clear; clc; disp('Example 10.6'); // aim : To determine // (a) the energy supplied in the boiler // (b) the dryness fraction of the steam entering the condenser // (c) the rankine efficiency // given values P1 = 3.5;// steam entering pressure, [MN/m^2] T1 = 273+350;// entering temperature, [K] P2 = 10;//steam exhaust pressure, [kN/m^2] // solution // (a) // from steam table, at P1 is, hf1 = 3139;// [kJ/kg] hg1 = 3095;// [kJ/kg] h1 = hf1-1.5/2*(hf1-hg1); // at Point 3 h3 = 191.8;// [kJ/kg] Es = h1-h3;// energy supplied, [kJ/kg] mprintf('\n (a) The energy supplied in boiler/kg steam is = %f kJ/kg\n',Es); // (b) // at P1 sf1 = 6.960;// [kJ/kg K] sg1 = 6.587;// [kJ/kg K] s1 = sf1-1.5/2*(sf1-sg1);// [kJ/kg K] // at P2 sf2 = .649;// [kJ/kg K] sg2 = 8.151;// [kJ/kg K] // s2=sf2+x2(sg2-sf2) // theoretically expansion through turbine is isentropic so s1=s2 // hence s2 = s1; x2 = (s2-sf2)/(sg2-sf2);// dryness fraction mprintf('\n (b) The dryness fraction of steam entering the condenser is = %f \n',x2); // (c) // at point 2 hf2 = 191.8;// [kJ/kg] hfg2 = 2392.9;// [kJ/kg] h2 = hf2+x2*hfg2;// [kJ/kg] Re = (h1-h2)/(h1-h3);// rankine efficiency mprintf('\n (c) The Rankine efficiency is = %f percent\n',Re*100); // End