14Exergy Destruction Analysis of a Gas Turbine Power Plant

Abstract

N owadays, the importance of electricity generating systems by means of renewable energy such as wind and sun has been increasing because of decreasing the life of fossil fuels, but a large part of the need for electricity from fossil-based fuels is provided by power plants. In power generating plants, the emissions of power plants are considered as important parameters that must be taken into consideration. Interest in gas-fired gas turbine power plants has been increasing day by day because of low investment cost, efficient operation and minimal environmental impacts. It is not enough to analyse the thermal systems only in terms of the conservation of energy. Because the conservation of energy analyses systems only quantitatively in terms of energy balance. However, the second law of thermodynamics performs

Investigation of Shale Gas Reserves in The World and A Case Study for Electricity Production from Shale Gas in Turkey

“…The temperature of the exhaust gas can vary with respect to engine type but it can be argued that the temperature of the exhaust gas will be around 400 o C ~ 500 o C [65][66][67]. Thus, the exhaust gas which contains considerable amount of thermal energy can be further utilized in several gas cycles such as Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), Gas Turbine Cycle (GT) for further electric power production [68][69][70][71][72].…”