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10-52 A steam power plant operates on an ideal regenerative Rankine cycle with two open feedwater heaters. The net
power output of the power plant and the thermal efficiency of the cycle are to be determined.
Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist. 2 Kinetic and potential energy changes are negligible.
Analysis
T

7
Turbine

Boiler

6 10 MPa
10

9
fwh II
4
5

P III

0.2 MPa
5 kPa

2
P II

Condenser

fwh I
1

5 0.6 MPa

PI

1-y
9
1-y-z
10
s

(a) From the steam tables (Tables A-4, A-5, and A-6),
h1 h f @ 5 kPa 137.75 kJ/kg

v 1 v f @ 5 kPa 0.001005 m 3 /kg

1 kJ
w pI ,in v 1 P2 P1 0.001005 m 3 /kg 200 5 kPa
1 kPa m 3

h h w
137.75 0.20 137.95 kJ/kg
2

pI ,in

0.20 kJ/kg

P3 0.2 MPa h3 h f @ 0.2 MPa 504.71 kJ/kg

3
sat.liquid
v 3 v f @ 0.2 MPa 0.001061 m /kg

1 kJ
w pII ,in v 3 P4 P3 0.001061 m 3 /kg 600 200 kPa
1 kPa m 3

0.42 kJ/kg

h4 h3 w pII ,in 504.71 0.42 505.13 kJ/kg

P5 0.6 MPa h5 h f @ 0.6 MPa 670.38 kJ/kg

3
sat.liquid
v 5 v f @ 0.6 MPa 0.001101 m /kg

1 kJ
w pIII ,in v 5 P6 P5 0.001101 m 3 /kg 10,000 600 kPa
1 kPa m 3

10.35 kJ/kg

h6 h5 w pIII ,in 670.38 10.35 680.73 kJ/kg

P7 10 MPa h7 3625.8 kJ/kg

T7 600C s 7 6.9045 kJ/kg K

P8 0.6 MPa
h8 2821.8 kJ/kg
s8 s 7

s9 s f
6.9045 1.5302

0.9602
P9 0.2 MPa x 9
s fg
5.5968

s9 s7

h9 h f x 9 h fg 504.71 0.9602 2201.6 2618.7 kJ/kg

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s10 s f 6.9045 0.4762

0.8119
P10 5 kPa x10
s fg
7.9176

s10 s 7

h10 h f x10 h fg 137.75 0.81192423.0 2105.0 kJ/kg

The fraction of steam extracted is determined from the steady-flow energy balance equation applied to the feedwater
heaters. Noting that Q W ke pe 0 ,
FWH-2:
E in E out E system 0 (steady) 0
E in E out

m h m h
i i

e e

m 8 h8 m 4 h4 m 5 h5
yh8 1 y h4 1h5

8 / m
5 ). Solving for y,
where y is the fraction of steam extracted from the turbine ( m
y

h5 h4 670.38 505.13

0.07133
h8 h4 2821.8 505.13

FWH-1:

m h m h
i i

e e

m 9 h9 m 2 h2 m 3 h3
zh9 1 y z h2 1 y h3

9 / m
5 ) at the second stage. Solving for z,
where z is the fraction of steam extracted from the turbine ( m
z

h3 h2
1 y 504.71 137.95 1 0.07136 0.1373
h9 h2
2618.7 137.95

Then,
qin h7 h6 3625.8 680.73 2945.0 kJ/kg

qout 1 y z h10 h1 1 0.07133 0.13732105.0 137.75 1556.8 kJ/kg

wnet qin qout 2945.0 1556.8 1388.2 kJ/kg

and
W net m wnet 22 kg/s 1388.2 kJ/kg 30,540 kW 30.5 MW

(b) The thermal efficiency is

th 1

q out
1556.8 kJ/kg
1
47.1%
q in
2945.0 kJ/kg

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