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1. Introduction - Firenze University Press

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As seen from Table 1, the mass flow rates of both "AIRMCM" and "AIRREST" have decreased.<br />

This implies lesser oxygen separation across the ITM and lower fuel intake. Split fractions of "B6"<br />

vary to attain minimum approach temperature in heat exchanger "LHEX" without any temperature<br />

crossover in the heat exchanger network "LHEX-ITM-HHEX" (implemented as one of the<br />

constraints). The air outlet temperature of "BHEX" does not change as 1463.15 K is the maximum<br />

temperature of air that can be reached for the specified minimum approach temperature of "BHEX".<br />

The first law efficiency, which is defined as the ratio of power output to the product of heating value<br />

of the fuel and the fuel flow rate, increases by 0.74 percentage points (from 25.33 % to 26.07 %) as<br />

a result of the optimization.<br />

Fig. 4. Variation of efficiency with air mass flow rate through "LHEX"<br />

Fig. 4 shows the effect of varying the air flow rate through the heat exchanger "LHEX" on the<br />

efficiency of the topping cycle, while the topping cycle is optimized by changing the other variables<br />

with the solution of the previous run as the initial guess value for the present run. Clearly, in the<br />

range 30 - 55 kmol/sec, only one local optimum exits and hence the point that has been reported has<br />

the maximum efficiency, although this does not prove that it is the global optimum. Thus global<br />

optimization is capable of improving the cycle efficiency even higher.<br />

3.4.2. Optimization of Bottoming Cycle<br />

The bottoming cycle is a triple pressure HRSG. The input specifications of the streams "GTEHX"<br />

and "PRODBOTM" are specified using the results obtained from the optimized top cycle, and the<br />

bottoming cycle is then independently optimized.<br />

The variables considered for optimization of the bottoming cycle include the three pressure levels,<br />

the discharge pressure of the turbine and the condenser pump, and the split fraction of the three<br />

splitters. Lowering the temperature of stream "EXHEXIT" which leaves the heat exchanger<br />

"ECON" and increasing the temperature of streams "HPSTM" and "IPSTM" which exits the heat<br />

exchanger "HPSP" increases the efficiency as the heat input to the bottoming cycle increases. Thus,<br />

the outlet temperature of the heat exchangers "ECON" (stream "EXHEXIT") and "HPSP" (streams<br />

"HPSTM" and "IPSTM") are increased and decreased respectively, to the maximum possible extent<br />

such that there are no temperature crossovers in any of the heat exchangers. At the optimal point,<br />

the pinch value for heat exchangers "ECON" and "HPSP" are observed to be 4.8 K and 4.4 K<br />

respectively. This can be done only for the AZEP 100 as "GTEXH" is pure air without any CO2<br />

emissions. This is not true in the case of partial emission cycles. For partial emission cycles, there is<br />

a limit on "ECON" outlet temperature since low temperatures can cause acid condensations.<br />

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