ENGINEERING RESEARCH JOURNAL (ERJ)

Vol. 1, No. 35Jan. 2018, pp. 1-7

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Thermo-Economic Analysis of the Effects of Intake Air

Cooling of Combined Cycle Power Plants Using an Absorption
Chiller
Anas Mostafa, M. Foad, and T. Halawah
Faculty of Engineering, Mechanical Power Department, Cairo University, Egypt

Abstract. The effects of cooling the intake air on the performance of combined cycle power plants using a LiBr
absorption chiller and thermal energy water storage system are considered. A thermo-economic analysis for a 807
MW combined cycle power plant located at El-Kuriemat, Egypt is performed. The results indicate that reducing the
temperature from the ambient temperature of 30.5 to 15 °C could increase the instantaneous net power obtained from
the same plant during June by 10%. The payback period is 3.13 years, internal rate of return is 32%, and the net present
value is 7.57 MUS$. The total electric energy increase is 172,515 MW.h/year and the net cash flow is 2.41 MUS$/year.