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https://thermopedia.com/content/1072 http://www.mhtlab.uwaterloo.ca/courses/me354/lectures/pdffiles/web4.pdf https://lambdageeks.com/back-work-ratio/#:~:text=Back%20work%20ratio%20of%20Rankine%20cycle&text=The%20turbine%20work%20is%20represented,is%20represented%20by%20h1%2Dh4. Rankine Cycle: Rankine cycle is…
Harsh Sharma
updated on 30 Nov 2022
https://thermopedia.com/content/1072
http://www.mhtlab.uwaterloo.ca/courses/me354/lectures/pdffiles/web4.pdf
Rankine Cycle: Rankine cycle is the fundamental operating cycle of all the power plants where a working fluid is water. Rankine cycle is nothing but a advance version of Carnot cycle. In Rankine cycle, there are four components. Turbine, Condenser, Pump, Boiler. Turbine is the core equipment, which convert the heat energy by burning fossil fuel in to a use full work at shaft end. (Generally Electricity Generation). There are four thermodynamics processes, in the four different equipment. In Rankine cycle, heat added and rejection being held while pressure is constant. (Isobaric Heat Addition or Rejection). And Isentropic expansion and Isentropic compression.
Isobaric Heat Transfer. High pressure liquid enters the boiler from the feed pump and is heated to the saturation temperature . Further addition of energy causes evaporation of the liquid until it is fully converted to saturated steam. (4-1)
Isentropic Expansion. The vapor is expanded in the turbine, thus producing work which may be converted to electricity. In practice, the expansion is limited by the temperature of the cooling medium and by the erosion of the turbine blades by liquid entrainment in the vapor stream as the process moves further into the two-phase region. Exit vapor qualities should be greater than 90%. (1-2)
Isobaric Heat Rejection. The vapor-liquid mixture leaving the turbine (4) is condensed at low pressure, usually in a surface condenser using cooling water. In well designed and maintained condensers, the pressure of the vapor is well below atmospheric pressure, approaching the saturation pressure of the operating fluid at the cooling water temperature. (2-3)
Isentropic Compression. The pressure of the condensate is raised in the feed pump. Because of the low specific volume of liquids, the pump work is relatively small and often neglected in thermodynamic calculations. (3-4)
Back Work Ratio - The back work indicates the amount of work required to run the compressor. It has the negative value because compressor runs at the expanse of work. And not producing any work.
Back work ratio or BWR= Work done by compressor/ Work done by turbine
MAIN CODE:
clear all
close all
clc
disp('Rankine Cycle');
disp('1-2 is the constant pressure heat addition in the boiler');
disp('2-3 is the isentropic expansion in the turbine');
disp('3-4 is the constant pressure heat rejection in condenser');
disp('4-1 is isentropic compression in the pump');
p1 = 30; %input('pressure in turbine inlet,(in bar = )');
T1 = 400 %input('Temperature at turbine inlet,(in degree celcius = )');
p2 = 0.05 %input('pressure at condenser inlet,(in degree celcius = )');
% At Stage 1
h1 = XSteam('h_pT', p1, T1);
s1 = XSteam('s_pT', p1, T1);
% At stage 2
s2 = s1; % Isentropic Expansion
sf2= XSteam('sL_p', p2); % Saturated Liquid Entropy
sg2 = XSteam('sV_p', p2); % Saturated Vapour Entropy
x2 = (s2-sf2)/(sg2-sf2); % vapour fraction at state point 2
hf2 = XSteam('hL_p', p2); % Saturated liquid Enthalpy
hg2 = XSteam('hV_p', p2); % Saturated vapour enthalpy
h2 = hf2 + (x2*(hg2-hf2));
% At Stage 3
p3 = p2; % Constant pressure heat rejection in condenser
s3 = XSteam('sL_p',p3); % Saturated liquid entropy
h3 = XSteam('hL_p',p3); % Saturated liquid enthalpy
% At stage 4
s4 = s3;
p4 = p1;
% Work Done by Turbine
Wt = h1 - h2;
% Work done to run pump
v3 = XSteam('vL_p', p3);
Wp = v3*(p4 - p3)*100;
h4 = h3 + Wp;
%Net work
Wnet = Wt - Wp;
%Heat into the system
Qin = h1 - h4;
%Heat out of the system
Qout = h2 - h3;
%Thermal efficiency
thermal_eff = (Wnet/Qin)*100;
%Specific Steam Consumption
%SSC = mass flow rate/power
SSC = (3600/Wnet);
% Back Work ratio
BW = (Wp/Wt)
% Calculation of Temperatures at the state points
T3 = XSteam('Tsat_p', p3);
T2 = T3;
Cp4 = XSteam('Cp_ps', p4, s4);
Cv4 = XSteam('Cv_ps', p4, s4);
k = Cp4/Cv4;
T4 = T3/((p3/p4)^((k-1)/k));
%Calculating Temperature, Entropy and Enthalpy at the vapour and liquid line for plotting
T6 = XSteam('Tsat_p', p1);
s5 = XSteam('sL_p', p1);
s6 = XSteam('sV_p', p1);
h5 = XSteam('hL_p', p1);
h6 = XSteam('hV_p', p1);
T5 = T6;
%Plotting the saturation curve
T = linspace(1,375,1000);
for i = 1:length(T)
sf(i) = XSteam('sL_T', T(i));
sg(i) = XSteam('sV_T', T(i));
hf(i) = XSteam('hL_T', T(i));
hg(i) = XSteam('hV_T', T(i));
end
%Plotting T-s diagram
figure(1)
hold on
plot(sf, T, 'r','linewidth',1)
plot(sg, T, 'r','linewidth',1)
plot([s1 s2], [T1 T2], 'b', 'linewidth', 2)
plot([s2 s3], [T2 T3] ,'b', 'linewidth', 2)
plot([s3 s4], [T3 T4], 'b', 'linewidth', 2)
plot([s4 s5], [T4 T5], 'b', 'linewidth', 2)
plot([s5 s6], [T5 T6], 'b', 'linewidth', 2)
sc1 = linspace(s6, s1, 1000);
for l = 1:length(sc1)
Tc1(l) = XSteam('T_ps', p1, sc1(l));
end
plot(sc1, Tc1, 'b', 'linewidth', 2)
text(s1+0.1, T1, '1')
text(s2+0.1, T2, '2')
text(s3, T3-20, '3')
text(s4, T4+20, '4')
title('Temp vs Entropy plot')
xlabel('Entropy ,S (Kj/kgk')
ylabel('Temperature (degree C) ')
legend('Saturation curve')
%Plotting h-s diagram
figure(2)
hold on
plot(sf, hf, 'k', 'linewidth', 1)
plot(sg, hg, 'k', 'linewidth', 1)
plot([s1 s2], [h1 h2], 'r', 'linewidth', 2)
plot([s2 s3], [h2 h3], 'r', 'linewidth', 2)
plot([s3 s4], [h3 h4], 'r', 'linewidth', 2)
hc = linspace(h4, h5, 100);
for r = 1:length(hc)
sch(r) = XSteam('s_ph', p1, hc(r));
end
plot(sch,hc, 'r', 'linewidth', 2)
plot([s5 s6], [h5 h6], 'r', 'linewidth', 2)
for m = 1:length(sc1)
hc1(m) = XSteam('h_ps', p1, sc1(m));
end
plot(sc1, hc1, 'r', 'linewidth', 2)
text(s1+0.1, h1, '1')
text(s2+0.1, h2, '2')
text(s3, h3-100, '3')
text(s4, h4 +200, '4')
title('Enthalpy vs Entropy plot')
xlabel('Entropy , S (KJ/kgk) ')
ylabel('Enthalpy , H (KJ/kg)')
legend('Saturation curve','location','northwest')
% Displaying the Results in the Command Window:
disp('Results');
p1 = p1;
T1 = T1;
p2 = p2;
disp('At stage point 1');
n1 = sprintf('P1 is %.3f bar',p1);
disp(n1);
n2 = sprintf('T1 is %.3f C',T1);
disp(n2);
n3 = sprintf('h1 is %.3f kJ/kg',h1);
disp(n3);
n4 = sprintf('s1 is %.3f kJ/kgK',s1);
disp(n4);
disp('At stage point 2');
n11 = sprintf('P2 is %.3f bar',p2);
disp(n11);
n21 = sprintf('T2 is %.3f C',T2);
disp(n21);
n31 = sprintf('h2 is %.3f kJ/kg',h2);
disp(n31);
n41 = sprintf('s2 is %.3f kJ/kgK',s2);
disp(n41);
disp('At stage point 3');
n12 = sprintf('P3 is %.3f bar',p3);
disp(n12);
n22 = sprintf('T3 is %.3f C',T3);
disp(n22);
n32 = sprintf('h3 is %.3f kJ/kg',h3);
disp(n32);
n42 = sprintf('s3 is %.3f kJ/kgK',s3);
disp(n42);
disp('At stage point 4');
n13 = sprintf('P4 is %.3f bar',p4);
disp(n13);
n23 = sprintf('T4 is %.3f C',T4);
disp(n23);
n33 = sprintf('h4 is %.3f kJ/kg',h4);
disp(n33);
n43 = sprintf('s4 is %.3f kJ/kgK',s4);
disp(n43);
n14 = sprintf('Wt is %.3f kJ/kg',Wt);
disp(n14);
n15 = sprintf('Wp is %.3f kJ/kg',Wp);
disp(n15);
n16 = sprintf('Wnet is %.3f kJ/kg',Wnet);
disp(n16);
n17 = sprintf('Thermal_efficiency is %.2f Percent',thermal_eff);
disp(n17);
n18 = sprintf('SSC is %.2f kg/kWh',SSC);
disp(n18);
n19 = sprintf('Back work ratio is %.3f ',BW);
disp(n19);
XSTEAM DATA OF MATLAB:
Steam and water properties for Matlab based on the "International Association for Properties of Water and Steam Industrial Formulation 1997 (IAPWS IF-97). A full implementation of the IF-97 standard that provides very accurate steam and water properties in ranges from 0-1000 bar and 0-2000°C.
CODE EXPLANATION.
No, major errors faced.
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