A Steam Power Plant operates on the Rankine Cycle in which steam at 22 bar and dryness fraction of 0.95 enters the turbine and exhausts to a pressure of 0.1 bar in a condenser. The condensate is pumped as feedwater to the Boiler in which the steam is generated. Sketch the T-s diagram for this cycle and calculate the following performance parameters: (i) Cycle Thermal Efficiency (ii) Specific Steam Consumption (iii) Condenser Heat Load (iv) Cooling Water mass and volumetric flow rates for the condenser if the cooling water enters at 26 oC and leaves at 40 oC for a net power output of 24,000 kW. The specific heat capacity of the cooling water can be taken as 4.0 kJ/kg K and its density as 1023 kg/m3.

Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) plants use the temperature difference in the ocean (80°F at the surface and 40°F at 2000 ft. depth) in a Rankine cycle to generate electricity. Ammonia is the working fluid. Ammonia is boiled using the 80°F surface water, and condensed against the 40°F deep water, which is pumped to the surface. Very large heat exchangers are required, due to the small LMTDs and the low plant thermal efficiency (2.5%). The heat exchangers will comprise 40 % of the plant cost. In order to reduce the condenser cost, we will evaluate the condenser tube material savings provided by the use of a vertical fluted "Gregorig" condensing surface. The reference smooth tube condenser design uses 1.0 in. I.D. aluminum tubes, 0.062 in. wall x 30 ft. long. Sea water flows on the tube-side at 8 ft/sec. Ammonia condenses at 50°F on the outer surface of the vertical tubes with 4Tvs = 4°F. The ammonia properties at 48°F are: p= 39.1 lbm/ft³, k₁= 0.307 Btu/hr-ft- °F, и 1.426 × 10-2…

your client needs to know about the mass flow rate ofsteam needed for a 1500 kW plant. The heat supplied to the steamin the boiler is 2700 k//kg, the heat rejected by the steam to thecooling water in the condenser is 2000 kJ/kg, and the feed pumpwork required to pump the condensate back into the boiler is 3.5 kWCalculate the mass flow of steam required