Continue Rankine Cycle Improvements Supercritical reheat cycle: For water/steam: Terit =374 C Pcrit=22.064 MPa Advantage: very high heat addition →high n Disadvantage: material requirements 4 (thermal/mechanical stress) S →high initial costs 上游充通大 May9,2019 11 SHANGHAI JLAO TONG UNIVERSITYMay 9, 2019 11 Continue Rankine Cycle Improvements Supercritical reheat cycle: For water/steam: Tcrit = 374 oC pcrit = 22.064 MPa Advantage: • very high heat addition high h Disadvantage: • material requirements (thermal/mechanical stress) high initial costs