Another factor is the power consumed by the CTs compressor.

The work required to compress air is directly proportional to the temperature of the air, so reducing the inlet air temperature reduces the work of compression and there is more work available at the turbine output shaft. Gas turbines typically operate at as little as 80% of their rated capacity on hot days due to the lower air density and higher temperatures. Inlet air cooling helps to make up the difference by increasing the air mass flow through the turbine and by cooling the air, which reduces the work of compression.

Cooling of Compressor Air Inlet of a Gas Turbine Power Plant Using Ammonia-Water Vapor Absorption System

the generated power and efficiency of gas turbine plants depend largely on the temperature of the inlet air, so that they both increase as the inlet air temperature decreases. Decreasing the temperature of air inlet to the compressor could be achieved by installing an absorption refrigeration cycle (ARC) at gas turbine inlet

Specificaion Value Rated Power Air Flow Rate Exhaust Temperatu re Efficiency 32.98 10.5 484 118 24.6

Unit MW

kg/s

Pressure Ratio

The outlet, which goes to the combustion chamber, is determined by assuming zero pressure drops at the compressor inlet, a compressor ratio of 10.5, and an isentropic efficiency of 83%[3].

The combustion chamber has two inlets, the compressor outlet and the fuel, the fuel was assumed to be pure methane at 15C and 1300 kPa. At full load its mass flow rate is set to match the manufacturer-specified firing temperature. Once the full load fuel rate is set in this case 6230 kg/hr, part loading is simulated by adjusting the fuel mass flow rate. The chamber is assumed to have zero pressure drops. The reactor products exit the combustion chamber and enter the turbine. The turbines isentropic efficiency is assumed to be 85%, the pressure ratio is taken to be 10.5 and the pressure drop at the gas turbine exit is assumed to be zero. The turbine exhaust is synonymous with the exhaust of the gas turbine. The gas turbine exhaust goes to a heat exchanger block, which simulates the removal of waste heat. Zero pressure drops was assumed, and the exit temperature of the block was selected to be 200C. This is because condensation issues might arise at temperatures lower than 200C, thus, 200C is a conservative approximation

Table 2. State points and assumptions Assumptions 1. The pressure losses and heat transfer losses to the surroundings in the absorption cycle are ignored.

2. The condensing pressure of the refrigerant of the absorption system is equal to the pressure of condensing ste ambient temperature amounts 1555 kPa. 3. The evaporator pressure of the absorption system is constant and amounts to 288 kPa. The corresponding evaporator temperature is -10C. The evaporator pressure is chosen so that the inlet air can be cooled to a temperature that is close to the required temperature for optimum operation of. 4. The outlet temperature of gas in the desorber of the absorption system at 14 is 20 higher than the temperature of the strong solution at the outlet of the desorber at 10. 5. The concentrations of the strong and weak solutions of the absorption system are 0.4 and 0.3 respectively. The assumed values are chosen within the operating range of the Ammonia/Water absorption systems and are commonly used. 6. The effectiveness of the absorption system heat exchanger is 80 percent. 7. Polytropic efficiency of compressor and turbine are 0.9 and 0.85 respectively. 8. Minimum inlet temperature to prevent icing at the compressor inlet is 12C. 9. Methane (CH4) with low heat value of 50010 kJ/kg is used as fuel and its pressure and temperature are the same as that of combustion chamber inlet.

10. The pressure drop for gas in the desorber of the absorption system is 2 per cent. 11. Combustion efficiency is 0.98 and its pressure drop is 5% of combustion chamber inlet pressure. 12. The temperature of the superheated steam at the outlet of the desorber at 1 is 15 lower than the temperature of the outlet high-concentration mixture at 10.

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