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European Projects and Academic Relations
Combined Cycle Power Plant with Integrated Low Temperature Heat
Objective of the project is the integration of low temperature waste heat, rejected at a temperature of ca. 170oC from low temperature waste industrial heat sources (or even solar heat), in a natural gas Combined Cycle.
The exploitation of the low temperature waste heat for the evaporation of the injected water into the compressed air entering the combustion chamber of a gas turbine increases the efficiency of the cycle. The integration of this wasted energy into the Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle, consisting of a gas turbine and a steam turbine cycle (the most efficient cycle known for electricity production power plants), results into the development of a high efficiency, economic and with improved environmental performance power production concept.
Preliminary calculations show that this cycle will make use of the low temperature heat at a very high efficiency. The efficiency with respect to natural gas is expected to be higher than 70%.
Project Coordinator: Public Power Corporation (GR)
Contractors:
Technische Universitaet Braunschweig (DE)
National Technical University of Athens (GR)
Technische Universitaet Wien (AT)
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine (UK)
Fichtner GmbH & Co KG (DE)
NAS extension to: Combined Cycle Power Plant with Integrated Low Temperature Heat
Project was successfully concluded in Spring 2003. For an overview, please, read a presentation of LOTHECO at 5th CAME-GT Combined Workshop.
NAS Contractors:
University Politehnica of Timisoara (RO)
Sofia Energy Centre (BG)
Frederick Institute of Technology (CY)
Electricity Authority of Cyprus (CY)
Hyperion Systems Engineering, Ltd (CY)
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