Determination of Optimum Reheat Pressures For Single and Double Reheat Irreversible Rankine Cycle
Determination of Optimum Reheat Pressures For Single and Double Reheat Irreversible Rankine Cycle
Determination of Optimum Reheat Pressures For Single and Double Reheat Irreversible Rankine Cycle
To cite this article: Y Ust, G Gonca & H K Kayadelen (2011) Determination of optimum reheat
pressures for single and double reheat irreversible Rankine cycle, Journal of the Energy
Institute, 84:4, 215-219
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Determination of optimum reheat pressures
for single and double reheat irreversible
Rankine cycle
Y. Ust*1, G. Gonca1 and H. K. Kayadelen2
This paper reports thermodynamic optimisations based on the maximum net cycle work and the
maximum thermal efficiency criteria for an irreversible single and double reheat Rankine cycle,
which includes the internal irreversibilities resulting from the adiabatic processes. The study
encompasses the effects of boiler pressure and temperature on the general and optimal
performances of the plant in terms of net work output and thermal efficiency. Therefore, the net
work output and thermal efficiency of the plant are obtained by introducing the mechanical, boiler
and isentropic efficiencies. The effects of boiler pressure and temperature on the optimal reheat
pressures of the single and double reheat Rankine cycles are also investigated. It is shown that for
the theoretical Rankine cycle, the optimal reheat pressures of single and double reheat Rankine
cycle are both fairly affected by the boiler pressure and temperature.
Keywords: Rankine cycle, Performance analysis, Optimum reheat pressure, Thermal efficiency, Net work output
Table 1 Calculation procedures using engineering equation solver for double reheat Rankine cycle
Specific
Specific Specific entropy
Temperature Pressure volume/ enthalpy s/kJ kg21
State no. Fluid Phase Quality T/oC P/kPa m3 kg21 h/kJ kg21 K21
1 Water Liquid 0 f(PC, x1) PC f(PC, x1) f(PC, x1) f(PC, x1)
2S Water Comp. liquid … f(h2S, PB) PB f(h2S, PB) f(h1, wp) f(h2S, PB)
2 Water Comp. liquid … f(h2, PB) PB f(h2, PB) f(h1, h2S, gi) f(h2, PB)
3 Steam Superheated vapour … TB PB f(TB, PB) f(TB, PB) f(TB, PB)
4S Steam Superheated vapour … f(P4, s4S5s3) PX f(PX, s4S5s3) f(PX, s4S5s3) f(TB, PB)
4 Steam Superheated vapour … f(h4, P4) PX f(h4, PX) f(h3, h4S, gi) f(h4, PX)
5 Steam Superheated vapour … TB PX f(TB, PX) f(TB, s5) f(TB, PX)
6S Steam Superheated vapour … f(P6, s6S5s5) PY f(PY, s6S5s5) f(PY, s6S5s5) f(TB, PY)
6 Steam Superheated vapour … f(h6, P6) PY f(h6, PY) f(h5, h6S, gi) f(h6, PY)
7 Steam Superheated vapour … TB PY f(TB, PY) f(TB, s7) f(TB, PY)
8S Steam Saturated water f(PC,s8S5s7) f(PC, s8S5s7) PC f(PC, s8S5s7) f(PC, s8S5s7) f(TB, PY)
vapour mixture
8 Steam Saturated water f(PC, s8) f(h8, P8) PC f(PC, s8) f(h7, h8S, gi) f(h8, P8)
vapour mixture
h5 {h6
gi,T2 ~ (14)
h5 {h6S
h7 {h8
gi,T3 ~ (15)
h7 {h8S
The enthalpy values of the state points can be found
depending on their own T, P, x and s values using
thermodynamic tables or diagrams. In order to find the
thermodynamic properties of the state points, the
engineering equation solver11 software has been used,
and the calculation procedure is also given in Table 1. 5 Variation of net work output with respect to thermal
efficiency for double reheat irreversible Rankine cycle
for a PB550 bar and b PB5300 bar
Results and discussion
To investigate the single and double reheat effects on the It is seen from the figures that the efficiency increase rate
performance of an irreversible Rankine cycle, a perfor- rises for increasing TB and decreasing PB, and also there
mance analysis has been carried out, and detailed is an optimum value for PX that maximises the efficiency
numerical examples are provided. In this numerical increase rate. This optimum value increases for decreas-
analysis, the ranges for TB and PB are 300–600uC and ing TB and increasing PB.
10–50 bar respectively. Additionally, the parameters The curves in Figs. 5 and 8 are derived from the
selected are gi50?9, gm50?95 and gB50?9. analyses of the double reheated Rankine cycle. The
The curves in Figs. 3–5 are all in loop form, and thus, variations of net work output Wnet,2 with respect to the
they have two different maxima for both axes, which are thermal efficiency gth,2 for different first stage reheat
net work output and thermal efficiency respectively. The pressures PX with TB5600uC are shown in Fig. 5a and b
effects of TB and PB on the Wnet–gth characteristic for PB550 bar and PB5300 bar respectively. It is found
curves for PB 550 bar and TB 5600uC are indicated in that the general and optimal performances in terms of
Figs. 3 and 4 respectively. These figures show that the net work output and thermal efficiency decrease as the
general and optimal performances in terms of net work first stage reheat pressure increases.
output and thermal efficiency increase with increasing The effects of first and second stage reheat pressures
TB and PB. PX and PY on the efficiency increase rate d2 for the
In Figs. 6 and 7, the effects of TB and PB on the double reheated Rankine cycle with TB5600uC are
efficiency increase rate d1 are shown with respect to PX.
Conclusions
In this paper, the effects of boiler temperature and
pressure and the irreversibilities on the performance of
single and double reheat irreversible Rankine cycles are
investigated. The relations between net work output,
thermal efficiency and efficiency increase rate with
8 Variation of d2 with respect to PY for different PX
reheat pressures are derived by taking irreversibilities
values for a PB550 bar and b PB5300 bar
into account, which are isentropic, mechanical and
boiler thermal loses. The effects of first and second stage
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