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The Rankine cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle describing the process by which certain heat engines, such as steam turbines or reciprocating steam engines, allow mechanical work to be extracted from a fluid as it moves between a heat source and heat sink. The Rankine cycle is named after William John Macquorn Rankine, a Scottish polymath professor at Glasgow University.
Heat energy is supplied to the system via a boiler where the working fluid (typically water) is converted to a high-pressure gaseous state (steam) in order to turn a turbine. After passing over the turbine the fluid is allowed to condense back into a liquid state as waste heat energy is rejected before being returned to boiler, completing the cycle. Friction losses throughout the system are often neglected for the purpose of simplifying calculations as such losses are usually much less significant than thermodynamic losses, especially in larger systems.
The Rankinecycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle describing the process by which certain heat engines, such as steam turbines or reciprocating steam...
thermal engineering, the organic Rankinecycle (ORC) is a type of thermodynamic cycle. It is a variation of the Rankinecycle named for its use of an organic...
combined cycle consists of two power plant cycles. One is the Joule or Brayton cycle which is a gas turbine cycle and the other is the Rankinecycle which...
It can therefore be considered a combination of the Brayton cycle and the Rankinecycle. It was named for Dr. Dah Yu Cheng. The company founded by Dr...
expansion phase. The ultrasupercritical steam Rankinecycle represents a widespread transcritical cycle in the electricity generation field from fossil...
William John Macquorn Rankine FRSE FRS (/ˈræŋkɪn/; 5 July 1820 – 24 December 1872) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist. He was a founding contributor...
theoretical efficiency, with 55% of the fuel energy content rejected as heat. Rankinecycle systems vaporize pressurised water using a steam generator located in...
A Carnot cycle is an ideal thermodynamic cycle proposed by French physicist Sadi Carnot in 1824 and expanded upon by others in the 1830s and 1840s. By...
power plants in that they employ Rankine Power Cycles, the main difference being the heat source and the choice of cycle working fluid. The geothermal reservoir's...
combustion products. The ideal thermodynamic cycle used to analyze this process is called the Rankinecycle. In general usage, the term steam engine can...
characteristics in nucleate and convective boiling, as well as in the organic Rankinecycle. Because zeotropic mixtures have different properties than pure fluids...
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engines include the Brayton cycle, which models gas turbines, the Rankinecycle, which models steam turbines, the Stirling cycle, which models hot air engines...
of the Rankinecycle. Steam engines are a common example of dual-phase engines. Another example is engines that use the Organic Rankinecycle. Organic...
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using Organic RankineCycle (ORC) for geothermal energy, waste heat, thermal solar energy or biomass and heat pumps and refrigeration cycles. The article...
power plants (Bottoming cycle). Even at lower pressure, a Kalina cycle may have higher efficiency than a comparable Rankinecycle. Recoverable heat from...
environment. The mercury cycle offers an efficiency increase compared to a steam-only cycle because energy can be injected into the Rankinecycle at higher temperature...
the cycle. When an organic working fluid such as R-134a is used in the Rankinecycle, the cycle is sometimes referred to as an organic Rankinecycle (ORC)...
first converting to electricity. The Rankinecycle is the most basic thermodynamic power cycle. The simplest cycle consists of a steam generator, a turbine...
ratios are used than in spark ignition engines. Rankinecycle: steam power plants The Rankinecycle is the cycle used in steam turbine power plants. The overwhelming...
heating process to generate more high pressure steam. This is known as a Rankinecycle. The design of thermal power stations depends on the intended energy...
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feedwater is introduced back into the steam cycle. In a steam power plant (usually modeled as a modified Rankinecycle), feedwater heaters allow the feedwater...
heat, which generates steam. The steam propels the torpedo in a closed Rankinecycle, supplying power to a pump-jet. This propulsion system offers the very...