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Improving the energy efficiency of a 110 MW thermal power plant by low-cost modification of the cooling system

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  • Milica Jović
  • Mirjana Laković
  • MiloÅ¡ Banjac

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The electric power system of the Republic of Serbia relies mostly on lignite-fired thermal power plants, with 70% of the total electricity generation. Most of these plants are over 30 years old, and investment in their modernization is necessary. The energy efficiency of the 110 MW coal-fired power plant in which the condenser is cooled by the mechanical draught wet cooling towers system is analyzed in this paper. Attention is primarily devoted to operating conditions of the cold end of the plant, i.e. to the interrelationship of the condenser and cooling towers. Most important parameters that affect the operation of the cooling towers system are ambient air temperature and relative humidity, specific mass flow rate, and temperature of cooled water. With the existing cooling system, the overall energy efficiency of the plant is low, especially in the summer months, even less than 30%, due to adverse weather conditions. By upgrading existing cooling tower system by adaptation of two additional cooling tower cells, overall energy efficiency can be increased by 1.5%. The cooling tower system rehabilitation investments payback period is estimated to be less than one year. Static method for economic and financial assessment is used.

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  • Milica Jović & Mirjana Laković & MiloÅ¡ Banjac, 2018. "Improving the energy efficiency of a 110 MW thermal power plant by low-cost modification of the cooling system," Energy & Environment, , vol. 29(2), pages 245-259, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:29:y:2018:i:2:p:245-259
    DOI: 10.1177/0958305X17747428
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    1. Jing-Min Wang & XiaoJie Ge & LiLi Zhang & Hang Zhang, 2016. "Management Index Systems and Energy Efficiency Diagnosis Model for Power Plant: Cases in China," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2016, pages 1-13, September.
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