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Reheat Rankine Cycle. P M V Subbarao Professor Mechanical Engineering Department. Means to Eliminate Hurdles while Adopting high Live Steam Pressures ……. Structure of Modern Rankine Cycle Power Plant. Historical Progress in Rankine Cycle.
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Reheat Rankine Cycle P M V Subbarao Professor Mechanical Engineering Department Means to Eliminate Hurdles while Adopting high Live Steam Pressures ……
Ill-effects of High Wetness • A secondary limiting effect, was characterized by Baumann as early as 1910. • The efficiency, of wet stages of the LP decreases approximately 1% for every 1% increase in wetness in the stage. • The level of allowable moisture in the last stages of the LP turbine has been a practical limit on the usable temperatures and pressures of steam since 1958 turbine designs. • Severe erosion was found in LP blades of early turbine designs and lead to the imposition of a limitation of about 12% on exit wetness.
Enhanced Irreversibility due to Wetness Baumann Rule Field Test Results
Ill-Effects of High Pressure Cycles ???? Tmax = 546C &Tmin=40 C Why should an isentropic expansion lead to condensation??? This demands high Live steam temperature x Pressure, MPa
Characterization of Vapour Domes for Engineering of Rankine Cycle
Working Fluids for Low Temperature Resources Working Fluids must be selected in accordance to the heat source temperature level (Tcr < Tin source)
World Installed Capacity of ORC Plants • Total installed capacity : 2701 MW, in 1754 power plants
Subcritical Vs Supercritical Rankine Cycle Wet Fluids
Reheating of Steam to Enhance Quality at the Turbine Exit Single Turbine drum