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Gas turbine bottoming cycles: Triple-pressure steam versus Kalina

Journal Article · · Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2812757· OSTI ID:31931
 [1];  [2]
  1. Villanova Univ., PA (United States)
  2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States)
The performance of a triple-pressure steam cycle has been compared with a single-stage Kalina cycle and an optimized three-stage Kalina cycle as the bottoming sections of a gas turbine combined cycle power plant. A Monte Carlo direct search was used to find the optimum separator temperature and ammonia mass fraction for the three-stage Kalina cycle for a specific plant configuration. Both Kalina cycles were more efficient than the triple pressure steam cycle. Optimization of the three-stage Kalina cycle resulted in almost a two percentage point improvement.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
31931
Journal Information:
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Journal Name: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 117; ISSN JETPEZ; ISSN 0742-4795
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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