The fast startup and load-increasing process of power plants is a complex task involving several restrictions that have to be fulfilled simultaneously. An important restriction is the maximum allowed thermal stress of the steam generator pipes and the steam turbines caused by temperature gradients. In this paper the startup process is treated as a dynamic optimization problem. Any appropriate objective function can be used in this optimization problem. Examples include the minimization of fuel consumption or the minimization of the time required to reach the desired load. The maximum allowable temperature and pressure gradients in major plant components appear as additional constraints. In this paper a general method for solving these problems is presented: The dynamic process model, consisting of first-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and algebraic equations, is discretized over the time horizon using well established methods for the solution of ODEs. Thus, the continuous dynamic optimization problem is transformed into a large-scale non-linear parameter optimization problem with up to 20,000 optimization parameters and constraints. Such parameter optimization problems can be solved with appropriate sequential quadratic programming (SQP) methods that have become available lately. An application of this method is presented in the second part of this study by optimizing the process of rapid load increase in a single-pressure combined-cycle power plant on the basis of a simplified model.
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Dynamic Optimization of Startup and Load-Increasing Processes in Power Plants—Part I: Method
J. Bausa,
e-mail: bausa@olymp.fb10.tu-berlin.de
J. Bausa
Institute for Energy Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Marchstrasse 18, 10587 Berlin, Germany
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G. Tsatsaronis
e-mail: tsa@olymp.fb10.tu-berlin.de
G. Tsatsaronis
Institute for Energy Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Marchstrasse 18, 10587 Berlin, Germany
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J. Bausa
Institute for Energy Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Marchstrasse 18, 10587 Berlin, Germany
e-mail: bausa@olymp.fb10.tu-berlin.de
G. Tsatsaronis
Institute for Energy Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Marchstrasse 18, 10587 Berlin, Germany
e-mail: tsa@olymp.fb10.tu-berlin.de
Contributed by the Internal Combustion Engine Division of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received by the ICE Division May 26, 1999; final revision received by the ASME Headquarters December 29, 1999. Technical Editor: D. Assanis.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Jan 2001, 123(1): 246-250 (5 pages)
Published Online: December 29, 1999
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Bausa, J., and Tsatsaronis, G. (December 29, 1999). "Dynamic Optimization of Startup and Load-Increasing Processes in Power Plants—Part I: Method ." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. January 2001; 123(1): 246–250. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1286728
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