Presenting a Conceptual Approach to Improve the Efficiency of both Thermal and Nuclear Power Plants

Optimization of energy generation in power plants and also taking into consideration the environmental pollutions are the most significant concerns in the field of energy. In this research, the main aim is that due to wasting a massive heat out of cooling towers of power plants, through a conceptual approach, this heat shall not be wasted as far as possible, and can get reused in the reheat cycle. As well, this approach might get used in the regenerative cycle of power plants to warm up the inlet fluid. Since in the reheat cycle of a power plant, vapor enters the boiler to be warmed up and then gets transferred to the low-pressure turbine (after passing through the high- pressure turbine), the heat poured out of the cooling tower can be transferred to the vapor before the high-pressure turbine. It causes the optimized usage of the heat poured out of the cooling tower, and makes the vapor temperature to rise, and causes its better drying and subsequently improvement of power plant efficiency and also stop making sediment and corrosion of turbine blades. Besides, applying this approach causes the energy not to be lost, and cuts the fuel costs, and environmental protection.