Boosting the Efficiency of an 800 MW-Class Power Plant through Utilization of Low Temperature Heat of Flue Gases

Abstract:

This article presents an analysis on possible ways of utilizing low-temperature waste heat. If well-designed, this could contribute to increasing the efficiency of power plants without introducing many complex changes to the whole system. The main analysis focuses on the location of the regenerative heat exchanger in the facility. This could differ with varying temperatures of working media in the system. The base for investigations was a 800 MW-class power unit operating in off-design conditions and supplied with steam from an BB2400 boiler. Modifications to the model were made using commercially available software and by applying the Stodola equation and the SCC method. It allowed to determine the most suitable position for installing the low-temperature heat exchanger. Calculations for off-design conditions show that, after making some modifications to the system, both heat and electricity generation could be increased through the addition of a low-temperature heat exchanger.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 483)
• Pages: 315-321
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.483.315
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Marcin Wołowicz*, Jarosław Milewski, Kamil Futyma, Wojciech Bujalski
• Keywords: Low-Temperature Heat, Steam Turbine, Supercritical Steam

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