Question Bank-5

Combined Cycle Power Generation

1 What are the flaws of steam as the working fluid in a power cycle?

2 Explain the characteristics of an ideal working fluid in a power cycle.

3 Why was the mercury-steam cycle abandoned commercially?

4 Show that the overall efficiency of a two-fluid coupled cycle is equal to the sum of the
individual efficiencies of the two cycles minus their product.

5 What are the various types of combined cycle plants? What are the inherent advantages of
such a plant?

6 Show that when two cyclic plants operate in parallel, the overall efficiency lies between
the efficiencies of these plants.

7 Discuss the advantages of combined cycle power generation. Why is it so important in the
present day energy scenario?