Method of optimizing performance of Rankine cycle power plants. [US DOE Patent]

Patent · Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:6579313

Pope, W L; Pines, H S; Doyle, P A; Silvester, L F

A method is described for efficiently operating a Rankine cycle power plant to maximize fuel utilization efficiency or energy conversion efficiency or minimize costs by selecting a turbine fluid inlet state which is substantially on the area adjacent and including the transposed critical temperature line.

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• OSTI ID: 6579313
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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