Thermal Power Plant
Thermal Power Plant
Thermal Power Plant
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Md Walid Faruque
Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering
Introduction
A station thermal power is a power plant in which the prime mover is steam driven. Water is
heated, turns into steam and spins a steam turbine which drives an electrical generator. After
it passes through the turbine, the steam is condensed in a condenser and recycled to where it
was heated; this is known as a Rankine cycle. The greatest variation in the design of thermal
power stations is due to the different fossil fuel resources generally used to heat the water. Some
prefer to use the term energy center because such facilities convert forms of heat energy into
electrical energy. Certain thermal power plants also are designed to produce heat energy for
industrial purposes of district heating, or desalination of water, in addition to generating
electrical power.
To achieve better energy production and low environmental impact, an accurate
thermodynamics analysis of thermal system and optimisation of the system are required. In this
regard, there are two essential tools available such as energy analysis (referring to the 1st law of
thermodynamic analysis) and exergy analysis (referring to the 2nd law of thermodynamic
analysis). Exergy analysis has become a key aspect in providing a better understanding of the
process, to quantify sources of inefficiency, to distinguish quality of energy used.
In this report a steam power plant with regenerator is thoroughly discussed and the calculation
of 1st law and 2nd law efficiencies are discussed. The main goal of this report is to show the
generation of 130 MW electricity. At the end of this report the result is shown in a table.
After calculating those parameters 1st law and 2nd law efficiency can be calculated.
Wtotal =WHPT+WLPT and q= (h1-h9) + (h3-h2)
ŋɪ = Wtotal / q; ŋɪɪ=w/RED;
Cost Analysing
The total cost of the system includes initial investment costs plus the operating costs over the
15 year operating period of the plant. The initial costs of the power devices (turbines and
pumps) are dependent on their power levels, and the initial costs of the heat transfer equipment
are dependent on their physical size (which is related to the mass flow rate of the working fluids
that pass through them). The cost of a power plant is normally depended on fuel cost, initial
cost and operating cost.
The fuel costs are given as:
• Fuel Cost: $3.8 per million BTU
• Purchased Power: $0.12/kW-hr
• Sold Power: $0.035/kW-hr
• Maintenance Costs: 5% of initial costs per year of operation.
Initial Costs can be calculated by the following equations:
Terms Equations
Turbine = $260 * (WHPT + WLPT )
Pump = $2,400 * (wp1+ wp2)
Boiler = $135,000 * m
Condenser = $46,000 * ((1-x)* m ̇ )
Feed water =$52,000 * ((1-x)* m ̇ )
Total Initial Cost Turbine + Pump + Boiler + Condenser + Feed water
2. Boiler Sizing
There is a thumbs up rule to calculate boiler room size needed for the power plant. And it is
shown as a graph by the USA market. In this report that graph was used to calculate boiler
room size.
3. Generator Sizing
In this report hybrid diesel engine (DGen) was considered for producing electricity. The
synchronous diesel engine is connected to an IGBT/Diode operated AC-DC converter to
maintain the voltage level at the DC bus when the engine is generating power. The operation
of the generator side converter is controlled using a similar control scheme applied for
controlling the switching mechanism of the GSC (grid side converter) connected to the FESS
(flywheel energy storage system). Fuel consumption of the generator depends on the load that
is required at a certain time. This fuel consumption is given in a graph format by the
international market only for hybrid DGen.
Figure 3.Diesel engine fuel consumption relative to the load.
4. Condenser Sizing
Condenser is one type of special heat exchanger. In condenser saturated vapor converts into
saturated liquid. There are different size and types of heat exchangers are used in power plant.
As the generated power is less than 200 MW shell and tube type heat exchanger can be used.
And to determine its size some assumptions and conditions were taken. Those assumptions and
conditions were:
• Functions: Condense vapors by removing the latent heat of vaporization.
• Operation: Continuous
• Tube Side: Cold Water, flow rate will be calculated by heat rejection method, 14.7 psia
pressure, temperature will be calculated by LMTD method.
• Shell Side: Steam, flow rate will be calculated by 1st law efficiency, condensation
pressure in thermodynamic calculation, condensation temperature in thermodynamic
calculation.
5. Pump Sizing
In any pumping system, the role of the pump is to provide sufficient pressure to overcome the
operating pressure of the system to move fluid at a required flow rate. The operating pressure
of a pumped system is calculated in the SI unit of meters (m). To maintain dimensional
consistency, any pressure values used within the calculations are therefore converted from kPa
into m using the following conversion;
1 kPa = 0.102 m (as measured by a water filed U tube manometer).
And mass flow rate was converted from kg per second (kgs-1) to gallon per minute (GPM). And
from international chart, 1kgs-1=15.85 GPM. And after calculating flow rate using chart, the
required pump sizes were considered. The velocity of the water was assumed 10fts-1 and
centrifugal type of pump was considered.
2. Economic Perspective
2. Generator Size
As mentioned before DGen engine was considered for this proposed cycle as it has highest
efficiency for low amount of generating electricity. Based on the assumptions taken previously
a table of turbine size was taken for USA market. The size may not be exactly correct for the
proposed power plant as this size was taken based on market availability.
Table-3: Typical generating factors of DGen (Synchronous)
Parameters Values
Nominal power 15 kW
Line to line voltage 380 V
Rated frequency 50 Hz
Number of poles 4
3. Boiler Size
Boiler size is directly proportional to the amount of heat is converted to steam. From
thermodynamics’ perspective boiler size is depended on QH. From thermodynamics’
perspective a graph was generated for different boiler pressure vs heat added (QH). Based on
that heat addition boiler size was calculated. Following graph shows the heat addition with
respect to boiler pressure. And from that graph, boiler size for 12 MPa was considered from
the previous mentioned graph. It is roughly 12,440 m2.
4. Condenser Size
Based on the assumptions taken previously a table of turbine size was taken for USA market.
The Size may not be exactly correct for proposed power plant as this size was taken based on
the market availability.
Specification Sheet Condenser
Tube Side Tubes: 0.75 in dia.
Number of tubes: 1030 tubes in each 16 ft.
long Passes: 04
Triangular pitch: 23.8 mm
Pressure drop: 0.59 psia.