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Exergetic comparison of two different cooling technologies for the power cycle of a thermal power plant

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  • Blanco-Marigorta, Ana M.
  • Victoria Sanchez-Henríquez, M.
  • Peña-Quintana, Juan A.

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Exergetic analysis is without any doubt a powerful tool for developing, evaluating and improving an energy conversion system. In the present paper, two different cooling technologies for the power cycle of a 50MWe solar thermal power plant are compared from the exergetic viewpoint. The Rankine cycle design is a conventional, single reheat design with five closed and one open extraction feedwater heaters. The software package GateCycle is used for the thermodynamic simulation of the Rankine cycle model. The first design configuration uses a cooling tower while the second configuration uses an air cooled condenser. With this exergy analysis we identify the location, magnitude and the sources or thermodynamic inefficiencies in this thermal system. This information is very useful for improving the overall efficiency of the power system and for comparing the performance of both technologies.

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  • Blanco-Marigorta, Ana M. & Victoria Sanchez-Henríquez, M. & Peña-Quintana, Juan A., 2011. "Exergetic comparison of two different cooling technologies for the power cycle of a thermal power plant," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(4), pages 1966-1972.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:36:y:2011:i:4:p:1966-1972
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.09.033
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