of this energy is transferred to the
steam in the boiler and that the electric generator has an
efficiency of 96 percent, determine (a) the overall plant efficiency
(the ratio of net electric power output to the energy input as fuel)
and (b) the required rate of coal supply.
5. Consider a steam power plant that operates on a simple ideal
Rankine cycle and has a net power output of 45MW. Steam
enters the turbine at 7MPa and 500°C and is cooled in the
condenser at a pressure of 10kPa by running cooling water from a
lake through the tubes of the condenser at a rate of 2000 kg/s.
Show the cycle on a T-s diagram with respect to saturation lines,
and determine (a) the thermal efficiency of the cycle, (b) the
mass flow rate of the steam, and (c) the temperature rise of the
cooling water.

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