Water is the working fluid in an ideal regenerative Rankine cycle with one closed feedwater heater. Steam enters the turbine at 1400 lb/in.² and 1400°F and expands to 120 lb/in.², where some of the steam is extracted and diverted to the closed feedwater heater. The remaining steam expands through the second-stage turbine to the condenser pressure of 2 lb/in.2 Condensate exiting the feedwater heater as saturated liquid at 120 lb/in.² undergoes a throttling process as it passes through a trap into the condenser. The feedwater leaves the heater at 1400 lb/in.² and a temperature equal to the saturation temperature at 120 lbf/in.² The net power output of the cycle is 298 MW.

Water is the working fluid in an ideal regenerative Rankine cycle with one closed feedwater heater. Steam enters the turbine at 1400 lb/in.² and 1400°F and expands to 120 lb/in.², where some of the steam is extracted and diverted to the closed feedwater heater. The remaining steam expands through the second-stage turbine to the condenser pressure of 2 lb/in.2 Condensate exiting the feedwater heater as saturated liquid at 120 lb/in.² undergoes a throttling process as it passes through a trap into the condenser. The feedwater leaves the heater at 1400 lb/in.² and a temperature equal to the saturation temperature at 120 lbf/in.² The net power output of the cycle is 298 MW.

Elements Of Electromagnetics

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