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Power Cycles: Submitted by
Power Cycles: Submitted by
Submitted By:
Himanshu Rajput(13363)
Mechanical Engineering
Department
NIT Hamirpur
2 INTRODUCTION
In any thermal power generation plant, heat energy
converts into mechanical work. Then it is converted to
electrical energy by rotating a generator which
produces electrical energy.
Heat is derived from various energy sources like fossil fuels,
nuclear fusion of radioactive elements and geothermal
energy.
TH= T1= T2
TL = T3 = T4
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Processes : all processes are reversible
w 23 − w 41 q12 − q 34 q 34 TL
ηth = = = 1 − = 1 −
q12 q12 q12 TH
(a) Deviation of actual vapor power cycle from the ideal Rankine cycle.
(b) (b) The effect of pump and turbine irreversibilities on the ideal Rankine cycle.
INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE
11 RANKINE CYCLE
The basic idea behind all the modifications to increase the thermal efficiency of a
power cycle is the same: Increase the average temperature at which heat is
transferred to the working fluid in the boiler, or decrease the average temperature
at which heat is rejected from the working fluid in the condenser.
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