The potential performance of optimized gas-steam combined cycles built around latest-generation gas turbine engines is analyzed, by means of energy/exergy balances. The options here considered are the reheat gas turbine and the H-series with closed-loop steam blade cooling. Simulations of performance were run using a well-tested Modular Code developed at the Department of Energy Engineering of Florence and subsequently improved to include the calculation of exergy destruction of all types (heat transfer, friction, mixing, and chemical irreversibilities). The blade cooling process is analyzed in detail as it is recognized to be of capital importance for performance optimization. The distributions of the relative exergy destruction for the two solutions—both capable of achieving energy/exergy efficiencies in the range of 60 percent—are compared and the potential for improvement is discussed. [S0742-4795(00)00902-9]
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Exergy Analysis of Combined Cycles Using Latest Generation Gas Turbines
Bruno Facchini,
e-mail: bruno@brun.de.inifi.it
Bruno Facchini
Dipartimento di Energetica ‘Sergio Stecco’, Universita` degli Studi di Firenze, Via Santa Marta, 3 50139, Firenze, Italy
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Daniele Fiaschi,
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Daniele Fiaschi
Dipartimento di Energetica ‘Sergio Stecco’, Universita` degli Studi di Firenze, Via Santa Marta, 3 50139, Firenze, Italy
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Giampaolo Manfrida
e-mail: gpm@dicnet.ing.unifi.it
Giampaolo Manfrida
Dipartimento di Energetica ‘Sergio Stecco’, Universita` degli Studi di Firenze, Via Santa Marta, 3 50139, Firenze, Italy
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Bruno Facchini
Dipartimento di Energetica ‘Sergio Stecco’, Universita` degli Studi di Firenze, Via Santa Marta, 3 50139, Firenze, Italy
e-mail: bruno@brun.de.inifi.it
Daniele Fiaschi
Dipartimento di Energetica ‘Sergio Stecco’, Universita` degli Studi di Firenze, Via Santa Marta, 3 50139, Firenze, Italy
e-mail: danif@fias.de.unifi.it
Giampaolo Manfrida
Dipartimento di Energetica ‘Sergio Stecco’, Universita` degli Studi di Firenze, Via Santa Marta, 3 50139, Firenze, Italy
e-mail: gpm@dicnet.ing.unifi.it
Contributed by the International Gas Trubine Institute (IGTI) of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Paper presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Indianapolis, IN, June 7–10, 1999; ASME Paper 99-GT-10. Manuscript received by IGTI March 9, 1999; final revision received by the ASME Headquarters January 3, 2000. Associate Technical Editor: D. Wisler.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Apr 2000, 122(2): 233-238 (6 pages)
Published Online: January 3, 2000
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March 9, 1999
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Facchini, B., Fiaschi, D., and Manfrida, G. (January 3, 2000). "Exergy Analysis of Combined Cycles Using Latest Generation Gas Turbines ." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. April 2000; 122(2): 233–238. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.483200
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