Performance Calculations and Efficiency for power plant

In order to improve the performance of a thermal power plant, it is necessary to be able to calculate the efficiency and to monitor the performance. The efficient utilization of fuel in Electric Power Production and desalination plants is the main target of this course. Only by monitoring the performance we can determine whether it is cost-effective to continue operating the plant or alterations of operating conditions or maintenance are necessary. In addition, to improve heat rate, different plant losses must be identified and understood, and innovative methods to decrease these losses taken. This course is devoted to studying methods of calculation and illustrating international codes used for this purpose.

• Illustrate how the efficiency of CCPP can be calculated
• Learn what cycle parameters affect efficiency
• Illustrate the importance of the Plant heat rate
• Calculation of Cost Due to Heat Rate Deviations
• Learn methods for improving gas turbine heat rate
• What to consider for improved HRSG performance.
• What to consider for improved Steam Turbine performance
• Quantified Benefits of Implementing Recommendations