Lesson 2.2.1 - Actual Rankine Cycle
Lesson 2.2.1 - Actual Rankine Cycle
THERMODYNAMICS 2
• Understand the working principle
behind an actual Rankine cycle.
❖ Fluid friction causes pressure drops
across the pipes and components of
the cycle
❖ Heat loss also occurs due to
imperfect insulation
❖ Irreversibility occurs in fluid
machineries
1
3 MPA
TURBINE
4a
4
BOILER 2
75 kPA
3 2 2a
CONDENSER
4
3 75 kPA
S
PUMP
The deviation of fluid machineries can
be quantified as isentropic efficiencies:
ℎ2𝑠 − ℎ1
𝜂𝑃 =
ℎ2𝑎 − ℎ1
ℎ3 − ℎ4𝑎
𝜂𝑇 =
ℎ3 − ℎ4𝑠 Source: Thermodynamics: An Engineering
Approach 5th Ed. by Cengel & Boles
❖ Actual Heat added (Boiler)
𝑞𝑖𝑛 (𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙) = ℎ3 − ℎ2𝑎
𝑄𝑖𝑛(𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙) = 𝑚(ℎ
ሶ 3 − ℎ2𝑎 )
❖ Actual Heat rejected (Condenser)
𝑞𝑜𝑢𝑡(𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙) = ℎ4𝑎 − ℎ1
Source: Thermodynamics: An Engineering
𝑄𝑜𝑢𝑡(𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙) = 𝑚(ℎ
ሶ 4𝑎 − ℎ1 ) Approach 5th Ed. by Cengel & Boles
❖ Actual Work pump (Pump)