InTech-Micro Gas Turbines
InTech-Micro Gas Turbines
InTech-Micro Gas Turbines
Italy
1. Introduction
Conventional gas turbines (GTs) range from a size of one or a few MWe to more than
350 MWe (GTW, 2009). Those at the small end of the range are commonly used in industrial
applications, for mechanical or onsite electrical power production, while the larger ones are
usually installed in large-scale electrical power plants, often in combined cycle plants, and
are typically located far away from the consuming region.
In the future distributed energy systems based on small local power plants are likely to
spread; since they lie close to the final users, they reduce electrical transport losses, and
make thermal energy recovery profitable both in energy-related and in economic terms
(Papermans et al., 2005; IEA, 2002). These benefits explain the increasing interest in small-
size generation systems.
Recently, gas turbines < 1 MWe, defined as micro gas turbines (MGTs), have appeared on
the market. MGTs are different from large GTs and cannot therefore be considered merely
as their smaller versions. Their advantages as distributed energy systems lie in their low
environmental impact in terms of pollutants and in their competitive operation and
maintenance (O&M) costs. MGTs appear to be particularly well suited for service sector,
household and small industrial applications (Macchi et al., 2005; Zogg et al., 2007).
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Therefore a regenerator is usually installed between the compressor and the combustion
chamber. Figures 1 and 2 show, respectively, the layout and corresponding thermodynamic
cycle of a typical cogeneration MGT.
Fuel
CC
4 3
R HRB
6 7
PE EG GC GT Exhausts
5
BPV
Water Water
Electricity Out In
2
PE Power Electronics CC Combustion Chamber
EG Electrical Generator R Regenerator
GC Gas Compressor BPV ByPass Valve
GT Gas Turbine HRB Heat Recovery Boiler
Fig. 1. Layout of a typical cogeneration MGT
1000
4
900
800
700
3 5
600
t (°C)
500
400
300
2 6
200
100
0 1 7
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combustion process to achieve the design turbine inlet temperature (4). The hot gases then
expand through the turbine (5) and enter the regenerator. Given their fairly high
temperature at the power unit exit (6), the exhausts can be sent to a heat recovery boiler
(HRB), where they are used to heat water, before being discharged to the flue (7). In this
configuration combined heat and power (CHP) production increases fuel energy conversion
efficiency. When the thermal power demand is lower than the power that can be recovered
from the exhausts, part of the fumes is conveyed directly to the chimney (7) via a bypass
valve (BPV). The core power unit is fitted with auxiliary systems that include (i) fuel, (ii)
lubrication, (iii) cooling, and (iv) control systems. The fuel feeding system compresses the
fuel to the required injection pressure and regulates its flow to the combustion chamber
according to the current operating condition. The lubrication system delivers oil to the
rolling components, with the dual effect of reducing friction and removing heat. The cooling
system keeps the operational temperatures of the different components, lubrication oil
included, in the design ranges. The cooling fluid can be air, water, or both. The function of
the electronic control system is to monitor MGT operation through continuous, real time
checking of its main operational parameters.
3. Operation modes
MGTs can usually operate in two modes:
1. Non-cogeneration (electricity production only): the MGT provides the electrical power
required by the user and all the available thermal power is discharged to the flue.
2. Cogeneration (combined production of electrical and thermal energy): the MGT
produces the electrical and thermal power required by the user. MGTs operating in
cogeneration mode can usually be set to work with electrical or with thermal power
priority.
a. Electrical priority operating mode
In this operating mode the MGT produces the electrical power set by the user,
while heat production is regulated by the BPV installed before the HRB. This is not
an energy efficiency-optimized operating mode, because in conditions of high
electrical and low thermal power demand a considerable amount of the recoverable
heat is discharged to the flue.
b. Thermal priority operating mode
Thermal priority operation involves complete closure of the MGT bypass valve, so
that all the exhaust gases from the regenerator pass through the HRB for thermal
power recovery. Thermal power production is regulated by setting the electrical
power. This mode maximizes MGT efficiency in all operating conditions.
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η el =
Pel
(1)
$ f LHV
m
ηth =
Pth
(2)
$
m f LHV
Pel + Pth
ηtot = = η el + ηth (3)
$ f LHV
m
where m $ f and LHV are the mass flow rate and the Lower Heating Value of the fuel,
respectively.
Since electrical power is the main final output, we have represented the dependence of the
other performance parameters on Pel (Figures 3-7). Unless specified otherwise, the
experimental data refer to ISO ambient conditions, i.e. temperature and relative humidity
(R.H.) equal to 15 °C and 60 % respectively (ISO, 1989).
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Electrical efficiency (%)
30
28
26
24
22
20
18
30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Electrical power (kW)
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180
160 0%
60 %
80
70
Total efficiency (%)
60
50
40
30
0%
20 60 %
10 88 %
100 %
0
30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Electrical power (kW)
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1800
1600
1400
1200
CO (ppmv )
1000
800
600
400
200
0
30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Electrical power (kW)
Fig. 6. CO concentration @ 15 % O2
7
6
5
NOx (ppm v )
4
3
2
1
0
30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Electrical power (kW)
130 34
Electrical efficiency (%)
110 32
Pel (kW)
90 30
70 28
50 26
-25 -15 -5 5 15 25 35
Ambient temperature (°C)
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PES = 1 −
1
η el η th
(4)
+
η el _ ref ηth _ ref
η el and η th are the electrical and thermal efficiencies of the cogeneration system
where:
•
η el _ ref and ηth _ ref are the reference values of efficiency for separate production of
averaged over a given period; and
•
electrical and thermal energy.
A positive value of the index means that the primary energy consumption of the CHP
system is lower compared with separate production over the time period considered.
Figure 9 shows the PES index of a Turbec T100 PH in different operating conditions for
100
0%
Thermal efficiency (%)
80 60 %
88 %
60
100 %
40 PES = 0
PES = 0.1
20 PES = 0.2
Total efficiency = 1
0
0 20 40 60 80 100
Electrical efficiency (%)
Fig. 9. PES for different degrees of BPV opening
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5. Enhancing performances
As noted above, major limitations to the further spread of MGTs are their lower electrical
efficiency compared with their main competitors, i.e. reciprocating engines, and lower
electrical power production at rising ambient temperatures. Their main advantages, low
emissions and competitive O&M costs, do not seem to offset these drawbacks.
In the following paragraphs we describe the research work being conducted by the Systems
for Energy and the Environment team of Dipartimento di Energetica, Università Politecnica
delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, to enhance MGT performance. We employed the same MGT
model that was used to obtain the experimental performance and emissions data, focusing on:
1. Inlet Air Cooling (IAC);
2. Bottoming organic Rankine cycles;
3. Micro STIG;
4. Trigeneration.
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We used a test bed to evaluate two different IAC techniques:
•
direct expansion IAC system;
fogging IAC system.
The tests were conducted in the summer in the ambient condition of an Adriatic seaside
town in central Italy.
Direct expansion IAC system
This system consists of a refrigerating engine, whose evaporator is housed directly in the
working air intake duct. The refrigerating engine and the condenser fans are electrically
driven by means of inverters, to improve efficiency. The system uses R507A as the
refrigerating fluid and is designed to keep the inlet air temperature at the value set by the
user, external ambient conditions and refrigerating engine power permitting. In fact,
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although an inlet air cooled temperature of 15 °C (ISO, 1989) was set for all the tests, it was
not reached consistently. As an example, Figures 10 and 11 show the electrical power and
efficiency, respectively, in relation to ambient temperature, R.H., and corresponding IAC
temperature over 200 time steps (about 15 min), with the machine working at maximum
load. Since the R.H. was greater than the design R.H. (50 %), the minimum IAC temperature
that could be achieved was slightly > 15 °C (about 17 °C).
Fig. 10. Effects of the direct expansion IAC system on inlet air and MGT electrical power
production
35 85
Electrical efficiency (%)
30 80
25 75 Electrical efficiency according
20 70 to ambient temperature (%)
ηel, t
R.H.
Fig. 11. Effects of the direct expansion IAC system on inlet air and MGT electrical efficiency
The IAC temperature induced a significant increase in gross electrical power production,
from about 80 kW (without IAC) to around 95 kW.
However, the net electrical power, which is the crucial output, reached only 84 kW, due to the
strong influence of the refrigerating engine performance: the lower its coefficient of
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performance (COP), the higher its consumption and the lower the net electrical power of the
MGT. The COP thus emerges as a crucial parameter, since an excessively low COP can entail a
net electrical power even lower than the one without IAC. The COP measured during these
tests was about 2.5. The power increase notwithstanding, the consumption of the refrigerating
engine adversely affects the electrical efficiency of the MGT. To sum up, the direct expansion
IAC system can be used to increase electrical power, but it does not enhance efficiency.
Fogging IAC system
This system cools the inlet working air via adiabatic saturation (Chaker et al., 2000). The
main components of the apparatus are nozzles (4 in our test bed) and a high-pressure pump.
Demineralized water is pumped at a pressure of 70 bar to the nozzles, housed in the intake
duct, and is then nebulized as droplets whose diameter is usually < 20 µm (Chaker et al.,
2002). The fogging system thus achieves nearly total adiabatic saturation by cooling the air
to wet bulb temperature, which is the lowest achievable temperature, at an R.H. of about
100 %. For this reason, the final cool air temperature cannot be preset, but is strongly
dependent on ambient conditions: the drier the air, the greater the temperature reduction.
Figures 12 and 13 show electrical power and efficiency, respectively, over a period of 200
time steps with the machine working at its maximum load. Thanks to the IAC temperature,
electrical power production increases from about 84 kW to 88 kW, but unlike in the direct
expansion IAC system, here it is very close to the net electrical power, since the high-
pressure pump consumes only 550 W. Furthermore, the fogging system slightly improves
electrical efficiency, by about 1 %.
In conclusion, both IAC techniques were effective in limiting the electrical power reduction
consequent to rising ambient temperature. Despite the comparable power gain, the fogging
technique is however preferable, ambient conditions permitting, since besides enhancing
efficiency it involves a much simpler and, last but not least, cheaper plant. Expansion
techniques would be interesting if the refrigerating engine were also used for other
purposes, such as air conditioning of large spaces (e.g. shopping malls, cinemas, office
blocks). Since air conditioning plants are designed on the warmest local conditions, they
work at partial load most of the time; the residual power could therefore be used for IAC.
Fig. 12. Effects of the fogging IAC system on inlet air and MGT electrical power production
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35 85
Electrical efficiency (%)
30 80
25 75 Electrical efficiency according
to ambient temperature (%)
20 70
R.H.
Ambient temperature (°C)
ηel, t
15 65
10 60 IAC temperature (°C)
5 55
Ambient R.H. (%)
0 50
0 50 100 150 200
Time steps
Fig. 13. Effects of the fogging IAC system on inlet air and MGT electrical efficiency
Ex In Ex Out
CC
3
HRVG
EG VT
R
EG GC GT 4
C
P
MTG 1 2
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Clearly, this configuration greatly affects the cogeneration plant’s performance, since the
thermal energy is discharged at the bottoming cycle condenser at very low temperatures.
Selection of the bottoming cycle working fluid
Whereas traditional, large-size, combined plants commonly use water as the bottoming
cycle working fluid, organic fluids seem to be more appropriate in micro scale plants,
because their thermodynamic properties are better suited to the low temperature of the
exhausts leaving the MGT. Compared with steam, organic fluids allow both more compact
solutions, by virtue of their higher density, and simpler layouts, by virtue of their
significantly narrower density variation through evaporation and expansion.
This work does not examine some common, technically suitable organic fluids, i.e.
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), because they have been banned (United Nations, 2000), and
hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), because they will be banned in the European Union,
from January 1st 2015 (European Parliament, 2000). Therefore the choice necessarily falls on
hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) due to thermo-physical and technical criteria. In fact, the fluid
•
in question needs to be:
•
thermally stable in the range of pressures and temperatures involved in the cycles;
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non-toxic;
•
non-corrosive;
•
non-explosive;
•
non-flammable;
•
compatible with the plant’s process component materials;
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low ozone-depleting;
global warming-neutral.
HFCs meeting these criteria include R245ca, R245fa, R134a, R407C and R410A, the last two
being mixtures. Their liquid-vapour curves are reported in a T-s diagram in Figure 15 and
their critical properties in Table 1.
180
160 R245ca
140 R245fa
120 R134a
100 R407C
t (°C)
80 R410A
60
40
20
0
0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0
s (kJ/(kg K))
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In particular Figure 15 shows that R245fa and R245ca are “dry fluids”, R407C and R410A are
“wet fluids”, and R134a is an almost “isoentropic fluid”. A dry fluid is one whose vapour
saturation curve with reference to a given temperature interval has a positive slope on a T-s
diagram (dT/dS>0); a wet fluid is one having a negative slope (dT/dS<0), and an
isoentropic fluid is a fluid having a vertical saturation line (dT/dS= ∞).
( )
of the thermal power that can be recovered from the exhausts, Pt _ rec , as:
Pt _ rec = m
$ eg ⋅ c p _ eg ⋅ tEx In − tEx Out (5)
where m$ eg and c p _ eg are the exhaust mass flow rate and its specific heat, respectively.
$ V , is therefore:
Considering the HRVG as adiabatic, the organic fluid mass flow rate, m
$V =
Pt _ rec
m (6)
qin
where qin is the heat received by the organic fluid unit of mass (see fluid states of
Figure 14), which is equal to the increase in enthalpy through the HRVG:
qin = h3 − h2 (7)
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The condensing pressure pc depends closely on the temperature of the cooling fluid at the
condenser, tcf _ in , and results in a condensing temperature, tc , of:
where, as shown in Figure 16, Δtcf is the temperature increase of the cooling fluid through
the condenser and τ is the temperature difference between the condensing organic fluid
The values of τ and Δtcf are the result of a technical and economic trade-off. The lower
and the cooling fluid at the outlet.
these values, the lower the condensing temperature and the greater the cycle’s efficiency, as
well as the heat exchanger’s surface and cost. The study considers four condensing
technologies, of which the water-cooled system is the most appropriate. However, it also
addresses cooling technologies that reduce the amount of water needed, such as cooling
towers, or that completely obviate the need for it, such as air condensers for use at sites
where water is not consistently available. Finally, it examines condensation with water
system. The condensing technologies considered, the assumed values of tcf _ in , Δtcf , τ and
coming from a panel heating system, which makes the plant a micro combined cogeneration
4
Organic fluid
Temperature
Cooling fluid
τ
4 1
Δtcf
Thermal power
tcf _ in Δtcf τ tc
Condensing technology
(°C) (°C) (°C) (°C)
Condenser cooled by ambient air 15 8 7 30
Condenser cooled by ambient water 12 8 7 27
Condenser cooled by water from cooling tower 15 8 7 30
Condenser cooled by water from panel heating 30 5 7 42
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tower is assumed to be 4 °C warmer than the wet bulb temperature of the air, which is about
11 °C in ISO conditions. For the water cooled condenser, the ambient water temperature is
assumed to be 12 °C. Finally, if the heat discharged by the vapour cycle is recovered in a
panel heating plant, it is considered to require water at 35 °C, which then returns to the
condenser at 30 °C.
Once pc has been calculated, all relevant plant parameters can then be obtained using the set
of equations listed in Table 3, where the indexes refer to the points in Figures 14-22 and the
assumed efficiencies are listed in Table 4.
The efficiency of the combined plant was then optimized for Rankine, Hirn and supercritical
bottoming cycles using this set of equations (eqs. 5-18).
For each condensing pressure, the optimization process involved identification of the
combination of pv and t3 maximizing the efficiency of the combined plant and meeting the
following conditions:
2. minimum temperature difference, τ min , of 15 °C between the exhausts and the organic
1. minimum vapour quality at the turbine outlet equal to 0.9;
qout = h4 − h1
Vapour cycle output heat per
(9)
unit of mass
lturbine = h3 − h4 = ( h3 − h4 is ) ⋅ηturbine
Vapour cycle expansion work
(10)
per unit of mass
h2 is − h1
lpump = h2 − h1 =
η pump
Vapour cycle pumping work
(11)
per unit of mass
lturbine − lpump
η=
Vapour cycle thermodynamic
(12)
efficiency qin
( )
⎡ ⎛ ⎞⎤
Pel _ V = ⎢ lturbine ⋅ηm _ t ⋅η el _ g − ⎜ $ ⋅η
⎟⎥ ⋅ m
lpump
⎜ ⎟ ⎥ v aux
⎢
⎣ ⎝ m _ p ⋅ η el _ p
η ⎠⎦
Vapour cycle electrical power (13)
η el _ CC =
Pel _ CC
$ f ⋅ LHV
Combined plant electrical
(15)
efficiency m
Vapour cycle thermal power Pth _ CC = m
$ V ⋅ qout (16)
output
ηth _ CC =
Combined plant thermal Pth _ CC
efficiency $ f ⋅ LHV
m
(17)
(panel heating system)
Pel _ CC + Pth _ CC
η g _ CC =
Combined plant global
efficiency
m$ f ⋅ LHV (18)
(panel heating system)
Table 3. Equations used to define the main parameters of the combined plant
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Ex In Exhausts
Temperature
Organic fluid
3 2
τmin
Ex Out
2
Thermal power
200
150 2 3
t (°C)
100
4
50
4is
1≈2 4
0
1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0
s (kJ/(kg K))
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Ex In Exhausts
Temperature
Organic fluid
3
τmin
2 2
Ex Out
2
Thermal power
200
3
2
2
150
t (°C)
100
4
4is
50
4
1≈2
0
1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2
s (kJ/(kg K))
Ex In Exhausts
Temperature
Organic fluid
3
τmin
Ex Out
2
Thermal power
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250
3
200
t (°C) 150
100
4
50 4is
4
0 1≈2
s (kJ/(kg K))
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η η el _ CC
Supercritical
pv tv $v
m Pel _ V Pel _ CC
Working fluid
(MPa) (°C) (%) (kg/s) (kW) (kW) (%)
R245ca 7.82 226 17.11 0.577 26.57 126.57 38.01
R245fa 8.92 226 16.51 0.594 25.66 125.66 37.74
R134a 8.25 181 13.71 0.702 21.13 121.13 36.38
R407C 8.33 161 11.78 0.736 17.89 117.89 35.40
R410A 9.65 160 11.74 0.716 17.66 117.66 35.33
η η el _ CC
Hirn
pv tv $v
m Pel _ V Pel _ CC
Working fluid
(MPa) (°C) (%) (kg/s) (kW) (kW) (%)
R245ca 3.72 186 16.24 0.586 25.37 125.37 37.65
R245fa 3.63 183 15.15 0.598 23.68 123.68 37.14
R134a 4.05 180 11.54 0.604 17.94 117.94 35.42
R407C 4.33 162 9.34 0.630 14.47 114.47 34.38
R410A 4.60 162 8.36 0.601 12.93 112.93 33.91
η el _ CC
Rankine
pv tv η $v
m Pel _ V Pel _ CC
Working fluid
(MPa) (°C) (%) (kg/s) (kW) (kW) (%)
R245ca 2.45 148 15.10 0.658 23.62 123.62 37.12
R245fa 2.31 129 13.66 0.728 21.32 121.32 36.43
Table 5. Condenser cooled by ambient water (tc = 27 °C)
26.0
25.5
t3 = 227.0 °C
25.0
24.5
214.5 °C
Pel_V (kW)
24.0
23.5 202.0 °C
23.0
189.5 °C
22.5
22.0
177.0 °C
21.5
21.0
3.6 4.1 4.6 5.1 5.6 6.1 6.6 7.1 7.6 8.1 8.6
pv (MPa)
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tc = 27 °C
26
30 °C
25
33 °C
Pel_V (kW)
24 36 °C
23 39 °C
42 °C
22
21
4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5
pv (MPa)
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CC
Steam
R Water
EG GC GT
HRSG
140
Electrical power (kW)
130
120
110
0 10 20 30 40 50
Injected steam mass flow rate (g/s)
Fig. 26. Electrical power vs. injected steam mass flow rate
36
Electrical efficiency (%)
35
34
33
32
0 10 20 30 40 50
Injected steam mass flow rate (g/s)
Fig. 27. Electrical efficiency vs. injected steam mass flow rate
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Preliminary simulations showed that the more steam is injected the greater are electrical
power and efficiency. Nevertheless, the amount of steam that can be injected is affected on
the one hand by the thermal exchange conditions at the HRSG—which limit its
production—and on the other by the turbine choke line, which limits the working mass flow
rate.
Once the amount of steam to be injected has been set, the higher its temperature and
pressure, the greater the electrical efficiency.
35
Electrical efficiency (%)
34
33
32
550 1.1
1.0
500 0.9
0.8
450 0.7
0.6
Steam temperature (K) Steam pressure (MPa)
5.4 Trigeneration
The issue of heat recovery has been addressed in paragraph 4.2. Cogeneration systems are
characterized by the fact that whereas in the cold season the heat discharged by the MGT
can be recovered for heating, there are fewer applications enabling useful heat recovery in
the warm season. In fact, apart from industrial processes requiring thermal energy
throughout the year, cogeneration applications that include heating do not work
continuously, especially in areas with a short winter. The recent development of absorption
chillers allows production of cooling power for air conditioning or other applications. This
configuration, where the same plant can simultaneously produce electrical, thermal and
cooling power, is called trigeneration. The main components of an actual trigeneration
plant, designed by our research group for an office block, is shown in Figure 29. The plant,
whose data acquisition apparatus is still being developed, consists of a 100 kWe MGT (right)
coupled to a heat recovery boiler (centre) and to a 110 kWf absorption chiller (left). The
exhausts can be conveyed to the boiler or to the chiller, the latter being a direct exhausts
model.
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6. Conclusions
This overview of the state of the art of MGTs has highlighted the critical function of heat
recovery in enhancing the energy competitiveness of the technology. Cogeneration or
trigeneration must therefore be viewed as native applications of MGTs. The main limitations
of the MGT technology are the high sensitivity of electrical power production to ambient
temperature and electrical efficiency. The dependence on ambient temperature can be
mitigated by using IAC techniques; in particular, the fogging system was seen to be
preferable under all respects to an ad hoc-designed direct expansion plant.
Two options have been analysed to increase electrical efficiency: organic Rankine cycles and
a STIG configuration. The former technology is easier to apply, since it does not require
design changes to the MGT, but merely replacement of the recovery boiler with an organic
vapour generator. Furthermore, the technology is already available on the market, since it
has already been developed for other low-temperature heat recovery applications.
In contrast, the STIG configuration requires complete redesign of the combustion chamber,
as well as revision of both the control system and the housing. Both technologies enhance
electrical efficiency to the detriment of global efficiency, since both discharge heat at lower
temperature, so that cogeneration applications are often not feasible.
7. Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Italian Environment Ministry and by the Marche Regional
Government (Ancona, Italy) within the framework of the project "Ricerche energetico-
ambientali per l'AERCA di Ancona, Falconara e bassa valle dell'Esino".
Thanks to Dr. Silvia Modena for the language review.
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Gas Turbines
Edited by Gurrappa Injeti
ISBN 978-953-307-146-6
Hard cover, 364 pages
Publisher Sciyo
Published online 27, September, 2010
Published in print edition September, 2010
This book is intended to provide valuable information for the analysis and design of various gas turbine
engines for different applications. The target audience for this book is design, maintenance, materials,
aerospace and mechanical engineers. The design and maintenance engineers in the gas turbine and aircraft
industry will benefit immensely from the integration and system discussions in the book. The chapters are of
high relevance and interest to manufacturers, researchers and academicians as well.
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