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ME Laboratory 3
Title: Mini Steam Turbine Power Plant Experiment
Introduction
Theory
The purpose of steam turbine power plant is to convert the stored chemical
energy form various types of fuel to mechanical energy through the expansion of steam
in a steam turbine from high to low pressure. Thus, this energy is then converted into
electrical energy by connecting the steam turbine into a generator; hence, this form of
energy is the most important and it is widely used in various applications and
procedures. On the other hand, steam turbine power plant is composed of different
mechanical components; each has different tasks which is vital in making the process
efficient and economical. Rankine cycle is used by engineers as a standard of reference
for comparing the performance for steam engines and for actual steam turbines; hence,
in this experiment, it follows a simple process of Rankine cycle where vapour is
expanded in an isentropic process in a single stage impulse turbine, then it is condensed
in an isobaric process. Water from the feed water tank is pump in an isentropic process
going to the furnace and then further heated until it reaches its saturated vapour state in
a constant pressure process and then moving back to the single stage impulse turbine.
Objectives
1. To be able to know how to operate the mini steam turbine power plant.
2. To know what are the basic mechanical components present in a steam turbine
power plant.
3. To assess the relationships and effects between different properties and
variables.
4. To be able to know how to compute the values of different thermodynamic
properties.
Materials
Distilled Water
Cooling Water
Graduated Cylinder
Bucket Container
Weighing Scale
Cleaning Materials
Figure 1.1: TH 130 Mini Steam Turbine Power Plant Parts
Procedures
Test Preparation:
LPG Tank
1. Make sure the LPG tank has sufficient gas.
2. Connect the tank outlet to the power plant gas inlet.
3. Close both LPG gas regulator and flow control valves to the boiler.
Boiler
1. The boiler safety valve is set at the factory to operate at 5.5 kg/cm2
gauge. It is recommended that the test carried out at a pressure of not
more than 5.0 kg/cm2 gauge.
Condenser
1. Connect the water inlet to the water supply.
2. Connect the cooling water outlet to the laboratory water discharge.
3. Turn the cooling water flow control valve to a flow rate of about 2.5
liters per minute.
Condensate
1. Condensate beaker must be weighted before the test and reweighed after
the test with the time duration recorded by a stopwatch.
2. Condensate before or after the test is collected in an alternate beaker
provided.
Formulas
Where; h= Enthalpy
nt= Rankine cycle efficiency
Wp=Work of the Pump
Fuel Consumption Where; mft= Total mass flow rate of the LPG fuel for boiler
pLPG=Specific density of LPG fuel at standard condition
qfb=Actual volume flow rate of LPG to the boiler
qfs=Actual volume flow rate of LPG to the superheater
Where; F= Ws-Wp
Ws= Spring balance reading
Wp= Prony brake weight
N= Engine Speed
r= Brake drum/ dynamometer radius
Turbine Indicated power input
Theoretical turbine indicated power input from steam flow
nth= (Turbine mechanical shaft power/ total heat energy input to the turbine)
Mechanical
Electrical
Energy Balance
At the Boiler
At the Superheater
At the Turbine
Flow energy transferred to the turbine = Turbine mechanical power + Energy loss dues
to radiation, convection and friction at the turbine.
Reference Data:
Poe = VA
= 15.1 x 0.303
= 4.575 W
P1 = mc (h2 – h4)
= 1.389 x 10-3 kg/s (2760.3 kJ/kg – 2676.1 kJ/kg) (1000 W/kW)
= 116.898 W
Poe
ŋtg = 𝑥 100%
Pi
4.575
ŋtg = 𝑥 100%
116.898
ŋtg = 3.913 %
The corrected volume flow rate can be estimated form equation below:
𝑃𝑡 1 1.53 1
𝑞𝑓𝑏 = 𝑞𝑓𝑜𝑏 = (√𝑃 ) (√𝑆.𝐺.) = 2.5 𝑙𝑝𝑚 (√1.03) (√2.016) = 2.14 𝑙𝑝𝑚
𝑎𝑡𝑚
Where:
(2.14 𝑙𝑝𝑚)
𝑚𝑓𝑏 = 𝑥 2.34 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3
1000𝑙/𝑚3
4.575 𝐽/𝑠
ŋ𝑜𝑒 = 𝑘𝑔 𝐽 𝑥 100 %
0.834 𝑥10−4 𝑥 45.7𝑥106
𝑠 𝑘𝑔
ŋ𝑜𝑒 = 0.124 %
TEST RUN WITH PRONY BRAKE
Reference Data:
The corrected volume flow rate can be estimated form equation below:
𝑃𝑡 1 1.53 1
𝑞𝑓𝑏 = 𝑞𝑓𝑜𝑏 = (√𝑃 ) (√𝑆.𝐺.) = 2.5 𝑙𝑝𝑚 (√1.03) (√2.016) = 2.146 𝑙𝑝𝑚
𝑎𝑡𝑚
Where:
(2.146 𝑙𝑝𝑚)
𝑚𝑓𝑏 = 𝑥 2.34 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3
1000 𝑙/𝑚3
Qib = mfb x Qf
= (0.837 x 10-4 kg/s) (45.70 x 106 J/kg) = 3825.09 J/s
= 3825.09 J/s x 1 kJ/ 1000J = 3.825 kJ/s
Boiler Efficiency
𝑚𝑐 (ℎ2 −ℎ1 )
ŋ𝑏 = 𝑥 100%
𝑄𝑖𝑏
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝐽
1.383𝑥10−3 (2758.1−138.501)
𝑠 𝑘𝑔
ŋ𝑏 = 𝑘𝐽 𝑥 100% = 94.71 %
3.825
𝑠
Pi = mc (h2 – h4)
Pi = 1.383 x 10-3 kg/s (2758.1 – 2676.1)
Pi = 0.11340 kW = 113.40 W
11.094 𝐽/𝑠
ŋ𝑡ℎ = 𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝐽 𝐽 𝑥 100 %
1.383 𝑥10−3 𝑥 2758.1 𝑥 1000
𝑠 𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝐽
ŋ𝑡ℎ = 3.11 %
𝐽
11.094
𝑠
ŋ𝑡ℎ = 𝐽 𝑥 100 %
113.40
𝑠
ŋ𝑡ℎ = 9.78 %
Mechanical
𝑃
ŋ𝑜𝑚 = 𝑚 𝑜𝑚𝑄 𝑥 100 %
𝑓𝑏 𝑓
11.094 𝐽/𝑠
ŋ𝑜𝑚 = 𝑘𝑔 𝐽 𝑥 100 %
0.837 𝑥10−4 𝑥 45.70 𝑥 106
𝑠 𝑘𝑔
ŋ𝑜𝑚 = 0.29 %
𝑘𝐽
(2758.1−2676.1)
𝑘𝑔
ŋ𝑡 = 𝑘𝐽 𝑥 100 %
(2758.1−138.507)
𝑘𝑔
ŋ𝑡 = 3.36 %
Condenser Heat Transfer Efficiency:
𝑚𝑤 (ℎ7 −ℎ6 )
ŋ𝑐 = 𝑥 100 %
𝑚𝑐 (ℎ4 −ℎ5 )
where mw = qw ρ
mw = 4.0 lpm x 1 kg/l x 1 min/60sec
mw = 0.066kg/s
Hence
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝐽
(0.066 )(184.676−138.507)
𝑠 𝑘𝑔
ŋ𝑐 = 𝑘𝑔 𝑥 100 %
(1.383𝑥10−3 )(2676.1−277.015) 𝑘𝐽/𝑘𝑔
𝑠
ŋ𝑐 = 91.83 %
Energy Balance
At the Boiler
𝑚𝑓𝑏 𝑄𝑓
ℎ𝑙𝑏 = − (ℎ2 − ℎ1 )
𝑚𝑐
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝐽
(0.837𝑥10−4 )(45.70𝑥103 ) 𝑘𝐽
𝑠 𝑘𝑔
ℎ𝑙𝑏 = 𝑘𝑔 − (2758.1 − 138.507) 𝑘𝑔
(1.383𝑥10−3 )
𝑠
𝑘𝐽
ℎ𝑙𝑏 = 326.198
𝑘𝑔
At the Turbine
𝑃𝑜𝑚
ℎ𝑙𝑒 = (ℎ2 − ℎ4 ) − 𝑚𝑐
𝐽
𝑘𝐽 11.094
𝑠
ℎ𝑙𝑒 = (2758.1 − 2672.3) 𝑘𝑔 − 𝑘𝑔 𝐽
(1.383𝑥10−3 )(1000 )
𝑠 𝑘𝐽
𝑘𝐽
ℎ𝑙𝑒 = 81.57 𝑘𝑔
At the Condenser
𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝐽 𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝐽
1.383𝑥10−3 (2676.1−277.015) −(0.066 )(184.676−138.507)
𝑠 𝑘𝑔 𝑠 𝑘𝑔
ℎ𝑙𝑐 = 𝑘𝑔
1.383𝑥10−3
𝑠
𝑘𝐽
ℎ𝑙𝑐 = 195.792 𝑘𝑔
Calculations
Discussion and Analysis
Conclusion
Reference