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Willan's Line: Actual Work Turbine
Willan's Line: Actual Work Turbine
ME 508/ME51FA3
W = h1` - h2’
09/19/19
Willan’s Line
The relationship between load and steam
consumption for a turbine governed by
throttling is given by the well-known
"Willans Line", which is a straight line Ideal Rankine Thermal Eff.
between no load and most economic load, W
as shown e=
Ec
Go = 350 t/h
Break Thermal Eff.
G = 2250 t/h
WB
K = 710 MW e b=
Ec
Equation of a straight line G = Go + m.K
m = (G - Go)/K WK
eK =
Ec
m = (2250 - 350)/710 = 2.67
Willan’s Line
Ideal Rankine Thermal Eff.
The relationship between load and steam
consumption for a turbine governed by throttling W
e=
is given by the well-known "Willans Line", which Ec
is a straight line between no load and most
economic load, as shown Break Thermal Eff.
Go = 350 t/h WB
e b=
Ec
G = 2250 t/h
K = 710 MW
The equation for the willan's line is given Ideal Work or Theoretical Power
by: ṁ=aL+C. Where a is the steam rate
TP = h1’ - h2
in kg/kWh, 'L' is the load on turbine in
KW and C is no load steam Actual Work or Indicated Power
consumption.
IP = h1’ - h2’
Willan’s Line
The relationship between load and steam consumption for a turbine governed by throttling is given by the
well-known "Willans Line", which is a straight line between no load and most economic load, as shown
Go = 350 t/h
G = 2250 t/h
K = 710 MW
Equation of a straight line G = Go + m.K
The specific steam consumption (m) is found by
m = (G - Go)/K
m = (2250 - 350)/710 = 2.67
The equation for the willan's line is given by: ṁ=aL+C. Where a is the steam
rate in kg/kWh, 'L' is the load on turbine in KW and C is no load steam
consumption.
Equation of Line
1 - Slope intercept form. y = m x + b. ...
2 - Point Slope Form. y - y 1 = m (x - x 1). ...
3 - Equation of a Vertical Line. x = k , where k is a constant. ...
4 - Equation of a Horizontal Line. y = k , where k is a constant. ...
5 - General Equation of a Line. a x + b y = c , where a, b and c are constants
Ideal Work Turbine Actual Work Turbine
Wt = h1 – h2 W = h1` - h2’