GAS CONSUMPTION AND POWER GENERATION PATTERN IN WRPC GAS TURBINES

1.1 DESIGN DATA FOR GAS FIRING

BASIS:
Temperature: 28oC
Pressure: 1 atm

POWER GENERATION GAS CONSUMPTION

DESCRIPTION MW KW (kJ/hr) (SCFM)
FULL SPEED NO
LOAD 0 0 - 1,635
1
/2 BASE LOAD 15.165 15165 54,594,000 3,752
BASE LOAD 30.33 30330 109,188,000 6,177
PEAK LOAD 33.16 33160 119,376,000 6,874

DESIGN DATA FOR LIQUID FIRING

DESCRIPTION POWER GENERATION LIQ. FUEL CONSUMPTI
MW KW (kJ/hr) (LPS)
FULL SPEED NO
LOAD 0 0 - 0.740
1
/2 BASE LOAD 14.715 14715 52,974,000 1.714
BASE LOAD 29.43 29430 105,948,000 2.880
PEAK LOAD 32.33 32330 116,388,000 3.227

2.0 NATURAL GAS PROPERTIES

2.1 GAS COMPOSITION

LHV (Btu/scf) @ 1
Component Mole % Mol Weight Relative Mol Weight atm and 20oC
CH4 88.92 16 14.23 911
C2H6 8.29 30 2.49 1,631
C3H8 1.84 44 0.81 2,353
nC4H10 0.43 58 0.25 3,101
iC4H10 0.27 58 0.16 3,094
nC5H12 0.11 72 0.08 3,709
iC5H12 0.14 72 0.10 3,698
Total 100.00 18.1098
2.2 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF NATURAL GAS

Temperature (oC) 28.00

Pressure (psia) 14.70
Molecular Wt. (kg/kmol) 18.1098
Density (kg/m3) @ NTP 0.7332
LHV (kJ/m3) @ NTP 35,391.15
Specific Energy (kJ/kg) @ NTP 48,267.82
NORMAL CONDITIONS
Temperature (oC) 0
Pressure (bar) 1.01325

2.3 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF LIQUID FUEL

Properties Values Standard

Density @ 15oC
(kg/m3) 876.70 820 min 3.57
Diesel Index 47.36 47 min

Distillation EBP (oC) 357.00 385 max

Flash Point ( F)
o
210.20 150 min

Kinematic Viscosity
@ 100oF 2.27 1.6 - 5.5
Cloud Point (oF) 23.40
Carbon Residue
(%wt) 0.01 0.15 max
Color ASTM 0.50 3 max

2.4 PIPE CHARACTERISTICS

Nominal Diameter of Pipe (in) 6.00
Internal Diameter of Pipes (in) 6.07
Internal Diameter of Pipes (m) 0.15
Cross Sectional Area of Pipe 0.02
Maximum Velocity of Gas (m/s) 30.00
Volumetric Flow rate of Gas (m3/s) 0.56

3.0 GAS MONTHLY CONSUMPTION FROM NGC GAS CONSUMPTION CERTIFICATE FOR 2014

QTY OF GAS
CONSUMED m3/mth @ 0oC &
3.1 Month (SCF/mth) 1bar Nm3/mth @ 20oC & 1 atm kg/mth
 January 377,161,190.200 10,680,015.56 11,312,119.04 9,145,024.03
February 379,210,925.871 10,738,057.61 11,373,596.35 9,194,723.95
March 343,533,933.135 9,727,797.68 10,303,543.55 8,329,664.22
April 395,041,066.951 11,186,317.29 11,848,386.56 9,578,557.24
May 393,187,222.831 11,133,822.27 11,792,784.59 9,533,607.10
June 310,441,649.016 8,790,728.55 9,311,013.38 7,527,275.90
July 358,085,123.332 10,139,841.50 10,739,974.44 8,682,486.80
August 368,416,668.044 10,432,398.27 11,049,846.37 8,932,995.67

The above is the quantity of gas consumed for the month of July, 2014 while the table
below show the readings from the Turbines @ 00HRS of 1st July & 1st August, 2014

3.2
GT 01 Energy rdg GT 02 Energy rdg Average Hourly Load
(MW)
Total Energy Consumed
(* 10 ) kWh
7
(* 10 ) kWh
7
(* 107) kWh
1-Sep 28.2129 100.7690
1-Aug 27.9329 100.2480 0.8010 10.77
1-Jul 27.4850 99.5930 1.1029 14.82
1-Jun 27.0930 99.1135 0.8715 11.71
1-May 26.9025 98.2470 1.0570 14.21
1-Apr 26.5315 97.7840 0.8340 11.21
1-Mar *** ***
1-Feb *** *** -
1-Jan 25.3241 95.8058 3.19 14.75

*** The data for those dates couldn't be gotten but a three months average was used in determining the value for the ave
three months (January, February & March, 2014)

Recall that 1kWh = 3,600kJ

Therefore Energy consumed for July = 1.1029 * 10 7 * 3600 = 3.97044 * 1010kJ

Therefore Energy consumed per unit volume of gas = 3.97044 * 10 10 / 9,447,702.15 Nm3 = 4,202.55kJ/Nm3

Energy consumed per unit mass of gas = 4,202.55kJ/Nm3 / 0.732 kg/Nm3

= 5,740kJ/kg
RBINES

GAS CONSUMPTION Heat Rate

(Nm3/hr) (kg/hr) kJ/kg kg gas/MW

2,519.47 2,036.81 -
5,781.69 4,674.08 11,680.16 308.21
9,518.53 7,695.04 14,189.40 253.71
10,592.58 8,563.33 13,940.37 258.24

LIQ. FUEL CONSUMPTION Heat Rate

(m /hr)
3
(kg/hr) kJ/kg kg/MW

2.664 2,320.34 -
6.170 5,374.42 9,856.69 365.23
10.368 9,030.53 11,732.20 306.85
11.617 10,118.58 11,502.40 312.98

LHV
R.LHV (Btu/scf) (kcal/kg) kJ/kg
810.06 9,176.09 38,392.74
135.21 1,531.61 6,408.25
43.30 490.43 2,051.97
13.33 151.05 631.98
8.35 94.63 395.93
4.08 46.22 193.37
5.18 58.65 245.37
1,019.51 11,548.66 48,319.61
 Hourly
Average
Approx kg/hr Load (MW) Kg gas/MW
 12,291.70 14.75 833.34 786.77
13,682.62 14.75 927.64
11,195.79 14.75 759.04
13,303.55 11.21 1,186.76
12,813.99 14.21 901.76
10,454.55 11.71 892.79
11,670.01 14.82 787.45
12,006.71 10.77 1,115.23

ning the value for the average hourly load over the
GAS COMPOSITION
Basis: 1 mole of Natural Gas

Moles of Moles of
No of O2 Air Moles of Moles of Moles of
ComponeMole % Moles required required N2 CO2 H 2O
CH4 88.92 ### 1.7784 8.4686 6.6902 0.8892 1.7784
C2 H 6 8.29 ### 0.2902 1.3817 1.0915 0.1658 0.2487
C3 H 8 1.84 ### 0.0920 0.4381 0.3461 0.0552 0.0736
nC4H10 0.43 ### 0.0280 0.1331 0.1051 0.0172 0.0215
iC4H10 0.27 ### 0.0176 0.0836 0.0660 0.0108 0.0135
nC5H12 0.11 ### 0.0088 0.0419 0.0331 0.0055 0.0066
iC5H12 0.14 ### 0.0112 0.0533 0.0421 0.0070 0.0084
Total ### 1.0000 2.2261 10.6002 8.3742 1.1507 2.1507

1,023.49 4,873.78 3,850.28 529.07 988.85

32,751.78 141,339.55 107,807.96 23,279.03 17,799.28
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 Plot of Gas fuel consumption
against Power Generation

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8,000.00

7,000.00
Gas Fuel Consumption (kg/hr)

6,000.00

5,000.00

4,000.00

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2,000.00

1,000.00

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Load generated (MW

Liq F u el C o n s u m pti o n (k g/h r)

Plot of Liquid fuel consumption

against Power Generation

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4,000.00

2,000.00

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Load generated (MW)