Simple Rankine Cycle Analysis

Instructions

Fill In
Problem
Rankine
Lookup
Step
1 Pump in
7 Pump out
6 Boiler
5 Boiler
3 Turbine In
4 Turbine Out
2 Pump in

Sensitivity Study

TF Props: TFProps (Substance ID (=40 for

water), Unit ID (= "SI_C" for Celsius), 1st
Property ID (Input), 1st Property Value
(Input), 2nd Property ID (Input), 2nd Property
Value (Input), 3rd Property ID (Output)).

Sample Problem
T [oC]

P [Pa]

P [bars]

v [m3/kg]

hin

hout

s [kJ/kgK]

h [kJ/kg]

1
2
2a
2b
3
4
1

Pump
Boiler
Turbine
Condenser

2
Sums =

0.0

Q
in

2a

0.0

Pump

Eta =
BWR =

Boiler
2b

W
pump

W
turbine

Turbine

1
Condenser

Q
out
P- v Diagram for Rankine Cycle

T- s Diagram for Rankine Cycle

1000

500
450

350
300
250
200
150

Column A
Column A
Column D
Column D
Column D
Column D

100
Pressure [bars]

Te mpe rature [oC]

400

Column B
Column F

Column B
Column F

Column F
Column F

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500

Column B
Column F

450
Column A
Column A
Column D
Column D
Column D
Column D

350
300
250

100
Pressure [bars]

Te mpe rature [oC]

400

200
150
100
50
0
0

0.43

Dependent Variable

0.42
0.41
0.4

e11
eta
2000000
0.4
2150000
0.4
2300000
0.4
2450000
0.4
2600000
0.4
2750000
0.41
2
3
4
5
6
7
2900000
0.41
Entropy [kJ/kgK]
3050000
0.41
3200000
0.41
Sensitivity
3350000
0.41 Study
3500000
0.41
3650000
0.42
3800000
0.42
3950000
0.42
4100000
0.42
4250000
0.42
4400000
0.42
4550000
0.42
4700000
0.42
4850000
0.43
5000000
0.43

Column B
Column F

Column F
Column F

10

0.1

0.01
8

10

0.01

0.1

10

100

Specific Volume [m3/kg]

0.39
0.38
0.37
1000000

2000000

3000000

4000000

5000000

6000000

Independent Variable

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Props (Substance ID (=40 for

D (= "SI_C" for Celsius), 1st
nput), 1st Property Value
operty ID (Input), 2nd Property
3rd Property ID (Output)).

nB
nF

W
turbine

Column F
Column F

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nF

10

Column F
Column F

100

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Example of Thprop Syntax

Fluid =
40 (water)
Pressure = 4000000
[Pa]
Entropy =
0.64 [kJ/kgK]
Specific Volume =
#NAME? [m3/kg]

Saturation Properties of Water

Temp
Pressure
[oC]
[bars]
0.01
0.01
4
0.01
5
0.01
6
0.01
8
0.01
10
0.01
11
0.01
12
0.01
13
0.01
14
0.02
15
0.02
16
0.02
17
0.02
18
0.02
19
0.02
20
0.02
21
0.02
22
0.03
23
0.03
24
0.03
25
0.03
26
0.03
27
0.04
28
0.04
29
0.04
30
0.04
31
0.04
32
0.05
33
0.05
34
0.05
35
0.06
36
0.06
38
0.07
40
0.07
45
0.1
50
0.12
55
0.16
60
0.2
65
0.25
70
0.31
75
0.39
80
0.47
85
0.58
90
0.7
95
0.85
100
1.01
110
1.43
120
1.99

vf
m /kg
3

0
157.23
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

vg x 103
m /kg
206.14
3

147.12
137.73
120.92
106.38
99.86
93.78
88.12
82.85
77.93
73.33
69.04
65.04
61.29
57.79
54.51
51.45
48.57
45.88
43.36
40.99
38.77
36.69
34.73
32.89
31.17
29.54
28.01
26.57
25.22
23.94
21.6
19.52
15.26
12.03
9.57
7.67
6.2
5.04
4.13
3.41
2.83
2.36
1.98
1.67
1.21
0.89

Entropy sf Entropy sg
kJ/kgK
0
0.06
0.07
0.09
0.12
0.15
0.16
0.18
0.19
0.21
0.22
0.24
0.25
0.26
0.28
0.29
0.31
0.32
0.34
0.35
0.36
0.38
0.39
0.41
0.42
0.43
0.45
0.46
0.48
0.49
0.5
0.52
0.54
0.57
0.64
0.7
0.77
0.83
0.89
0.96
1.02
1.08
1.14
1.19
1.25
1.31
1.42
1.53

kJ/kgK
9.16
9.05
9.02
9
8.95
8.9
8.88
8.85
8.83
8.8
8.78
8.76
8.73
8.71
8.69
8.67
8.64
8.62
8.6
8.58
8.56
8.54
8.51
8.49
8.47
8.45
8.43
8.41
8.39
8.37
8.35
8.33
8.29
8.26
8.16
8.08
7.99
7.91
7.83
7.75
7.68
7.61
7.54
7.48
7.42
7.35
7.24
7.13

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140
150
160
170
180
190
200
210
220
230
240
250
260
270
280
290
300
320
340
360
374.1

2.7
3.61
4.76
6.18
7.92
10.02
12.54
15.54
19.06
23.18
27.95
33.44
39.73
46.89
54.99
64.12
74.36
85.81
112.74
145.86
186.51
220.8

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0.67
0.51
0.39
0.31
0.24
0.19
0.16
0.13
0.1
0.09
0.07
0.06
0.05
0.04
0.04
0.03
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.01
0

1.63
1.74
1.84
1.94
2.04
2.14
2.24
2.33
2.42
2.52
2.61
2.7
2.79
2.88
2.98
3.07
3.16
3.25
3.45
3.66
3.91
4.35

7.03
6.93
6.84
6.75
6.67
6.58
6.51
6.43
6.36
6.29
6.21
6.14
6.07
6
5.93
5.86
5.78
5.7
5.54
5.33
5.05
4.48