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Wturbine,out = h3 - h4
Condenser
At state 4, the cooled down steam enters the condenser. It
is a liquid-vapor mixture of high quality. Steam is
condensed at constant pressure in the condenser, which is
basically a large heat exchanger, by rejecting the heat to a
cooling medium such as a river or atmosphere. Steam
leaves the condenser as saturated liquid and enters the
pump and thus completing the cycle :
qout = h4 – h1
Energy Balance & Thermal Efficiency
Overall, the energy balance of the entire system is:
(qin- qout) - (wturbine, out - wpump, in) = 0
Where the subscript “a” refers to the actual value and subscript “s”
refers to the isentropic value.
The Rankine Cycler