Thermodynamics II

Farln Taborda

Final assignment: Exergoeconomics

Conditions

Deadline: 2016-12-02
Submit a report per team (2 people)
Format: Handwritten report in white paper (letter size).

Please, be tidy!

The figure represents a combined-cycle power plant.

Table 1 shows the magnitude of power flows, Table 2 gives mass flow and property data each stream
and Table 3 shows capital cost of the system.

Table 1. Electric power flow streams in the system shown in Figure

Device Electrical power (kW)

Gas turbine (GT) 184 700
Steam turbine (ST) 85 560
Pump 1 (Pump1) 7.900
Pump 2 (Pump2) 713.0
Table 2. Mass flow and property data

Stream Mass flow (kg/s) Pressure (bar) Temperature (K) Type

1 518.4 1.013 288.2 Air
2 10.96 100.0 288.2 Natural Gas
3 529.4 1.038 854.2 Gas turb. exhaust
4 529.4 1.038 764.2 Gas turb. exhaust
5 529.4 1.038 579.3 Gas turb. exhaust
6 529.4 1.038 475.3 Gas turb. exhaust
7 73.44 80.00 376.6 Water
8 73.44 77.6 555.0 Water
9 73.44 77.6 566.1 Steam
10 73.44 73.72 819.2 Steam
11 66.32 0.100 318.9 Steam
12 66.32 0.100 318.9 Water
13 66.32 1.100 318.9 Water
14 7.121 7.161 375.5 Steam
15 73.44 1.100 375.5 Water
16 3018 1.013 288.2 Water
17 3018 1.013 299.2 Water

Table 3. Capital Costs

Device (Flow sheet name) Capital cost (USD/s)

Gas turbine (GT) 1.00830
Superheater (SPHT) 0.09350
Evaporator (EVAP) 0.12413
Economizer (ECON) 0.07388
Steam turbine (ST) 0.40080
Condenser (CND) 0.00575
Pump 1 (Pump1) 0.00041
Deaerator (DA) 0.00141
Pump 2 (Pump2) 0.00750

Stablish the engineering model.

Calculate the exergy destruction rate in each component of the combined-cycle power plant.
Based on the exergy destruction rate determine which component performs worst in the system
from exergy perspective and suggest ways for reducing exergy destruction rate.
Conduct a specific exergy cost (SPECO) analysis and calculate cost rate ( ) and unit cost () of
each stream system. For your analysis stablish adequate references and refer costs to the cost
of natural gas in Colombia nowadays.
 How was stablished the capital costs? Explain. Also, based on the fact that capital costs were
amortized over 20 years, and the per-second costs are based on 7500 h per year of system
operation, could you estimate the present value of each equipment?
Draw your own conclusions based on the results (this is the most important part).

Recommended readings

Moran M, Shapiro H, Boettner D, Bailey M. Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, John

Wiley & Sons, 7th edition, Chapter 7: Exergy analysis. pp. 395-402, 2011.
Bejan A, Tsatsaronis G, Moran M. Thermal Design and Optimization, John Wiley & Sons, 1st edition,
Chapter 8: Thermoeconomic analysis and evaluation, pp. 405-458, 1996.
Lazzaretto A, Tsatsaronis G. SPECO: a systematic and general methodology for calculating efficiencies
and costs in thermal systems. Energy 2006;31(89):1115344.