Generating Power at High Efficiency: Combined Cycle Technology for Sustainable Energy Production (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy) - Hardcover

Eric J. Jeffs

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845694333 ISBN 13: 9781845694333

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Combined cycle technology is used to generate power at one of the highest levels of efficiency of conventional power plants. It does this through primary generation from a gas turbine coupled with secondary generation from a steam turbine powered by primary exhaust heat. Generating power at high efficiency thoroughly charts the development and implementation of this technology in power plants and looks to the future of the technology, noting the advantages of the most important technical features including gas turbines, steam generator, combined heat and power and integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) with their latest applications.

Key Features: reviews key developments in combined cycle technology; uses examples drawn from plants around the world; looks at how combined cycle technology can evolve to meet future energy needs.

Contents: Introduction; Brief history of development; Some early schemes; Gas turbine developments; Steam generator concepts; The single shaft block; Repowering steam turbines; Combined heat and power; Gas turbines and coal; What does the future hold?

About this title

About the Author

Eric Jeffs has written widely on a range of issues affecting the power industry, and from 1991 to 2005 was European Editor of Turbomachinery International.

From the Back Cover

A secure energy supply is essential to our way of life. However, diminishing fossil fuel reserves, the slow development of renewable energy generation and concerns about climate change have all focused attention on maximising the efficiency of conventional power plants. Using examples drawn from plants around the world, this important book reviews key developments in combined cycle technology in helping to ensure sustainable energy production.

An introductory group of chapters sets the scene, identifying the key issues and tracing the development of combined cycle technology. Subsequent chapters review particular technical developments, beginning with the development of gas turbines and improvements in steam generator design. The book also discusses the single-shaft block design, developments in repowering steam turbines and combined heat and power systems, technologies allowing gas turbines to burn coal and coal gasification schemes. The final chapter in the book looks at how combined cycle technology can evolve to meet future energy needs.

Based on a wealth of experience, and drawing on a range of practical examples, Generating power at high efficiency will be a valuable reference for all those wishing to improve the efficiency of the power industry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845694333
• ISBN 13: 9781845694333
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Eric J. Jeffs