Influenza delle variazioni di carico sulla vita degli impianti termoelettrici

The deregulated energy market and the increasing number of plants powered by non-predictable renewable sources require strong, irregular and discontinuous operation. In this paper the model for the analysis of a combined power plant will be presented. It permits to simulate the load variation of the plant also during start-up and shut-down at different velocities. Finally, the residual lifetime can be estimated and the consequences on the long term profit of the plant assessed.