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A Rankine power cycle with reheat uses water as the working
fluid. The inlet conditions of the
first stage turbine are 14MPa and 600oC. All the turbines are known
to have isentropic
efficiency of 85%, however the pump is assumed as an isentropic
pump. If the maximum
temperature is kept at 600oC and the condenser pressure is 6 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 2 to 12 MPa)
Note: You may construct the plot on Microsoft Excel or manually on
a graph paper. However,
all the calculations involved must be performed manually, in
details and must be shown clearly.