Fuel allocation in a combined steam-injected gas turbine (STIG) power generation and multi-effect thermal vapor compression (METVC) desalination system is studied, using seven methods: (1) Products Energy Method, (2) Products Exergy Method, (3) Power-Generation-Favored Method, (4) Heat-Production-Favored Method, (5) Basic Exergetic Cost Theory, (6) Functional Approach and (7) Splitting Factor M...

This paper proposes a design of Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm based Proportional plus Integral controller using Area Requirement (AR) Criterion for the Load Frequency Control of a two area multi unit interconnected thermal reheat power system without and with Gas Turbine unit. The system was simulated and the output responses of the frequency deviations, tie-line power deviation and con...

A method to determine the economic cost of gas turbine compressor fouling was developed. The method is based on the calculation of the influence of the drop of compressor performances (isentropic efficiency, pressure ratio and air mass flow) on Heat Rate and full load power of the gas turbine. A statistical procedure to quantify the drop of compressor performances with fouling and to obtain amb...

Turbine is the most important part of hydro power plant which converts the potential energy of water into mechanical energy. The presence of silt in water erodes the turbine material. Erosion of turbine decreases the performance of turbine, life of the turbine as well as loss of power generation. This paper presents a new approach for the study of silt erosion of hydro turbine. In this study, w...

The paper examines design and operating data of current concentrated solar power (CSP) 11 solar tower (ST) plants. The study includes CSP with or without boost by combustion of natural gas 12 (NG), and with or without thermal energy storage (TES). The latest, actual specific costs per 13 installed capacity are very high, 6085 $/kW for Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) 14 with no ...