Rankine cycle

Determine the efficiency of a rankine cycle that uses steam as the working fluid in which the
pressure of the condenser is 10 MPa. The boiler pressure is 2 MPa, the steam leaves the boiler as
saturated steam.

 saturated steam table at 2 MPa

Tsat= 212.38 ºC ---- fire tube boiler

Vg2= 0.099587 m3/Kg
Sg2= 6.3390 KJ/KgK =Sg3
Hg2= 2798.3 KJ/Kg
 table water saturated at 10 MPa

Tsat 4’= 45.81 ºC

Vf4’= 0.001010 m3/Kg
Hf4’= 191.81 KJ/Kg
Sf4’= 0.6492 = Sf1’

 Sf and Sg at 10 KPa
Sf= 0.6492 Kj/Kgk
Sg= 8.1488 KJ/Kgk
Sfg= 7.4996 KJ/Kgk

 Find Quality

S−Sf
S=Sf + X∗Sfg X=
Sfg

6.3390−0.6492
X= =75.86 %
7.4996

 find enthalpy at point 3 (at 10 KPa)

KJ
h 3=hf 3+ X∗hfg3 → h 3=191.81+ ( 0.7586 ) ( 2392.1 )=2006.45
Kg

 if they do not give us mass flow, it follows that it is 1

 work on the turbine is calculated

KJ
w=ṁ ( h 2−h 3 ) =2006.45−2798.3=791.84
Kg

 work is calculated on the pump

KJ
w=0.001010 ( 10−2000 )=−2
Kg

 total work generated by the system

Kj
w t=791.84−2=798.84
Kg
 the heat in the condenser is calculated

KJ
Q= ṁ ( h 4' −h 3 ) =1814.64
Kg

 enthalpy h1 is calculated to find the heat in the boiler

wp 2 Kj
w p=ṁ ( h 4−h 1 ) →h 1= + h 4= +191.81=193.81
ṁ 1 Kg

 the heat in the boiler is calculated

Q= ṁ ( h 1−h 2 ) =2604.49 Kj / Kg

 efficiency

789.84
n= ∗100=30.3 %
2604.49