Rankine Cycle Simulator — Ideal & Real (IAPWS-IF97)

Key Performance

Thermal Efficiency η_th

— %

Carnot limit — % · 2nd-law — %

Net Power

— MW

Heat Rate

— MW_th

T_m,in

— °C

Extraction y

—

w_turb—

w_pump—

w_net—

q_in—

q_out—

BWR—

specific work & heat in kJ/kg

Cycle Controls

Boiler pressure P_high 80.0 bar

T_sat = — °C

Turbine inlet temp TIT 500 °C

superheat ΔT = — K · range —–650 °C

Condenser pressure P_low 0.100 bar

T_sat = — °C

Pump isentropic eff. η_pump 80 %

Mass flow rate ṁ 100 kg/s

Cycle Architecture

Reheat (HP/LP split)

Regeneration / preheat

Turbine stages (per section)

Process Flow Diagram hover a component, pipe, T–s point, or table row to cross-highlight · pipe colour = local fluid temperature · particle speed ∝ ṁ

T–s Diagram scroll = zoom · drag = pan · double-click = reset actual isentropic T_m,in

State Points

Point	Description	P (bar)	T (°C)	h (kJ/kg)	s (kJ/kg·K)	x	Phase

Properties from a native implementation of the IAPWS-IF97 industrial formulation (regions 1, 2, 3 & 4). Rows with grey text (2s / 4s) are the fully-isentropic ideal reference states; rows update in place as reheat, regeneration and stage count change.

RANKINE CYCLE SIMULATOR IAPWS-IF97 steam properties

Process Flow Diagram hover a component, pipe, T–s point, or table row to cross-highlight · pipe colour = local fluid temperature · particle speed ∝ ṁ

T–s Diagram scroll = zoom · drag = pan · double-click = reset actual isentropic T_m,in

State Points

Cycle Summary & Energy Balance

Process Flow Diagram hover a component, pipe, T–s point, or table row to cross-highlight · pipe colour = local fluid temperature · particle speed ∝ ṁ

T–s Diagram scroll = zoom · drag = pan · double-click = reset actual isentropic Tm,in

State Points

Cycle Summary & Energy Balance

T–s Diagram scroll = zoom · drag = pan · double-click = reset actual isentropic T_m,in