Exergetic and Parametric

Study of a Solar Aided CoalFired Power Plant

Ing. Daineris Hernandez

Mechanical engineering: Computational
Thermo science

Coal-fired Power Plant

Solar-fired Coal-fired Power Plant

Facilities in Power Generation Section

(1) Boiler

(2) Turbine

(3) Condenser

(4) Heat
exchanger

Desareator

Facilities in the Solar Field

The coal consumption ra

Fundamental Parameters
Coal used as the fuel for the power plant has the following analysis:
moisture = 9.9%, ash = 23.7%, hydrogen = 3.11%,
nitrogen = 1.01%, sulphur = 2%, oxygen = 2.78%, carbon = 57.5%, LHV =
21,981 kJ/kg.

Results and Discussions

Results and Discussions

Results and Discussions

Effects of the Solar Irradiations

Effects of the Solar Irradiations

Results
1.2.3.4.-

coal consumption rates and the CO2 emissions.

the cost of the electricity.
Exergy and energy efficiency (reasons).
exergy and energy destruction distributions.

Effects of Solar Irradiations

1.- with the solar irradiation increasing from 500
W/m2 to 1,100 W/m2, the exergy efficiency of
solar field increases from 35.5% to 36.4%.
2.- the energy efficiency of the solar field is
almost unchanged with the increment
of solar irradiation.
the energy efficiency, exergy efficiency and coal
consumption decrease with the increase of solar
irradiation

Results
Effects of the Load Ratio.
1.- with the increase of load ratio from 30% to 100%, the
exergy and energy efficiency increases from 43.3% to
45.6%, from 45.4% to 47.8%.
2.- when the load ratio of the base plant increases from
30% to 100%, the coal consumption rate of the base plant
decreases from 270.8 g/kWh to 257.4 g/kWh.
3.- When the load
ratio of the new plant increases from 30% to 100%, the
coal consumption rate of the new plant
decreases from 258.8 g/kWh to 243.7 g/kWh.

Conclusions
1.- If the new plant is compared with the base plant, the exergy
and energy efficiencies of the new plant are lower than those
of the base plant compared to the base plant, and the new
plant saves about 13.7 g/kWh of coal.
2.- from the aspect of exergy losses (boiler and turbine).
3.- From the aspect of energy losses(condenser- boiler and
condenser turbines).
4.- When the load ratio of the unit is 100%, (i.e., with output of
600 MW), the solar irradiation differs from 500 W/m2 to 1,100
W/m2, the coal consumption rate reduces from 248.8 g/kWh to
241.6 g/kWh, saving coal from 8.6 g/kWh to 15.8 g/kWh.
5.- When the solar irradiation is kept 925 W/m2 unchanged, the
load ratio of the unit changes from 30% to 100%, the coal
consumption rate of the base plant decreases.
6.- When the load ratio of the new plant increases from 30% to
100%, the coal consumption rate of the new plant decreases.
Ing. Daineris
Hernandez

Papers.
1. Exergy Analysis of Flat Plate Solar Collectors.
Authors: Zhong Ge, Huitao Wang, Hua Wang, Songyuan Zhangand Xin
Guan.
Published: 9 May 2014.
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The main propuse is an exergy analysis model of flat plate collectors,
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absorber plate.
Conclusions:
The Main conclusion for me is the effects of the fluid inlet temperature in
the useful exergy rates this mean that with increasing fluid inlet
temperature, the exergy rates first increases and then decreases. Thus
exist an optimum fluid inlet temperature for obtaining the maximum

Papers.
2. Exergetic and Thermoeconomic Analyses of Solar Air
Heating Processes Using a Parabolic Trough Collector.
This paper presents a theoretical and practical analysis of the
application of the hermoeconomict method based on he first and
second law of thermodynamics.
In his conclusions estimated that the heat losses at the surfaces of
the reflector and receiver as well as during heat transfer of the
useful heat generate that the efficiencies by second law are lower
(between 5 and 10 times) than those obtained by the first law. This
fact may be ascribed to.
In terms of hermoeconomic shows that the influence of the cost of the
prototype (Z value) The Z value for solar collector systems
represents the total cost of the process since technology reduces
the cost of solar collector equipment, so projects may be
profitable.