Simulation of a Gas Power Plant

3.5 Combustion Reaction

During the definition of the fluid package, I have also defined the reaction that takes place
in the combustion camera, where it mixes the natural gas with the air that it comes from the
compressor. The reaction in the reactor is the following one:

CH 4+2·O2 ⇒ CO2 + 2·H 2O

In the HYSYS® software, the combustion reaction between the natural gas and air is
defined like the next figure:

Figure 4. Definition of the combustion reaction in HYSYS®.

3.6 Results of the Steady-State

For the calculate of the efficiency of the combined cycle are needed the net work
produced by the cycle. Net work: The net work corresponds the one generated by the
turbines less the one consumed by the bomb and the compressor.

The results of the simulated cycle are shown in the following tables, where the efficiencies
of compressors, turbines and bomb are included; the produced energy and the one
consumed for the total calculation of combined cycle. The global efficiency of the plant is
obtained relating the Wnet obtained with the heat that we put in the system through the
combustion camera.

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