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Use water as the working fluid ,apply Rankine power cycle with reheat . The first stage turbine inlet conditions are 15MPa and 600 C. All the turbines are known to have isentropic efficiency of 95%, however the pump is assumed as an isentropic pump. If the maximum temperature is kept at 500 C and the condenser pressure is 5 kPa, by constructing a suitable plot, show that having more than 2 reheat stages is not practical. (Hint: Take at least three reheat pressures between 3 to 13 MPa)
Hello, the cycle is violating the second law of thermodynamics.
So the cycle is practically not possible.
Thank you,
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