Abstract
Energy is an essential resource every population relies on. In recent years, the importance of thermal energy has stood out due to the performance decrement of both hydraulic and wind power systems, resulting from severe climate changes. Considering thermal power plants like gas turbine systems, thermal efficiency is always the element that engineers aim to improve on. The efficiency of a stationary gas turbine determines how much useful energy can be produced in a given amount of resources, and that is vital to any power plant economically and environmentally. In this paper, through research from various dissertations, journals, and websites, technologies developed for efficiency improvement for gas turbines are summarized and discussed with specific examples and comparisons, focusing on complex cycles, combined cycles, and maintenance procedures. In the end, the paper concluded that there are many factors affecting the thermal efficiency of a stationary gas turbine. Every gas turbine station varies due to its specific applications, locations, the material available, and project budget, and far more new topics are waiting to be explored.
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