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The document presents a series of sample problems related to the Rankine cycle and its variations, including regenerative and reheat cycles, commonly encountered in steam power plants. Each problem involves calculations of specific enthalpies, heat supplied, work output, cycle efficiency, and other thermodynamic properties under various operating conditions. The problems are sourced from GATE examinations, indicating their relevance for engineering students preparing for competitive exams.

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Rankine

The document presents a series of sample problems related to the Rankine cycle and its variations, including regenerative and reheat cycles, commonly encountered in steam power plants. Each problem involves calculations of specific enthalpies, heat supplied, work output, cycle efficiency, and other thermodynamic properties under various operating conditions. The problems are sourced from GATE examinations, indicating their relevance for engineering students preparing for competitive exams.

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Sample Problems (Rankine Cycle)

1. In a steam power plant operating on the Rankine cycle, steam enters the turbine at 4MPa,
350◦ C and exits at a pressure of 15kPa. Then it enters the condenser and exits as saturated
water. Next, a pump feeds back the water to the boiler. The adiabatic efficiency of the
turbine is 90%. Calculate the heat supplied to the cycle and the work output. [GATE-2010]

2. A thermal power plant operates on a regenerative cycle with a single open feed water heater,
as shown in figure 1. For the state points shown, the specific enthalpies are: h1 =2800 kJ/kg
and h2 =200 kJ/kg. The bleed to the feed water heater is 20% of the boiler steam generation
rate. Calculate the specific enthalpy at state 3. [GATE-2008]

3. Consider a steam power plant using a reheat cycle as shown in figure 2. Steam leaves the
boiler and enters the turbine at 4 MPa, 350◦ C (h3 =3095 kJ/kg). After expansion in the
turbine to 400kPa (h4 =2609 kJ/kg), the steam is reheated to 350◦ C ((h5 =3170 kJ/kg)),
and then expanded in a low pressure turbine to 10 kPa ((h6 =2165 kJ/kg)). Calculate the
enthalpy at the pump discharge and the efficiency of the cycle. [GATE-2004]

4. A cyclic steam power plant is to be designed for a steam temperature at turbine inlet of
360◦ C and an exhaust pressure of 0.08 bar. After isentropic expansion of steam in the
turbine, the moisture content at the turbine exhaust is not to exceed 15%. Determine the
maximum allowable steam pressure at the turbine inlet, and calculate the Rankine cycle
efficiency for these steam conditions. Estimate also the mean temperature of heat addition.

5. Steam is supplied to a two-stage turbine at 40 bar and 350◦ C. It expands in the first
turbine until it is dry saturated, then it is reheated to 350◦ C and expanded through the
second-stage turbine. The condenser pressure is 0.035 bar. Calculate the work output
and the heat supplied per kilogram of steam for the plant, assuming ideal process. Also
calculate the specific steam consumption and the cycle efficiency.

6. The net power output of an ideal reheat regenerative steam cycle is 80 MW. Steam enters
the h.p. turbine at 80 bar, 500 °C and expands till it becomes saturated vapour. Some of
the steam then goes to an open feedwater heater and the balance is reheated to 400 °C,
after which it expands in an l.p. turbine to 0.07 bar. Compute (a) the reheat pressure, (b)
the steam flow rate to the h.p. turbine, (c) the cycle efficiency, and (d) the rate of flow of
cooling water in the condenser if the temperature rise of water is 8 °C, (e) If the velocity of
steam flowing from the turbine to the condenser is limited to 130 m/s, find the diameter of
the connecting pipe.

Figure 1:

Figure 2:

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