Computer Simulation of the Performance of Industrial Gas Turbines with Application to Mosul Power Station

Abstract:-A thermodynamic simulation of the power generation gas turbine of theMosul gas turbine power station was carried out, and its performance wasobserved. The simulation included detailed modeling of the compressor, thecombustion chamber and the turbine based on the physics as well as the commonpractice in the field. Comparison of the simulation code results with the fieldcollected data indicated agreement to within 2% of the compared parameters. Thedeveloped code then used to study the effect of varying the ambient temperatureon the performance of the system. The results showed a decrease of up to 21% inthe power output when the ambient temperature increases from its ISO value of15 C to 45 C. Comparison between running the system under constant turbineinlet temperature and constant turbine power output were also conducted.