The Compressed-Air Power Plant at the St. Louis Exposition

1904 ◽  
Vol 57 (1483supp) ◽  
pp. 23768-23768
Keyword(s):  
Author(s):  
Robert Schainker ◽  
Michael Nakhamkin ◽  
John R. Stange ◽  
Louis F. Giannuzzi

Results of engineering and optimization of 25 MW and 50 MW turbomachinery trains for compressed air energy storage (CAES) power plant application are presented. Submitted by equipment suppliers, proposals are based on the commercially available equipment. Performance data and budget prices indicate that the CAES power plant is one of the most cost effective sources of providing peaking power and load management.


2021 ◽  
Vol 286 ◽  
pp. 04013
Author(s):  
George Iulian Balan ◽  
Octavian Narcis Volintiru ◽  
Ionut Cristian Scurtu ◽  
Florin Ioniță ◽  
Mirela Letitia Vasile ◽  
...  

Vessels that have navigation routes in areas with ambient temperatures that can drop below + 5 [°C], with a relative humidity of over 65%, will have implemented technical solutions for monitoring and combating ice accumulations in the intake routes of gas turbine power plants. Because gas turbines are not designed and built to allow the admission of foreign objects (in this case - ice), it is necessary to avoid the accumulation of ice through anti-icing systems and not to melt ice through defrost systems. Naval anti-icing systems may have as a source of energy flow compressed air, supersaturated steam, exhaust gases, electricity or a combination of those listed. The monitoring and optimization of the operation of the anti-icing system gives the gas turbine power plant an operation as close as possible to the normal regimes stipulated in the ship's construction or retrofit specification.


Entropy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 1316
Author(s):  
Peiyuan Pan ◽  
Meiyan Zhang ◽  
Weike Peng ◽  
Heng Chen ◽  
Gang Xu ◽  
...  

A novel compressed air energy storage (CAES) system has been developed, which is innovatively integrated with a coal-fired power plant based on its feedwater heating system. In the hybrid design, the compression heat of the CAES system is transferred to the feedwater of the coal power plant, and the compressed air before the expanders is heated by the feedwater taken from the coal power plant. Furthermore, the exhaust air of the expanders is employed to warm partial feedwater of the coal power plant. Via the suggested integration, the thermal energy storage equipment for a regular CAES system can be eliminated and the performance of the CAES system can be improved. Based on a 350 MW supercritical coal power plant, the proposed concept was thermodynamically evaluated, and the results indicate that the round-trip efficiency and exergy efficiency of the new CAES system can reach 64.08% and 70.01%, respectively. Besides, a sensitivity analysis was conducted to examine the effects of ambient temperature, air storage pressure, expander inlet temperature, and coal power load on the performance of the CAES system. The above work proves that the novel design is efficient under various conditions, providing important insights into the development of CAES technology.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Romanik ◽  
Janusz Rogula

AbstractThe article presents the results of numerical calculations and experimental results of a flow through the orifice. Such a measuring device was built-into the ball valve that gave unique possibility of the orifice exchange without the pipeline disassemble. The advantages of using the prototypical solution has been described. This patented solution has been tested extensively for the durability and tightness. The article contains comparison between flow character in the case of single-hole orifice and a multi-nozzle one. The prototypical measuring device has been produced and assembled in compressed air system in the Power Plant Opole, that gave experimental verification of theoretical approach.


Author(s):  
M. Nakhamkin ◽  
M. Patel ◽  
L. Andersson ◽  
P. Abitante ◽  
A. Cohn

This paper presents the results of a project targeted at developing cost effective power plant concept with integrated Coal Gasification System (CGS) and with Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) plant. The developed concepts, denoted as CGS/CAES, provide for continuous operation of CGS and the reheat turboexpander train which are high temperature components, thus improving their operation and extending life resource. A parametric thermodynamic analysis is performed for several CGS/CAES concepts differentiated by their turbomachinery parameters, CGS arrangements, operating cycles, and hours of daily generation. A qualitative cost estimate is made using a variety of sources including published EPRI reports and extensive in-house cost data. A technical and cost comparison is made to the Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plant.


Author(s):  
M. Nakhamkin ◽  
F. D. Hutchinson ◽  
J. R. Stange ◽  
R. B. Schainker ◽  
F. Canova

Results of engineering and optimization of 25 MW and 50 MW turbomachinery trains for compressed air energy storage (CAES) power plant application are presented. Proposals submitted by equipment suppliers are based on commercially available equipment. Performance data and budget prices indicate that the CAES power plant is one of the most cost effective sources of providing peaking/intermediate power and load management. The paper addresses CAES power plant integration procedure and the specifics of turbomachinery design.


Author(s):  
Michael F. Keller

A long sought but elusive goal of the energy industry has been the use of stored compressed air to support utility power production during periods of high electrical demand. While only limited success has been achieved, an emerging hybrid technology may offer an unexpected assist. Hybrid-nuclear energy marries the helium gas reactor with a combined-cycle power plant. This unique and highly flexible combination readily supports a distinctive adaptation of the basic compressed air technology, with the union poised to overcome the shortfalls that have long hampered the wide-scale deployment of the energy storage facilities.


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