This paper presents an investigation of the degradation effects that gas and steam turbine cycles components have on combined cycle (CCGT) power plant performance. Gas turbine component degradation effects were assessed with TurboMatch, the Cranfield Gas Turbine simulation code. A new code was developed to assess bottoming cycle performance deterioration. The two codes were then joined to simulate the combined cycle performance deterioration as a whole unit. Areas examined were gas turbine compressor and turbine degradation, HRSG degradation, steam turbine degradation, condenser degradation, and increased gas turbine back pressure due to HRSG degradation. The procedure, assumptions made, and the results obtained are presented and discussed. The parameters that appear to have the greatest influence on degradation are the effects on the gas generator.
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Degradation Effects on Combined Cycle Power Plant Performance—Part III: Gas and Steam Turbine Component Degradation Effects
A. I. Zwebek,
A. I. Zwebek
Department of Power Engineering and Propulsion, School of Engineering, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK
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P. Pilidis
P. Pilidis
Department of Power Engineering and Propulsion, School of Engineering, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK
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A. I. Zwebek
Department of Power Engineering and Propulsion, School of Engineering, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK
P. Pilidis
Department of Power Engineering and Propulsion, School of Engineering, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK
Contributed by the International Gas Turbine 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, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 3–6, 2002; Paper No. 2002-GT-30513. Manuscript received by IGTI, Dec. 2001, final revision, Mar. 2002. Associate Editor: E. Benvenuti.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Apr 2004, 126(2): 306-315 (10 pages)
Published Online: June 7, 2004
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Received:
December 1, 2001
Revised:
March 1, 2002
Online:
June 7, 2004
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Zwebek , A. I., and Pilidis, P. (June 7, 2004). "Degradation Effects on Combined Cycle Power Plant Performance—Part III: Gas and Steam Turbine Component Degradation Effects ." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. April 2004; 126(2): 306–315. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1639007
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