MODELING AND CONTROL OF GAS CYCLE POWER PLANT OPERATION WITH VARIANT CONTROL PROFILE

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for operating a combined cycle power plant (CCPP) (12). The method may include creating a variant control profile for the CCPP (12) for a power plant model (68) of the CCPP (12). The method may include modifying the variant control profile in response to the variant control profile not reducing the fuel consumption or meeting the quality threshold (228). The method may also include adjusting the CCPP (12) to use the variant control profile in response to the variant control profile reducing the fuel consumption and meeting the quality threshold (228). Using the variant control profile adjusts a turbine section inlet temperature schedule or an exhaust temperature schedule for the CCPP (12).