//A Textbook of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics //Chapter 5 //Some Applications of the Laws of Thermodynamics //Example 21 clear; clc; //Given: P2 = 2800; //pressure of superheated steam (kPa) P1 = 275; //pressure of withdrawn steam (kPa) V = 1.070*10^-3; //specific volume of saturated liquid at 275 kPa //From steam tables: H6 = 138; //enthalpy of saturated liquid at 5 kPa S6 = 0.4764; //entropy of saturated liquid at 5 kPa H_v1 = 2562; //enthalpy of saturated vapour at 5 kPa S_v1 = 8.3951; //entropy of saturated vapour at 5 kPa H1 = 549; //enthalpy of saturated liquid at 275 kPa S1 = 1.6408; //entropy of saturated liquid at 275 kPa H_v2 = 2721; //enthalpy of saturated vapour at 275 kPa S_v2 = 7.0209; //entropy of saturated vapour at 275 kPa H3 = 3063; //enthalpy of superheated steam at 2800 kPa and 598 K S3 = 6.6875; //entropy of superheated steam at 2800 kPa and 598 K //To determine the fraction of steam withdrawn and thermal efficiency of cycle //Referring fig. 5.23 (Page no.161) S4 = S3; //isentropic expansion x = (S4-S1)/(S_v2-S1); //quality of steam H4 = H1 + x*(H_v2-H1); H7 = H6; //as the power input to the condensate pump is neglegible //Applying energy balance around feed water heater m = (H1-H7)/(H4-H7); //fraction of steam extracted mprintf('Fraction of steam withdrawn is %f',m); W_in = V*(P2-P1); //work input to the feed water pump H2 = H1+W_in; //Considering isentropic expansion in turbine S5 = S3; x = (S5-S6)/(S_v1-S6); H5 = H6 + x*(H_v1-H6); //Using eq. 5.85 (Page no.162) eff = ((H3-H2)-(1-m)*(H5-H6))/(H3-H2); mprintf('\n Thermal efficiency is %f percent',eff*100); //end