The heat rate index indicator
- Public Service Company of Colorado, Denver, CO (United States)
- Public Service Company of Colorado, Pueblo, CO (United States)
- Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (United States)
This paper describes a method of tracking unit performance through the use of a reference number called the Heat Rate Index Indicator. The ABB Power Plant Controls OTIS performance monitor is used to determine when steady load conditions exist and then to collect controllable and equipment loss data which significantly impact thermal efficiency. By comparing these loss parameters to those found during the previous heat balance, it is possible to develop a new adjusted heat rate curve. These impacts on heat rate are used to changes the shape of the tested heat rate curve by the appropriate percentages over a specified load range. Mathcad is used to determine the Heat Rate Index by integrating for the areas beneath the adjusted heat rate curve and a heat rate curve that represents the unit`s ideal heat rate curve is the Heat Rate Index. An index of 1.0 indicates that the unit is operating at an ideal efficiency, while an index of less than 1.0 indicates that the unit is operating at less than ideal conditions. A one per cent change in the Heat Rate Index is equivalent to a one percent change in heat rate. The new shape of the adjusted heat rate curve and the individual curves generated from the controllable and equipment loss parameters are useful for determining performance problems in specific load ranges.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); Encor-America, Inc., Mountain View, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 121022
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-TR-104241-V1; CONF-940540-VOL.1; TRN: 95:007223-0012
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1994 Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) heat-rate improvement conference, Baltimore, MD (United States), 3-5 May 1994; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of 1994 EPRI heat-rate improvement conference. Final report, Volume 1; PB: 200 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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