Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Power Plants

This book covers the design, analysis, and optimization of the cleanest, most efficient fossil fuel-fired electric power generation technology at present and in the foreseeable future.

The book contains a wealth of first principles-based calculation methods comprising key formulae, charts, rules of thumb, and other tools developed by the author over the course of 25+ years spent in the power generation industry. It is focused exclusively on actual power plant systems and actual field and/or rating data providing a comprehensive picture of the gas turbine combined cycle technology from performance and cost perspectives.

Material presented in this book is applicable for research and development studies in academia and government/industry laboratories, as well as practical, day-to-day problems encountered in the industry (including OEMs, consulting engineers and plant operators).

Introduction. Prerequisites. Bare Necessities. Gas Turbine. Steam Turbine. Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG). Heat Sink Options. Combining the Pieces. Major Equipment. Balance of Plant. Construction and Commissioning. Environmental Considerations. Economics. Cogeneration. Operability. Maintenance. Repowering. Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle. Carbon Capture. What Next? Appendix A: Property Calculations. Appendix B: Standard Conditions for Temperature and Pressure. Appendix C: Exergetic Efficiency. Appendix D: Thermal Response Basics. Appendix E: Steam Turbine Stress Basics. Appendix F: Carbon Capture.

Dr. S. Can Gülen (PhD 1992, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY), PE, ASME Fellow, has 25 years of mechanical engineering experience covering a wide spectrum of technology, system, and software design, development (GTPRO/MASTER, Thermoflex), assessment, and analysis, primarily in the field of steam and gas turbine combined cycle (109FB-SS, IGCC 207FB, H-System) process and power plant turbomachinery and thermodynamics (in Thermoflow, Inc., General Electric and Bechtel). Dr. Gülen has authored/co-authored numerous internal/external archival papers and articles (40+), design practices, technical assessment reports, and US patents (20+) on gas turbine performance, cost, optimization, data reconciliation, analysis and modelling.