A strategy for the economic optimization of combined cycle gas turbine power plants by taking advantage of useful thermodynamic relationships

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 852-871

  Godoy, E ^a   Benz, S J ^a   Scenna, N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^b El INGAR Instituto de Desarollo y Diseno   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Combined cycle power plants; Economic optimization; Optimal relationships; Thermodynamic optimization

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ANNUAL COST; CAPITAL INVESTMENT; COMBINED CYCLE GAS TURBINE; DECISION VARIABLES; ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; HEAT TRANSFER AREA; MARKET CONDITION; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; NON-LINEAR MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODEL; OPERATIVE COSTS; OPERATIVE VARIABLES; OPTIMAL RELATIONSHIPS; OPTIMAL VALUES; POWER PLANT DESIGN; POWER PRODUCTION; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS; TECHNICAL OPTIMIZATION; THERMODYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONSHIPS;

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; DECISION MAKING; GAS PLANTS; GAS TURBINES; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBOMACHINERY;

GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTS;

EID: 79951511686     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.11.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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