N2 - A thermodynamic and economic analysis of a GT10 gas turbine integrated with the air bottoming cycle is presented. The results are compared to commercially available combined cycle power plants based on the same gas turbine. The systems under analysis have a better chance of competing with steam bottoming cycle configurations in a small range of the power output capacity. The aim of the calculations is to determine the final cost of electricity generated by the gas turbine air bottoming cycle based on a 25 MW GT10 gas turbine with the exhaust gas mass flow rate of about 80 kg/s. The article shows the results of thermodynamic optimization of the selection of the technological structure of gas turbine air bottoming cycle and of a comparative economic analysis. Quantities are determined that have a decisive impact on the considered units profitability and competitiveness compared to the popular technology based on the steam bottoming cycle. The ultimate quantity that can be compared in the calculations is the cost of 1 MWh of electricity. It should be noted that the systems analyzed herein are power plants where electricity is the only generated product. The performed calculations do not take account of any other (potential) revenues from the sale of energy origin certificates. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/94686/PDF/06_paper.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/94686 PY - 2014 IS - No 4 December EP - 95 DO - 10.2478/aoter-2014-0035 KW - gas turbine air bottoming cycle KW - air bottoming cycle KW - gas turbine KW - GT10 A1 - Lepszy, Sebastian A1 - Czaja, Daniel A1 - Chmielnak, Tadeusz PB - The Committee of Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish Academy of Sciences and The Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences DA - 2014 T1 - Thermo-economic comparative analysis of gas turbine GT10 integrated with air and steam bottoming cycle SP - 83 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/94686 T2 - Archives of Thermodynamics