Answer:
A reheat cycle is used to increase the overall efficiency of the power plant.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Reheat cycle is used --
1. to increase the efficiency of the turbine
2. to maintain the quality of the steam
3. to provide higher pressure ratio
The reheat cycle is used to to increase the net work output of the power plant.In reheat cycle, two turbines , one low pressure turbine and one high pressure turbine is used to increase the efficiency. The main purpose of the reheat cycle is to maintain the quality of the steam to 0.85 at the exit of the turbine.
The figure given below shows a reheat rankine cycle.
In the cycle,
Process 1-2 is high pressure turbine
Process 2-3 is the reheater
Process 3-4 is the low pressure turbine
Process 4-5 is condenser
Process 5-6 is pump
Process 6-1 is boiler
A reheat rankine cycle is 30 -40% efficient than a simple rankine cycle.