Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
2 Master of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.
Abstract
In combined cycle power plants, instead of releasing gases which are produced from burning fossil fuels, after turning the gas turbines, they enter into heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) boilers to produce steam. The produced steam by these boilers is used to generate electricity in steam turbines and thus, electricity generation efficiency is dramatically increased. In this way, the efficiency of electricity production increases significantly. These boilers are made at a great cost and also, any failures of them cause a power plant to stop and create enormous costs, so optimizing their reliability is very important. This paper deals with the modeling of the HRSG feed water system by using a block diagram for two states (i.e. half-time and full load), to evaluate the difference between the proposed alternative designs, by considering their reliability. The method used in this paper can be applied to evaluate and optimize the reliability of many other industrial systems.
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