Prof. Dr.

enol BAKAYA

STUDENT

NAME
NUMBER

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:

GAZI UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Q1
/25

Q2

Q3

/25

Q4

/25

/25

TOTAL
/100

MM416E ENERGY ENGINEERING

1st HOMEWORK
Due on Monday 6th, April 2015

1. A steam power plant operates on an ideal reheat-regenerative Rankine cycle with one reheater and two
feed-water heaters, one open and one closed. The problem is specified for each student according to the last
two digits of the student number. For this purpose, steam enters the high pressure turbine at a pressure and
temperature given in Table 1 according to the last digit and the digit before the last one, respectively. Steam
enters the low-pressure turbine at 1 MPa and 500C. The condenser pressure is 5 kPa. Steam is extracted
from the turbine at 0.6 MPa for the closed feedwater heater and at 0.2 MPa for the open feedwater heater.
In the closed feedwater heater, the feedwater is heated to the condensation temperature of the extracted
steam. The extracted steam leaves the closed feedwater heater as a saturated liquid, which is subsequently
throttled to the open feedwater heater. Show the cycle on a T-s diagram with respect to saturation lines.
Determine (a) the fraction of steam extracted from the turbine for the open feedwater heater, (b) the thermal
efficiency of the cycle, and (c) the net power output for mass flow rate of 45 kg/s through the boiler.
Note: Prepare a table indicating state properties of the system before solving the problem.
Table 1. High pressure inlet pressure and temperature according to student number.
Last two digits of
the student number
(Last digit)
High pressure
turbine inlet
pressure
(The digit before
the last one)
High pressure
turbine inlet
temperature

0, 1, 2, 3

4, 5, 6

7, 8, 9

14 MPa

15 MPa

16 MPa

580 C

590 C

600 C

2. Consider a regenerative vapor power cycle with one open feedwater heater. The problem is specified for
each student according to the last two digits of the student number. For this purpose, steam enters the turbine
at a pressure and temperature given in Table 2 according to the last digit and the digit before the last one,
respectively, and expands to 0.7 MPa, where some of the steam is extracted and diverted to the open
feedwater heater. The remaining steam expands through the second-stage turbine to the condenser pressure
of 0.008 MPa. Saturated liquid exits the open feedwater heater. The isentropic efficiency of each turbine
stage is given in Table 2 according to the last digit of the student number. Each pump operates
isentropically. If the net power output of the cycle is 120 MW, determine (a) the thermal efficiency and (b)
the mass flow rate of the steam entering the first turbine stage, in kg/h.
Note: Prepare a table indicating state properties of the system before solving the problem.
Table 2. Turbine inlet pressure, temperature and isentropic efficiency.
Last two digits of
the student number
(Last digit)
Turbine inlet
pressure
(The digit before
the last one)
Turbine inlet
temperature
(Last digit)
Isentropic
efficiency of each
stage of turbine

0, 1, 2, 3

4, 5, 6

7, 8, 9

480

490

500

%85

%87

%89

3. A boiler delivers steam at 10 MPa, 550 C, to a two-stage turbine, as shown in the figure below. After the
first stage, an amount of the steam is extracted for a process application and returned at 1 MPa, 90C, to
the feedwater line. The extracted amount of steam and pressure are given in Table 3 according to the last
digit and the digit before the last one, respectively. The remainder of the steam continues through the lowpressure turbine stage, which exhausts to the condenser at 10 kPa. One pump brings the feedwater to 1
MPa, and a second pump brings it to 10 MPa. Assume all components are ideal. If the process application
requires 7 MW of power, how much power can then be cogenerated by the turbine?

Note: Prepare a table indicating state properties of the system before solving the problem.
Table 3. Extracted steam amount and pressure
Last two digits of
the student number
(Last digit)
Extracted steam
amount
(The digit before
the last one)
Extracted steam
pressure

0, 1, 2, 3

4, 5, 6

7, 8, 9

%20

%25

%30

1.4 MPa

1.5 MPa

1.6 MPa

4. A power plant produces 25 kg/s steam at the conditions given in Table 4 according to the last two digits of
the student number, in the boiler. It cools the condenser to an exit of 45C, and the cycle is shown in the
figure below. An extraction is done at 500 kPa to an open feedwater heater; in addition, a steam supply of
5 kg/s is taken out and not returned. The missing 5 kg/s water is added to the feedwater heater from a 20C,
400 kPa source. Find the needed extraction flow rate to cover both the feedwater heater and the steam
supply. Find the total turbine power output.
Note: Prepare a table indicating state properties of the system before solving the problem.
Table 4. Produced steam properties
Last two digits of
the student number
(Last digit)
Pressure of the
boiler
(The digit before
the last one)
Temperature of the
produced steam in
the boiler

0, 1, 2, 3

4, 5, 6

7, 8, 9

3 MPa

3.5 MPa

4 MPa

600 C

630 C

660 C