The Modernization Potential of Gas Turbines in the Coal-Fired Power Industry Thermal and Economic Effectiveness /

• Main Author: Bartnik, Ryszard. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings).; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4860-9

The opportunity of repowering the existing condensing power stations by means of� gas turbogenerators offers an important opportunity to considerably improvement of their energy efficiency. The Modernization Potential of Gas turbines in the Coal-Fired Power Industry presents the methodology, calcula...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introduction
• 2.Thermodynamic fundamentals for production of electric power in hierarchical j-cycle systems
• 3.In-series or parallel system?
• 4.Energy efficiency of repowering a power unit by installing a gas turbogenerator in a parallel system
• 5.Selection of an optimum gas turbogenerator for the repowered power unit
• 6.Selection of the structure of the heat recovery steam generator for the repowered power unit
• 7.Comparison of specific cost of producing electricity in a 370 MW power unit adapted to dual-fuel gas-steam system and in a new one operating under supercritical parameters
• 8.Summary and final conclusions.