Challenge

Project 2 - Rankine cycle Simulator

Aim :Understand the concept of Rankine cycle by referring to standard thermal engineering text book.

clear all
close all
clc


fprintf('1-2 Isobaric heat transfer\n')
fprintf('2-3 isentropic expansion\n')
fprintf('3-4 Isobaric heat rejection\n')
fprintf('2-3 isentropic comppression\n')

%input
p1 = input('Enter the pressure at the turbine inlet(in bar):');
t1 = input('Enter the temperature at inlet(in degree celcius):');
p2 = input('Enter the pressure at condenser(in bar):');

%input condition
    h1= Xsteam('h_pT',p1,t1);
    s1 = Xsteam('s_pT',p1,t1);
    %state points evaluation
    p4=p1;
    p3=p2;
    h3 = Xsteam('hL_p',p3)
    s3 = Xsteam('sL_p',p3)
    t3 = Xsteam('Tsat_p',p3);
    s2 = s1;
    t2 = t3;
    sf2 = Xsteam('sL_p',p2);
    sg2 = Xsteam('sV_p',p2);
    x2 = (s2-sf2)/(sg2-sf2);
    hf2 = Xsteam('hL_p',p2);
    hg2 = Xsteam('hV_p',p2);
    h2 = hf2 + x2*(hg2-hf2);
    s4=s3;
    h4 = Xsteam('h_ps',p4,s4);
    cp4 = Xsteam('Cp_ps',p4,s4);
    cv4 = Xsteam('Cv_ps',p4,s4); 
    g4 = cp4/cv4;
    o = (g4-1)/g4;
    t4 = t3*((p4/p3)^o);
    
    
    %turbine work
    wt = h1 - h2;
    wp = h4 - h3;
    %net work
    wnet = wt - wp;
    %heat supplied
    qs = h1 - h4;
    %efficiency
    n_per = (wnet/qs)*100;
    %steam rate per second 
    stm_rate = 3600/(wt - wp);
    %for process 1 - 4
    t5 = Xsteam('Tsat_p',p1);
    s5 = Xsteam('sL_p',p1);
    s6 = Xsteam('sV_p',p1);
    %output
    fprintf('\n\tRESULT\n')
    fprintf('At state point 1:\np1 is :%4.2f bar\nT1 is :%4.2f Degree celcius\nH1 is :%4.2f KJ/KgK\nS1 is :%4.2f KJ/KgK\n\n',p1,t1,h1,s1)
    fprintf('At state point 2:\np2 is :%4.2f bar\nT2 is :%4.2f Degree celcius\nH2 is :%4.2f KJ/KgK\nS2 is :%4.2f KJ/KgK\n\n',p2,t2,h2,s2)
    fprintf('At state point 3:\np3 is :%4.2f bar\nT3 is :%4.2f Degree celcius\nH3 is :%4.2f KJ/KgK\nS3 is :%4.2f KJ/KgK\n\n',p3,t3,h3,s3)
    fprintf('At state point 4:\np4 is :%4.2f bar\nT4 is :%4.2f Degree celcius\nH4 is :%4.2f KJ/KgK\nS4 is :%4.2f KJ/KgK\n\n',p4,t4,h4,s4)
    fprintf('Wt is :%4.2f KJ/kg\nWp is :%4.2f KJ/Kg\nWnet is :%4.2f KJ/Kg\nNtherm is :%4.2f percent\nS.SC is :%4.2f Kg/KWh',wt,wp,wnet,n_per,stm_rate)
    
    %vapour line
    temp = linspace(1,400,100);
    for i  = 1:length(temp)
        ent_l(i) = Xsteam('sL_T',temp(i));
        ent_v(i) = Xsteam('sV_T',temp(i));
        enth_l(i) = Xsteam('hL_T',temp(i));
        enth_v(i) = Xsteam('hV_T',temp(i));
        
    end
    %plotting
    subplot(1,2,1)
    plot([s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s1],[t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t1],'color','b','linwidth',2,'marker','o','markersize',2,'markerfacecolor','b','markeredgecolor','b')
    axis([0 10 300 5000])
    hold on
    plot(ent_v,enth_v,'color','r')
    plot(ent_l,enth_l,'color','r')
    text(s1,h1,'1','FontSize',15)
    text(s2,h2,'2','FontSize',15)
    text(s3,h3,'3','FontSize',15,'HorizontalAlignment','right','VerticalAlignment','top')
    text(s4,h4,'4','FontSize',15,'HorizontalAlignment','right','VerticalAlignment','bottom')
    xlabel('Entropy')
    ylabel('Enthalpy')
    


    
    
    
    

result:

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