Binary Rankine (Mercury) Cycle
Binary Rankine (Mercury) Cycle
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Hi,
In preparation for the PE, I came across a binary rankine cylce using steam and mercury. Does anyone know where I can find a "mercury table" (i.e., the same format as traditional steam tabless). I would prefer an online source but even a textbook reference would be helpful.
Has anyone seen these cycles in operation or are they strictly an academic interest?
Thanks in advance!
Steven
In preparation for the PE, I came across a binary rankine cylce using steam and mercury. Does anyone know where I can find a "mercury table" (i.e., the same format as traditional steam tabless). I would prefer an online source but even a textbook reference would be helpful.
Has anyone seen these cycles in operation or are they strictly an academic interest?
Thanks in advance!
Steven





RE: Binary Rankine (Mercury) Cycle
RE: Binary Rankine (Mercury) Cycle
DOE FUNDAMENTAL HANDBOOK - THERMODYAMNAICS, HEAT TRANSFER & FLUID FLOW VOLUME 1 OF 3 - DOE HDBK-1012 FIGURE A3 aPPENDIX A PAGE A-5
http://tis.eh.doe.gov/techstds/standard/hdbk1012/h1012v...
Look around the site there are other handbooks that might be beneficial for anyone studying for the PE exam.
http://tis.eh.doe.gov/techstds/standard/appframe.html
RE: Binary Rankine (Mercury) Cycle
RE: Binary Rankine (Mercury) Cycle
Power Plant Engineering, by F.T. Morse, Van Nostrand
Cheers
Steve
RE: Binary Rankine (Mercury) Cycle
RE: Binary Rankine (Mercury) Cycle
RE: Binary Rankine (Mercury) Cycle
A Mercury-Steam Binary Cycle plant operated in Hartford CT, probably in the late 40s, early 50s. It is long gone.
The cycle was at the South Meadow Plant and included a 15 MW mercury turbine. Mercury vapor at 113 psig and 945 F was produced in an oil-fired mercury boiler. The vapor expanded in a five stage impulse mercury turbine operating at 720 rpm.
The mercury turbine exhausted to a mercury condenser (a HRSG in today's parlance of combined cycles) which produced saturated steam at 410 psig and 450 F. That steam was then superheated to 700 F and sent to the steam turbine.
I believe that GE designed and manufactured this equipment.
An article about this cycle was published in the March 1950 issue of Power Generation magazine. (I have not seen this article but it is cited in a textbook on power plants.)
DickP
RE: Binary Rankine (Mercury) Cycle