clear; clc; disp('Example 10.8'); // aim : To determine // (a) the rankine fficiency // (b) the specific steam consumption // (c) the carnot efficiency of the cycle // given values P1 = 1100;// steam entering pressure, [kN/m^2] T1 = 273+250;// steam entering temperature, [K] P2 = 280;// pressure at point 2, [kN/m^2] P3 = 35;// pressure at point 3, [kN/m^2] // solution // (a) // from steam table, at P1 and T1 is hf1 = 2943;// [kJ/kg] hg1 = 2902;// [kJ/kg] h1 = hf1-.1*(hf1-hg1); // [kJ/kg] sf1 = 6.926;// [kJ/kg K] sg1 = 6.545;// [kJ/kg K] s1 = sf1-.1*(sf1-sg1);// [kJ/kg K] // at P2 sf2 = 1.647;// [kJ/kg K] sg2 = 7.014;// [kJ/kg K] // s2=sf2+x2(sg2-sf2) // since expansion through turbine is isentropic so s1=s2 // hence s2 = s1; x2 = (s2-sf2)/(sg2-sf2);// dryness fraction // at point 2 hf2 = 551.4;// [kJ/kg] hfg2 = 2170.1;// [kJ/kg] h2 = hf2+x2*hfg2;// [kJ/kg] vg2 = .646;// [m^3/kg] v2 = x2*vg2;// [m^3/kg] // by Fig10.20. A6125 = h1-h2;// area of 6125, [kJ/kg] A5234 = v2*(P2-P3);// area 5234, [kJ/kg] W = A6125+A5234;// work done hf = 304.3;// specific enthalpy of water at condenser pressuer, [kJ/kg] ER = h1-hf;// energy received, [kJ/kg] Re = W/ER;// rankine efficiency mprintf('\n (a) The rankine efficiency is = %f percent\n',Re*100); // (b) kWh = 3600;// [kJ] SSC = kWh/W;// specific steam consumption, [kJ/kWh] mprintf('\n (b) The specific steam consumption is = %f kJ/kWh\n',SSC); // (c) // from steam table T3 = 273+72.7;// temperature at point 3 CE = (T1-T3)/T1;// carnot efficiency mprintf('\n (c) The carnot efficiency of the cycle is = %f percent\n',CE*100); // End