For conventional 300 MW single reheat subcritical coal-fired power plants
the heat transfer temperature difference between flue gas and air in the air preheater is large
resulting in a large exergy loss. Moreover
the sulfuric acid vapor easily condenses on the cold side
which causes low-temperature corrosion and ash plugging on the heated surface. In the regenerative system
the heat transfer temperature difference between the extraction steam and the condensate water at the hot end of regenerative heater(RH)is large
and the superheat degree of the extraction steam is difficult to use. To solve these problems
a novel conceptual system design for the conventional power plants is proposed. Thermodynamic analysis and techno-economic analysis of the proposed plant are performed. In the proposed system
air preheater in conventional power plant is completely replaced by flue gas-condensate preheater(FGCP)
all the flue gas from the economizer is used to heat partial condensate in FGCP
total air together with the rest of the condensate is preheated by extraction steam
and an extra steam bleed is added to ensure that the air temperature meets the design requirement. The results show that keeping heat-capacity flow-rate of the partial condensate equal to that of flue gas in FGCP can avoid the pinch point of temperature difference of conventional air preheater
and the exit temperature of flue gas from boiler can be reduced to 130 ℃ without cold end corrosion and clog. Steam and air heaters are arranged in series after corresponding RHs
and total air is preferentially heated by extraction steam
which reduces the heat transfer temperature difference between the steam and the condensate. The power generation efficiency and the net power generation efficiency of the novel power plant are 45.34% and 44.20% respectively
increasing 1.2 and 1.0 percentage points compared with that of the conventional unit at the same capacity. The dynamic investment payback period of the modified power plant is about 4.27 years
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