Week 3 Assignment 1
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Due on 2017-08-16, 23:59 IST.
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1. Identify the correct path of fluid flow in a steam power plant.Invalid HTML tag: tag name
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Economizer- evaporator- superheater
Pump-turbine-condenser-evaporator.
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The data at inlet and exit of a turbine , running under steady flow, is given below.The rate of
heat loss per kg of steam is 10 kJ. The changes in potential and kinetic energy of steam is
negligible. Calculate turbine work developed (kJ/kg)
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430
880
170
1550
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1. In a simple power plant, the change of state of the working fluid and the hot product of
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1. Select the advantages obtained from the use of reheat in a steam power plant.
( One or more options).Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is not allowed
Improves the total work output and dryness fraction
Work output per unit mass of circulating fluid increases.Invalid HTML tag: tag name
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Decrease size of boiler.Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is not allowed
Less heating is required in economizerInvalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is not allowed
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Match the following
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A steam power plant operates on a Rankine cycle with reheating. The cycle is shown in a T-s
plane. Which one is representing heating process?
A-B
B-C
C-D
D-E
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A steam power plant is represented in a T-s diagram. What are the processes associated with
it?
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Reheating.
Regeneration,
2 open feed water heating.
None of these.
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Regarding feed water heaters (FWH) of a steam power plant, the following statements are
made. Identify the correct statement(s).Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is not allowed
FWHs are used for heating the condensate from the waste heat of the boiler.Invalid HTML
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In open FWHs condensate is heated using the exhaust gas.Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is
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Open FWHs are given such a name as they can be opened easily for the purpose of
maintenance.
Open FWHs have three terminal temperatures only.Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is not
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Identify the correct statements. In a utility steam power plant,Invalid HTML tag: tag name
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a combination of reheat and regeneration is used.
combination of reheat and regeneration should be avoided. Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p
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regeneration is not preferred as it reduces the work output.Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is
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regeneration feed heating reduces the work output for a specified flow of the working
fluid.
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The condensing temperature of a Rankine cycle is 27 ºC. One may approximate the heat
transfer in the boiler to be equivalent to heat transfer from a source at a constant temperature
of 600 K. The equivalent Carnot efficiency of the cycle isInvalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is
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80%
50%
33%
Can not be calculated from the given data
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In a steam power plant, a saturated liquid water coming out from condenser enters into a
pump and the pump feeds back the water into the boiler. The condenser and the boiler
pressures are 0.08 bar and 20 bar, respectively. The specific volume of the water at the
condenser outlet is 0.001008 m3/kg. Find out the pump work (kJ/kg) required to feed unit
mass of water. Isentropic efficiency of the pump is 80 %.
2.008
1.6
2.51
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A steam power plant operates on an ideal regenerative Rankine cycle with one open feed
water heater. Determine the fraction of steam extracted from the turbine. T-s diagram of the
cycle is shown in the figure. The enthalpies of various states are given.Invalid HTML tag: tag
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h6 = 798.33 kJ/kg
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0.554
0.227
0.133
0.884
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Process 1-3 in the figure shows the actual expansion in a turbine. Process 1-2 is the isentropic
expansion from boiler pressure to condenser pressure.
h2 > h 3
h2 < h 3
Nothing can be said regarding the relationship between h2 and h3.
Actual expansion curve is wrongly represented; it should be on the left side of curve 1-2.
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Referring to the above diagram (problem 13), the isentropic efficiency of the turbine is
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None of the above
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Identify the correct statements. In a Rankine cycle with regenerative feed heating is
introduced.Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is not allowed
Mass flow rate through the boiler and the condenser remains the same.Invalid HTML tag: tag
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The size of the low-pressure stage of turbine reduces.Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is not
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We need to burn less fuel in the boiler.
Size of the economizer reduces.Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is not allowed
