Volume 11 Issue 2 ( June )

The increased interest in energy efficiency and resourcefulness would help the adoption of power generation technology. The comprehensive energy analysis reveals the reasons of losses, as well as how to scale the process and rectify the thermal utilities. A thermodynamic analysis of a reheating- regeneration based 135 MW coal fired steam power plant is carried out in this research. The boiler, generators, Feed heaters, condenser, and pump have all been thoroughly analysed in terms team of energy use. The plant efficiency is 47%, the boiler unit efficiency is 70 % (Economizer. Super heater), the maximum heat consumed by the plant's economizer is 39 percent, and the steam quality is around 89-90% with 40 TPH of coal consumption, according to the thermodynamic study. To scale the operation, this study analyses the exergy destruction in various stages of the power generation system.

Keywords: Irreversibility Analysis, Re-Heating-Regeneration Rankine thermal power plant. Plant thermal efficiency