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Prof. U.S.P. Shet , Prof. T. Sundararajan and Prof. J.M . Mallikarjuna

5.8 Closed Feed Water Heater:

TURBINE

(1-m1)

II

1 kg
BOILER

PUMP

m1 kg

6
3

CONDE
NSER

4
x

m1

2
1

3
DRAINCOOLER

2
1 kg

(a)

1 kg

4
3

T
2

m1 kg

6
(1-m1) kg

s
(b)
Fig.5.8. Closed feed water heater
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Regeneration here is single stage, while turbine is of two stages. The extracted steam
of mass m1 kg is completely condensed in the heater and this liquid is first passed
through a drain cooler and then enters the condenser where it mixes with the main
condensate of mass (1-m1) kg. This liquid from the condenser is first heated from state
2 to state x in the drain cooler and then from state x to state 3 in heater. If we assume
perfect heat exchange in water heater, then the feed water as well as the condensate of
the extracted steam will leave the feed water heater at state 3. Similarly in the drain
cooler, the liquid coming from heater will get cooled to the temperature t2 of the
condensate from the pump.

Let, m1 = mass of extracted steam per kg steam supplied to the turbine.

Heat balance for drain cooler gives,

m1 (h 3 - h 2 ) = 1(h x - h 2 )
h x = h 2 + m1 (h 3 - h 2 )
Heat balance for feed heater gives,
m1 (h 6 - h 3 ) = (h 3 - h x ) = h 3 - h 2 - m1 (h 3 - h 2 )
m1 {(h 6 - h 3 ) + (h 3 - h 2 )} = (h 3 - h 2 )
m1 =

h3 - h 2
h6 - h2

Since, h 2 h1
m1 =

th =

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h 3 - h1
h 6 - h1

(h 5 - h 7 ) - m1 (h 6 - h 7 )
(neglecting pump work)
(h 5 - h 3 )