VAPOR CYCLE

 A no-load input is required to satisfy friction and radiation losses

 A regenerative heater resembles a small surface condenser
 Deaerators dissolve oxygen gas in water to prevent corrosion in boiler
 Engine cycle considers only the changes occurring within the engine
 High density is a desirable property in securing separation of vapor form liquid in the
boiler
 Heaters are located near the turbine to have little pressure drop to the heater
 The prime mover of the regenerative cycle plant is a Steam Turbine
 Surge Tank absorbs the irregularities of cycle flow
 Regenerative Heater resembles a small surface condenser
 Pressure Loss is due to pipe friction and throttling at the extraction nozzle
 Distilled Water is used for feed water make-up
 Mercury as a vapor cycle has low specific enthalpy
 Evaporators use extracted steam for vaporizing raw water
 A closed cycle plant ordinarily contains auxiliary equipment added for economic reasons
 A balanced heat and power supply are generally economical
 In a turbine, moisture in expanding steam is undesirable
 It is assumed that reheating begins at the saturation line.
 Live steam reheater was once used in earlier reheat cycles
 Mercury as a vapor cycle has moderate vapor pressure at higher temperature
 Modernizing existing equipment increases capacity of an existing plant
 Mercury can seep through joints or cracks that would be impervious to water of steam
 In a closed rankine vapor cycle, the condenser reduce the exhaust steam to liquid
 Enthalpy is the sum of internal energy and flow work
 Economizer is using the extracted steam to preheat the feed water
 Feed Water Heater designed to preheat boiler feed water of condensing steam extracted
from steam turbine
 Isobaric Process is a process in which the pressure stays constant
 Entropy is a measure of molecular disorder or molecular randomness