General Electric Company
MODELING AND CONTROL OF GAS CYCLE POWER PLANT OPERATION BY VARYING SPLIT LOAD FOR MULTIPLE GAS TURBINES

Abstract:

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for operating a combined cycle power plant (CCPP). The method may include generating a power plant model for operating the CCPP, determining whether at least two gas turbines in the power plant model generate a power output, and modeling a fuel consumption of the CCPP for a baseline split ratio between the at least two gas turbines. The method may also include determining whether the variant split ratio meets a quality threshold for the CCPP, and adjusting the CCPP to use the variant split ratio in response to the variant split ratio meeting the quality threshold.