Power Plant Engineering ….

Combined cycle power plant

Dr. Deepak Kumar Mandal

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM)
Dhanbad 826 004, India.

Email: mandal.ismd@gmail.com
Combined cycle power plant

Earlier class

Introduction

Rankine – Rankine combined cycle

Analysis

Series and parallel

Brayton – Rankine combined

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Advantages of combined cycle power plant

High overall plant efficiency

Investment costs

Comparatively less water for a given output

Operating flexibility

Phased installation

Simplicity in operation

Exergy analysis of CCPP…… Check at home.

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Choice of gas turbine power plant …Pressure ratio

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Choice of gas turbine power plant …Pressure ratio

There is a value of rp when

Wnet (= WT – WC) becomes maximum.

So, differentiate Wnet with respect to rp and

Equate it to zero.

T3 = Tmax and T1 = Tmin

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Pressure ratio

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Choice of gas turbine power plant
Effect of intercooling

Staged compression

Reduced work output …… since work input is supplied by

turbine.

Reduced efficiency.…. But, higher heat recovery from the exit gas
(point 6).

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Choice of gas turbine power plant
Effect of intercooling

Staged compression

Reduced work output …… since work input is supplied by

turbine.

Reduced efficiency.…. But, higher heat recovery from the exit gas
(point 6).

Effect of reheating

• Total work is increased.

• But additional heat input is required.

• Net efficiency may or may not increase.

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Choice of gas turbine power plant
Effect of intercooling

Staged compression

Reduced work output …… since work input is supplied by

turbine.

Reduced efficiency.…. But, higher heat recovery from the exit gas
(point 6).

Effect of reheating

• Total work is increased.

• But additional heat input is required.

• Net efficiency may or may not increase.

Effect of regeneration

Exhaust gas is passed through compressor outlet gas.

Reduce the fuel consumption. …… Higher efficiency. 9

Choice of thermal power plant
Check at home.

Coal based combined cycle PP

Coal is lower grade fuel ….but the reserve is high.

Needed? Low concentration of particulates and emission.

So,

a. Pressurized fluidized bed boilers 

b. Gasification
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Choice of thermal power plant
Check at home.

Coal based combined cycle PP

Coal is lower grade fuel ….but the reserve is high.

Needed? Low concentration of particulates and emission.

So,

a. Pressurized fluidized bed boilers 

b. Gasification
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Gasification

Method, to suit gas turbines …. Coal is converted to fuel gas.

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Steam injection in a gas turbine
Done for power augmentation.

Steam is injected at the combustion chamber of a GT….. By recovering heat from turbine.

Steam expands along with flue gas … so a combined cycle.

Helps in reducing the exhaust temperature …. Reduces NOx and other emission.

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Repowering

Re-using scrapped equipment.

Can be used:

Building

Steam turbine

Condenser

Main cooling system

Transformers

Pumps

Various heaters

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Repowering

Re-using scrapped equipment.

Can be used: Cannot be used:

Building Piping and fittings

Steam turbine Control systems

Condenser Few feed pumps

Main cooling system Boilers

Transformers Safety equipment

Pumps

Various heaters QUIZ on Monday (22 Sept 2021)

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Thank you.

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