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Calculate the efficiency of a Rankine cycle that is modified from the parameters used in the text in each of the following three ways (one at a time), and comment briefly on the results:

areduce the maximum temperature to localid="1649685342874" 500°C;

breduce the maximum pressure to localid="1649685354408" 100bars;

creduce the minimum temperature to localid="1649685367285" 10°C.

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Part a

aThe efficiency of a Rankine cycle is e≈0.463when the maximum pressure is reduced to 500∘C.

Part b

bThe efficiency of a Rankine cycle is e≈0.453 when the maximum pressure is reduced to 100bars.

Part c

cThe efficiency of a Rankine cycle is e≈0.490when the minimum temperature is reduced to localid="1649685690247" 10°C.

Step by step solution

01

Step: 1 Rankine's cycle: (part a)

The efficiency of engine by

e≈1−H4−H1H3−H1H2≈H1=84kJ×kg−1H3=3081kJ×kg−1.

The entropy of points is same by

S3=S4S4=S3=5.791kJ×K−1×kg−1

Finding xby

role="math" localid="1649686390534" S4=xSw+(1−x)SsS4−Ss=xSw−xSsx=S4−SsSw−Ssx=5.791kJ×K−1×kg−1−8.667kJ×K−1×kg−10.297kJ×K−1×kg−1−8.667kJ×K−1×kg−1x=0.344.

02

Step: 2 Finding efficiency at maximum pressure at 500∘C: (part a)

The enthalpy of mixture by

H4=xHw+(1−x)Hs

Substituting the enthalpy of water isHw=84kJ×kg−1 and the enthalpy of steam isHs=2538kJ×kg−1.

H4=(0.344)×84kJ⋅kg−1+(1−0.344)×2538kJ⋅kg−1H4=1693.8kJ×kg−1.

The efficiency is

e≈1−1693.8kJ×kg−1−84kJ×kg−13081kJ×kg−1−84kJ×kg−1≈0.463e≈0.463.

03

Step: 3 Finding efficiency at maximum pressure at 100bars: (part b)

The enthalpy of pressure is

H3=3625kJ×kg−1

The entropy of point change by

S4=S3=6.903kJ×K−1×kg−1S4=xSw+(1−x)SsS4−Ss=xSw−xSsx=S4−SsSw−Ssx=6.903kJ×K−1×kg−1−8.667kJ×K−1×kg−10.297kJ×K−1×kg−1−8.667kJ×K−1×kg−1x=0.211.

The enthalpy of mixture is

H4=xHw+(1−x)HsH4=(0.211)×84kJ×kg−1+(1−0.211)2538kJ×kg−1H4=2020.2kJ×kg−1.

The efficiency is

e≈1−2020.2kJ×kg−1−84kJ×kg−13625kJ×kg−1−84kJ×kg−1≈0.325e≈0.453.

04

Step: 4 Finding efficiency at maximum pressure at 10∘C: (part c)

The enthalpy of pressure is

H1=42kJ×kg−1

The entropy of point change by

S4=S3=6.233kJ×K−1×kg−1S4=xSw+(1−x)SsS4−Ss=xSw−xSsx=S4−SsSw−Ssx=6.233kJ×K−1×kg−1−8.901kJ×⋅K−1×kg−10.151kJ×K−1×kg−1−8.901kJ×K−1×kg−1x=0.305.

The enthalpy of mixture is

H4=xHw+(1−x)HsH4=(0.305)42kJ×kg−1+(1−0.305)2538kJ×kg−1H4=1776.7kJ×kg−1.

The efficiency is

e≈1−1776.7kJ×kg−1−42kJ×kg−13444kJ×kg−1−42kJ×kg−1e≈0.49.

From the above three parts,the change in efficiency is at 3%is obtained.

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