Analysis of a Kalina cycle integrated with a reheat furnace

Abstract

In the present paper, parametric optimisation, energy and exergy analyses of KC were performed together with economic and environmental analyses. After parametric, energy and exergy analyses of KC, maximum net power production, thermal efficiency and exergy efficiency of KC were calculated as 389.44 kW, 33.86% and 68.96% at 430 degrees C turbine inlet temperature and 95% ammonia mass fraction. At this working condition, where the best performance obtained from KC, maximum CO2 emission reduction, investment cost, unit investment price, payback period and unit cost of generated electricity were found as 257.13 kg-CO2/h, 501,115 $, 1,243 $/kW, 2.93 years and 0.0265 $/kW.