From our text Cengel & Boles Thermo..), 7 ed.

10-21 A steam power plant operates on a simple ideal Rankine cycle between 7 MPa and 10 kPa. Given: power 45
MW; turbine entry 500 C; cooling water at 2000 kg/s. Find the thermal efficiency of the cycle, the mass flow rate of
the steam, and the temperature rise of the cooling water.
Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist. 2 Kinetic and potential energy changes are negligible.
Analysis (a) From the steam tables (Tables A-4, A-5, and A-6),
h1 h f @ 10 kPa 191.81 kJ/kg

v 1 v f @ 10 kPa 0.00101 m 3 /kg

w p ,in v 1 P2 P1

1 kJ
0.00101 m 3 /kg 7,000 10 kPa
1 kPa m 3

7.06 kJ/kg
h2 h1 w p ,in 191.81 7.06 198.87 kJ/kg

P3 7 MPa h3 3411.4 kJ/kg

T3 500C s 3 6.8000 kJ/kg K

h4 h f x 4 h fg 191.81 0.82012392.1 2153.6 kJ/kg

Thus,

qin h3 h2 3411.4 198.87 3212.5 kJ/kg

q out h4 h1 2153.6 191.81 1961.8 kJ/kg
wnet qin q out 3212.5 1961.8 1250.7 kJ/kg
and

(b)

wnet 1250.7 kJ/kg

38.9%
qin
3212.5 kJ/kg

Wnet
45,000 kJ/s

36.0 kg/s
wnet 1250.7 kJ/kg

(c) The rate of heat rejection to the cooling water and its temperature rise are
Q m q 35.98 kg/s 1961.8 kJ/kg 70,586 kJ/s
out

Tcoolingwater

out

Q out
(m c) coolingwater

7 MPa
qin
10 kPa

qout

4
s

s 4 s f 6.8000 0.6492
P4 10 kPa

0.8201
x4
s 4 s3
s fg
7.4996

th

70,586 kJ/s
8.4C
2000 kg/s 4.18 kJ/kg C

10-22 A steam power plant same as 10-21 (back side) except operates on a simple nonideal Rankine cycle with
87% turbine and pump efficiency. The thermal efficiency of the cycle, the mass flow rate of the steam, and the
temperature rise of the cooling water are to be determined.
Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist. 2 Kinetic and potential energy changes are negligible.
Analysis (a) From the steam tables (Tables A-4, A-5, and A-6),
h1 h f @ 10 kPa 191.81 kJ/kg

v 1 v f @ 10 kPa 0.00101 m 3 /kg

w p ,in v 1 P2 P1 / p

1 kJ
0.00101 m 3 /kg 7,000 10 kPa
1 kPa m 3

8.11 kJ/kg

/ 0.87

h2 h1 w p ,in 191.81 8.11 199.92 kJ/kg

h4 s h f x 4 h fg 191.81 0.8202392.1 2153.6 kJ/kg

h3 h4

h4 h3 T h3 h4 s
h3 h4 s
3411.4 0.873411.4 2153.6 2317.1 kJ/kg

Thus,

qin h3 h2 3411.4 199.92 3211.5 kJ/kg

qout h4 h1 2317.1 191.81 2125.3 kJ/kg
wnet qin qout 3211.5 2125.3 1086.2 kJ/kg
and

(b)

wnet 1086.2 kJ/kg

33.8%
qin
3211.5 kJ/kg

Wnet
45,000 kJ/s

41.43 kg/s
wnet 1086.2 kJ/kg

(c) The rate of heat rejection to the cooling water and its temperature rise are
Q m q 41.43 kg/s 2125.3 kJ/kg 88,051 kJ/s
out

Tcoolingwater

out

Q out
(m c) coolingwater

10 kPa
qout

4 4
s
s

s 4 s f 6.8000 0.6492
P4 10 kPa

0.8201
x4
s 4 s3
s fg
7.4996

th

P3 7 MPa h3 3411.4 kJ/kg

T3 500C s 3 6.8000 kJ/kg K

2
s

7 MPa
qin

88,051 kJ/s
10.5C
2000 kg/s 4.18 kJ/kg C