NPTEL Online Certification Course

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Sub: Steam and Gas Power Systems
Instructor: Prof. Ravi Kumar

Assignment-1 solutions

1. Rankine cycle operating on low pressure limit of p1 and high pressure limit of p2
Ans- has higher thermal efficiency than the Carnot cycle operating between same
pressures limits

2 In Rankine cycle heat is added at

Ans- constant pressure

3 Rankine cycle efficiency of a good Steam Power Plant may be in the range of?

Ans 35 to 45%

4 A simple Rankine cycle produces 40 MW of power, 50 MW of process heat and rejects 60

MW of heat to the surroundings. What is the utilization factor of this co-generation cycle
neglecting the pump work?

Ans 𝑄𝑖𝑛 = 𝑄𝑝 + 𝑄𝑟𝑒𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 + W

𝑄𝑖𝑛 = 40 + 50 + 60
Utilization = (𝑄𝑝 + W) / 𝑄𝑖𝑛

𝑄𝑖𝑛 = 𝑄𝑝 + 𝑄𝑟𝑒𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 + W

𝑄𝑖𝑛 = 40 + 50 + 60
Utilization = (𝑄𝑝 + W) / 𝑄𝑖𝑛
40+50
= 150

= 0.6
5 Which of the following contributes to the improvement of efficiency of Rankine cycle in a
thermal power plant?
Ans All of the above.

6 Thermal efficiency of Rankine cycle can definitely be improved by

Ans superheating

7 Rankine efficiency of a steam power plant

Ans improves in winter as compared to that in summer

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8 specific steam consumption of Rankine cycle can be reduced by
Ans steam superheating

9 Regenerative heating i.e., bleeding steam to reheat feed water to boiler

Ans increases thermal efficiency of the cycle

10 Thermal efficiency of Binary vapour cycle is

Ans higher than Rankine steam cycle

11 Considering the below T-s diagram of the Rankine cycle with reheat, which condition can
improve the efficiency of the cycle slightly?

Ans the mean temperature of heat addition in process (2 ′ – 2 ″) should be higher than
the mean temperature of heat addition in process (1 – 2)

Numerical 12-15 solution

Heat supplied Q
Q = h2 − h1
h2 = hg at 11 bar

h2 = 2780.6 kJ/kg
h1 = hf4 + vf1 (p1 − p4 )
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h2 = 163.35 + 0.001(11 − 0.07) × 100
h1 = 164.443 kJ/kg

Q = h2 – h1 = 2780.6 − 164.443
𝐐 = 𝟐𝟔𝟏𝟔. 𝟏𝟓𝟕 𝐤𝐉/𝐤𝐠
Turbine work WT
WT = h2 − h3
s2 = s3 = 6.552 (sg at 11 kpa)
s3 = sf3 + x sfg3

6.552 = 0.55903 +x (8.2745-0.55903)

Dryness fraction x = 0.776
h3 =hf3 +x hfg3

h3 = 163.35 + 0.776 × (2571.7 − 163.35)

h3 = 2032.23 kJ/kg
WT = hg2 − h3

WT = 2780.6 -2032.23
WT = 748.37 kJ/kg
WT 748.37
Efficiency η = = 2616.157
𝑄

𝟕𝟒𝟖.𝟑𝟕
η = 𝟐𝟔𝟏𝟔.𝟏𝟓𝟕 = 28.6%

Change in entropy in condenser = Q/T

= (h3 – h4) / T
= (2032.23- 163.35) /( 39+273.15)
= 5.987 kJ/kg-K

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