Exergy Analysis of 4.5mw Biomass Based Steam Power Plant

Abstract

Exergy analysis provides a mean to evaluate the degradation of energy during a process,the entropy generation,the lost of opportunities to do work and offers an another approach for improvement of power plant performance.This paper present work Biomass based steam power plant(BBSPP) the results of an exergy analysis performed on a 4.5MW steam power plant in Karempudi.The results of the exergy analysis indicate that the boiler produces the highest exergy destruction .Exergetic efficiency is compared with Thermal Efficiency(based on Energy) and it is observed that thermal efficiency of the plant about 18.25%andexergeticefficiencyis 16.89%.