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Advanced Power Plant Library

APP_Lib, the Advanced Power Plant Library is used for modeling a wide range of thermal power systems. It supports both design and off-design analysis.

With the Advanced Power Plant Library the user can design and analyze any power plant, including:

Conventional Power Plants
Cogeneration Plants
Combined Cycle Plants

The library supports both design of new plants as well as analysis and optimization of existing plants. The component models included with the Advanced Power Plant Library represent an optimum balance between:

ease of use
model accuracy
amount of required input data
flexibility

Working Media

Water

Water and steam

Gases

Mixtures of one or more of the following ideal gases: Ar, C₂H₆, C₃H₈, CH₄, CO, CO₂, H₂, H₂O, H₂S, N₂, O₂, SO₂

Fuels

Gases

CH₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₈

Solid/liquid fuels

Solid/liquid fuels can be defined via their elementary analysis

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Library Author

SimTech GmbH

Keywords

Power Plants, Cogeneration Plants, Combined Cycle Plants

Version

11.7.4

First Published

9/1996

boiler

simple boiler model

combustor_c

combustion chamber, fuel as chemical composition, for gaseous fuels

compressor

condenser

connector

deaerator

double_htex

heat exchanger with two secondary sides

drum

flash

fuel_analyzer

fuel analyzer which gives detailed information on fuel composition

fuel_mixer

mixer for a fuel_stream

fuel_splitter

splitter for a fuel_stream

gas_analyzer

gas analyzer which gives various information on gas composition

gas_turbine

gas turbine

gear

gears

generator

glipex

gliding pressure extraction

htex

general purpose heat exchanger

htex_co

heat exchanger, cocurrent

htex_condensing

heat exchanger for flue gas condesation

htex_counter

heat exchanger, counter current

htex_evaporator

evaporator with internal circulation

injector

injection cooler

labyrinth

labyrinth gland

mech_loss

mechanical loss

mixer

motor

gasifier

gasifier for solid and liquid fuels

optimization

optimization element

pipe

preheater

preheater2

preheater with cooling zone

preheater3

preheater with steam cooler and condensation zone

pump

reheater

simple reheater model

separator

sink

sink for a stream

source

source for a stream

splitter

splitter_mixer

compensation pipe

static_head

static head of a fluid

support

supported pressure

triple_htex

heat exchanger with three secondary sides

turbine

turbine_end

turbine, end stage

valve

xprescription

prescription/calculation of steam quality

ambient_sink

release of a stream at ambient pressure

ambient_source

source for an air stream at ambient conditions

combustor

combustion chamber, fuel composition as elementary analysis, for solid and liquid fuels

combustor_c_rad

combustion chamber, fuel as chemical composition, for gaseous fuels, with radiative heat transfer to heat receiving walls

combustor_rad

combustion chamber, fuel composition as elementary analysis, for solid and liquid fuels, with radiative heat transfer to heat receiving walls and optional grate cooling

conditional_setting

free conditional equation to set selected variables

cooling_tower_dry

dry cooling tower

cooling_tower_wet

wet cooling tower

electrolyzer_PEM

PEM electrolyzer model for hydrogen production

engine

reciprocating engine, fuel composition as elementary analysis

engine_c

reciprocating engine, fuel as chemical composition