Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'CYCLE GAS TURBINE'

The author was responsible for the Guarantee verification, testing and eventually Acceptance of all of National Power's Combined Cycle Gas Turbines for its commercial operation. It was discovered during the early Acceptance Testing of these power stations that the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) used empirical and indirect ~-~; methods to derive the gas turbine inlet temperature. This had direct impact on the life of the gas turbine components and revenue earned in terms of increase in maintenance costs and loss in generating power. It became absolutely imperative that alternative methods should be quickly deployed on National Power's gas turbines to substantiate or otherwise the already used indirect methods of running the gas turbines. A completely novel method of using ceramic thermocouples probes and embedded ceramics onto blades to monitor elevated gas temperatures from the early trials on large coal fired boilers to specially made burner rigs and the Spey gas turbine are discussed. A patent for the ceramic temperature probe was filed and approved. Finally, a non-intrusive infra-red thermal pyrometry was installed on two of National Power's CCGT power stations. The report includes technical aspects on emissivity, radiation, risks, obstacles encountered, and the methodology used to install the pyrometry. Using the data collated from Deeside Power Station, where two pyrometers are currently installed, the results obtained from the engine simulation are validated. Once the model was validated and the data correlated with the actual data obtained, it can be concluded that the deployment of pyrometry can control the diagnostics and operational behaviour of the CCGT plant. The efficiency of the gas turbine was shown to increase by about 0:4% and the corresponding increase in power was 1.3%, which would make a substantial savings in the operating and maintenance costs to National Power. This was estimated to be in access of £25,OOO,OOOlannum.

This research theme is originated from a development project that is going on in South Africa, for the design and construction of a closed cycle gas turbine plant using gas-cooled reactor as the heat source to generate 115 MW of electricity. South African Power utility company, Eskom, promotes this developmental work through its subsidiary called PBMR (Pebble Bed Modular Reactor). Some of the attractive features of this plant are the inherent and passive safety features, modular geometry, small evacuation area, small infrastructure requirements for the installation and running of the plant, small construction time, quick starting and stopping and also low operational cost. This exercise is looking at the operational aspects of a closed cycle gas turbine, the finding of which will have a direct input towards the successful development and commissioning of the plant. A thorough understanding of the fluid dynamics in this three-shaft system and its transient performance analysis were the two main objectives of this research work. A computer programme called GTSI, developed by a previous Cranfield University research student, has been used in this as a base programme for the performance analysis. Some modifications were done on this programme to improve its control abilities. The areas covered in the performance analysis are Start-up, Shutdown and Load ramping. A detailed literature survey has been conducted to learn from the helium Turbo machinery experiences, though it is very limited. A critical analysis on the design philosophy of the PBMR is also carried out as part of this research work. The performance analysis has shown the advantage, disadvantage and impact of various power modulation methods suggested for the PBMR. It has tracked the effect of the operations of the various valves included in the PBMR design. The start-up using a hot gas injection has been analysed in detail and a successful start region has been mapped. A start-up procedure is also written based on this. The analysis on the normal and emergency load rejection using various power modulation devices has been done and it stress the importance of more control facilities during full load rejection due to generator faults. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis, using commercial software, has been carried out on some geometry of the PBMR design to find out whether its flow characteristic will have any serious impact on the performance on the cycle during the load control of the plant. The analysis has demonstrated that there will not be much impact on the performance, during load control using pressure level changes, from this geometry. However, some locations in the geometry have been identified as areas where the flow is experiencing comparatively high pressure losses. Recommendations, which include modification in the physical design, were made to improve this. The CFD analysis has extended to a cascade to compare the flow behaviour of Air and Helium with an objective of using air, being inexpensive, to test the helium flow characteristic in a test rig to simulate the behavioural pattern of helium in the PBMR pressure vessel. The specification of a hypothetical test rig and the necessary scaling parameters has been derived from this exercise. This will be useful for designing test rigs during the developmental and operational stage of the PBMR project.

Thesis (M. S.)--Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.
Committee Chair: Mavris, Dimitri; Committee Member: Gaeta, Richard; Committee Member: German, Brian; Committee Member: Jones, Scott; Committee Member: Schrage, Daniel; Committee Member: Tai, Jimmy.

The growth in competitiveness in airline industry has called for more advanced tool to estimate the operating costs. Engine maintenance costs are an important decisionmaking element during airline fleet selection judgment. Long term observation in aerospace led to the development of engine maintenance costs calculators based on empirical correlation. But the possibilities of empirical model application for future engines without prior operational data are limited. A physics-based tool to estimate the life of the engine components and predict the shop visit rate requires the variations of thermodynamic parameters over the flight path. High fidelity engine models are simulated using an engine performance program. A test program designated for design, off-design and transient performance simulation for simple turbojet layout gas turbine engine has been programmed and tested. The knowledge gained from program coding was used to generate more robust transient performance code implemented to Turbomatch. Two transient methods have been tested: The rapid transient performance method and the thermodynamic matching method. The tests showed greater robustness and stability of the second method, which has been finally adopted for the program. For industrial engine configuration and for future novel engine cycles the heat-exchanger dynamic response model was implemented and tested. Created tool was demonstrated on short-haul study of engine flight path analysis. Together with the aircraft model, the tool produced variations of parameters needed for the lifing algorithm.

The major challenges faced by the gas turbine industry, for both the users and the manufacturers, is the reduction in life cycle costs , as well as the safe and efficient running of gas turbines. In view of the above, it would be advantageous to have a diagnostics system capable of reliably detecting component faults (even though limited to gas path components) in a quantitative marmer. V This thesis presents the development an integrated fault diagnostics model for identifying shifts in component performance and sensor faults using advanced concepts in genetic algorithm. The diagnostics model operates in three distinct stages. The rst stage uses response surfaces for computing objective functions to increase the exploration potential of the search space while easing the computational burden. The second stage uses the heuristics modification of genetics algorithm parameters through a master-slave type configuration. The third stage uses the elitist model concept in genetic algorithm to preserve the accuracy of the solution in the face of randomness. The above fault diagnostics model has been integrated with a nested neural network to form a hybrid diagnostics model. The nested neural network is employed as a pre- processor or lter to reduce the number of fault classes to be explored by the genetic algorithm based diagnostics model. The hybrid model improves the accuracy, reliability and consistency of the results obtained. In addition signicant improvements in the total run time have also been observed. The advanced cycle Intercooled Recuperated WR2l engine has been used as the test engine for implementing the diagnostics model.

This work focuses on a comparative analysis among three compressor inlet air cooling techniques using a thermodynamic approach to simulate the gas turbine cycle. Firstly, a Base Case is tested to determine the gas turbine performance without any cooling method. The effect of site altitude on the power output gas turbine even without any cooling technique is also simulated. After, the evaporative cooling, absorption and mechanical refrigeration chillers are studied under different ambient temperature and relative humidity. Results showed that the cooling potential of the evaporative system is dependent of its effectiveness, while the absorption chiller cooling load is determined by pre-established compressor inlet air temperature. For the mechanical chiller method, however, it is necessary also to consider the power demand required by the vapour refrigerant compression. It is important to observe that although the absorption chiller has been the more suitable cooling method, it is only a realizable solution if the exhaust gases heat are available and with adequate discharge temperature. Furthermore, the gas turbine analysis is carried out at two brazilian locations: Campos/RJ and Goiania/GO. The monthly power output gain offered by the evaporative cooling method is low due to its intrinsic limitation, the ambient wet-bulb temperature. Further, the mechanical chiller system provided a considerable improvement in power output monthly results. However, the best power output increment is reached when the absorption chiller system is employed. Besides, a preliminary economic analysis showed that evaporative cooling offered the lowest unit electric energy cost, but associated with the lesser incremental power generation potential. On the other hand, the chillers systems are more expensive, while provide larger values of incremental electric energy. Results also showed that the cooling techniques allow obtaining a considerable increase in power generation with a lower cost in comparison with the gas turbine plant without any cooling method.

It is of great importance to acquire methods that has a sustainable solution for treatment and disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW). The volumes are constantly increasing and improper waste management, like open dumping and landfilling, causes environmental impacts such as groundwater contamination and greenhouse gas emissions. The rationalization of developing a sustainable solution implies in an improved way of utilizing waste resources as an energy source with highest possible efficiency. MSW incineration is by far the best available way to dispose the waste. One drawback of conventional MSW incineration plants is that when the energy recovery occurs in the steam power cycle configuration, the reachable efficiency is limited due to steam parameters. The corrosive problem limits the temperature of the superheated steam from the boiler which lowers the efficiency of the system. A suitable and relatively cheap option for improving the efficiency of the steam power cycle is the implementation of a hybrid dual-fuel cycle. This paper aims to assess the integration of an MSW incineration with a high quality fuel conversion device, in this case natural gas (NG) combustion cycle, in a hybrid cycle. The aforementioned hybrid dual-fuel configuration combines a gas turbine topping cycle (TC) and a steam turbine bottoming cycle (BC). The TC utilizes the high quality fuel NG, while the BC uses the lower quality fuel, MSW, and reaches a total power output of 50 MW.  Using a high-quality fuel in cogeneration can prove to be beneficial for improving and enhancing the overall plant profitability and efficiency while eliminating the corrosion problems with conventional MSW firing. The need for few interconnections between the different subunits in a parallel-fueled system allows for a wider range of operation modes and leaves room for service modes of the subunit. The hybrid dual-fuel cycle will be assessed for optimal cycle configuration and evaluated to how it compares to the sum of two separate single-fuel plants with optimal cycle configurations. Investigation of such aspects is a very important issue in order to be able to fully promote an implementation of hybrid combined cycle. The work presented herein also concentrates on investigating scenarios that include a full-load and part-load analysis in both condensing and combined heat and power (CHP) mode of operation. Through simulations and evaluation of obtained data, the results strengthens the fact that the electrical efficiency of hybrid configurations increases at least with 2% in condensing mode and 1,5% in CHP mode, comparing it to the sum of two separate single-fuel units of similar scale. The simulations show increased electrical efficiencies when running the BC in part-load and the TC in full load, with a higher NG to MSW ratio. The results also indicated that it is possible to extract more power output from the cycle by operating in CHP mode, due to more energy being utilized from the input fuel.

A design-point thermodynamic model of the Brayton-cycle gas-turbine under assumptions of perfect chemical equilibrium is described. This approach is novel to the best knowledge of the author. The model uniquely derives an optimum work balance between power turbine and nozzle as a function of flight conditions and propulsor efficiency. The model may easily be expanded to allow analysis and comparison of arbitrary cycles using any combination of fuel and oxidizer. The model allows the consideration of engines under a variety of conditions, from sea level/static to >20 km altitude and flight Mach numbers greater than 4. Isentropic or polytropic turbomachinery component efficiency standards may be used independently for compressor, gas generator turbine and power turbine. With a methodology based on the paper by M.V. Casey, “Accounting for losses” (2007), and using Bridgman’s partial differentials , the model uniquely describes the properties of a gas turbine solely by reference to the properties of the gas mixture passing through the engine. Turbine cooling is modelled using a method put forward by Kurzke. Turboshaft, turboprop, separate exhaust turbofan and turbojet engines may be modelled. Where applicable, optimisation of the power turbine and exhaust nozzle work split for flight conditions and component performances is automatically undertaken. The model is implemented via a VB.net code, which calculates thermodynamic states and controls the NASA CEA code for the calculation of thermodynamic properties at those states. Microsoft Excel® is used as a graphical user interface. It is explained that comprehensive design-point cycle analysis may allow novel approaches to off-design analysis, including engine health management, and that further development may allow the automation of cycle design, possibly leading to the discovery of opportunities for novel cycles.

Selective Exhaust Gas Recirculation (S-EGR) consists of selectively transferring CO2 from the exhaust gas stream of a gas-fired power plant into the air stream entering the gas turbine compressor. Unlike in “non-selective” Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) technology, recirculation of, principally, nitrogen does not occur, and the gas turbine still operates with a large excess of air. Two configurations are proposed: one with the CO2 transfer system operating in parallel to the post-combustion carbon capture (PCC) unit; the other with the CO2 transfer system operating downstream of, and in series to, the PCC unit. S-EGR allows for higher CO2 concentrations in the flue gas of approximately 13-14 vol%, compared to 6.6 vol% with EGR at 35% recirculation ratio. The oxygen levels in the combustor are approximately 19 vol%, well above the minimum limit of 16 vol% with 35% EGR reported in literature. At these operating conditions, process model simulations show that the current class of gas turbine engines can operate without a significant deviation in the compressor and the turbine performance from the design conditions. Compressor inlet temperature and CO2 concentration in the working fluid are critical parameters in the assessment of the effect on the gas turbine net power output and efficiency. A higher turbine exhaust temperature allows the generation of additional steam which results in a marginal increase in the combined cycle net power output of 5% and 2% in the investigated configurations with S-EGR in parallel and S-EGR in series, respectively. With aqueous monoethanolamine scrubbing technology, S-EGR leads to operation and cost benefits. S-EGR in parallel operating at 70% recirculation, 97% selective CO2 transfer efficiency and 96% PCC efficiency results in a reduction of 46% in packing volume and 5% in specific reboiler duty, compared to air-based combustion CCGT with PCC, and of 10% in packing volume and 2% in specific reboiler duty, compared to 35% EGR. S-EGR in series operating at 95% selective CO2 transfer efficiency and 32% PCC efficiency results in a reduction of 64% in packing volume and 7% in specific reboiler duty, compared to air-based, and of 40% in packing volume and 4% in specific reboiler duty, compared to 35% EGR. An analysis of key performance indicators for selective CO2 transfer proposes physical adsorption in rotary wheel systems as an alternative to selective CO2 membrane systems. A conceptual design assessment with two commercially available adsorbent materials, activated carbon and Zeolite X13, shows that it is possible to regenerate the adsorbent with air at near ambient temperature and pressure. Yet, a significant step change in adsorbent materials is necessary to design rotary adsorption systems with dimensions comparable to the largest rotary gas/gas heat exchanger used in coal-fired power plants, i.e. approximately 24 m diameter and 2 m height. An optimisation study provides guidelines on the equilibrium parameters for the development of materials. Finally, a technical feasibility study of configuration options with rotary gas/gas heat exchangers shows that cooling water demand around the post-combustion CO2 capture system can be drastically reduced using dry cooling systems where gas/gas heat exchangers use ambient air as the cooling fluid. Hybrid cooling configurations reduce cooling and process water demand in the direct contact cooler of a wet cooling system by 67% and 35% respectively, and dry cooling configurations eliminate the use of process and cooling water and achieve adequate gas temperature entering the absorber.

There is a growing interest in the use of combined cycles for power generation. These cycles are known to have economical advantages over classical steam cycles under some circumstances. This thesis looks at the implications of topping a existing steam cycle with one or more gas turbines. After a short overview of combined cycles, the various options available for repowering are presented and discussed. The number of feasible basic options is reduced to two by considering technical issues related to classical steam cycles. A computer code that was developed to analyze the design point as well as the off design performance of repowered configurations is then presented. Design point performance examples show what can be achieved by repowering, and how it compares with genuine combined cycles. Off design performance examples illustrate how the off design behaviour can be improved by special gas turbine features and arrangements. An economic analysis method based on cash flow predictions and sensitivity analysis is developed and illustrated on two typical situations. Throughout the work, the emphasis is put on the necessary integration of technical and economical analysis for decision making.

In this thesis we combine multivariate time series modelling with real options theory to value a combined cycle gas turbine. We propose a novel price model with co-integrated power, gas and carbon prices, with multivariate stochastic volatility and MNIG distributed errors. The estimated model is found to outperform competing specications in terms of higher likelihood and lower information criteria. We implement a Least Squares Monte Carlo (LSM) simulation to value the plant, incorporating ramp times, startup costs and variable plant eciency. We take into account that day-ahead prices are settled the day before prices take eect, which is often overlooked in related literature. We nd that ignoring this leads to suboptimal choices and a lower value estimate. An analysis of the regressions in the LSM algorithm reveals that the choice of basis functions has a signicant eect on the estimated value of the plant. Particularly, for a low-eciency plant, a regression on the spark spread underestimates the value by 20% compared to a regression on both the electricity price and the fuel cost components. This implies that in spread option valuations where the LSM is applicable, simulating all asset or commodity prices may be advantageous over simulating the spread alone.

The objective of this programme of research is to produce a method for assessing and optimising the performance of advanced gas turbine power plants for electricity generation within the Brazilian electric sector. With the privatisation of the Brazilian electric sector, interest has been given to the thermal plants and studies have been carried out along with the use of other alternative fuels rather than fossil fuels. Biomass is a fuel of increasing interest for power generation systems since it is clean and renewable. Essentially all biomass power plants in the Brazilian market today operate on a steam Rankine cycle, which has a poor efficiency. The Brazilian electricity market has paid attention on Biomass integrated gasification gas turbine (BIG/GT) combined cycle plants where solid biomass is gasified. A simple chemical model for representing the gasifier in the power plant is presented and optimisation of the gasification process has been applied. The method for assessing the performance of power plants takes into account not only energy, but it applies the exergy method, which uses the second law of thermodynamics and works out the destruction of energy inside plant components and energy losses rejected to atmosphere. A thermoeconomic model for assessing the power plant has also been described. The optimisation of the assessment method of power plants using exergy and thermoeconomics has been proposed based on genetic algorithms. This new technique has been fairly successful at solving optimisation problems and is easy to implement. The decision of applying genetic algorithms is due to the complexity of the mathematical model applied in the performance assessment of power plants. The assessment of combined cycles like gas / steam cycle, gas / air cycle, gas / steam / freon cycle, gas / air / freon cycle and chemically recuperated gas turbine have been investigated. The application of the overall assessment method helps to understand different and very expensive choices of power plants before making final decisions.

We all take for granted that if we press the switch, the lights turn on; that to charge our phone we just need to plug-in the charger and that food is always safely stored in our fridge. but what would happen in the event of a blackout? are we really conscious of how much we rely on electricity? could we survive without it, even for a few days?The current electricity network is strongly centralised, with electricity generated in large power plants and distributed through transmission networks to the final consumers. With increasing energy demand and renewable energies entering the scene, centralised systems have proven to be very stiff: lacking the flexibility to adapt to sudden demand fluctuations and being unable to deal with strong peaks, with the consequent risk of blackouts.Small, decentralised energy systems can be placed closed to the consumers, avoiding distribution losses and adding flexibility to the network. In particular, small cogeneration units can simultaneously generate heat and electricity; thus, also fulfilling our heating requirements and increasing energy efficiency. However, when there is no or little heat demand (e.g. during the summer), the heat produced by the cogeneration engines cannot be utilised and they need to be shut down. This is the reason why small-scale cogeneration cycles are rarely seen and have not been widely adopted yet.This PhD focuses on the injection of water in a specific small-scale cogeneration technology, the micro gas turbine (mGT) cycle. Thanks to water injection, the production of heat and electricity is decoupled; therefore, the operation of the units is not anymore dependant on the heating demand and they can be used any time during the year. The objective of this thesis is to analyse the numerical, experimental and economic aspects of the so-known micro Humid Air Turbine cycle. The aim is to bring mGTs closer to the market so as to contribute to a more secure, future energy network, where blackouts are avoided at all times.
Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur et technologie
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Abstract In Sri Lanka, around 50% of the electrical energy generation is done using thermal energy, and hence maintaining generation efficiencies of thermal power plants at an acceptable level is very important from a socio-economic perspective for the economic development of the country. Efficiency monitoring also plays a vital role as it lays the foundation for maintaining and improving of generation efficiency. Heat rate, which is the reciprocal of the efficiency, is used to measure the performance of thermal power plants. In combined cycle power plants, heat rate depends on ambient conditions and efficiencies of subsystems such as the gas turbine, Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG), steam turbine, condenser, cooling tower etc. The heat rate provides only a macroscopic picture of the power plant, and hence it is required to analyse the efficiency of each subsystem in order to get a microscopic picture. Computer modelling is an efficient method which can be used to analyse the each subsystem of a combined cycle power plant. Objective of this research is to develop a computer based tool which simulates the performance of subsystems of a combined cycle power plant in Sri Lanka. At the inception of the research, only heat rate was measured, and performances of subsystem were unknown.                  During the analysis, plant is divided into main systems, in order to study them macroscopically. Then, these main systems are divided into subsystems in order to have a microscopic view. Engineering equation solver (EES) was used to develop the tool, and the final computer model was linked with Microsoft excel package for data handling. Final computer model is executed using both present and past operating data in order to compare present and past performance of the power plant.             In combined cycle power plants steam is injected into the gas turbine to reduce the NOx generation and this steam flow is known as NOx flow. According to the result it was evident that turbine efficiency drops by 0.1% and power output increase by 1MW when NOx flow increases from 4.8 to 6.2kg/s. Further it was possible to conclude that gas turbine efficiency drop by 0.1% when ambient temperature increased by 3 C; and gas turbine power output decrease by 2MW when ambient temperature increases from 27 to 31 degrees.   Regarding the steam cycle efficiency it was found that steam turbine power output drops by  0.5MW when ambient temperature increases from 27 to 31 degrees; and steam cycle efficiency increases by 1% when NOx flow increases from 4.8 to 6.2kg/s. Further, steam turbine power output decreases by 0.25MW When NOx flow increases from 4.8 to 6.2kg/s                 Heat rate, which is the most important performance index of the power plant, increases by 10units (kJ/kWh) when ambient temperature increases by 3 C. Heat rate also increases with raising NOx flow which was 6.2kg/s in 2007 and 4.2kg/s in 2011. Hence, heat rate of the power plant has improved (decreased) by 10units (kJ/kWh) from 2007 to 2011.                Other than above, following conclusions were also revealed during the study.                         1)       HRSG efficiency has not change during past 4 years 2)     Significant waste heat recovery potential exists in the gas turbine ventilation system in the form of thermal energy

A combined cycle is one of the thermal cycles used in thermal power plants. It consists of a combination of a gas and a steam turbine, where the waste heat from the gas turbine is used for steam generation in the heat recovery steam generator. The aim of the diploma thesis was the conceptual design of a combined cycle electricity source and the balance calculation of the cycle. The calculation is based on the thermodynamic properties of the substances and the basic knowledge of the Brayton and Rankin-Clausius cycle. The result is the amount and parameters of air, flue gases, and steam/water in individual places and the technological scheme of the source, in which these parameters are listed.

Fossil fuels continue to deplete with use as they are irreplaceable. In addition, the environmental impact with the continuous use of these conventional fuels has generated global concern due to the production of harmful emission gases. An alternative source of energy has become inevitable. Technological advancements in the area of biomass use for both aviation and power generation are at different levels of development. There is however the need for an integrated approach to assess gas turbine engine behaviour in terms of performance, emission and economics when they are running on biofuels. The current research work is concerned with finding alternative fuel resources for use on stationary gas turbine engines for power generation with the necessary identification of suitable biofuels using a multidisciplinary approach. A techno-economic, environmental and risk assessment (TERA) model comprising the performance, emissions, economics and risk modules has been developed. There had been several simulations of two gas turbine engines (GTEs) to ascertain the effects of both ambient and operating conditions and the effect of fuel types on the engines. These simulations were done with the use of an in-house code-the Turbomatch and a code developed for the steam cycle which is employed for the combined cycle simulation. Cont/d.

The rapid electrification through natural gas in Mexico; the interest of the country to mitigate the effects of climate change; and the opportunity for rolling out Enhanced Oil Recovery at national level requires an important R&D effort to develop nationally relevant CCS technology in natural gas combined cycle power plants. Post-combustion carbon dioxide capture at gas-fired power plants is identified and proposed as an effective way to reduce CO2 emissions generated by the electricity sector in Mexico. In particular, gas-fired power plants with carbon dioxide capture and the sequential combustion of supplementary natural gas in the heat recovery steam generator can favourably increase the production of carbon dioxide, compared to a conventional configuration. This could be attractive in places with favourable conditions for enhanced oil recovery and where affordable natural gas prices will continue to exist, such as Mexico and North America. Sequential combustion makes use of the excess oxygen in gas turbine exhaust gas to generate additional CO2, but, unlike in conventional supplementary firing, allows keeping gas temperatures in the heat recovery steam generator below 820°C, avoiding a step change in capital costs. It marginally decreases relative energy requirements for solvent regeneration and amine degradation. Power plant models integrated with capture and compression process models of Sequential Supplementary Firing Combined Cycle (SSFCC) gas-fired units show that the efficiency penalty is 8.2% points LHV compared to a conventional natural gas combined cycle power plant with capture. The marginal thermal efficiency of natural gas firing in the heat recovery steam generator can increase with supercritical steam generation to reduce the efficiency penalty to 5.7% points LHV. Although the efficiency is lower than the conventional configuration, the increment in the power output of the combined steam cycle leads a reduction of the number of gas turbines, at a similar power output to that of a conventional natural gas combined cycle. This has a positive impact on the number of absorbers and the capital costs of the post-combustion capture plant by reducing the total volume of flue gas by half on a normalised basis. The relative reduction of overall capital costs is, respectively, 9.1% and 15.3% for the supercritical and the subcritical combined cycle configurations with capture compared to a conventional configuration. The total revenue requirement, a metric combining levelised cost of electricity and revenue from EOR, shows that, at gas prices of 2$/MMBTU and for CO2 selling price from 0 to 50 $/tonneCO2, subcritical and supercritical sequential supplementary firing presents favourably at 47.3-26 $/MWh and 44.6-25 $/MWh, respectively, compared with a conventional NGCC at 49.5-31.7 $/MWh. When operated at part-load, these configurations show greater operational flexibility by utilising the additional degree of freedom associated with the combustion of natural gas in the HRSG to change power output according to electricity demand and to ensure continuity of CO2 supply when exposed to variation in electricity prices. The optimisation of steady state part-load performance shows that reducing output by adjusting supplementary fuel keeps the gas turbine operating at full load and maximum efficiency when the net power plant output is reduced from 100% to 50%. For both subcritical and supercritical combined cycles, the thermal efficiency at part-load is optimised, in terms of efficiency, with sliding pressure operation of the heat recovery steam generator. Fixed pressure operation is proposed as an alternative for supercritical combined cycles to minimise capital costs and provide fast response rates with acceptable performance levels.

This thesis presents the thermodynamic and economic assessment of gas power cycles for 100 MW solar thermal power generation systems. A gas power cycle for solar power generation is a totally different technology from the current state of the art solar power generation systems. As a result, this thesis provides an assessment of the solar power generation systems with gas power cycles and provides guidance in the selection of design and operating parameters for gas power cycle based solar power generation system. The gas power cycle based power generation systems are assessed by means of thermodynamic and economic models developed and simulated using commercial thermodynamic analysis software. The gas cycle based power generation systems considered in this study are Cold Gas Turbine, High Temperature Solar Gas Turbine and Lorentz Cycle Gas Turbine. The system models are assessed for their thermodynamic performance using theory based turbo-machinery models with practical performance and loss data. In addition, extensive cost models have been developed for assessing the economic performance of the system models to determine their practical feasibility. The results from this study indicate that the most economical power generation system is the HTSGT system for a high peak cycle temperature utilizing the central receiver power tower solar collector system. The LCGT system also has a comparable performance at the same operating temperature. The CGT system assessed for operating with parabolic trough solar collector system at a lower peak cycle temperature had an inferior performance compared to the current state of the art technology for the power generation using parabolic troughs.

Au cours des dernières années, le cycles organique de Rankine (ORC) ont reçu un grand intérêt de la communauté scientifique et technique en raison de sa capacité à récupérer de l'énergie à partir de sources de chaleur faible. Dans certaines applications, comme la récupération de chaleur des déchets (WHR), les plantes ORC doivent être aussi le plus compact possible en raison de contraintes géométriques et de poids. Récemment, ces questions ont été étudiées dans le but de promouvoir la technologie ORC pour moteur à combustion interne (ICE). L'idée de récupérer ce résidu d'énergie est pas nouvelle et dans les années 1970 la crise énergétique a encouragé le développement de petite ORC plants (1-10 kWe). En raison de la complexité moléculaire du fluides de travail , fort effets de gaz réel doivent être pris en compte en raison de la haute pression et la densité, si on le compare à un gaz idéal. Dans ces conditions, le fluide est connu comme gaz dense. Les gaz denses sont définis comme des vapeurs monophasés, caractérisé par des molécules complexes et avec importantes masses moléculaires. Le rôle de gaz dense dans la gaz dynamique des flux transsonique interne a été largement étudié pour son importance dans les turbomachines. Récemment, l'attention a été concentrée sur des turbines axiales, qui réduisent au minimum la taille du système, en comparaison avec les solutions radiales dans les mêmes rapports de pression et la chute d'enthalpie. Dans ce travail, une nouvelle méthodologie de conception de turbines ORC supersonique est proposé. Elle consiste dans un design à deux dimensions rapide et précise qui est réalisée pour stator et rotor avec une metode de caractéristique (MOC) étendue à une équation d'etat générique. Les effets visqueux sont pris en compte par l'introduction d'une correction turbulente appropriée de la couche limite compressible. Étant donné que les sources de chaleur proposées pour turbines ORC comprennent typiquement des sources d'énergie variables, comme la WHR des procédés industriels ou des applications automobiles, pour améliorer la faisabilité de cette technique, la résistance à des conditions variables d'entrée est prise en compte. L'optimisation numérique sous incertitudes est appelé Optimisation robuste (RO) et il surmonte la limitation de l'optimisation déterministe qui néglige l'effet des incertitudes dans les variables de design et / ou des paramètres de design. Pour mesurer la robustesse d'un nouveau design, les statistiques (la moyenne et la variance, ou écart-type) d'une réponse sont calculées dans le processus RO. Dans ce travail, la conception MOC des ORC aubes supersoniques est utilisé pour créer une profil de référence. Cela est optimisé grâce à une boucle RO. L'optimiseur stochastique est basée sur un modèle de krigeage bayésien de la réponse du système aux paramètres incertains, utilisé pour l'approximation des statistiques de la sortie du système, couplé à une algorithme genetique multi-objectif (NSGA). Une forme optimale qui maximise la moyenne et minimise la variance de l'efficacité isentropique est recherché. L'efficacité isentropique est évaluée au moyen de simulations RANS (Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes) de l'aube. Le comportement thermodynamique du fluide de travail est modélisée au moyen de l'équation d'etat de Peng-Robinson-stryjek-Vera. La forme de l'aube est paramétrée au moyen d'une approche Free Form Deformation. Pour accélérer le RO processus, une modèle de krigeage supplémentaire est construit pour la fonction multi-objectifs et une stratégie adaptif de remplissage basée sur le Multi Objective Expected Improvement es prise en compte afin d'améliorer la précision de krigeage à chaque génération de la NSGA. La forme robuste optimisé d'aube ORC est comparé aux résultats fournis par le MOC et l'optimiseur déterministe
In recent years, the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology has received great interest from the scientific and technical community because of its capability to recover energy from low-grade heat sources. In some applications, as the Waste Heat Recovery (WHR), ORC plants need to be as compact as possible because of geometrical and weight constraints. Recently, these issues have been studied in order to promote the ORC technology for Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) applications. The idea to recover this residual energy is not new and the 1970s energy crisis encouraged the development of feasible ORC small-scale plants (1-10 kWe). Due to the molecular complexity of the working fluids, strong real gas effects have to be taken into account because of the high pressures and densities, if compared to an ideal gas. In these conditions the fluid is known as dense gas. Dense gases are defined as single phase vapors, characterized by complex molecules and moderate to large molecular weights. The role of dense gas dynamics in transonic internal flows has been widely studied for its importance in turbomachinery applications involved in low-grade energy exploitation, such as the ORC. Recently, the attention has been focused on axial turbines, which minimize the system size, if compared with radial solutions at the same pressure ratios and enthalpy drops. In this work, a novel design methodology for supersonic ORC axial impulse turbine stages is proposed. It consists in a fast, accurate two-dimensional design which is carried out for the mean-line stator and rotor blade rows of a turbine stage by means of a method of characteristic (MOC) extended to a generic equation of state. The viscous effects are taken into account by introducing a proper turbulent compressible boundary layer correction to the inviscid design obtained with MOC. Since proposed heat sources for ORC turbines typically include variable energy sources such as WHR from industrial processes or automotive applications, as a result, to improve the feasibility of this technology, the resistance to variable input conditions is taken into account. The numerical optimization under uncertainties is called Robust Optimization (RO) and it overcomes the limitation of deterministic optimization that neglects the effect of uncertainties in design variables and/or design parameters. To measure the robustness of a new design, statistics such as mean and variance (or standard deviation) of a response are calculated in the RO process. In this work, the MOC design of supersonic ORC nozzle blade vanes is used to create a baseline injector shape. Subsequently, this is optimized through a RO loop. The stochastic optimizer is based on a Bayesian Kriging model of the system response to the uncertain parameters, used to approximate statistics of the uncertain system output, coupled to a multi-objective non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA). An optimal shape that maximizes the mean and minimizes the variance of the expander isentropic efficiency is searched. The isentropic efficiency is evaluated by means of RANS (Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes) simulations of the injector. The fluid thermodynamic behavior is modelled by means of the well-known Peng-Robinson-Stryjek-Vera equation of state. The blade shape is parametrized by means of a Free Form Deformation approach. In order to speed-up the RO process, an additional Kriging model is built to approximate the multi-objective fitness function and an adaptive infill strategy based on the Multi Objective Expected Improvement for the individuals is proposed in order to improve the surrogate accuracy at each generation of the NSGA. The robustly optimized ORC expander shape is compared to the results provided by the MOC baseline shape and the injector designed by means of a standard deterministic optimizer

Biomass is one of the main natural resources in Sweden.Increased utilisation of biomass for energy purposes incombined heat and power (CHP) plants can help the country meetits nuclear phase-out commitment. The present low-CO2 emissioncharacteristics of the Swedish electricity production system(governed by hydropower and nuclear power) can be retained onlyby expansion of biofuels in the CHP sector. Domestic Swedishbiomass resources are vast and renewable, but not infinite.They should be utilised as efficiently as possible in order tomeet the conditions for sustainability in the future.Application of efficient power generation cycles at low cost isessential for meeting this challenge. This applies also tomunicipal solid waste (MSW) incineration with energyextraction, which is to be preferred to landfilling.

Modern gas turbines and internal combustion engines firedwith natural gas have comparatively low installation costs,good efficiency characteristics and show reliable performancein power applications. Environmental and source-of-supplyfactors place natural gas at a disadvantage as compared tobiofuels. However, from a rational perspective, the use ofnatural gas (being the least polluting fossil fuel) togetherwith biofuels contributes to a diverse and more secure resourcemix. The question then arises if both these fuels can beutilised more efficiently if they are employed at the samelocation, in one combined cycle unit.

The work presented herein concentrates on the hybriddual-fuel combined cycle concept in cold-condensing and CHPmode, with a biofuel-fired bottoming steam cycle and naturalgas fired topping gas turbine or engine. Higher electricalefficiency attributable to both fuels is sought, while keepingthe impact on environment at a low level and incorporating onlyproven technology with standard components. The study attemptsto perform a generalized and systematic evaluation of thethermodynamic advantages of various hybrid configurations withthe help of computer simulations, comparing the efficiencyresults to clearly defined reference values.

Results show that the electrical efficiency of hybridconfigurations rises with up to 3-5 %-points in cold-condensingmode (up to 3 %-points in CHP mode), compared to the sum of twosingle-fuel reference units at the relevant scales, dependingon type of arrangement and type of bottoming fuel. Electricalefficiency of utilisation of the bottoming fuel (biomass orMSW) within the overall hybrid configuration can increase withup to 8-10 %-points, if all benefits from the thermalintegration are assigned to the bottoming cycle and effects ofscale on the reference electrical efficiency are accounted for.All fully-fired (windbox) configurations show advantages of upto 4 %-points in total efficiency in CHP mode with districtheating output, when flue gas condensation is applied. Theadvantages of parallel-powered configurations in terms of totalefficiency in CHP mode are only marginal. Emissions offossil-based CO2 can be reduced with 20 to 40 kg CO2/MWhel incold-condensing mode and with 5-8 kg CO2 per MWh total outputin CHP mode at the optimum performance points.

Keywords: Biomass, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Natural Gas,Simulation, Hybrid, Combined Cycle, Gas Turbine, InternalCombustion Engine, Utilization, Electrical Efficiency, TotalEfficiency, CHP.

This thesis focuses on three main areas within the field of SOFC/GT-technology:

• Development of a dynamic SOFC/GT model

• Model calibration and sensitivity study

• Assessment of the dynamic properties of a SOFC/GT power plant

The SOFC/GT model developed in this thesis describes a pressurised tubular Siemens Westinghouse-type SOFC, which is integrated in a gas turbine cycle. The process further includes a plate-fin recuperator for stack air preheating, a prereformer, an anode exhaust gas recycling loop for steam/carbon-ratio control, an afterburner and a shell-tube heat exchanger for air preheating. The fuel cell tube, the recuperator and the shell-tube heat exchanger are spatially distributed models. The SOFC model is further thermally integrated with the prereformer. The compressor and turbine models are based on performance maps as a general representation of the characteristics. In addition, a shaft model which incorporates moment of inertia is included to account for gas turbine transients.

The SOFC model is calibrated against experimentally obtained data from a single-cell experiment performed on a Siemens Westinghouse tubular SOFC. The agreement between the model and the experimental results is good. The sensitivity study revealed that the degree of prereforming is of great importance with respect to the axial temperature distribution of the fuel cell.

Types of malfunctions are discussed prior to the dynamic behaviour study. The dynamic study of the SOFC/GT process is performed by simulating small and large load changes according to three different strategies;

• Load change at constant mean fuel cell temperature

• Load change at constant turbine inlet temperature

• Load change at constant shaft speed

Of these three strategies, the constant mean fuel cell temperature strategy appears to be the most rapid load change method. Furthermore, this strategy implies the lowest degree of thermal cycling, the smoothest fuel cell temperature distribution and the lowest current density at part-load. Thus, this strategy represents the overall lowest risk with respect to system malfunctions and degradation. In addition, the constant mean fuel cell temperature strategy facilitates high efficiency part-load operation. The constant turbine inlet temperature strategy proved to lead to unstable operation at low load, and thus it is considered to be the least adequate method for load change. For both the constant mean fuel cell temperature strategy and the constant TIT strategy, surge might be a problem for very large load reductions. The slowest response to load changes was found for the constant shaft speed strategy. Furthermore, this strategy leads to very low fuel cell temperatures at low loads. This in combination with a possible higher degradation rate makes the constant shaft speed strategy unsuited for large load variations. Nevertheless, operation at constant shaft speed may be facilitated by air bypass, VIGV or compressor blow off.

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At Siemens, plcs are used to control the gas turbines, and to execute the code in the plcs cyclic interrupts are used. If the execution time for the interrupt becomes close to the cyclic time of the interrupt the load of the plc increases. High load levels can lead to situations were segments of code are not executed on time or even not executed at all. In this thesis an analysis of the regulators used to govern a gas turbine has been performed. The purpose of the analysis is to study the performance of the regulators for different cycle times with the aim to be able to reduce the load by sampling more slowly.

To determine the load contribution from each regulator a review of the regulators and their execution times has been made. For the analysis the Matlab program Simulink has been used to make models of the regulators, which have then been sampled at different rates. With this information it is possible to determine for which cycle times each regulator has accepetable performance and how much load each regulator contributes with. A save of load of approximately 2 percent can be obtained without loosing too much performance.

The main goal of my thesis is to carry out thermic calculations for adjusted conditions of electric and heat energy consumption. The power of the generator is 330 MW. In the proposal, you can find combustion trubines type GE 9171E. Steam-gas power plant is designed to combust metallurgical gases. Effort of the thesis focuses also on giving a new informations about trends in combinated production of electric and heat energy.

The main goal of my thesis is to carry out thermic calculations for adjusted conditions of electric and heat energy consumption. The power of the generator is 330 MW. In the proposal, you can find combustion trubines type GE 9171E. Steam-gas power plant is designed to combust metallurgical gases. Effort of the thesis focuses also on giving a new informations about trends in combinated production of electric and heat energy.

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Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
O setor elétrico brasileiro vem continuamente passando por crises energéticas; os consumidores, indústrias que dependem de energia para exercerem as suas atividades passaram a valorizar e a buscar fontes alternativas, confiáveis e ecologicamente adequadas com o objetivo de garantir o fornecimento de eletricidade de forma econômica, possibilitando desta maneira uma certa independência energética. Neste contexto, este trabalho tem a finalidade de selecionar sistemas de cogeração utilizando ciclos combinados com conjuntos a gás associadas a caldeira de recuperação sem queima suplementar e turbina a vapor, assim como realizar o levantamento das curvas de produção de energia e eficiência para os ciclos obtidos. Foram utilizados os parâmetros técnicos e construtivos das turbinas a gás e a vapor de uma mesma empresa fabricante, e através das curvas obtidas é possível selecionar o ciclo combinado mais adequado para cada situação desejada, tanto do ponto de vista energético quanto do ponto de vista econômico.
The electric Brazilian sector is continually subject to energy crisis, the industrial consumers, that depends on energy to do its activities, is nowadays up to valorize and to look for alternative, trustful and environmental appropriate sources with the objective of guaranteeing the supply of electricity in an economic way and warranting a certain energy independence. In this context, this work has the purpose of selecting cogeneration systems based on using combined cycles with gas turbines associated to heat recovery steam generators without supplementary burners and steam turbines, as well as accomplishing the rising of the curves of production of energy and efficiency for the obtained cycles. The technical and constructive parameters of the gas and steam turbines were considered from the same manufacturing company, and through the obtained curves it is possible to select the more appropriate cycle for each process requirement, in the energy and economic point of view.

Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP)s play a key role in modern powersystem due to their lesser investment cost, lower project executiontime, and higher operational flexibility compared to other conventionalgenerating assets. The nature of generation system is changing withever increasing penetration of the renewable energy resources. Whatwas once a clearly defined generation, transmission, and distributionflow is shifting towards fluctuating distribution generation. Because ofvariation in energy production from the renewable energy resources,CCPP are increasingly required to vary their load levels to keep balancebetween supply and demand within the system. CCPP are facingmore number of start cycles. This induces more stress on the gas turbineand as a result, maintenance intervals are affected.The aim of this master thesis project is to develop a dispatch algorithmfor the short-term operation planning for a combined cyclepower plant which also includes the long-term constraints. The longtermconstraints govern the maintenance interval of the gas turbines.These long-term constraints are defined over number of EquivalentOperating Hours (EOH) and Equivalent Operating Cycles (EOC) forthe Gas Turbine (GT) under consideration. CCPP is operating in theopen electricity market. It consists of two SGT-800 GT and one SST-600 Steam Turbine (ST). The primary goal of this thesis is to maximizethe overall profit of CCPP under consideration. The secondary goal ofthis thesis it to develop the meta models to estimate consumed EOHand EOC during the planning period.Siemens Industrial Turbo-machinery AB (SIT AB) has installed sensorsthat collects the data from the GT. Machine learning techniqueshave been applied to sensor data from the plant to construct Input-Output (I/O) curves to estimate heat input and exhaust heat. Resultsshow potential saving in the fuel consumption for the limit on CumulativeEquivalent Operating Hours (CEOH) and Cumulative EquivalentOperating Cycles (CEOC) for the planning period. However, italso highlighted some crucial areas of improvement before this economicdispatch algorithm can be commercialized.
Kombicykelkraftverk spelar en nyckelroll i det moderna elsystemet pågrund av den låga investeringskostnaden, den korta tiden för att byggaett nytta kraftverk och hög flexibilitet jämfört med andra kraftverk.Elproduktionssystemen förändras i takt med en allt större andel förnybarelproduktion. Det som en gång var ett tydligt definierat flödefrån produktion via transmission till distribution ändrar nu karaktärtill fluktuerande, distribuerad generering. På grund av variationernai elproduktion från förnybara energikällor finns ett ökat behov avatt kombicykelkraftverk varierar sin elproduktion för att upprätthållabalansen mellan produktion och konsumtion i systemet. Kombicykelkraftverkbehöver startas och stoppas oftare. Detta medför mer stresspå gasturbinen och som ett resultat påverkas underhållsintervallerna.Syftet med detta examensarbete är att utveckla en algoritm för korttidsplaneringav ett kombicykelkraftverk där även driften på lång siktbeaktas. Begränsningarna på lång sikt utgår från underhållsintervallenför gasturbinerna. Dessa långsiktiga begränsningar definieras som antaletekvivalenta drifttimmar och ekvivalenta driftcykler för det aktuellakraftverket. Kombikraftverket drivs på den öppna elmarknaden.Det består av två SGT-800 GT och en SST-600 ångturbin. Det främstamålet med examensarbetet är att maximera den totala vinsten förkraftverket. Ett sekundärt mål är att utveckla metamodeller för attskatta använda ekvivalenta drifttimmar och ekvivalenta driftcyklerunder planeringsperioden.Siemens Industrial Turbo-machinery AB (SIT AB) har installeratsensorer som samlar in data från gasturbinerna. Maskininlärningsteknikerhar tillämpats på sensordata för att konstruera kurvor för attuppskatta värmetillförseln och avgasvärme. Resultaten visar en potentiellbesparing i bränsleförbrukningen om de sammanlagda ekvivalentadrifttimmarna och de sammanlagda ekvivalenta driftcyklernabegränsas under planeringsperioden. Det framhålls dock också att detfinns viktiga förbättringar som behövs innan korttidsplaneringsalgoritmenkan kommersialiseras.

Master thesis is concerned with gas turbines from Siemens company. The thesis consists of two main parts. In the first part describes the different types of turbines, their characteristics and use in practice. The following is a detailed description of components and systems the biggest industrial gas turbine SGT-800. The second part discusses about the necessary steps for commissioning turbine. These particulars are managing software, testing, commissioning and phasing of the turbine generator to the distribution network. The conclusion is devoted to the example of calculating return investment on the overall gas turbine project.

The world demand for electrical power increasescontinuously, requiring efficient and low-cost methods forpower generation. This thesis investigates two advanced powercycles with mixtures as the working fluid: the Kalina cycle,alternatively called the ammonia-water cycle, and theevaporative gas turbine cycle. These cycles have the potentialof improved performance regarding electrical efficiency,specific power output, specific investment cost and cost ofelectricity compared with the conventional technology, sincethe mixture working fluids enable efficient energyrecovery.

This thesis shows that the ammonia-water cycle has a betterthermodynamic performance than the steam Rankine cycle as abottoming process for natural gas-fired gas and gas-dieselengines, since the majority of the ammonia-water cycleconfigurations investigated generated more power than steamcycles. The best ammonia-water cycle produced approximately40-50 % more power than a single-pressure steam cycle and 20-24% more power than a dual-pressure steam cycle. The investmentcost for an ammonia-water bottoming cycle is probably higherthan for a steam cycle; however, the specific investment costmay be lower due to the higher power output.

A comparison between combined cycles with ammonia-waterbottoming processes and evaporative gas turbine cycles showedthat the ammonia-water cycle could recover the exhaust gasenergy of a high pressure ratio gas turbine more efficientlythan a part-flow evaporative gas turbine cycle. For a mediumpressure ratio gas turbine, the situation was the opposite,except when a complex ammonia-water cycle configuration withreheat was used. An exergy analysis showed that evaporativecycles with part-flow humidification could recover energy asefficiently as, or more efficiently than, full-flow cycles. Aneconomic analysis confirmed that the specific investment costfor part-flow cycles was lower than for full-flow cycles, sincepart-flow humidification reduces the heat exchanger area andhumidification tower volume. In addition, the part-flow cycleshad lower or similar costs of electricity compared with thefull-flow cycles. Compared with combined cycles, the part-flowevaporative cycles had significantly lower total and specificinvestment costs and lower or almost equal costs ofelectricity; thus, part-flow evaporative cycles could competewith the combined cycle for mid-size power generation.

Keywords:power cycle, mixture working fluid, Kalinacycle, ammonia-water mixture, reciprocating internal combustionengine, bottoming cycle, gas turbine, evaporative gas turbine,air-water mixture, exergy

Nowadays, European power production has to meet requirements than ever before. Environmentally oriented efforts end of coal mining and burning of coal, on which economies of a great number of countries depend. The main objective of these efforts is primarily the production of green energy from renewable energy sources and reduction of dependence on fossil fuels. However, the disadvantage of renewable sources (photovoltaics, wind farms) is their dependence on the weather conditions. As a result, there might be delays in supply of electricity, which must be compensated. One of the solutions is the launch of a combi cycle plant, which has the possibility of almost prompt start-up and electricity production. The combustion of gas and liquid fuels also ensures almost emission-free operation. In addition, thanks to the use of waste heat energy from the gas turbine, it is possible to operate the combi cycle unit with the character of a power plant and as a heating plant. The aim of this thesis is to search for combi cycles and balance calculation of the combi cycle heating plant under given conditions. In the last point, the approximate dimensions of the calculated heating plant are given.

Natural gas has become the UK’s foremost primary energy source, providing some 39% of our energy needs. The National Transmission System (NTS) has developed from its humble beginnings when natural gas was first discovered in the North Sea in the 1960s to become a complex interconnected network delivering up to 550 million cubic meters of gas daily. Gas has also become an increasingly important energy source for power generation, currently generating 35% of our electricity. This presents major challenges for the planning and operation of both the electricity and gas networks as their interdependence grows into the future. With the government’s goal of drastically reducing emissions from power generation by 2020, Combined Cycle Gas Turbine units, and therefore the NTS, will have to offer a new degree of flexibility to quickly respond to the intermittency of the growing penetration of wind generation on the electricity transmission system. Coupling this with the decline in the UK natural gas resources resulting in the NTS becoming reliant on imports to meet demand, it is becoming increasingly difficult to decouple the security of the gas supply from the security of the electricity supply in the UK. This study presents the modelling challenge of assessing this growing interaction and provides a robust methodology for completing a security analysis using detailed network models of the UK gas and electricity transmission systems. A thorough investigation of the intraday operation of the two systems in 2020 is presented given the growth of wind generation in the UK. The results are analysed and the implications for combined modelling and assessment are discussed as we enter a new era for UK energy security.

In the last years, the European countries have paid increasing attention to renewable sources and greenhouse emissions. The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have established ambitious targets for the next years. In this scenario, biomass plays a prominent role since its life cycle produces a zero net carbon dioxide emission. Additionally, biomass can ensure plant operation continuity thanks to its availability and storage ability. Several conventional systems running on biomass are available at the moment. Most of them are performant either in the large-scale or in the small power range. The absence of an efficient system on the small-middle scale inspired this thesis project. The object is an innovative plant based on a wet indirectly fired gas turbine (WIFGT) integrated with an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) unit for combined heat and power production. The WIFGT is a performant system in the small-middle power range; the ORC cycle is capable of giving value to low-temperature heat sources. Their integration is investigated in this thesis with the aim of carrying out a preliminary design of the components. The targeted plant output is around 200 kW in order not to need a wide cultivation area and to avoid biomass shipping. Existing in-house simulation tools are used: They are adapted to this purpose. Firstly the WIFGT + ORC model is built; Zero-dimensional models of heat exchangers, compressor, turbines, furnace, dryer and pump are used. Different fluids are selected but toluene and benzene turn out to be the most suitable. In the indirectly fired gas turbine a pressure ratio around 4 leads to the highest efficiency. From the thermodynamic analysis the system shows an electric efficiency of 38%, outdoing other conventional plants in the same power range. The combined plant is designed to recover thermal energy: Water is used as coolant in the condenser. It is heated from 60°C up to 90°C, ensuring the possibility of space heating. Mono-dimensional models are used to design the heat exchange equipment. Different types of heat exchangers are chosen depending on the working temperature. A finned-plate heat exchanger is selected for the WIFGT heat transfer equipment due to the high temperature, oxidizing and corrosive environment. A once-through boiler with finned tubes is chosen to vaporize the organic fluid in the ORC. A plate heat exchanger is chosen for the condenser and recuperator. A quasi-monodimensional model for single-stage axial turbine is implemented to design both the WIFGT and the ORC turbine. The system simulation after the components design shows an electric efficiency around 34% with a decrease by 10% compared to the zero-dimensional analysis. The work exhibits the system potentiality compared to the existing plants from both technical and economic point of view.

Climate pledges, besides the need for a secure, reliable, and affordable supply of energy, are posing the challenging target of an energy sector’s carbon footprint reduction that does not jeopardize the access to energy itself, ensuring the demand satisfaction, consequently economic growth, the right to development of all countries, and the energy poverty reduction. From the policy point of view, the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda is often considered as a reference, it states 17 general goals adopted by all the UN member states, the 7th and the 13th concern specifically the right to access clean and affordable energy and the climate action. Then, each country has implemented locally or regionally, specific policy instruments to support the shift from a fossil fuel-based economy to a climate-neutral one, a process commonly defined as energy transition. Even if the implemented policy tools may differ from each other, the effects are somehow similar worldwide: massive renewable energy power generation capacity has been installed in the last decade, and even a larger amount is foreseen to be installed in the next years. Nevertheless, the stochasticity of the sources and the non-programmability, that characterized many renewable generators, pose serious challenges in the electricity grid management with an increased demand for efficiency and flexibility from traditional programmable power plants. Such power plants have shifted their traditional role from constant baseload generators to fluctuating backup capacity and service providers. Consequently, the operating hours have been reduced and the costs have increased because of the frequent start-ups, the lower efficiency in off-design, and the increased need for maintenance that flexible operation requires. Thus, despite the fact they turn out to be essential to grid management, dispatchable generators often face economic issues and their viability is no longer certain. Besides the electricity sector, on which the attention is often focused, the transition toward a decarbonized economy is needed also in the other sectors. Among these, heating is one of the most relevant. Heating still largely relies on fossil sources, even if district heating networks, waste heat recovery, heat pumps, and other forms of coupling with less carbon-intense sectors are available technologies that can reduce the sector impact in the future. This thesis aims to explore solutions coupling Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGTs) power plants with Heat Pumps (HPs) in other to enhance the flexibility of power plants, pursuing the threefold target of an increased ability in providing services to the grid, reduced uncertainty about economic viability, and the supply of a reduced carbon intensity heating. The Introduction and the first chapter describe in detail the motivations for this thesis, the context in which the investigated technologies are supposed to operate and review the existing literature. Chapter 2 focuses on the Combined Cycle Gas power plants, investigating the effects of flexible operations on emissions and quantifying the benefits of inlet air conditioning as a measure for flexibility enhancement. Chapter 3 concerns heat pumps, a model developed for techno-economic analysis is presented alongside some results comparing different fluids and heat sources for different supply temperatures. Chapter 4 combines what is presented in the previous two chapters investigating solutions for CCGTs and HPs coupling. Different coupling concepts have been explored for two main purposes, a flexibility increment, by inlet air conditioning, of those plants devoted only to power generation, and the coupling of the heat pump to a combined heat and power CCGTs. The power-oriented concept is based on an inlet air conditioning unit consisting of a heat pump, cold storage, and some heat exchangers. The unit operates heating, to increase the off-design efficiency, or cooling, to boost the net power output, and the gas turbine inlet air according to different operational modes. The combined heat and power concept uses a high-temperature heat pump that, integrated with the CCGT, harvests privileged heat sources (different options are investigated) increasing the maximum thermal output and the global efficiency. Warm storage is also included allowing flexible management of the coupled HP and CCGT. Finally, Chapter 5 describes the market context in which power plants operate today. It focuses on the importance of recognizing the economic value of flexibility in the ancillary services market. A novel model of optimal dispatch for power generators and storage is presented, it schedules the power plant, or storage, operations optimizing not only the profits in traditional energy-only markets but the overall expected profits considering also the services markets and keeping into account the uncertainty of offers/bids acceptance.

Resumo: O setor elétrico brasileiro vem continuamente passando por crises energéticas; os consumidores, indústrias que dependem de energia para exercerem as suas atividades passaram a valorizar e a buscar fontes alternativas, confiáveis e ecologicamente adequadas com o objetivo de garantir o fornecimento de eletricidade de forma econômica, possibilitando desta maneira uma certa independência energética. Neste contexto, este trabalho tem a finalidade de selecionar sistemas de cogeração utilizando ciclos combinados com conjuntos a gás associadas a caldeira de recuperação sem queima suplementar e turbina a vapor, assim como realizar o levantamento das curvas de produção de energia e eficiência para os ciclos obtidos. Foram utilizados os parâmetros técnicos e construtivos das turbinas a gás e a vapor de uma mesma empresa fabricante, e através das curvas obtidas é possível selecionar o ciclo combinado mais adequado para cada situação desejada, tanto do ponto de vista energético quanto do ponto de vista econômico.
Abstract: The electric Brazilian sector is continually subject to energy crisis, the industrial consumers, that depends on energy to do its activities, is nowadays up to valorize and to look for alternative, trustful and environmental appropriate sources with the objective of guaranteeing the supply of electricity in an economic way and warranting a certain energy independence. In this context, this work has the purpose of selecting cogeneration systems based on using combined cycles with gas turbines associated to heat recovery steam generators without supplementary burners and steam turbines, as well as accomplishing the rising of the curves of production of energy and efficiency for the obtained cycles. The technical and constructive parameters of the gas and steam turbines were considered from the same manufacturing company, and through the obtained curves it is possible to select the more appropriate cycle for each process requirement, in the energy and economic point of view.
Orientador: Júlio Santana Antunes
Coorientador: José Luz Silveira
Banca: José Antonio Perrella Balestieri
Banca: Valdir Apolinario de Freitas
Mestre

Current thinking on the best propulsion system for a next-generation supersonic cruising (Mach 2 to Mach 4) aircraft is a mixed-flow turbofan engine with afterburner. This study investigates the performance increase of a turbofan engine through the use of isothermal combustion inside the high-pressure turbine (High-Pressure Turburner, HPTB) as an alternative form of thrust augmentation. A cycle analysis computer program is developed for accurate prediction of the engine performance and a supersonic transport cruising at Mach 2 at 60,000 ft is used to demonstrate the merit of using a turburner. When assuming no increase in turbine cooling flow is needed, the engine with HPTB could provide either 7.7% increase in cruise range or a 41% reduction in engine mass flow when compared to a traditional turbofan engine providing the sane thrust. If the required cooling flow in the turbine is almost doubled, the new engine with HPTB could still provide a 4.6% increase in range or 33% reduction in engine mass flow. In fact, the results also show that the degradation of engine performance because of increased cooling flow in a turburner is less than half of the degradation of engine performance because of increased cooling flow in a regular turbine. Therefore, a turbofan engine with HPTB will still easily out-perform a traditional turbofan when even more cooling than currently assumed is introduced. Closer examination of the simulation results in off-design regimes also shows that the new engine not only satisfies the thrust and efficiency requirement at the design cruise point, but also provides enough thrust and comparable or better efficiency in all other flight regimes such as transonic acceleration and take-off. Another finding is that the off-design bypass ratio of the new engine increases slower than a regular turbofan as the aircraft flies higher and faster. This behavior enables the new engine to maintain higher thrust over a larger flight envelope, crucial in developing faster air-breathing aircraft for the future. As a result, an engine with HPTB provides significant benefit both at the design point and in the off-design regimes, allowing smaller and more efficient engines for supersonic aircraft to be realized.
Ph. D.

Current thinking on the best propulsion system for a next-generation supersonic cruising (Mach 2 to Mach 4) aircraft is a mixed-flow turbofan engine with afterburner. This study investigates the performance increase of a turbofan engine through the use of isothermal combustion inside the high-pressure turbine (High-Pressure Turburner, HPTB) as an alternative form of thrust augmentation. A cycle analysis computer program is developed for accurate prediction of the engine performance and a supersonic transport cruising at Mach 2 at 60,000 ft is used to demonstrate the merit of using a turburner. When assuming no increase in turbine cooling flow is needed, the engine with HPTB could provide either 7.7% increase in cruise range or a 41% reduction in engine mass flow when compared to a traditional turbofan engine providing the sane thrust. If the required cooling flow in the turbine is almost doubled, the new engine with HPTB could still provide a 4.6% increase in range or 33% reduction in engine mass flow. In fact, the results also show that the degradation of engine performance because of increased cooling flow in a turburner is less than half of the degradation of engine performance because of increased cooling flow in a regular turbine. Therefore, a turbofan engine with HPTB will still easily out-perform a traditional turbofan when even more cooling than currently assumed is introduced. Closer examination of the simulation results in off-design regimes also shows that the new engine not only satisfies the thrust and efficiency requirement at the design cruise point, but also provides enough thrust and comparable or better efficiency in all other flight regimes such as transonic acceleration and take-off. Another finding is that the off-design bypass ratio of the new engine increases slower than a regular turbofan as the aircraft flies higher and faster. This behavior enables the new engine to maintain higher thrust over a larger flight envelope, crucial in developing faster air-breathing aircraft for the future. As a result, an engine with HPTB provides significant benefit both at the design point and in the off-design regimes, allowing smaller and more efficient engines for supersonic aircraft to be realized.
Ph. D.

The Diploma thesis named Steam Turbine 300 MW contains the proposal of the Turboset for the steam section of the gas-steam cycle. There is a calculation of the thermal cycle, and a thermodynamic calculation of the combined high pressure - as well as intermediate pressure and low pressure parts. Strength calculation of particular parts and a check of the critical turbine speed follow on from this. This thesis includes a drawing of the cross-section of HP-IP and partial operations. My thesis has been commissioned by Doosan Škoda Power.

Closed-cycle GT has the potential for improved efficiency of electricity generation, compact and simple design, and reduced CO2 emissions and therefore could complement conventional power conversion systems (PCSs). However, power generation from closed-cycle GT needs to be demonstrated to establish the integrity, operation and performance of the plant before commercial deployment can be realised. This thesis provides an understanding, through modelling and simulation, of the thermodynamic performance and component design parameters, and the dynamic behaviours, operation and control of closed-cycle GTs for the purpose of assessing their feasibility for near-term demonstration. A systematic, full-scope study was performed for nitrogen closed-cycle GT coupled to small modular sodium-cooled fast reactor (SM-SFR) and supercritical carbon dioxide (s-CO2) closed-cycle GT coupled to small modular pressurised water reactor (SM-PWR). The study included selection between alternative plant designs, steady state performance analysis, preliminary design of components, dynamic model development and simulation of plant transients, and design of control systems. Additionally, performance evaluation was performed for s-CO2 closed-cycle GT for application to coal-fired power generation integrated with solvent based PCC. Intercooled closed-cycle GT using nitrogen as working fluid and with a single shaft configuration has been one common PCS option for possible near-term demonstration of SFR. In this work, a new nitrogen cycle configuration was proposed to further simplify the design of the turbomachinery and reduce turbomachinery size without compromising the cycle efficiency. Mathematical models in Matlab were developed for steady state thermodynamic analysis of the cycles and for preliminary design of the heat exchangers, turbines and compressors. The study indicated that the new configuration has the potential to simplify the design of turbomachinery, reduce the size of turbomachinery and provide opportunity for improving the efficiency of the turbomachinery. Dynamic model of the new nitrogen cycle power plant was developed in Matlab/Simulink. Control schemes, which enables the plant to satisfy the operational requirements under load-following and loss-of-load conditions, were implemented. Inventory control is unable to keep the generator speed within the specified ±30 rpm of the synchronous speed during normal load-following operation. However, bypass valve control is able to maintain the generator speed within ±17 rpm of the synchronous speed. Maximum generator shaft overspeed is below 105% during sudden loss-of-load condition, which is below the 120% maximum limit. Hence, stable and controllable operation of the nitrogen GT power plant is possible. Matlab models were developed for thermodynamic performance analysis and preliminary design of components for s-CO2 closed-cycle GTs coupled to SM-PWR. Recompression s-CO2 layout is the most common configuration for s-CO2 cycle power plant. However, the performance assessment of the recompression s-CO2 cycle for application to PWR shows that temperature of the turbine exhaust is too low to allow any meaningful recuperation in the high temperature recuperator. Hence, a new layout is suggested. The efficiency of the new layout is comparable to that of the recompression cycle and higher than that of the simple recuperated cycle layout. Investigation of the impact of heat exchanger design on plant performance showed that the recompression cycles have higher pressure losses than the simple recuperated cycle. Therefore, if the heat exchanger design and pressure loss is considered in performance evaluation, the recompression cycles might not be that superior to the simple cycle. However, parametric analysis indicated that the new layout is the most promising for application to PWR. Dynamic modelling, simulation and control system design was also carried out for the new s-CO2 layout coupled to SM-PWR. Inventory/pressure control is not considered to avoid issues associated with the rapid variation of CO2 properties around the critical point. To effectively control the plant, flow split control and throttle valve were added to the normal control systems (bypass valve, control rod, coolant pump and cooling water control). The change in shaft speed during load-following operation is about ±27 rpm while shaft overspeed during loss-of-load is about 107% of the synchronous speed. These are all within the allowable shaft speed limit. Aspen Plus simulation was performed to evaluate the thermodynamic performance of cascaded s-CO2 cycles coupled to coal-fired furnace and integrated with 90% post-combustion CO2 capture. Three bottoming s-CO2 cycles were investigated: simple recuperated cycle, partial heating cycle and the newly proposed s-CO2 cycle. Results for a 290 bar and 593 0C power cycle without CO2 capture showed that the configuration with the new cycle as bottoming cycle has the highest plant net efficiency of 42.96% (HHV), followed by the simple recuperated, 42.46% and the partial heating, 42.44%. Integration of CO2 capture reduced the efficiencies of the new cycle, the simple recuperated and the partial heating configurations to 31.76%, 31.22% and 31.13% respectively. Without CO2 capture, the efficiencies of the coal-fired supercritical CO2 cycle plants were about 3.34-3.86% point higher than the reference steam cycle plant and about 0.68-1.31% point higher with CO2 capture. The findings so far underscored the promising potential of cascaded s-CO2 power cycles for coal-fired power plant application.

A comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost analysis (LCC) were performed to evaluate the environmental and economical performance of a solid oxide fuel cell combined with gas turbine (SOFC/GT) versus a conventional diesel engine as auxiliary power producing unit onboard a passenger ship. A setup of three diesel engines of 1080kW for the conventional system and five modules each of 500kW for the SOFC/GT system were investigated. Four different SOFC/GT fuel supply scenarios were studied, LNG from Norway, LNG from Import, onsite liquefaction of natural gas and sulphur free car diesel. The LCA includes the manufacturing of the auxiliary systems, operation and fuel supply and decommissioning (discussed qualitatively only), while the LCC includes purchasing cost, maintenance cost, energy costs and decommissioning cost (qualitatively). The vessel is assumed to service the route Oslo-Kiel.

Three environmental categories are included in the LCA: global warming potential, photochemical oxidation potential and acidification potential, calculated in CO2, CH4 and SO2 equivalents respectively. It is found that all SOFC/GT scenarios have a much better environmental performance than the conventional diesel engine in all the three environmental categories. The main advantages for the fuel cell systems are cleaner fuels and higher electric efficiency, compared to the conventional diesel engine. The most environmentally advantageous scenario is a fuel cell system using LNG (liquefied natural gas) produced in Norway. This is due to fewer and shorter fuel transport links.

Evaluation of the life cycle costs of the auxiliary systems identifies the diesel engine to be the cheapest alternative of the auxiliary systems. The SOFC/GT system using LNG from Norway or LNG imported via Kiel is the cheapest SOFC/GT system. Due to the high uncertainty concerning the costs different sensitivity analysis were performed. All LCC scenarios performed pointed out the fuel cell initial cost and stack replacement cost as the crucial cost disadvantages for the SOFC/GT system and low energy costs as a great advantage.

A hybrid model was created, using the total LCC results as an “economical category” combined with the emissions categories in the LCA. Such a hybrid model where the LCA and LCC are integrated requires that the importance of the environment and the economy are weighed when choosing an auxiliary system. In this case the conclusion is that the passenger ferry company has to choose whether it is willing to pay more per kWh for the SOFC/GT system than for the diesel engine, to achieve a distinct improvement of the environmental performance.

The topic of thesis is condensing turbine in gas-steam cycle, which can be divided into four basic parts. A history of gas-steam cycle is described in the beginning. Second part is all about calculation of heat recovery steam generator. Penultimate section deals with calculations of steam turbine parameters and reaction blading type. Last part contains electric power and steam turbine efficiency.