The Reheat Rankine Cycle

A Reheat Rankine Cycle is a Superheat Rankine Cycle that uses two turbines to make it possible to operate the condenser at a low pressure and still maintain a very high quality at the turbine effluent.
Boiler - heat added at constant pressure.
Process 1-2:
High-Pressure Turbine (HP) - isentropic expansion.
Process 2-3:
Boiler - heat added at constant pressure.
Process 3-4:
Low-Pressure Turbine (LP) - isentropic expansion.
Process 4-5:
Condenser - heat rejected at constant pressure.
Process 5-6:
Pump - isentropic compression.
Process 6-1:
Process flow diagram of a Reheat Rankine Power Cycle.
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Ch 9, Lesson C, Page 5 - The Reheat Rankine Cycle