Abstract
Abstract As the electricity demand fluctuates frequently, combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plants often run at part-load conditions. In order to improve the plant performance, a simulation-based optimization approach is proposed to determine an optimal operating strategy that maximizes the plant efficiency. The influence of the optimal strategy is compared with that of fuel flow control (FFC) and inlet guide vane control (IGVC). It is shown that the plant efficiency is increased by as much as 2.63% over FFC and 0.93% over IGVC. Moreover, it seems that FFC tends to prioritize the gas turbine and IGVC tends to prioritize the steam cycle, while the optimal strategy strikes a balance between the two.
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