Combined Cycle MHD Power Generation

Environmental-economic evaluation of sugar cane bagasse gasification power plants versus combined-cycle gas power plants

Approximately 2.4 million tons of bagasse are produced each year in Iran, most of which are currently treated as waste adding to serious environmental concerns. Application of bagasse for energy production is a sustainable solution to supply the required energy within the sugar refineries and export the surplus electricity to the grid. Currently, the energy demand in Iranian sugar mills is main...

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power Plants

Thermodynamics of combined-cycle electric power plants

Published data imply an average thermal efficiency of about 0.34 for U.S. electricity generating plants. With clever use of thermodynamics and technology, modern gas and steam turbines can be coupled, to effect dramatic efficiency increases. These combined-cycle power plants now reach thermal efficiencies in excess of 0.60. It is shown how the laws of thermodynamics make this possible. VC 2012 ...

Combined Cycle for Power Generation and Refrigeration Using Low Temperature Heat Sources

A combined refrigeration and power cycle, which uses ammonia-water as the working fluid, is proposed by combining Rankine and vapour absorption cycles with an advantage of varying refrigeration capacity to power output ratio. The study investigates the usage of low temperature heat sources for the cycle operation. Results of parametric analysis are presented, which show the scope for optimizati...

Object-Oriented Simulation Approach to an Industrial Problem in a Combined Cycle Power Generation Plant

In this paper, Object-Oriented Modelling and Simulation (OOMS) is applied to a typical industrial problem, namely Primary Spinning Reserve scheduling in a Combined Cycle Power Plant. This allowed to optimise the control system so as to comply with the Network Code requirements in the presence of dynamic constraints posed by the plant main machineries. A simulation model of the plant was written...