Numerical analyses of MHD-steam combined cycle system with tail gas gasification

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanxia Lu ◽  
Zixiang Ju ◽  
Jingzhong Tong
Keyword(s):  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Numerical Analyses ◽  
Cycle System

scholarly journals Reaching for 60 Percent

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (04) ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Valenti
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
New York State ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
York State ◽  
Cycle System ◽  
The World ◽  
H Design

The General Electric (GE) H turbine system in Wales is designed to be 60% thermally efficient. The Welsh installation will serve as a springboard for two other installations, planned for New York State and Tokyo, so that the technology will span three continents. The 480-megawatt H system in Wales is designed to be the first gas turbine combined-cycle system in the world to achieve 60% thermal efficiency. The main advantage provided by efficiency is economic, because fuel represents the largest single expense in running a fossil-fueled power plant. GE engineers based much of the H design on proven turbine technology, starting with the high-pressure compressors. Another advantage GE intends to stress in marketing its H turbines, along with fuel economy and environmental performance, is their greater power density.

Combined Cycle Off-Design Performance Estimation: A Second-Law Perspective

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Can Gu¨len ◽  
Joseph John
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Electricity Market ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Performance Estimation ◽  
Second Law ◽  
Combined Cycle Power Plant ◽  
Design Performance ◽  
Cycle System ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Exact Design

A combined cycle power plant (or any power plant, for that matter) does very rarely — if ever — run at the exact design point ambient and loading conditions. Depending on the demand for electricity, market conditions and other considerations of interest to the owner of the plant and the existing ambient conditions, a CC plant will run under boundary conditions that are significantly different from those for which individual components are designed. Accurate calculation of the “off-design” performance of the overall combined cycle system and its key subsystems requires highly detailed and complicated computer models. Such models are crucial to high-fidelity simulation of myriad off-design performance scenarios for control system development to ensure safe and reliable operability in the field. A viable option in lieu of sophisticated system simulation is making use of the normalized curves that are generated from rigorous model runs and applying the factors read from such curves to a known design performance to calculate the “off-design” performance. This is the common method adopted in the fulfillment of commercial transactions. These curves, however, are highly system-specific and their broad applicability to a wide variety of configurations is limited. Utilizing the key principles of the second law of thermodynamics, this paper describes a simple, physics-based calculation method to estimate the off-design performance of a combined cycle power plant. The method is shown to be quite robust within a wide range of operating regimes for a generic combined cycle system. As such, a second law based approach to off-design performance estimation is a highly viable tool for plant engineers and operators in cases where calculation speed with a small sacrifice in fidelity is of prime importance.

Combined Cycle and Waste Heat Recovery Power Systems Based on a Novel Thermodynamic Energy Cycle Utilizing Low-Temperature Heat for Power Generation

1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander I. Kalina
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Rankine Cycle ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
General Motors ◽  
Energy Prices ◽  
Cycle System ◽  
Energy Cycle ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Thermodynamic Energy

A new thermodynamic energy cycle has been developed, using a multicomponent working agent. Condensation is supplemented with absorption, following expansion in the turbine. Several combined power systems based on this cycle have been designed and cost-estimated. Efficiencies of these new systems are 1.35 to 1.5 times higher than the best Rankine Cycle system, at the same border conditions. Investment cost per unit of power output is about two-thirds of the cost of a comparable Rankine Cycle system. Results make cogeneration economically attractive at current energy prices. The first experimental installation is planned by Fayette Manufacturing Company and Detroit Diesel Allison Division of General Motors.

scholarly journals Advanced Thermodynamic Analysis Applied to an Integrated Solar Combined Cycle System

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shucheng Wang ◽  
Zhongguang Fu ◽  
Gaoqiang Zhang ◽  
Tianqing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Thermodynamic Analysis ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Cycle System

scholarly journals Performance Study of a Novel Integrated Solar Combined Cycle System

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liqiang Duan ◽  
Zhen Wang
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Lithium Bromide ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Absorption Refrigeration ◽  
Performance Study ◽  
Levelized Cost Of Electricity ◽  
Cycle System ◽  
New System

Based on a traditional integrated solar combined cycle system, a novel integrated solar combined cycle (ISCC) system is proposed, which preferentially integrates the solar energy driven lithium bromide absorption refrigeration system that is used to cool the gas turbine inlet air in this paper. Both the Aspen Plus and EBSILON softwares are used to build the models of the overall system. Both the thermodynamic performance and economic performance of the new system are compared with those of the traditional ISCC system without the inlet air cooling process. The new system can regulate the proportions of solar energy integrated in the refrigerator and the heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) based on the daily meteorological data, and the benefits of the solar energy integrated with the absorption refrigeration are greater than with the HRSG. The results of both the typical day performance and annual performance of different systems show that the new system has higher daily and annual system thermal efficiencies (52.90% and 57.00%, respectively), higher daily and annual solar photoelectric efficiencies (31.10% and 22.31%, respectively), and higher daily and annual solar photoelectric exergy efficiencies (33.30% and 23.87%, respectively) than the traditional ISCC system. The solar energy levelized cost of electricity of the new ISCC system is 0.181 $/kW·h, which is 0.061 $/kW·h lower than that of the traditional ISCC system.

scholarly journals Thermodynamic and Techno-Economic Analyses of a Combined Cycle Power Plant With a Simple Cycle Gas Turbine, the Bottoming Air Turbine Cycle and the Reverse Brayton Cycle

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Shnaid
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Simple Cycle ◽  
Brayton Cycle ◽  
Cycle System ◽  
Air Turbine ◽  
Attractive Option ◽  
Gas Turbine Exhaust ◽  
Economic Analyses

The modem combined cycle power plants achieved thermal efficiency of 50–55% by applying bottoming multistage Rankine steam cycle. At the same time, the Brayton cycle is an attractive option for a bottoming cycle engine. In the author’s US Patent No. 5,442,904 is described a combined cycle system with a simple cycle gas turbine, the bottoming air turbine Brayton cycle, and the reverse Brayton cycle. In this system, air turbine Brayton cycle produces mechanic power using exergy of gas turbine exhaust gases, while the reverse Brayton cycle refrigerates gas turbine inlet air. Using this system, supercharging of gas turbine compressor becomes possible. In the paper, thermodynamic optimization of the system is done, and the system techno-economic characteristics are evaluated.

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