Actual Rankine Cycle Ts Diagram. H 2 h 1 h 2 h 1. The rankine cycle is a modified form of carnot cycle in which the isothermal compression 3 4 is continued unit the steam is condensed into water.
The rankine cycle is often plotted on a pressure volume diagram pv diagram and on a temperature entropy diagram ts. The efficiency of the ideal rankine cycle as described in the earlier section is close to the efficiency of carnot cycle but in real plants each stage of the rankine cycle is associated with some irreversible processes and thus the efficiency of the actual rankine cycle is far lower than the ideal rankine cycle efficiency. The rankine cycle is a modified form of carnot cycle in which the isothermal compression 3 4 is continued unit the steam is condensed into water.
The rankine cycle is often plotted on a pressure volume diagram pv diagram and on a temperature entropy diagram ts diagram.
The ideal rankine cycle consists of the following four processes as shown on the t s diagram on the left. Constant pressure heat addition in a boiler. A 1 2. Thermal efficiency of a practical rankine cycle.
