Reheat cycle -solutions

(These solutions will be updated and expanded in the lecture/seminar with relevant diagrams)

Question-1
A steam power plant operates on a Reheat Cycle. Steam enters the high-pressure turbine at
8MPa and 500 0C and leaves at 3MPa. Steam is then reheated at constant pressure to 500 0C
before it expands to 20kPa in the low-pressure turbine.

a.) Neglecting pump work, determine:

i. Specific work output
ii. Thermal efficiency

b.) Show the cycle on a T-s diagram

Pcondenser =20kPa
Phigh = 8MPa

h1 = h2 = 251 kJ/kg
h3(P= 8MPa, T=500 0C) = 3398 kJ/kg
s3(P= 8MPa, T=500 0C) = 6.723 kJ/kgK

s3 = s4 = 6.723 kJ/kgK

where is s4 ?
@ 3MPa : sg (P = 3MPa) = 6.186 kJ/kgK

As the value of s4  sg(P = 3MPa) s4 is in the superheated vapour region

Using s4 we can interpolate for h4

s(P=3MPa, T=3000C) = 6.541 kJ/kgK

s(P=3MPa, T=3500C) = 6.744 kJ/kgK

h(P=3MPa, T=3000C) = 2995 kJ/kg

h(P=3MPa, T=3500C) = 3117 kJ/kg

( 3117−2995 ) kJ
h 4=2995+ ( 6.723−6.541 )=3104.38
( 6.744−6.541 ) kg

h5(P=3MPa, T = 5000C) = 3456 kJ/kg

s5(P=3MPa, T = 5000C) = 7.233 kJ/kgK

s5= s6 = 7.233 kJ/kgK

s6 = sf6 + xsfg6
s6 = 7.233 = 0.832 + x7.075
x = 0.905

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h6 = hf6 + x hfg6 = 251 + 0.905(2357.96) = 2384.95 kJ/kg

Specific heat input:

qin = (h3 – h2) + (h5 – h4) = (3398 – 251) + (3456 – 3104.38) =3498.62 kJ/kg

Net Specific work output

Wnet = wturb, out - wpump,in = wturb,HP,out + wturb,LP,out - wpump,in

Wnet = (h3 –h4) + (h5 - h6) – (h2 – h1)

Wnet = (h3 –h4) + (h5 - h6) – 0

Wnet = (3398 – 3104.38) + (3456 – 2384.95) =1364.67 kJ/kg

wnet 1364.67
thermal efficiency = = =0.390
q ¿ 3498.62