Desarrollo de un Software para Centrales Térmicas de Ciclo Rankine con Precalentadores Abiertos, Cerrados y Recalentamiento

Abstract

In this master thesis, it is exposed the development and implementation of a software application for simulation of different Rankine cycle configurations. The source code was developed in Visual Studio. It starts with a bibliographic study related to steam thermodynamic cycles in different configurations and the thermodynamic properties of water using the formulations recommended by The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam IAPWS. The government equations, the variables and operation parameters in a certain configuration of the thermodynamic circuits are identified. This particularly allows the development of both, the mathematical arrangements with parameters that participate, and also, the information requirements to solve those arrangements. Additionally, a report is obtained with the property values of the thermodynamic states and the system thermal efficiency. The developed application can be used as a versatile and useful tool for the resolution of Rankine Cycle problems. The results obtained by using the developed thermodynamic circuit simulator are compared with their counterparts from other methodologies showing consistency. These all demonstrate the application versatility.