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Combined-cycle power plant - Theory, performance, modularity

Author: Jean-Marie MONTEIL

Publication date: October 10, 2003

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2. Theoretical approach

2.1 Joule cycle

The following paragraphs describe the basic Joule cycle, followed by a number of industrially-applied variants.

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2.1.1 Basic cycle

The operation of combustion turbines is represented by Joule's thermodynamic cycle.

Ambient air is the fluid that will undergo the thermodynamic transformations. It is drawn in and compressed in a compressor [(stage 1-2) figure 2...

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