期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2016
卷号：5
期号：8
页码：15369
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2016.0508148
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Today, most of the electricity produced throughout the world is from steam power plants. However,electricity is being produced by some other power generation sources such as hydropower, gas power, bio-gas power,solar cells, etc. One newly developed method of electricity generation is the Magneto hydro dynamic power plant. Thispaper deals with steam cycles used in power plants. Thermodynamic analysis of the Rankine cycle has been undertakento enhance the efficiency and reliability of steam power plants. The thermodynamic deviations resulting in non-ideal orirreversible functioning of various steam power plant components have been identified. A comparative study betweenthe Carnot cycle and Rankine cycle efficiency has been analyzed resulting in the introduction of regeneration in theRankine cycle. Factors affecting efficiency of the Rankine cycle have been identified and analyzed for improvedworking of thermal power plants.
关键词：Rankine cycle; steam-turbine; efficiency; Feed Water Heater (FWH); irreversibility; reheat cycle;regeneration; and condensers.
