Improved Design of a 25 MW Gas Turbine Plant Using Combined Cycle Application

This paper presents the improved design of a 25 MW gas turbine power plant at Omoku in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria, using combined cycle application. It entails retrofitting a steam bottoming plant to the existing 25 MW gas turbine plant by incorporating a heat recovery steam generator. The focus is to improve performance as well as reduction in total emission to the environment. Direct data collection was performed from the HMI monitoring screen, log books and manufacturer’s manual. Employing the application of MATLAB, the thermodynamics equations were modeled and appropriate parameters of the various components of the steam turbine power plant were determined. The results show that the combined cycle system had a total power output of 37.9 MW, made up of 25.0 MW from the gas turbine power plant and 12.9 MW (an increase of about 51%) from the steam turbine plant, having an HRSG, condenser and feed pump capacities of 42.46 MW, 29.61 MW and 1.76 MW respectively. The condenser cooling water parameters include a mass flow of 1180.42 kg/s, inlet and outlet temperatures of 29.8°C and 35.8°C respectively. The cycle efficiency of the dry mode gas turbine was 26.6% whereas, after modification, the combined cycle power plant overall efficiency is 48.8% (about 84% increases). Hence, SIEMENS steam turbine product of MODEL: SST-150 was recommended as the steam bottoming plant. Also the work reveals that a heat flow of about 42.46 MW which was otherwise being wasted in the exhaust gas of the 25 MW gas turbine power plant could be converted to 12.9 MW of electric power, thus reducing the total emission to the environment.

Thermodynamic Performance Analysis of E/F/H-Class Gas Turbine Combined Cycle with Exhaust Gas Recirculation and Inlet/Variable Guide Vane Adjustment under Part-Load Conditions

Exhaust gas recirculation control(EGRC),an inlet air heating technology,can be utilized in combination with inlet/variable guide vane control(IGV/VGVC) and fuel flow control(FFC) to regulate the load,thereby effectively improving the part-load(i.e.,off-design) performance of the gas turbine combined cycle(GTCC).In this study,the E-,F-,and H-Class EGR-GTCC design and off-design system models were established and validated to perform a comparative analysis of the part-load performance under the EGR-IGV-FFC and conventional IGV-FFC strategies in the E/F/H-Class GTCC.Results show that EGR-IGV-FFC has considerable potential for the part-load performance enhancement and can show a higher combined cycle efficiency than IGV-FFC in the E-,F-,and H-Class GTCCs.However,the part-load performance improvement in the corresponding GTCC was weakened for the higher class of the gas turbine because of the narrower load range of EGR action and the deterioration of the gas turbine performance.Furthermore,EGR-IGV-FFC was inferior to IGV-FFC in improving the performance at loads below 50% for the H-Class GTCC.The results obtained in this paper could help guide the application of EGR-IGV-FFC to enhance the part-load performance of various classes of GTCC systems.

Malfunction Diagnosis of the GTCC System under All Operating Conditions Based on Exergy Analysis

After long-term operation,the performance of components in the GTCC system deteriorates and requires timely maintenance.Due to the inability to directly measure the degree of component malfunction,it is necessary to use advanced exergy analysis diagnosis methods to characterize the components’health condition(degree of malfunction)through operation data of the GTCC system.The dissipative temperature is used to describe the degree of malfunction of different components in the GTCC system,and an advanced exergy analysis diagnostic method is used to establish a database of overall operating condition component malfunctions in theGTCC system.Ebsilon software is used to simulate the critical parameters of the malfunctions of the GTCC system components and to obtain the changes in the dissipative temperature of different components.Meanwhile,the fuel consumption and economic changes of the GTCC system on a characteristic power supply day under health and malfunction conditions are analyzed.Finally,the effects of maintenance costs,electricity,and gas prices on maintenance expenses and profits are analyzed.The results show that the GTCC system maintenance profit is 6.07$/MWh,while the GTCC system maintenance expense is 5.83$/MWh.Compared with the planned maintenancemode,the malfunction maintenance mode saves 0.24$/MWh.Simultaneously,the maintenance coefficient of GTCC should be adjusted under different malfunctions to obtain a more accurate maintenance period.

Economics and Performance Forecast of Gas Turbine Combined Cycle

Forecasts of the various types of gas turbines economics and performance of gas turbine combined cycle （GTCC） with will help power plant designers to select the best type of gas turbine for future Chinese powerplants. The cost and performance of various designs were estimated using the commercial software GT PRO. Improved GTCC output will increase the system efficiency which may induce total investment and will certainly increase the cumulative cash which then will induce the cost and the payback period. The relative annual fuel output increases almost in proportion to the relative GTCC output. China should select the gas turbine that provides the most economical output according to its specific conditions. The analysis shows that a GTCC power plant with a medium-sized 100 to 200 MW output gas turbine is the most suitable for Chinese investors.

Identifying Critical Components of Combined Cycle Power Plants for Implementation of Reliability-centered Maintenance

Maintenance scheduling and asset management practices play an important role in power systems,specifically in power generating plants.This paper presents a novel riskbased framework for a criticality assessment of plant components as a means to conduct more focused maintenance activities.Critical components in power plants that influence overall system performance are identified by quantifying their failure impact on system reliability,electric safety,cost,and the environment.Prioritization of plant components according to the proposed risk-based method ensures that the most effective and techno-economic investment decisions are implemented.This,in turn,helps to initiate modern maintenance approaches,such as reliability-centered maintenance(RCM).The proposed method is applied to a real combined cycle power plant(CCPP)in Iran,composed of two gas turbine power plants(GTPP)and one steam turbine power plant(STPP).The results demonstrate the practicality and applicability of the presented approach in real world practices.

燃气-蒸汽联合循环发电机组轴系配置的思考

燃气-蒸汽联合循环发电机组因高效、节能、环保而越来越受到重视, 为此, 从我国当前大力发展燃气-蒸汽联合循环发电机组的实际情况出发, 全面分析联合循环机组轴系的配置型式及其影响, 重点比较了单轴和多轴“2拖1”机组在设备投资、占地面积、建设周期、起动停机、功率和效率、检修和控制系统方面的优缺点, 为燃气-蒸汽联合循环发电新机组建设的轴系配置提供参考。

大型联合钢铁企业低中热值煤气发电综合利用的优化分析

大型联合钢企的副产品低、中热值煤气不是洁净高能燃料,由此建成的煤气蒸汽联合循环机组要比天然气机组效率低8%-10%,排放特性与BTG型机组类似,且有较高投入、较高维护成本、较低可用率及不能适应变负荷运行等,难以满足电网AGC的要求。分析了可燃用低中热值的各种常规容量下的BTG类型与GTCC类型发电机组的经济特性与技术特性,根据东南沿海燃料价格高昂的实际情况,认为对低热值煤气BFG,以350 MW以上大型混烧BTG方式发电是较优的,高炉煤气放散可以接近零、安全可靠、成本较低、排放较少、对各种波动的煤气流量适应性更强,有利于投资方与当地电网。对COREX工艺大型联合钢企,以GTCC为主力是较好的方案。对天然气价格较低、COG/LDG富余较多的地方,结果不同。建议大型联合钢企副产品低、中热值煤气发电,要因地置宜,要根据煤气富余量、燃料价格、用电需求、环境与气候、投资与维护、综合实际供电成本等诸方面综合论证,以得出理性的优化方案。

整体煤气化联合循环电站的模拟和经济性分析

用GTPRO软件模拟了整体煤气化联合循环(IGCC)和燃气轮机联合循环(GTCC)电站,并进行经济性分析。分析内容包括煤价、电价和贷款利率对IGCC电站经济性的影响;IGCC电站和GTCC电站的经济性对比,特别是对天然气价格在其中的影响进行了分析,得出了一些有重要参考价值的定量结果。

Improving Prediction Accuracy of a Rate-Based Model of an MEA-BasedCarbon Capture Process for Large-Scale Commercial Deployment

Carbon capture and storage （CCS） technology will play a critical role in reducing anthropogenic carbondioxide （CO2） emission from fossil-fired power plants and other energy-intensive processes. However, theincrement of energy cost caused by equipping a carbon capture process is the main barrier to its commer-cial deployment. To reduce the capital and operating costs of carbon capture, great efforts have been madeto achieve optimal design and operation through process modeling, simulation, and optimization. Accuratemodels form an essential foundation for this purpose. This paper presents a study on developing a moreaccurate rate-based model in Aspen Plus for the monoethanolamine （MEA）-based carbon capture processby multistage model validations. The modeling framework for this process was established first. The steady-state process model was then developed and validated at three stages, which included a thermodynamicmodel, physical properties calculations, and a process model at the pilot plant scale, covering a wide rangeof pressures, temperatures, and CO2 loadings. The calculation correlations of liquid density and interfacialarea were updated by coding Fortran subroutines in Aspen Plus. The validation results show that the cor-relation combination for the thermodynamic model used in this study has higher accuracy than those ofthree other key publications and the model prediction of the process model has a good agreement with thepilot plant experimental data. A case study was carried out for carbon capture from a 250 MWe combinedcycle gas turbine （CCGT） power plant. Shorter packing height and lower specific duty were achieved usingthis accurate model.

燃气联合循环发电机组介绍及其凝汽器设计

介绍了燃气联合循环发电机组申凝汽器的结构特点,该凝汽器的后水室侧布置有补偿节,以补偿凝汽器壳体与冷却管纵向热膨胀的差值,后水室下部安装有辅助支撑架。凝汽器壳体上部配置有补水喷淋装置、再循环喷淋装置、高低压减温减压装置等。并对凝汽器接颈设计中扩散角角度、接颈中设置水幕保护等问题进行了探讨。

Prime Energy Challenges for Operating Power Plants in the GCC

There is a false notion of existing available, abundant, and long lasting fuel energy in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries;with continual income return from its exports. This is not true as the sustainability of this income is questionable. Energy problems started to appear, and can be intensified in coming years due to continuous growth of energy demands and consumptions. The demands already consume all produced Natural Gas (NG) in all GCC, except Qatar;and the NG is the needed fuel for Electric Power (EP) production. These countries have to import NG to run their EP plants. Fuel oil production can be locally consumed within two to three decades if the current rate of consumed energy prevails. The returns from selling the oil and natural gas are the main income to most of the GCC. While NG and oil can be used in EP plants, NG is cheaper, cleaner, and has less negative effects on the environment than fuel oil. Moreover, oil has much better usage than being burned in steam generators of steam power plants or combustion chambers of gas turbines. Introducing renewable energy or nuclear energy may be a necessity for the GCC to keep the flow of their main income from exporting oil. This paper reviews the GCC productions and consumptions of the prime energy (fuel oil and NG) and their role in electric power production. The paper shows that, NG should be the only fossil fuel used to run the power plants in the GCC. It also shows that the all GCC except Qatar, have to import NG. They should diversify the prime energy used in power plants;and consider alternative energy such as nuclear and renewable energy, (solar and wind) energy.

Towards Energy Conservation in Qatar

Qatar energy consumptions are among the highest in the world, and can easily serve double the present population. Energy conservation is a must, as the energy resources are finite, and their consumptions are increasing at alarming rates. The country depends on desalted seawater, which consumes extensive amounts of energy, and is produced by using the least energy efficient desalting system. The desalination process is vulnerable to many factors, and strategic water storage needs to be built. The high energy consumptions are ruining the air and marine environments. Several suggestions are introduced to conserve energy in the Cogeneration Power Desalting Plants (CPDP), by moving to replace the Multi Stage Flash (MSF) desalting system by the energy efficient Seawater Reverse Osmosis System (SWRO);fully utilizing the installed power capacity to desalt water in winter, when electric power load is low, and during summer non-peak hours for strategic water storage;and modifying the simple Gas Turbines (GT) Power cycle plants to GT combined cycle to raise the Electric Power (EP) generation efficiency (to about 50%).

利用不补燃型燃气—蒸汽联合循环改造燃煤电厂方案的研究

介绍了燃气轮机及其联合循环发电技术(GTCC)的优点。着重分析了应用不补燃余热锅炉型燃气 蒸汽联合循环对现有燃煤电厂进行改造的基本热力学原理,并针对某燃煤电站改造成常规不补燃余热锅炉型燃气 蒸汽联合循环的发电效率和经济性进行理论分析和计算,论证其在技术上和经济上的可行性。

Recent research progress on airbreathing aero-engine control algorithm

Airbreathing aero-engines are regarded as excellent propulsion devices from ground takeoff to hypersonic flight,and require control systems to ensure their efficient and safe operation.Therefore,the present paper aims to provide a summary report of recent research progress on airbreathing aero-engine control to help researchers working on this topic.First,five control problems of airbreathing aero-engines are classified:uncertainty problem,multiobjective and multivariable control,fault-tolerant control,distributed control system,and airframe/propulsion integrated control system.Subsequently,the research progress of aircraft gas turbine engine modelling,linear control,nonlinear control,and intelligent control is reviewed,and the advantages and disadvantages of various advanced control algorithms in aircraft gas turbine engines is discussed.Third,several typical hypersonic flight tests are investigated,and the modelling and control issues of dual-mode scramjet are examined.Fourth,modelling,mode transition control and thrust pinch control for turbine-based combined cycle engines are introduced.Followed,significant hypersonic airframe/propulsion integrated system control is analysed.Finally,the study provides specific control research topics that require attention on airbreathing aero-engines.