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What Is The Difference Between Rankine Cycle and Modified Rankine Cycle

The Rankine cycle uses a boiler, turbine, condenser and pump to convert the pressure energy of steam into mechanical energy. A modified Rankine cycle aims to increase efficiency by adding a reheat cycle, where steam exhaust from the high pressure turbine is reheated before the low pressure turbine, or using regeneration to pre-heat feedwater. Regeneration works by using some high-pressure steam to heat the steam and water mixture before it enters the boiler, reducing the heat required in the boiler and improving efficiency.

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What Is The Difference Between Rankine Cycle and Modified Rankine Cycle

The Rankine cycle uses a boiler, turbine, condenser and pump to convert the pressure energy of steam into mechanical energy. A modified Rankine cycle aims to increase efficiency by adding a reheat cycle, where steam exhaust from the high pressure turbine is reheated before the low pressure turbine, or using regeneration to pre-heat feedwater. Regeneration works by using some high-pressure steam to heat the steam and water mixture before it enters the boiler, reducing the heat required in the boiler and improving efficiency.

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11/20/2015 What is the difference between rankine cycle and modified rankine cycle?

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What is the difference between rankine cycle and modified
rankine cycle?

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Mriganka Kumar Choudhury
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Rankine cycle is a mechanical cycle which is used to convert the pressure energy of steam into
mechanical energy using turbines. In a Rankine cycle the components used are the turbine,
condenser, pump and the boiler. The water is heated up in the boiler and converted to super heated
steam and sent to the turbine. The exhaust from the turbine is converted to liquid in the condenser
and is pumped back to the boiler for heating up again. 
A modified Rankine cycle is used to increase the efficiency of the same Rankine cycle by either reheat
or using regenerative cycle. In the reheat cycle the exhaust from the high pressure turbine i.e, the first
stage turbine is reheated using a re heater and sent back to the low pressure turbine i.e the second
stage turbine. This in turn increases the efficiency of the cycle. In a regenerative cycle the exhaust
from the condenser is heated to an optimum level by a part of super heated steam that has been
separated before entering the turbine. Steam of mass m is used to heat up steam of mass (1­m) and
steam of mass m enters the boiler. Due to the re­generation process less heat has to be applied to the
boiler as a result the efficiency of the cycle increases.

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