Design optimization and dynamic simulation of steam cycle power plants: a review

E Martelli, F Alobaid, C Elsido - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2021 - frontiersin.org
After more than one century from its first use for electric power production, steam cycles are
still the object of continuous research and development efforts worldwide. Indeed, owing to …

Comparison of heat transfer fluid and direct steam generation technologies for integrated solar combined cycles

A Rovira, MJ Montes, F Varela, M Gil - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
At present time and in the medium term, Solar Thermal Power Plants are going to share
scenario with conventional energy generation technologies, like fossil and nuclear. In such a …

Thermodynamic performance simulation and concise formulas for triple-pressure reheat HRSG of gas–steam combined cycle under off-design condition

G Zhang, J Zheng, Y Yang, W Liu - Energy conversion and management, 2016 - Elsevier
Concise semi-theoretical, semi-empirical formulas are developed in this study to predict the
off-design performance of the bottoming cycle of the gas–steam turbine combined cycle. The …

Thermal design and optimization of a heat recovery steam generator in a combined-cycle power plant by applying a genetic algorithm

A Rezaie, G Tsatsaronis, U Hellwig - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) is an important and critical equipment of a
combined cycle power plant that connects the gas turbine system to the steam cycle. The …

Exergy analysis of dual pressure HRSG for different dead states and varying steam generation states in gas/steam combined cycle power plant

M Sharma, O Singh - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper deals with exergy analysis of a dual pressure (DP) heat recovery steam
generator (HRSG) having steam generation at high pressure (HP) and low pressure (LP) in …

Analytical solution and its application for the dynamic characteristics of a heat recovery steam generator in gas–steam combined cycle

J Yu, G Zhang, Q Yang, H Zhang, M Liu, G Xu - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a study from the perspective of analytical solutions to analyze the
dynamic characteristics of a Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) and explore its …

A comprehensive approach for the multi-objective optimization of Heat Recovery Steam Generators to maximize cost-effectiveness and output power

N Bianco, A Fragnito, M Iasiello, GM Mauro - … Energy Technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental problems have offered new challenges to the energy production sector,
starting from the need of increasing the efficiency of thermodynamic systems to preserve fuel …

Constructal design and optimization of a dual pressure heat recovery steam generator

M Mehrgoo, M Amidpour - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Optimum design of the Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) has noticeable effects on
the thermal efficiency of the combined cycle power plants. In this paper, constructal design of …

Experiment and optimization of a new kind once-through heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) based on analysis of exergy and economy

J Li, K Wang, L Cheng - Applied thermal engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, we proposed a novel once-through heat recovery steam generator (HRSG)
which could be used for low temperature heat resource recovery. Experiments have been …

Optimal design of selective catalyst reduction denitrification system using numerical simulation

X Gao, B Wang, X Yuan, S Lei, Q Qu, C Ma… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The performance of selective catalyst reduction systems highly depends on the degree of
mixing between NH 3 and NO x and the flow uniformity of velocity and concentration, which …