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REPORT
ON
REHEAT – REGENERATIVE CYCLE
TO
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Batch 2016-20

Submitted To: Submitted By:

Dr Jai Gopal Gupta Shreya Kanwar

Head of Department Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering 16EEMME023

GOVERNMENT WOMEN ENGINEERING COLLEGE ,

AJMER 305002
 REHEAT REGENERATIVE CYCLE
IDEAL REHEAT REGENERATIVE CYCLE:-
❖ All the modern steam turbine power plants are equipped with reheat
and regenerative feed heating arrangement.

❖ The purposes of combined reheat regenerative feed heating

arrangement are

• To increase thermal efficiency

• To increase output

• To avoid erosion and

• To avoid corrosion.

❖ Let 1kg of steam enters the turbine. The state point 0 represents initial
condition of steam entering the turbine i.e. p0 is the nozzle box pressure.
At state point 1, m1 kg of steam is extracted for regenerative feed
heating and the remaining (1-m1) kg passes through a reheater where
the steam is reheated to state point a, near about the initial
temperature. The reheating process occurs at constant pressure p1. at
point a steam is readmitted in the turbine and expands to pressure p 2.
At state point 2, again m2 kg of steam is blade off for the second heater
for feed heating and the remaining quantity of steam (1- m1 – m2)
expands to back pressure p3 .

❖ Considering pump work

❖ Ideal heat supplied = qa = (h0 – hf1) + (ha – h1)(1-m1)-wp kJ/kg

❖ WT = (h0 - h1)+(1-m1)(ha – h2)+(1-m1-m2)(h2-h3)

❖ The value of m1 and m2 will be calculated by writing the

enthalpy balance at heater no. 1 and 2.
 ❖ If pump work has to be considered then , the net work will be
turbine work minus pump work i.e.

❖ Wnet = Wturbine ─ Wpump

❖ But Wpump = vb (p1-pb)*102 kJ/kg

❖ Where vb = specific volume of water at back pressure p b (m3/kg)

❖ P1 initial pressure (bar) , pb = back pressure

❖ Hence , thermal efficiency = ηth = net workdone/heat supplied =

wnet/qa .

ACTUAL REHEAT REGENERATIVE CYCLE

❖ In the actual cycle , process 0-1' shows the actual expansion of
steam before extraction. In the reheater , there is pressure loss
and so steam from the reheater enters the turbine at pressure
pa and state point a. Process a-2' shows the actual expansion of
steam before m2 kg of steam extracted at pressure p2 and
process 2'-3' shows the actual expansion in the L.P. stages.

❖ Actual heat supplied = qAa = (h0 – hf1)+(ha-h1)(1-m1)-Wpa

❖ Workdone by turbine = WTa = (h0-h1')+(ha-h2')+(1-m1-m2)(h2'-

h3') kJ/kg

❖ Where

The value of m1 and m2 will be calculated by energy balance . The

actual thermal efficiency is given by

❖ ηtha = Wneta/qAa where Wneta = WTa – Wpa and Wpa = Wp/ηp

❖ Generally, ηp = overall pump efficiency = 85 to 90%. If
mechanical, generator and boiler efficiencies are given, these
have to be considered.