scholarly journals Dynamic Simulation of Heat Recovery Steam Generators for Combined Cycle Power Plants (Dynamic Modeling and Characterization Tests of Evaporators)

2003 ◽  
Vol 69 (686) ◽  
pp. 2355-2362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masakazu SHIRAKAWA
Author(s):  
Akber Pasha

In recent years the combined cycle has become a very attractive power plant arrangement because of its high cycle efficiency, short order-to-on-line time and flexibility in the sizing when compared to conventional steam power plants. However, optimization of the cycle and selection of combined cycle equipment has become more complex because the three major components, Gas Turbine, Heat Recovery Steam Generator and Steam Turbine, are often designed and built by different manufacturers. Heat Recovery Steam Generators are classified into two major categories — 1) Natural Circulation and 2) Forced Circulation. Both circulation designs have certain advantages, disadvantages and limitations. This paper analyzes various factors including; availability, start-up, gas turbine exhaust conditions, reliability, space requirements, etc., which are affected by the type of circulation and which in turn affect the design, price and performance of the Heat Recovery Steam Generator. Modern trends around the world are discussed and conclusions are drawn as to the best type of circulation for a Heat Recovery Steam Generator for combined cycle application.


Author(s):  
Zygfryd Domachowski ◽  
Marek Dzida

Combined cycle power plants operate at thermal efficiency approaching 60 percent. In the same time their performance presents several problems that have to be addressed. E.g. gas turbines are very sensitive to backpressure exerted on them by the heat recovery steam generators as well as to ambient pressure and temperature.


Author(s):  
Lothar Balling ◽  
Heinz Termuehlen ◽  
Ray Baumgartner

Even though the first installations of combined cycle power plants with heat recovery steam generators (HRSG’s) are only about forty years old, the first attempt to build gas turbines for power generation was made more than 100 years ago. It took however about 40 years before gas turbines were installed to supply peaking power.


Author(s):  
E. Hamid ◽  
M. Newby ◽  
P. Pilidis

One of the key elements of increasing the thermal efficiency of a combined cycle power plant (CCPP) is to improve the design and operation of the heat recovery steam generators (HRSG) utilized in the cycle. Once-through steam generator (OTSG) is a new technology introduced for heat recovery in power systems. It eliminates boiler drums and other components of conventional HRSGs. The simplicity and compactness of an OTSG justifies its application in combined cycle power plants. This paper describes a design principle and an analytical sizing approach that will assist OTSG’s designers to achieve a good design by determining the core dimension, volume of an OTSG for given flow rates and their entering and leaving temperatures as well as the heat transfer area on the smoke side. The developed model has been tested with reference to a scaled model of an existing OTSG that is installed at Manx Electricity Authority and the results were promising. The overall characteristics of heat transfer and pressure drop distributions of the OTSG “scaled model” shows general agreement with the real characteristics of the existing OTSG with error values less than 1%.


Author(s):  
Brad Buecker

New power generation in the U.S. is being dominated by installation of combined-cycle power plants, where a significant portion of the power is produced from steam turbines supplied by heat recovery steam generators (HRSG). Proper chemistry control and monitoring of HRSG feedwater, boiler water, and steam are essential for high reliability and availability of these units. However, many plants have minimal staff, most if not all of whom have no formal chemistry training and who may not fully understand the importance of water/steam chemistry and monitoring techniques. This paper provides an outline of the most important chemistry control methods and also examines the phenomenon of flow-accelerated corrosion (FAC). FAC is the leading cause of corrosion in HRSGs,[1] and is often the result of the outdated belief that oxygen scavengers are a requirement for feedwater treatment. Since 1986, FAC-induced failures at several coal-fired power plants have killed or injured a number of U.S. utility workers.


1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Dechamps ◽  
N. Pirard ◽  
Ph. Mathieu

The design point performance of combined cycle power plants has been steadily increasing, because of improvements both in the gas turbine technology and in the heat recovery technology, with multiple pressure heat recovery steam generators. The concern remains, however, that combined cycle power plants, like all installations based on gas turbines, have a rapid performance degradation when the load is reduced. In particular, it is well known that the efficiency degradation of a combined cycle is more rapid than that of a classical steam plant. This paper describes a methodology that can be used to evaluate the part-load performances of combined cycle units. Some examples are presented and discussed, covering multiple pressure arrangements, incorporating supplemental firing and possibly reheat. Some emphasis is put on the additional flexibility offered by the use of supplemental firing, in conjunction with schemes comprising more than one gas turbine per steam turbine. The influence of the gas turbine controls, like the use of variable inlet guide vanes in the compressor control, is also discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 452-460
Author(s):  
P. A. Berezinets ◽  
G. E. Tereshina

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