Integrated Intelligent Energy ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (8): 77-88.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2097-0706.2025.08.009

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Analysis of the characteristics of integrated solar combined cycle under different coupling methods

GENG Zhi1(), JIANG Yuchen1(), CHEN Keyu1, LI Yifan1, LI Renfeng1, WANG Xuanxuan2, SUN Qiansheng1   

  1. 1. School of Aero Engine,Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics,Zhengzhou 450046,China
    2. School of Electrical Engineering,Southwest Jiaotong University,Chengdu 611756,China
  • Received:2024-08-19 Revised:2024-10-10 Published:2024-11-20
  • Supported by:
    Henan Province Science and Technology Research Project(242102240053);Postgraduate Education Reform and Quality Improvement Project of Henan Province(YJS2024JD47);Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics Student Innovation Project(202410485069)

Abstract:

Solar energy and the bottom cycle of the gas turbine combined cycle(GTCC) exhibit good thermal quality matching. Different solar thermal coupling methods have varying effects on the operational characteristics of GTCC. Therefore,this paper mainly used Ebsilon simulation software to calculate parameters, successively constructed three types of thermodynamic models for staged coupling of solar energy and waste heat boilers, and analyzed the variation pattern of the static complementarity characteristics of solar energy and the bottom-cycle coupling in the integrated solar combined cycle(ISCC) with aeroderivative gas turbine as the main engine, based on thermodynamic laws. A quantitative evaluation index was introduced to determine the optimal coupling scheme, and the effect of flow ratio on system performance was further explored. The results showed that under the design conditions, the system's power generation increased the most when solar energy was coupled only to the primary heating surface, with an increase of 1.08%. Compared to the traditional system,cycle efficiency could increase by 15.30%,and the exhaust gas temperature could be reduced by approximately 11.38%. A 20% mass flow distribution was more effective than heat utilization, reducing the exhaust gas temperature by 6.30 ℃.As the mass flow distribution ratio continued to increase, the system's power generation showed a decreasing trend, with a 7.102 MW difference between the maximum and minimum power outputs. Within the controllable range of variation, the 20% mass flow distribution ratio resulted in the highest power generation.The ISCC system,coupled to the high-pressure heating surface, exhibited a loss of 9.954 MW and an exergy efficiency of 63.67%.

Key words: solar thermal energy, gas turbine combined cycle, aeroderivative gas turbines, bottom cycle, Thermodynamic system coupling

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