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GAS powered or combined cycle power plants

Combined cycle plant works on the principal of Both Brayton and Rankin cycle. The gas
turbine works on the principal of Brayton cycle, in which the air is compressed in the first
stage and this compressed air is heated in the combustor by burning fuel. Heated
compressed gas is allowed to expand in the turbine which is coupled with the rotor of
generator. As the temperature of exhaust gas is 680 degree C, so this exhaust gas is used for
heating the feed water through heat recovery steam generators (HRSG). This steam is
allowed to expand in the turbine and thus energy is produced.
By combining both gas and steam cycles, high input temperatures and low output
temperatures can be achieved. The efficiency of the cycles adds, because they are powered
by the same fuel source. So, a combined cycle plant has a thermodynamic cycle that
operates between the gasturbine's high firing temperature and the waste heat
temperature from the condensers of the steam cycle. This large range means that the
Carnot efficiency of the cycle is high. The actual efficiency, while lower than this, is still higher
than that of either plant on its own.

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