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IT RAISES THE TEMPERATURE OF WATER LEAVING THE PUMP (FEED WATER) BEFORE IT IS FED TO BOILER. EXTRACTING OR BLEEDING STEAM FROM TURBINE AT A POINT. THIS STEAM WHICH COULD BE USED TO PRODUCE MORE WORK BY EXPANSION IN TURBINE IS USED TO HEAT FEED WATER INSTEAD. THE DEVICE WHERE THE FEED WATER IS HEATED BY REGENRATION IS CALLED REGENERATOT OR FWH.
BENEFITS OF REGENERATION
STEAM FLOW TO CONDENSOR ARE REDUCED HENCE; SMALLER CONDENSOR AND BOILER DIFFICULTY OF PASSING LARGE VOLUME OF STEAM THROUGH THE LAST STAGES IN TURBINE IS LESSENED. INCREASED BLADE HEIGHTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE INITIAL STEAM CONSUMPTIONS TURBINE LESS EXPOSED TO EROSION.
NUMERICAL/ASSIGNMENT NO 3
CONSIDER A REGENRATIVE VAPOUR POWER CYCLE WITH ONE FEED WATER HEATER. STEAM ENTERS THE TURBINE AT 8 MPa, 480 C AND EXPANDS TO .7 MPa, WHERE SOME OF THE STEAM IS EXTRACTED AND DIVERTED TO THE OPEN FEED WATER HEATER OPERATING AT .7 MPa. THE REMAINING STEAM EXPANDS THROUGH THE SECOND STAGE TURBINE TO THE CONDENSOR PRESSURE OF .008 MPa. SATURATED LIQUID EXISTS THE OPEN FEED WATER HEATER AT .7 MPa.ISENTROPIC EFFICIENCY OF EACH TURBINE STAGE IS 85 % AND EACH PP OPERATES ISENTROPICALLY. IF THE NET POWER OUTPUT OF THE CYCLE IS 100 MW, DETERMINE. A. thermal efficiency B. mass flow rate of steam entering the first turbine stage in kg/h.
NUMERICAL/ ASSIGNMENT 4
STEAM IS WORKING FLUID IN AN IDEAL RANKINE CYCLE WITH SUPERHEAT AND REHEAT.STEAM ENTERS THE FIRST STAGE TURBINE AT 8 Mpa 480 CELSIUS AND EXPAND TO .7 Mpa. IT IS THEN REHEATED TO 440 CELSIUS BEFORE ENTERING THE SECOND STAGE TURBINE, WHERE IT EXPANDS TO THE CONDENSOR PRESSURE OF .008 Kpa. THE NET POWER OUTPUT IS 100 MW. DETERMINE THERMAL EFFICIENCY 2.MASS FLOW RATE OF THE STEAM IN KG/H 3. RATE OF HEAT TRANSFER FROM THE CONDENSING CYCLE AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE CONDENSOR IN MW. DISCUSS THE EFFECT OF REHEAT ON THE VAPOUR POWER CYCLE?