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When a combined-cycle power plant operates as part of a combined heat power plant, the optimal load-sharing among the power-generating units of the station is complicated owing to specific features of operating a combined-cycle power plant, viz., the dependence of its adjustment range values on the outdoor air temperature, degradation of the ecological and economic performance figures under underloading conditions, possibility of load-sharing between the gas turbines, and a high flexibility. A method for optimal sharing of the load among the power-generating plants of combined heat power plants is proposed that takes into consideration the above features of the combined-cycle power plants. The combined heat power plant is divided into “equivalent” units according to the group power supply points. The first step is the intra-unit optimization over the entire variation range of the thermal and electric loads to achieve the best energy performance of the “equivalent” unit. The second step is the optimization of the load-sharing among the “equivalent” units.
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Original Russian Text © E.K. Arakelyan, A.V. Andriushin, S.Y. Burtsev, K.A. Andriushin, S.R. Hurshudyan, 2015, published in Teploenergetika.
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Arakelyan, E.K., Andriushin, A.V., Burtsev, S.Y. et al. Methodology for consideration of specific features of combined-cycle plants with the optimal sharing of the thermal and the electric loads at combined heat power plants with equipment of a complex configuration. Therm. Eng. 62, 335–340 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601515050018
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