Power Plants (ME-327) : Assignment #2
Power Plants (ME-327) : Assignment #2
Power Plants (ME-327) : Assignment #2
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Q1. Consider a steam power plant that operates on the ideal reheat Rankine cycle. The
plant maintains the boiler at 7000 kPa, the reheat section at 800 kPa, and the condenser at
10 kPa. The mixture quality at the exit of both turbines is 93 percent. Determine the
temperature at the inlet of each turbine and the cycle’s thermal efficiency. [10]
Q2. The closed feedwater heater of a regenerative Rankine cycle is to heat 7000 kPa
feedwater from 260o C to a saturated liquid. The turbine supplies bleed steam at 6000 kPa
and 325o C to this unit. This steam is condensed to a saturated liquid before entering the
pump. Calculate the amount of bleed steam required to heat 1 kg of feedwater in this unit.
[15]
Q3. A steam power plant operates on an ideal regenerative Rankine cycle with two open
feedwater heaters. Steam enters the turbine at 10 MPa and 600°C and exhausts to the
condenser at 5 kPa. Steam is extracted from the turbine at 0.6 and 0.2 MPa. Water leaves
both feedwater heaters as a saturated liquid. The mass flow rate of steam through the
boiler is 22 kg/s. Show the cycle on a T-s diagram, and determine (a) the net power
output of the power plant and (b) the thermal efficiency of the cycle. [15]