Rankine cycle
MODEL THAT IS USED TO PREDICT THE PERFORMANCE OF STEAM TURBINE SYSTEMS
Rankine Cycle; Reverse-Rankine cycle; Steam cycle; Rankine cycle engine; Rankine engine; Steam reheat
The Rankine cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle describing the process by which certain heat engines, such as steam turbines or reciprocating steam engines, allow mechanical work to be extracted from a fluid as it moves between a heat source and heat sink. The Rankine cycle is named after William John Macquorn Rankine, a Scottish polymath professor at Glasgow University.