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The 20 pages that link to Rankine cycle, each with the reason it gives.

• Steam engineRelated: It describes the idealized cycle used to analyze many steam power systems.

• Steam turbineNarrower topic: The cycle describes the steam turbine’s role in a complete power plant.

• Carnot cycleCompared with: It is a practical power-plant cycle that accommodates phase changes and finite-rate processes.

• Combined-cycle power plantRelated: The steam turbine operates on this cycle, using heat recovered from the gas turbine.

• Thermodynamic cycleBroader topic: It describes the basic cycle used in steam power plants.

• Brayton cycleCompared with: Unlike Brayton systems, Rankine plants condense their working fluid after expansion.

• Coal-fired power stationNarrower topic: The water-and-steam loop in a conventional station follows this power cycle.

• Carnot's theoremCompared with: Its real-world departures from reversibility explain why steam plants fall below the theorem's ceiling.

• Pressurized water reactorRelated: The secondary loop uses this cycle to turn steam-generator heat into electricity.

• Solar thermal energyRelated: Many solar thermal power plants use this cycle to turn collected heat into electricity.

• Thermal power stationRelated: It describes the steam cycle used in most conventional thermal stations.

• Concentrated solar powerRelated: Steam Rankine cycles convert collected solar heat into turbine work.

• Fossil fuel power stationRelated: Steam stations use this cycle to convert boiler heat into turbine work.

• Isentropic processRelated: Its ideal turbine and pump stages are modeled as isentropic.

• Rankine scaleRelated: The cycle shares Rankine’s name, though it is a process rather than a temperature scale.

• Superheated steamRelated: Superheating can increase cycle efficiency and reduce moisture during turbine expansion.

• Ericsson cycleCompared with: It is a practical power-cycle alternative that relies on phase change rather than Ericsson's ideal gas processes.

• William John Macquorn RankineBroader topic: This cycle is the best-known application of Rankine’s analysis of heat engines.

• Carnot heat engineCompared with: It accounts for phase changes and practical components absent from the Carnot model.

• History of the steam engineRelated: It formalized the operating principles underlying modern steam power plants.