Dual-Fuel Gas-Steam Power Block Analysis

This book presents the methodology and mathematical models for dual-fuel coal-gas power plants in two basic configurations: systems coupled in parallel and in series.

Dual-fuel gas and steam systems, especially parallel systems, have great potential for modernizing existing combined heat and power (CHP) plants. This book presents calculations using a novel methodology applied to systems in continuous time and analyzes the impact of the investment profitability of the EU ETS (European Union Emissions Trading Scheme) derogation mechanism, which encourages enterprises to modernize existing generation units. It also includes a detailed case study of a coal power plant modernized by repowering with a gas turbine.

The book is intended for researchers, market analysts, decision makers, power engineers and students.

Dr eng. Anna Hnydiuk-Stefan is a power engineering researcher and scientist well known in international academic and industrial communities, due to her international publications and books. Her fields of specialization are heat and power generation technologies and power management, and she is also interested in technical and economic problems of coal and natural gas combustion processes in heat and power generating plants. Currently she is teaching at Opole University of Technology. She is the author or co-author of 3 books and numerous articles on oxy-fuel combustion technology and environmental impacts on a power plant operation, including: Optimum Investment Strategy in the Power Industry. Mathematical Models. Springer, New York 2016, Bartnik R., Buryn Z., Hnydiuk-Stefan A: Investment Strategy in Heating and CHP. Mathematical Models. Springer, London 2017. She extensive experience in cooperations with the largest Polish power groups in the field of carbon emissions trading schemes. She is a graduate of the MBA in Finance and Insurance program at Illinois State University and the Technical University of Lodz. She is a licensed commodity broker in Poland.