Table of Contents — Volume 2
Advanced Modeling of Thermodynamic Cycles of Nuclear Power Plants
3. Steam and Gas Power Cycles: Understanding, Analysis, and Improvement Methodologies
3.1 Introduction to Steam and Gas Power Cycles
3.1.1 Conversion of Heat into Work
3.1.2 Carnot Cycle
3.2 Steam Power Plant and Gas Turbine Cycles
3.2.1 Simple Steam Power Plant
3.2.2 Simple Closed Gas Turbine Cycle
3.3 Comparison with the Carnot Cycle in the Entropy Diagram
3.3.1 Steam Power Plant
3.3.2 Gas Turbine
3.4.1 Introduction to Thermoptim
3.4.2 Thermoptim Model of the Steam Cycle
3.4.3 Thermoptim Model of the Gas Turbine Cycle
3.4.4 Exergy Balances, Exergy Structures
3.4.5 Process Integration by the Pinch Method
3.5 Conclusion
3.6 References