Explain rankine cycle, reheat rankine and regenerative rankine and its p-v and t-s diagram

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Rankine cycle is a thermodynamic cycle used in steam power plants to generate electricity.

Rankine cycle is a thermodynamic cycle that converts heat into work using steam as the working fluid.
Reheat Rankine cycle involves reheating the steam in between stages to increase efficiency.
Regenerative Rankine cycle involves extracting steam from the turbine at various stages to preheat the feedwater.
P-V diagram for Rankine cycle consists of four main processes: isentropic compression, constant pressure heat addition, isentropic expansion, and constant pressure heat rejection.
T-S diagram for Rankine cycle shows the same processes but in terms of temperature and entropy.

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