Problem Set No.

1 Steam Power Plant “Vapor Power Cycle: Review on Rankine Cycle”

1. A steam power plant operates on a Rankine cycle with turbine inlet conditions of 6 MPa
and 500C and an exhaust pressure of 15 kPa. Determine the thermal efficiency of the
cycle if the turbine efficiency is 90%, the pump efficiency is 85% and the steam
generator efficiency is 85%. Ans. 28.41%
2. In a Rankine cycle, steam enters the turbine at 4.1 MPa and 440C. If turbine exhaust is
0.105 MPa, determine the thermal efficiency of the cycle. Ans. 27.55%
3. A superheat steam Rankine cycle has turbine throttle conditions of 17.5 MPa and 530 C
and back pressure of 0.007 MPa. The turbine and pump efficiencies are 0.9 and 0.7
respectively. Pressure losses between the pump and turbine inlet are 1.5 MPa.
Determine the pump work. Ans. 27.13 kJ/kg
4. The pump work on Rankine cycle is 15 kJ/kg. The density of water entering the pump is
985 kg/m3. If the condenser pressure is 100 kPa, what is the pressure at the entrance of
the turbine? Ans. 14.47 MPa
5. In a Rankine cycle, the pressure and temperature entering the turbine is 1800 kPa and
380 C respectively. The pressure leaving the turbine is 20 kPa. The quality of steam
entering the condenser is 90%. What is the turbine work in kJ/kg? Ans. 833.3 kJ/kg

6. How many percent of the turbine work output is required to operate the pump of a steam
power plant, operating at an ideal Rankine cycle, if steam enters the turbine at 2.5 MPa
and is condensed at 50 kPa. The turbine work is 653.8 kJ/kg. Ans. 0.38%
7. A steam power plant operates on a Rankine cycle. The steam enters the turbine at 7
MPa and 550oC with a velocity of 30 m/s. It discharges to the condenser at 20 kPa with a
velocity of 90 m/s. Calculate the net power of the cycle if the steam mass flow rate is
37.8 kg/s. Ans. 46543.14 kW
8. A steam power plant operates with a network of 361.55 kJ/kg. The thermal load for
process heating is 2296.17 kJ/kg. If the heat added to the steam boiler is 3641.06 kJ/kg,
determine the cogeneration efficiency. Ans. 73%
9. A steam condenser receives 10 kg/s of steam with an enthalpy of 2570 kJ/kg. Steam
condenses into a liquid and leaves with an enthalpy of 160 kJ/kg. Cooling water passes
through the condenser with temperature increases from 130C to 240C. Calculate the
cooling water mass flow rate. Ans. 523.2 kg/s

10. In a Rankine cycle, the turbine work is 1000 kJ/kg and pump work is 13 kJ/kg. If heat
supplied by the steam generator is 2800 kJ/kg, what is the thermal efficiency of the
cycle. Ans. 35.25%