TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES – QUEZON CITY

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ME 402: THERMODYNAMICS II
HOMEWORK #4|FINALS|SUMMER
REHEAT RANKINE CYCLE

NAME: DATE:
SECTION: P.C. RAMOS
DIRECTION: Read, analyze, and answer the following questions correctly. Show your complete
solutions on a separate piece of paper. Incomplete/ Incomprehensible/No solutions means NO
CREDIT. Show interpolation if applicable. Use all decimal places without rounding off any
digits. Box your final answers. Any form of erasures on your answer is not allowed.

SITUATIONAL PROBLEM NO I

A reheat cycle has the following data: Throttle, 8.5MPa at 400degC, and Turbine exhaust at
0.06MPa. For an ideal cycle, Determine:

1. The work
2. Thermal efficiency
3. Heat Rate(Qa)

SITUATIONAL PROBLEM NO II

In a reheat cycle steam at 8.0MPa and 485degC enters the turbine and expands to 1.4MPa. At
this point, the steam is withdrawn and passed through a reheater. It reenters the turbine at
1.3 MPa and 720degC. Expansion now occurs to the condenser pressure of 0.0006MPa. For the
cycle and 1kg of steam determine:

4. Heat added
5. Work Turbine
6. Work Net
7. Thermal Efficiency

SITUATIONAL PROBLEM NO III

An ideal double-reheat steam turbine receives 300,000 kg/hr of steam at 10MPa and 400degC.
After expansion from high pressure turbine shell, it is reheated twice from saturated vapor
condition back to its initial temperature. The steam entering the condenser is 97%dry.
Determine:

8. Turbine Work
9. Heat Added
10. Heat Rejected
11. Pump Work
12. Net Work
13. Thermal Efficiency

SITUATIONAL PROBLEM NO IV

A reheat cycle with two stages of reheating is executed with steam expanding initially from
20MPa and 540degC. The two reheater pressures are 3.8MPa and 0.97MPa, and the steam leavers
each reheater at 540degC. Condensation occurs at 60degC. For an Ideal cycle of 1kg/s of steam
find:

14. Heat Added

15. Turbine Work
16. Heat Rejected
17. Pump Work
18. Net Work
19. Thermal Efficiency of the system

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PREPARED BY: ENGR. P.C. RAMOS, ME