In this paper combined Brayton–Rankine cycle was mathematically simulated. In the Matlab program package an adequate numerical procedure has been developed to determine the maximum thermal efficiency of the combined cycle limited by the temperature of exhaust gases at the entrance of the gas turbine and the temperature of the condensation of water vapour in the steam condenser. Furthermore, add...

Steam transformers are evaporators that operate as dedicated vapour and condensate producing cells. This practice is found in the sugar refining industry and beet sugar factories, but is generally not found in raw sugar factories. Green field investments often overlook the need for such equipment, but its application can have tremendous benefits for the safe operation of the boiler. This paper ...

The corona discharge in the steam is investigated theoretically and experimentally in means of implementation with the steam condenser for the improved phase-change rate. The considered phenomena include the nucleation of water vapor on mobile charge carriers, the electrohydrodynamic vapor flow toward the condenser wall and the thermodynamics of the charged micro-droplet. The average size of mi...

Abstract In developing the PeLUIt 150 MW nuclear power plant based on High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) technology, with helium-coolant and output thermal of MW, simulator is also developed for training operators educating other technical personnel. Referred to balance (BOP) design PeLUIt, utilized vPower simulation platform simulate secondary loop generation a water-steam Rankine cycl...

This paper describes a model of local distribution of liquid water (or steam) saturation in a fractured layer. The model, based on the Bernoulli trials as a probability density function of saturation, gives the following relation between the average value of the relative permeability for the water phase, k-, and the arithmetical mean of saturation, S, : where rn is an index representing the non...

effects of water on the catalytic performances of movtenbo catalyst in the oxidation of propane to acrylic acid have been investigated at different reaction temperatures and different steam contents. obtained results show that both catalytic performances and catalyst structure are very sensitive to the presence of water vapor in the reaction feed. presence of water induces some structural modif...

In the Nuon/Vattenfall CO2 Catch-up project, a pre-combustion CO2 capture pilot plant was built and operated at the Buggenum IGCC power plant, the Netherlands. The pilot consist of sweet water-gas shift, physical CO2 absorption and CO2 compression. The technology performance was verified and validated models were obtained. This paper describes the validation of a WGS reactor model and the excel...

Jatropha curcas stem was analyzed for chemical compositions: 19.11% pentosan, 42.99% alphacellulose and 24.11% lignin based on dry weight of 100-g raw material. The condition to fractionate cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin in J. curcas stem using steam explosion was optimized. The procedure started from cutting J. curcas stem into small pieces and soaked in water for overnight. After that, t...

PURPOSE To determine the degree of extraneous lipid contamination in defined volumes of interest studied with single-volume proton MR spectroscopy. METHODS Single-volume proton MR spectroscopy was performed on a fat/water phantom and in three volunteers using the stimulated-echo acquisition mode (STEAM) and point-resolved spectroscopy (PRESS) localization methods. Three different volumes of i...

Thermodynamic analysis of the cracking of hexane has been conducted by the Gibbs free energy minimization method and second law analysis of overall reactions. By-products have been divided into three groups of methane, alkynes and aromatics and their possible production paths have been discussed. Effect of operating conditions such as temperature and steam-to-hexane ratio on the cracking perfor...