Performance evaluation of a hydrogen-fired combined cycle with water recovery

Autor: Tingting Wei, Zhenchao Hu, Xingyu Tang, Huisheng Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Vol 44, Iss , Pp 102863- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2214-157X
DOI: 10.1016/j.csite.2023.102863
Popis: Hydrogen can alleviate the increasing environmental pollution and has good development prospects in power generation due to its high calorific value and low environmental impact. The previously designed hydrogen-fired combined cycle ignored water recycling, which led to an inefficient application of hydrogen and the wastage of water. This paper proposes the concept of a hydrogen-fired combined cycle with water recovery to reuse the condensed water as an industrial heat supply. It was applied to an F-class combined cycle power plant. The results demonstrate that the efficiency of hydrogen-fired combined cycles with and without water recovery increased by 1.92% and 1.35%, respectively, compared to that of the natural-gas-fired combined cycle under full working conditions. In addition, an economic comparison of the three cycles was conducted. The levelized cost of energy of the hydrogen-fired combined cycle with water recovery will be 52.22% lower than that of the natural-gas-fired combined cycle in 2050. This comparative study suggested that water recovery supplementation could improve the gas turbine efficiency. The proposed hydrogen-fired combined cycle with water recovery would provide both environmental and economic benefits.
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