Abstract
BRAKINE is a component-matching thermodynamic analysis computer program designed to simulate both the design point and off-design steady state performance of arbitrary BRAyton or RanKINE cycle plants, or of combined cycles and cogeneration processes. Plant performance can be appraised by simulating either all fluid streams or only those streams that completely describe the working cycle. A power plant is assumed to be constructed in modular form with each component handling a specific thermodynamic process. As a result, flexibility of operation is provided by the use of ‘codewords’, which allow the user to simulate any plant type by stacking in the appropriate sequence the various modules that describe the performances of the components that make up the plant. This paper describes the mechanics of operation of BRAKINE and concludes that the program is a useful tool for power plant performance simulation.
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