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On the one hand, normal fluids such as water require considerable superheat, extend-
ing the isobar a-b-c upwards, to avoid excessive moisture at the turbine exhaust, state g.
On the other hand, retrograde fluids allow expansion from the saturated vapor line into
the superheated region, process b-f, avoiding any moisture during the turbine expansion
process. It has been shown [11] that it is possible to run a supercritical cycle in which the
turbine inlet state lies above the critical point and the expansion line lies inside the wet
region for a portion of the process, emerging into the superheated region, without suffer-
ing any wetness penalty in efficiency. Apparently, the fluid remains in a metastable
vapor state while passing through the wet region by staying on the dry side of the Wilson
line [12].