In: Mechanical Engineering
Steam is supplied to a turbine at 50Bar, 400oC. It expands in the first stage until it is dry saturated and then reheated to 400oC before expanding in the second stage to a condenser pressure of 0.05 Bar. Calculate the work output, Specific Steam Consumption (SSC) and the Rankine efficiency Compare these values with those obtained by a single stage expansion without reheat. Note - Neglect feed pump work