Research Article
Analysis of Humid Air Turbine Cycle with Low- or Medium-Temperature Solar Energy
Table 3
Exergy destruction and exergy efficiency of components.
| | Cycle | Conventional HAT | Solar HAT | | Condition | | | | Components | Exergy Loss (kW) | Exergy efficiency | (%) | Exergy loss (kW) | Exergy efficiency | (%) |
| | () | 916.788 | 0.885 | 4.044 | 914.68 | 0.885 | 3.383 | | () | 245.85 | 0.966 | 1.085 | 247.29 | 0.966 | 0.914 | | () | 980.16 | 0.896 | 4.324 | 977.77 | 0.896 | 3.616 | | () | 346.78 | 0.976 | 1.530 | 346.29 | 0.975 | 1.281 | | () | 159.97 | 0.974 | 0.706 | 185.51 | 0.978 | 0.687 | | () | 20.17 | 0.953 | 0.089 | 28.99 | 0.948 | 0.107 | | () | 1403.18 | 0.917 | 6.190 | 1499.09 | 0.922 | 5.547 | | () | 12381.52 | 0.815 | 54.623 | 12900.89 | 0.822 | 47.710 | | () | 1396.60 | 0.967 | 6.161 | 1512.41 | 0.966 | 5.593 | | () | 1157.70 | 0.967 | 5.107 | 1177.87 | 0.971 | 4.356 | | () | 94.79 | 0.982 | 0.418 | 144.69 | 0.979 | 0.535 | | () | 3449.40 | 0 | 15.218 | 4781.75 | 0 | 17.684 | | () | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2202.00 | 0.4498 | 8.143 | | () | 114.46 | 0 | 0.505 | 120.14.21 | 0 | 0.444 | | Total | 22667.367 | — | 100% | 26919.23 | — | 100% | | Total Exergy Input (kW) | 45766.43 | 53059.84 | | Solar Exergy Input (kW) | — | 4002.02 | | Consumption (kg/s) | 0.8820 | 0.9455 | | Specific Work (kJ/kg) | 461.98 | 520.38 | | Solar Energy to Electricity Efficiency (%) | — | 31.41 | | Exergy Efficiency of system (%) | 50.47 | 49.04 | | Solar Contribution Coefficient (δ) (%) | — | 4.83 |
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