Division of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Institute of Technology, University
of Moratuwa
Topic Name Module Name Module Code
Tutorial 5 – Steam Power Cycle Applied Thermodynamics II ME2402
Module Leader Mrs. NV Kularathne
1. Steam initially at 30bar, 4500c enters a turbine of steam plant and expands
isentropically to 0.04bar. After condensation to saturated liquid state the water is
pumped into the boiler where it is returned to the initial state. Sketch flow and T-s
diagrams for the cycle and calculate the specific heat consumption (in kg / kWh) and
the cycle efficiency. Do not neglect the feed-pump work.
2. A steam turbine plant operating on the superheated Rankine cycle uses a boiler
pressure of 50bar and a condenser pressure of 0.07bar. The steam is superheated to
4500c before entering the turbine. Calculate the cycle efficiency, taking account of the
feed pump and assuming isentropic expansion in the turbine.
In order to reduce the load, steam is throttled from 50bar to 30bar before passing it to
the turbine. Calculate the percentage reduction of the load.
3. Steam is supplied at 40bar and 3500C to a turbine and the condenser
pressure is 0.035bar. If the plant operates on the Rankine cycle, calculate
per kg of steam:
(a) Work output
(b) Work required for the feed pump
(c) Heat transferred to the condenser cooling water, and the amount of
cooling water required through the condenser if the temperature rise of
the water is assumed to be 5.5k.
(d) Heat supplied
(e) Rankine Efficiency
(f) Specific Steam Consumption
4. In a nuclear power plant dry saturated steam at 30bar enters a high pressure turbine and
expands isentropically to a pressure of 2.5bar. At this pressure the steam is passed
through a moisture separator which removes all the liquid.
Saturated vapour leaves the separator and is expanded isentropically to 0.04bar in a
lower pressure turbine, while the saturated liquid leaving the separator is returned via a
feed-pump to the boiler. The condensate leaving the condenser at 0.04bar also returned
to the boiler via a second feed-pump.
Calculate the dryness fraction at the outlets of high and low pressure turbines, and also
the cycle efficiency taking account of the feed-pump terms.
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5. A reheat cycle works between pressures of 120bar and [Link] steam is
superheated to 5700C, and after expansion to the dry saturated state is reheated to
5000C. Calculate the ideal thermal efficiency of the cycle taking account of the feed
pump work.
6. (i) Steam is supplied to a two-stage turbine at 40bar and 3500C. It expands in the
first turbine until is dry saturated, then it is reheated to 3500C and expanded
through the second-stage turbine. The condenser pressure is 0.035bar.
Calculate the work output and the heat supplied per kg of steam for the plant
assuming ideal processes.
Also calculate the specific steam consumption.
(ii) If the expansion processes in the turbines have isentropic efficiencies of 84%
and 78% respectively, in the first and second stages, calculate the work output
and the heat supplied per kg of steam, the thermal efficiency and the specific
steam consumption.
Compare the efficiency and specific steam consumption with (i) above.
Also compare the wetness of the steam leaving the turbines in each case.
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