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Reheat Rankine cycle: why double reheat is used in large plants
Reheat Rankine Cycle is basically a modification of the simple Rankine Cycle, where the steam from the boiler is expanded in stages, reheated between the expansions in order to improve the performance of the power plant. In the Reheat Rankine Cycle, the high-pressure steam first expands in the …
Regenerative Rankine cycle: feed water heaters vs efficiency gain
Regenerative Rankine cycle is an improvised version of the Rankine cycle, in which a portion of partially expanded steam is bled from an intermediate stage of the turbine, is utilized to preheat the feed water before entering the boiler. Thus, by increasing the temperature of the feed water …
