Performance indices of a power plant using exergy-based analyses

Technical Report from the year 2017 in the subject Physics - Other, , language: English, abstract: The objective of this applied industrial research was to conduct an exergy-based analysis for an Open Cycle Gas Turbine in Abu Dhabi in order to evaluate its performance under design conditions and during summer weather conditions.

The first explanation for this investigation is that CO2 emissions from power generation plants in the United Arab Emirates are responsible for about 33% of the 200 million tons of the total CO2 emitted in 2013 in the country. The second reason for this industrial project is that the standard conditions used for the design of gas turbines are 288K, sea level atmospheric pressure and 60% relative humidity. However, the average summer weather conditions in Abu Dhabi are T=316K and a relative humidity of 50%. As a consequence, the effects of summer weather conditions on different performance indices of the power plant were also studied.