The study introduces how to use cloud functions and the WaterSteamPro software for calculation of thermophysical properties of water and steam. The thermal efficiency of steam-turbine Rankine cycle calculation is taken as example. A comparison between spreadsheet software and mathematical package is provided.
You can download sheets of figures:
Fig. 4.1. Link to a cloud Mathcad-worksheet
Fig. 4.2. The calculation of the efficiency of a steam turbine cycle in Mathcad 15 by using the "cloud" functions
Fig. 4.3. The calculation of the efficiency of steam turbine cycle with using the functions of the package WaterSteamPro
Fig. 4.4. "Cloud" Mathcad-document functions on the properties of water and steam
Fig. 4.5. Link to Mathcad-sheet that is stored on your computer
Fig. 4.6. User function in Mathcad (Rankine cycle)
Fig. 4.7. Reference to the calculation of the efficiency of a steam turbine cycle
Fig. 4.8. The calculation of the efficiency of steam turbine cycle with MS Excel
Fig. 4.9. Calculation of the thermal efficiency of a steam turbine cycle with MS Excel: showing the hidden formulas
Fig. 4.10. The calculation of the thermal efficiency of steam turbine cycle with MS Excel: working with named cells
Fig. 4.11. The calculation of the thermal efficiency of steam turbine cycle in Mathcad with built-in MS Excel components
Fig. 4.12. Scheme testing - see http://twt.mpei.ac.ru/CALCULON
Fig. 4.13. Comparison: user steam turbine circuit with its standard - see http://twt.mpei.ac.ru/CALCULON
Fig. 4.14. One of the heat engineering schemes from the “Electronic Encyclopedia of Energy” - see