The performance enhancements and modeling of the gas turbine (GT), together with the combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant, are described in this study. The thermal analysis has proposed intercooler–reheated-GT (IHGT) configuration of the CCGT system, as well as the development of a simulation code and integrated model for exploiting the CCGT power plants performance, using the matlab code. The validation of a heavy-duty CCGT power plants performance is done through real power plants, namely, MARAFIQ CCGT plants in Saudi Arabia with satisfactory results. The results from this simulation show that the higher thermal efficiency of 56% MW, while high power output of 1640 MW, occurred in IHGT combined cycle plants (IHGTCC), having an optimal turbine inlet temperature about 1900 K. Furthermore, the CCGT system proposed in the study has improved power output by 94%. The results of optimization show that the IHGTCC has optimum power of 1860 MW and thermal efficiency of 59%. Therefore, the ambient temperatures and operation conditions of the CCGT strongly affect their performance. The optimum level of power and efficiency is seen at high turbine inlet temperatures and isentropic turbine efficiency. Thus, it can be understood that the models developed in this study are useful tools for estimating the CCGT power plant's performance.
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November 2015
Research-Article
Optimum Performance Improvements of the Combined Cycle Based on an Intercooler–Reheated Gas Turbine
Thamir K. Ibrahim,
Thamir K. Ibrahim
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Universiti Malaysia Pahang
,Pekan, Pahang 26600
, Malaysia
Mechanical Engineering Department,
College of Engineering,
e-mail: thamirmathcad@yahoo.com
College of Engineering,
University of Tikrit
,Tikrit 42
, Iraq
e-mail: thamirmathcad@yahoo.com
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M. M. Rahman
M. M. Rahman
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: mustafizur@ump.edu.my
Universiti Malaysia Pahang
,Pekan, Pahang 26600
, Malaysia
e-mail: mustafizur@ump.edu.my
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Thamir K. Ibrahim
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Universiti Malaysia Pahang
,Pekan, Pahang 26600
, Malaysia
Mechanical Engineering Department,
College of Engineering,
e-mail: thamirmathcad@yahoo.com
College of Engineering,
University of Tikrit
,Tikrit 42
, Iraq
e-mail: thamirmathcad@yahoo.com
M. M. Rahman
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: mustafizur@ump.edu.my
Universiti Malaysia Pahang
,Pekan, Pahang 26600
, Malaysia
e-mail: mustafizur@ump.edu.my
Contributed by the Advanced Energy Systems Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY. Manuscript received December 23, 2014; final manuscript received April 14, 2015; published online May 14, 2015. Assoc. Editor: S. O. Bade Shrestha.
J. Energy Resour. Technol. Nov 2015, 137(6): 061601 (11 pages)
Published Online: November 1, 2015
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Received:
December 23, 2014
Revision Received:
April 14, 2015
Online:
May 14, 2015
Citation
Ibrahim, T. K., and Rahman, M. M. (November 1, 2015). "Optimum Performance Improvements of the Combined Cycle Based on an Intercooler–Reheated Gas Turbine." ASME. J. Energy Resour. Technol. November 2015; 137(6): 061601. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4030447
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