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Lecture 2: Improving
Performance - Regenerative
Vapor Power Cycle
Regeneration
Another commonly used method for increasing the thermal efficiency of
vapor power plants is regenerative feedwater heating, or simply
regeneration. This is the subject of the present section.
To introduce the principle underlying regenerative feedwater heating,
consider Fig. 8.3 once again. In cycle 1234a1, the working fluid enters
the boiler as a compressed liquid at state 4 and is heated while in the liquid
phase to state a. With regenerative feedwater heating, the working fluid
enters the boiler at a state between 4 and a. As a result, the average
temperature of heat addition is increased, thereby tending to increase the
thermal efficiency.

Open Feedwater Heaters

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