Module 2-

Reheat Rankine Cycle

Presentation by: Christian Paul Villanueva
Reheat Rankine Cycle
- Increasing the boiler pressure can increase the thermal efficiency of the Rankine cycle, but it also
increases the moisture content at the exit of the turbine to an unacceptable level. To correct this side
effect, the simple Rankine cycle is modified with a reheat process. The schematic of an ideal reheat
Rankine cycle is shown on the left with its T-s diagram. In this reheat cycle, steam is expanded
isentropically to an intermediate pressure in a high-pressure turbine (stage I) and sent back to the boiler,
where it is reheated at constant pressure to the inlet temperature of the high-pressure turbine. Then the
steam is sent to a low-pressure turbine and expands to the condenser pressure (stage II) . The total heat
input and total work output is

qin = qprimary + qreheat = (h3 - h2) + (h5 - h4)

wtotal, out = qturb, I + qturb, II = (h3 - h4) + (h5 - h6)

When the number of the reheat stages increases, the expansion and reheat processes approach an
isothermal process at the maximum temperature. But using more than two stages is not practical.
Problem:
The steam enters the high-pressure turbine at pressure (1910 kPa) and temperature
(340C) of a reheat Rankine cycle. The high-pressure turbine has an isentropic
efficiency equal to (86). After the high-pressure turbine uses the energy of steam,
the pressure of the steam drops to (1245 kPa) and enters the reheater. After
reheating, the steam goes to the low pressure turbine that has 100% isentropic
efficiency. The steam leaves the low-pressure turbine with quality equal to (0.95) and
pressure (14 kPa). The isentropic efficiency of the pump is 75%. Determine heat
required and work produced by the system.
Aspen Process
First Diagram without values
Presentation are orderly arranged based on the sequence of doing the application problem
Note: mass flow used is 3600 kg/h
Final Diagram with respective values
Model
Solution:
h1= hf @ 14kPa = 221.514 kJ/kg
v1 = vf @ 14kPa = 0.0010132 m3 / kg

Wp,in = v1(P2-P1)
= (0.0010132 m3/kg) (14-14)kPa (1kJ/ 1kPa-m3)
= 0 kJ/kg

Wp = (0 kJ/kg)(3600 kg/h)(1h/3600s)
= 0 kW
h2 = h1 + Wp,in
=221.514 kJ/kg + 0 kJ/kg
= 221.514 kJ/kg

P3 = 1910 kPa
T3 = 340 C
*h3 = 3117.025 kJ/kg
*s3 = 6.94471 kJ/kg
P4 = 1245 kPa
h4 = 2968.564733 kJ/kg

P5 = 1245 kPa
h5 = 805.647 kJ/kg
s5=s6
P6 = 14 kPa
h6 = 2476.561 kJ/kg

qin heater = h3-h2

= 3117.025 – 221.514
= 2895.511 kJ/kg (1kg/s)
= 2895.511 kW
qin reheater = h5-h4
= (805.647-2986.564733)kJ/kg (1kg/s)
= -2180.917733 kW

Whpt = h3-h4
= (3117.025-2986.564733)kJ/kg (1kg/s)
= 130.460267 kW
Wlpt = h5-h6
=(805.647-2476.561)kJ/kg (1kg/s)
= -1670.914 kW

qout = h6-h1
= (2476.561 – 221.514)kJ/kg (1kg/s)
= 2255.047 kW
Work
Wp = 0 kW
Whpt = 130.460267 kW
Wlpt = -1670.914 kW

Heat
qin heater = 2895.511 kW
qin reheater = -2180.917733 kW
qout = 2255.047 kW
References:
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