General Studies · Steam Turbines
A completely ideal Carnot vapor cycle is impracticable in steam power plants primarily because:
- 1there is no possibility of excessive humidity in the low-pressure stages of the turbine.
- 2it is always possible to transfer the heat of expanding steam to the fluid in the turbine itself.
- 3it is practically difficult to compress a wet mixture of very low dryness fraction isothermally or isentropically in a compressor.✓
- 4there is no ideal fluid available that can be considered as a working fluid.
Correct answer
it is practically difficult to compress a wet mixture of very low dryness fraction isothermally or isentropically in a compressor.
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