Problems Regenerative Cycle
Problems Regenerative Cycle
Problems Regenerative Cycle
Q NO 1
• How do open feedwater heaters differ from closed feedwater
heaters?
Q NO 2
• During a regeneration process, some steam is extracted from
the turbine and is used to heat the liquid water leaving the
pump. This does not seem like a smart thing to do since the
extracted steam could produce some more work in the turbine.
How do you justify this action?
Q NO 3
(a) the net work output per kilogram of steam flowing through the boiler
and
(b) the thermal efficiency of the cycle.
A steam power plant operates on the reheat regenerative Rankine cycle with a
closed feedwater heater. Steam enters the turbine at 12.5 MPa and 550°C at a
rate of 24 kg/s and is condensed in the condenser at a pressure of 20 kPa.
Steam is reheated at 5 MPa to 550°C. Some steam is extracted from the low-
pressure turbine at 1.0 MPa, is completely condensed in the closed feedwater
heater, and pumped to 12.5 MPa before it mixes with the feedwater at the
same pressure. Assuming an isentropic efficiency of 88 percent for both the
turbine and the pump, determine
(a) the temperature of the steam at the inlet of the closed feedwater heater,
(b) the mass flow rate of the steam extracted from the turbine for the closed
feedwater heater,
(c) the net power output, and
(d) the thermal efficiency.
Answers: (a) 328°C, (b) 4.29 kg/s, (c) 28.6 MW, (d) 39.3 percent
FIG. FOR Q NO 6