1. CHAPTER
9
Vapor and Combined
Power Cycles

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FIGURE 9-1
T-s diagram of two
Carnot vapor cycles.
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FIGURE 9-2
The simple ideal
Rankine cycle.
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FIGURE 9-4
(a) Deviation of actual vapor power cycle
from the ideal Rankine cycle. (b) The effect
of pump and turbine irreversibilities on the
ideal Rankine cycle.
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FIGURE 9-6
The effect of lowering
the condenser pressure
on the ideal Rankine
cycle.
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FIGURE 9-7
The effect of
superheating the
steam to higher
temperatures on
the ideal Rankine
cycle.
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FIGURE 9-8
The effect of increasing
the boiler pressure on
the ideal Rankine cycle.
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FIGURE 9-9
A supercritical
Rankine cycle.
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FIGURE 9-10
T-s diagrams of the
three cycles
discussed in
Example 9–3.
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FIGURE 9-11
The ideal reheat Rankine
cycle.
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FIGURE 9-14
The first part of the
heat-addition process
in the boiler takes
place at relatively low
temperatures.
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FIGURE 9-15
The ideal
regenerative
Rankine cycle with
an open feedwater
heater.
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FIGURE 9-16
The ideal
regenerative
Rankine cycle with
a closed feedwater
heater.
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FIGURE 9-17
A steam power plant
with one open and
three closed
feedwater heaters.
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FIGURE 9-20
A simple process-heating
plant.
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FIGURE 9-21
An ideal
cogeneration plant.
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FIGURE 9-22
A cogeneration plant with
adjustable loads.
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FIGURE 9-24
Combined gas–steam
power plant.
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FIGURE 9-26
Mercury–water binary vapor
cycle.
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