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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

7 T
Turbine 7
Boiler
8 6 10 MPa
10 5 0.6 MPa 8
6 4
9 y 1-y
3 0.2 MPa 9
fwh II fwh I Condenser 2
1-y-z
4 2 5 kPa
1 1 10
5 3
P III P II PI
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

  0.20 kJ/kg

h h w  137.75  0.20  137.95 kJ/kg  
2 1 pI ,in

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  600C  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
P9  0.2 MPa  x 9    0.9602
 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
P10  5 kPa  x10    0.8119
 s fg 7.9176
s10  s 7 
h10  h f  x10 h fg  137.75  0.81192423.0  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  Δke  Δpe  0 ,

FWH-2:

E in  E out  E system 0 (steady)  0

E in  E out

 m h   m h
i i e e   yh8  1  y h4  1h5 
 m 8 h8  m 4 h4  m 5 h5 

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

h5  h4 670.38  505.13
y   0.07133
h8  h4 2821.8  505.13

FWH-1:

 m h   m h
i i e e   zh9  1  y  z h2  1  y h3
 m 9 h9  m 2 h2  m 3 h3 

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

h3  h2
z 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  0.13732105.0  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

q out 1556.8 kJ/kg
 th  1   1  47.1%
q in 2945.0 kJ/kg

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