Combined heat and power production: case study with a steam turbine

note
pc_metano net heat value NG 34325 kJ/Sm 3

pc_olio net heat value OIL 41860 kJ/kg

3600 kJ/kWh
TURBINE INPUT Steam in 1t

pression 4.14 MPa

temperature 399 C
entalpy (from table) 3200 MJ/t
input entalpy in ST 3200 MJ
TURBINE OUTPUT Steam output 1t

pression 0.36 MPa

espansione
steam theoretical output entalpy 2734 MJ/t
isoentropica ideale
steam theoretical output entalpy MJ

espansione
available energy for the mechanical production MJ
isoentropica ideale

theoretical steam ratio (kgvapore/h)/kW kgvap/kWh

turbine efficiency (ht) 79%

amount of entalpy for the mech.production MJ
steam output entalpy MJ
steam output temperature 140 C
average condensate entalpy MJ
recovered heat MJ

BOILER

output steam entalpy MJ

average condensate entalpy MJ
heat for the condensate MJ
boiler plant efficiency 89% 11%

input fuel to the boiler MJ

fuel oil input kgolio
either ..NG Sm3
mechanical system efficiency
thermal system efficiency T/E
100.0%
GENERATOR

generator efficiency (hg) 97%

output electricity MJ
kWh
eletrical efficiency of the whole system

specific energy consumption MJ/kWhe

kgvapore/kWh
real amount of steam needed to produce 1 kWh kgvapore/kWh
kJ/kWh
 Combined heat and power production: case study with a steam turbine

average specific consumption in a classical

c_spec power plant 9,207 kJ/kWhe
39.1%

A electric power 2500 kWe

steam flow t/h
input fuel MJ/h
..as OIL kgolio/h
as NG Sm3/h
recovered heat MJ/h
electric power MJ/h
overall output (Heat+Electricity) MJ/h
overall efficiency %
electrical efficiency %
thermal efficiency %

10.000 kg/h of steam are needed to get 1000 kW of electric power with an average drop of 4 MPa