Performance advantages of a gas-stream MHD retrofit
Conference
·
OSTI ID:6486236
Retrofitting existing power plants with an open-cycle MHD system has been re-examined in light of recent developments in the technology of MHD steam-bottoming plants. A new retrofit-cycle configuration has been examined, which provides for a direct gas-gas coupling. With this arrangement, the MHD-topping plant can be decoupled so that the existing plant can be operated either with the MHD cycle or separately. When applied to Vermilion Station Boiler No. 1, a coal-fired power plant presently in operation in Illinois, the retrofit concept produces substantial increases in overall-plant efficiency, total electrical output, and cost effectiveness.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6486236
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-820814-38; ON: DE83008644
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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