MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE EFFECT OF MOISTURE CONTENT AND AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ON GAS TURBINE POWER PLANT PERFORMANCE IN UGHELLI, NIGERIA

Authors

  • F Onoroh DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, YABA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
  • M Ogbonnaya DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, YABA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
  • UP Onochie DEPT. OF MECHANICAL ENGR’G, ALEX EKWUEME FED. UNIV., NDUFU-ALIKE IKWO, EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA

Keywords:

Work ratio, net power, efficiency, moisture content, specific fuel consumption, heat rate.

Abstract

The influence of ambient temperature and moisture content on the performance of Transcorp Power Plant, Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria was investigated with the aid of a digital psychrometer. The simulation was done using codes developed on MATLAB R2017a and the results show that compressor power consumption increased by 1.65% for 0.7% rise in temperature, and 0.50% for 71.4% rise in moisture content. The specific fuel consumption also increased with increase in temperature where a 1.71% rise in ambient temperature resulted in a 0.15% rise in specific fuel consumption but it decreased by 0.49% for a 41.7% rise in moisture content. A 1.62% rise in temperature led to a 0.13% drop in net power output and a 29.4% rise in moisture content resulted in a 0.48% drop in net power output.  Thus gas turbine plant operates optimally in areas with low ambient temperatures and high moisture content.

 

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v39i1.20

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Published

2020-01-03

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (2020): NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 1, JANUARY 2020

Section

Chemical, Industrial, Materials, Mechanical, Metallurgical, Petroleum & Production Engineering

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MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE EFFECT OF MOISTURE CONTENT AND AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ON GAS TURBINE POWER PLANT PERFORMANCE IN UGHELLI, NIGERIA. (2020). Nigerian Journal of Technology, 39(1), 182-188. https://nijotech.com/index.php/nijotech/article/view/2235