Sensitivity analysis for the capacity improvement of a combined cycle power plant (100-600 MW)

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 14-15, 2008, Pages 1865-1874

  Boonnasa, S ^a   Namprakai, P ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NORTH BANGKOK   (Thailand)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Capacity improvement; Economics; Monthly analysis; Performance; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; COOLING; EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ENERGY STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FINANCE; GAS ABSORPTION; GAS TURBINES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; LEAD; POWER PLANTS; RHODIUM; SECURITY OF DATA; STEAM POWER PLANTS;

AIR COMPRESSOR; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BANGKOK; CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT; COMBINED CYCLING; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCES; ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS; ELSEVIER (CO); INLET AIR TEMPERATURES; INLET-AIR COOLING; INTAKE AIR; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (ROI); NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV); PAYBACK PERIOD (PBP); POWER OUTPUTS; STEAM ABSORPTION; TEMPERATURE LEVELS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 46949092963     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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