Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the thermal performance of a gas turbine unit under real weather conditions by applying the first law of thermodynamics and studying the effect of the cleanliness of the air filters. The unit operated with a design power of 265 MW under standard conditions (15 °C, 1 bar pressure, and 60 % relative humidity). The current study also included analyzing the power unit using the MATLAB simulation program to know the effect of external factors (temperature, relative humidity, and compression ratio) for a whole year (2019) on the performance of the turbine unit. The results showed that the highest efficiency was obtained during the month of November (34 %) at a temperature of 19 °C and the lowest efficiency was achieved in August (23 %) at the highest recorded temperature of 46 °C. The results also showed that when filters were replaced in November, the efficiency and air mass flow rate increased by 21 % and 40 %, respectively.
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