Computer simulation of the performance of industrial Gas turbines with application to Mosul power station

الملخص EN

A thermodynamic simulation of the power generation gas turbine of the Mosul gas turbine power station was carried out, and its performance was observed.

The simulation included detailed modeling of the compressor, the combustion chamber and the turbine based on the physics as well as the common practice in the field.

Comparison of the simulation code results with the field collected data indicated agreement to within 2% of the compared parameters.

The developed code then used to study the effect of varying the ambient temperature on the performance of the system.

The results showed a decrease of up to 21% in the power output when the ambient temperature increases from its ISO value of 15 ˚C to 45 ˚C.

Comparison between running the system under constant turbine inlet temperature and constant turbine power output were also conducted.