#GeeklyHub The Rankine Cycle Explained | The First Law of Thermodynamics

Learn the most important aspects about the Rankine Cycle. We will cover all the basic components of the Rankine Cycle and understand how they work in thermodynamics.

Welcome to GeeklyEDU by GeeklyHub Physics! The Rankine cycle or Rankine Vapor Cycle is the process mostly used by power plants such as coal-fired or nuclear reactors. In this mechanism, a fuel is used to produce heat within a boiler, turning water into steam which then expands through a turbine producing useful work. Today we’re going to model each of the components showing you all the equations. By the end of this video you will be able to solve a Rankine Cycle, including some performance parameters.

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00:00 Rankine Cycle Thermodynamics
00:22 How a Rankine Cycle Looks Like
00:39 T-s Diagram for the Rankine Cycle
04:08 Modeling the cycle
07:02 Efficiency of Rankine Cycle
08:04 Back Work Ratio
09:04 A Question for You to Answer

📚 Homework problems:
❓ “What happens to the net work and efficiency when you increase and when you decrease the boiler pressure?”

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