Superheated Steam Table Calculator
Basic Properties of Water Thermal power plants used for the generation of electricity utilize water as the working fluid. Water is known as a 'pure substance' because it always has the same chemical composition irrespective of its phase, be it water, ice, or steam. Because water can exist as different phases at different temperatures, there are differences in volume and other properties.
Calculation of the properties at each phase and at various temperatures or pressures is very time consuming. Therefore the properties of steam such as the pressure, temperature, specific volume, enthalpy, and entropy are available in a tabular form, and they are known as the thermodynamics steam table. For engineers, the calculations are simplified as the values are picked up from the steam table and do not have to be calculated by complex calculations each time. The steam tables and the graphical charts known as Mollier diagrams are used worldwide by engineering students and professional engineers. What are Steam Tables? The thermodynamics steam tables contain the following tables:. Saturated water and steam temperature tables: In these tables for every temperature the absolute pressure, specific volume for saturated water and saturated steam, specific enthalpy for saturated water and saturated steam and specific entropy for saturated and saturated steam are given.
Saturated water and steam pressure tables: In these tables for every pressure the temperature, specific volume for saturated water and saturated steam, specific enthalpy for saturated water and saturated steam and specific entropy for saturated and saturated steam is given. Specific volume of superheated steam: In this table for every pressure the saturation temperature and the specific volume at various temperatures are given. Enthalpy of superheated steam: In this table for every pressure the saturation temperature and the enthalpy of superheated steam at various temperatures are given. Entropy of superheated steam: In this table for every pressure the saturation temperature and the entropy of superheated steam at various temperatures are given. Specific volume of superheated steam: In this table at every absolute pressure the specific volume of supercritical steam is given. Enthalpy of supercritical steam: In this table at every absolute pressure the enthalpy of supercritical steam is given. Entropy of supercritical steam: In this table at every absolute pressure the entropy of supercritical steam is given.
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How to Use the Steam Table In steam tables the properties of the dry steam are listed and for the wet steam the properties may be calculated from the steam tables of the dry and saturated steam. For values that are not listed exactly in the tables, the value between two figures can be obtained by linear interpolation. Interpolation is a mathematical tool by which, depending on the interval between two variables, a value in between can be calculated. The steam table shown above is a saturated water and steam table. As all the other tables are used on the same principle we will only discuss this one.
For an absolute pressure of 9 bars, the saturation temperature is 175.4 C. It means that at a temperature of 175.4 and above C all of the steam will be saturated. Of course, any temperature above this will be super heating of the steam. It must be noted however that at 175.4 C, depending on the latent heat supplied for vaporization, the steam can have any dryness faction. V g is the specific volume of steam, h f is the specific enthalpy of water, h g is the specific enthalpy of steam, s f is the specific entropy of water, and s g is the specific entropy of steam. We will now become familiar with this formula: h = h f + xL where x is dryness fraction and L = h g – h f By the above formula, if we know the dryness fraction of steam, we can calculate the enthalpy of wet steam, and its value would lie between that of the saturated water and saturated steam. For example if the dryness fraction is 0.8 for steam at 9 bars absolute pressure in bars.
Referring to the steam table above, h f = 743 kJ/Kg, L = 2031 kJ/Kg, h = 743 + 0.8 x 2031 = 2367.8 kJ/Kg This is a simple sample calculation; for more complex ones, please refer to your book on thermodynamics, but the essence is the same.
Steam Table Calculator I created a steam table calculator which makes it easy to calculate the thermodynamic properties of water in the subcooled, saturated, and superheated region. This calculator is programmed in Microsoft Excel. The calculator uses data points from thermodynamic property tables, and uses linear interpolation to calculate the following six thermodynamic properties: Temperature ( T), pressure ( P), specific volume ( v), energy ( u), enthalpy ( h), and entropy ( s). The Excel spreadsheet calculates thermodynamic properties in the superheated region for an absolute pressure range of 0.01-80 MPa, using 30 data tables spread apart over this pressure range. It calculates thermodynamic properties in the subcooled region for an absolute pressure range of 5-50 MPa, using 7 data tables spread apart over this range. In the saturated region, you can specify any of the six thermodynamic properties and automatically solve for the remaining five. In the subcooled and superheated region, you can specify ( P, T), ( P, v), ( P, u), ( P, h), or ( P, s), and automatically solve for the remaining thermodynamic properties.
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All the files that come with this calculator are contained in a single (compressed) file, in the 'zip' format. You need to uncompress this file before you can access the calculator. It's available through. To use the calculator you need to have Microsoft Excel installed on your computer. The program is compatible with all versions of Excel. Click on to see a screen capture of the Excel spreadsheet for the superheated region.
Note that the Excel program uses SI units for the thermodynamic property values.