Thermodynamic Performance Assessment of Gas Turbine Trigeneration System for Combined Heat Cold and Power Production

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Khaliq ◽  
Rajesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Energy Ratio ◽  
Second Law ◽  
Exergy Destruction ◽  
Thermodynamic Performance ◽  
Second Law Analysis ◽  
Process Heat ◽  
Gas Turbine Cycle

The thermodynamic performance of the combustion gas turbine trigeneration system has been studied based on first law as well as second law analysis. The effects of overall pressure ratio and process heat pressure on fuel utilization efficiency, electrical to thermal energy ratio, second law efficiency, and exergy destruction in each component are examined. Results for gas turbine cycle, cogeneration cycle, and trigeneration cycle are compared. Thermodynamic analysis indicates that maximum exergy is destroyed during the combustion and steam generation process, which represents over 80% of the total exergy destruction in the overall system. The first law efficiency, electrical to thermal energy ratio, and second law efficiency of trigeneration system, cogeneration system, and gas turbine cycle significantly varies with the change in overall pressure ratio but the change in process heat pressure shows small variations in these parameters. Results clearly show that performance evaluation of the trigeneration system based on first law analysis alone is not adequate and hence more meaningful evaluation must include second law analysis.

Comparative Energy and Exergy Analysis of Proposed Gas Turbine Cycle With Simple Gas Turbine Cycle at Same Operational Cost

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. N. Khan ◽  
Ibrahim M. Alarifi ◽  
I. Tlili
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Exergy Analysis ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Specific Fuel Consumption ◽  
Exergy Destruction ◽  
Energy And Exergy ◽  
Energy And Exergy Analysis ◽  
Gas Turbine Cycle ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Environmentally friendly and effective power systems have been receiving increased investigation due to the aim of addressing global warming, energy expansion, and economic growth. Gas turbine cycles are perceived as a useful technology that has advanced power capacity. In this research, a gas turbine cycle has been proposed and developed from a simple and regenerative gas turbine cycle to enhance performance and reduce Specific fuel consumption. The impact of specific factors regarding the proposed gas turbine cycle on thermal efficiency, net output, specific fuel consumption, and exergy destruction, have been inspected. The assessments of the pertinent parameters were performed based on conventional thermodynamic energy and exergy analysis. The results obtained indicate that the peak temperature of the Proposed Gas Turbine Cycle increased considerably without affecting fuel consumption. The results show that at Pressure Ratio (rp = 6) the performance of the Proposed Gas Turbine Cycle is much better than Single Gas Turbine Cycle but the total exergy destruction of Proposed Gas Turbine Cycle higher than the SGTC.

Optimization of MHD Generator Based Combined Cycle Efficiency

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Saidi ◽  
A. A. Mozafari ◽  
H. D. Rezaei ◽  
A. J. Dehkordy
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Second Law ◽  
Exergy Destruction ◽  
Mhd Generator ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Combined Cycles ◽  
Power Generation Systems ◽  
Gas Turbine Cycle ◽  
Cycle Efficiency

Energy crisis has directed scientific efforts to increase the efficiency of power generation systems. Thermodynamic optimization of MHD (Magneto Hydrodynamic) generator based combined cycles due to their high operating temperatures may seriously reduce exergy, destruction and improve the second law efficiency. In this research a combined cycle, comprising of MHD cycle as topping and gas turbine cycle as bottoming cycle has been simulated and analyzed and its pros and cons have been exposed. The first and second law efficiencies have been estimated from the operating pressures and temperatures of the system. To calculate the second law efficiency, the entropy generation of all components of the combined cycle has been parametrically calculated. Furthermore, the optimal pressure ratio and working temperature for both cycles are represented. The influence of pressure loss in pipeline and the effect of heat exchanger performance on the cycle efficiency have been considered as well.

Combined First and Second-Law Analysis of Gas Turbine Cogeneration System With Inlet Air Cooling and Evaporative Aftercooling of the Compressor Discharge

2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (4) ◽  
pp. 1004-1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Khaliq ◽  
K. Choudhary
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Second Law ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Exergy Destruction ◽  
Turbine Inlet Temperature ◽  
Ambient Relative Humidity ◽  
Turbine Inlet

A conceptual gas turbine based cogeneration cycle with compressor inlet air cooling and evaporative aftercooling of the compressor discharge is proposed to increase the cycle performance significantly and render it practically insensitive to seasonal temperature fluctuations. Combined first and second-law approach is applied for a cogeneration system having intercooled reheat regeneration in a gas turbine as well as inlet air cooling and evaporative aftercooling of the compressor discharge. Computational analysis is performed to investigate the effects of the overall pressure ratio rp, turbine inlet temperature (TIT), and ambient relative humidity φ on the exergy destruction in each component, first-law efficiency, power-to-heat ratio, and second-law efficiency of the cycle. Thermodynamic analysis indicates that exergy destruction in various components of the cogeneration cycle is significantly affected by overall pressure ratio and turbine inlet temperature, and not at all affected by the ambient relative humidity. It also indicates that the maximum exergy is destroyed during the combustion process, which represents over 60% of the total exergy destruction in the overall system. The first-law efficiency, power-to-heat ratio, and second-law efficiency of the cycle significantly vary with the change in the overall pressure ratio and turbine inlet temperature, but the change in relative humidity shows small variations in these parameters. Results clearly show that performance evaluation based on first-law analysis alone is not adequate, and hence, more meaningful evaluation must include second-law analysis. Decision makers should find the methodology contained in this paper useful in the comparison and selection of advanced combined heat and power systems.

A chemically intercooled gas turbine cycle for recovery of low-temperature thermal energy

Energy ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 1554-1566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongguang Jin ◽  
Hui Hong ◽  
Ruixian Cai
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Gas Turbine Cycle

Thermodynamic Performance Optimization of Reciprocating Internal Combustion (IC) Engines

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
George A. Adebiyi ◽  
Kalyan K. Srinivasan ◽  
Charles M. Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Performance Optimization ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Second Law ◽  
Ic Engine ◽  
Thermodynamic Performance ◽  
Second Law Analysis ◽  
Compression And Expansion ◽  
Dual Cycle ◽  
Ic Engines

Reciprocating IC engines are traditionally modeled as operating on air standard cycles that approximate indicator diagrams obtained in experiments on real engines. These indicator diagrams can best be approximated by the dual cycle for both gasoline and diesel engines. Analysis of air standard cycles unfortunately fails to capture second law effects such as exergy destruction due to the irreversibility of combustion. Indeed, a complete thermodynamic study of any process requires application of both the first and second laws of thermodynamics. This article gives a combined first and second law analysis of reciprocating IC engines in general with optimization of performance as primary goal. A practical dual-like cycle is assumed for the operation of a typical reciprocating IC engine and process efficiencies are assigned to allow for irreversibilities in the compression and expansion processes. The combustion process is modeled instead of being replaced simply by a heat input process to air as is common in air standard cycle analysis. The study shows that performance of the engine can indeed be optimized on the basis of geometrical design parameters such as the compression ratio as well as the air-fuel ratio used for the combustion.

Recuperators in Gas Turbine Systems

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esa Utriainen ◽  
Bengt Sundén
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Compact Heat Exchangers ◽  
Thermodynamic Cycles ◽  
Large Pressure ◽  
Gas Turbine Cycle

The application of recuperators in advanced thermodynamic cycles is growing due to stronger demands of low emissions of pollutants and the necessity of improving the cycle efficiency of power plants to reduce the fuel consumption. This paper covers applications and types of heat exchangers used in gas turbine units. The trends of research and development are brought up and the future need for research and development is discussed. Material aspects are covered to some extent. Attempts to achieve compact heat exchangers for these applications are also discussed. With the increasing pressure ratio in the gas turbine cycle, large pressure differences between the hot and cold sides exist. This has to be accounted for. The applicability of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) is discussed and a CFD–approach is presented for a specific recuperator. This recuperator has narrow wavy ducts with complex cross-sections and the hydraulic diameter is so small that laminar flow prevails. The thermal-hydraulic performance is of major concern.

Second Law Efficiency of an Intercooled-Reheated-Regenerative-Brayton Cycle With Variable Temperature Heat Reservoirs

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishal Anand ◽  
Krishna Nelanti ◽  
Kamlesh G. Gujar
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Variable Temperature ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Thermodynamic Efficiency ◽  
Second Law ◽  
Brayton Cycle ◽  
Cooling Fluid ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Temperature Heat

The gas turbine engine works on the principle of the Brayton Cycle. One of the ways to improve the efficiency of the gas turbine is to make changes in the Brayton Cycle. In the present study, Brayton Cycle with intercooling, reheating and regeneration with variable temperature heat reservoirs is considered. Instead of the usual thermodynamic efficiency, the Second law efficiency, defined on the basis of lost work, has been taken as a parameter to study the deviation of the irreversible Brayton Cycle from the ideal cycle. The Second law efficiency of the Brayton Cycle has been found as a function of reheat and intercooling pressure ratios, total pressure ratio, intercooler, regenerator and reheater effectiveness, hot and cold side heat exchanger effectiveness, turbine and compressor efficiency and heating capacities of the heating fluid, the cooling fluid and the working fluid (air). The variation of the Second law efficiency with all these parameters has been presented. From the results, it can be seen that the Second law efficiency first increases and then decreases with increase in intercooling pressure ratio and increases with increase in reheating pressure ratio. The results show that the Second law efficiency is a very good indicator of the amount of irreversibility of the cycle.

scholarly journals Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Simple Gas Turbine Cycle with Wet Compression

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. Betelmal ◽  
S. A. Farhat
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Analytical Formula ◽  
Heat Rate ◽  
Performance Model ◽  
Exergy Destruction ◽  
Isentropic Compression ◽  
Turbine Efficiency ◽  
Wet Compression ◽  
Gas Turbine Cycle

A thermodynamic model of the wet compressor in a simple gas turbine cycle was investigated in this paper. A suitable quantity of water was injected into the compressor-stages where it evaporated. Subsequently, the steam and air were heated in the combustion chamber and expanded in the turbine. The wet compressor (WC) has become a reliable way to reduce gas emissions and increase gas turbine efficiency. In this study, the operational data of the simple gas turbine and the maximum amount of water that can be injected into the compressor were assessed, as well as a comparison between the dry compression, the wet compression and the isentropic compression. The performance variation due to water spray in the compressor and the effect of varying ambient temperature on the performance of gas turbine (thermal efficiency, power) was investigated, and the results are compared to the results of the same cycle with a dry compressor. The analytical formula of exergy destruction and results show that exergy destruction increases with water injection. The programming of the performance model for the gas turbine was developed utilizing the software IPSEpro. The results of the gas turbine with a wet compressor demonstrates a 12% reduction in the compressor exit temperature up to isentropic temperature. The compressor work decreased by 11% when using a wet compressor, this lead to an improvement in power output and efficiency However, the wet compressor increases the specific fuel consumption and heat rate of the gas turbine. There are limitations in the amount of steam that can be injected, 0.4 kg/s of water was the optimum amount injected into the compressor.

Performance Analysis of an Indirect Fired Air Turbine Cogeneration System

1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis F. Huang ◽  
Fokion Egolfopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Performance Data ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Energy Ratio ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Second Law ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Fuel Utilization ◽  
Air Turbine ◽  
Cogeneration System

A thermodynamic study of an indirect fired air turbine cogeneration system for the production of electricity and process steam has been made. Performance data showing the effect of compressor compression ratio and turbine inlet temperature on fuel utilization efficiency (first law efficiency), electrical to thermal energy ratio (power to heat ratio) and second law efficiency (exergetic efficiency) have been generated. Although fuel utilization efficiency and electrical to thermal energy ratio data do provide some useful information, it is the second law efficiency that provides the optimal design conditions. The performance data contained in this study should be useful to the decision-makers in the selection of optimal parameters at the system design stage of an indirect fired air turbine cogeneration system.

Evaluation of the Compression-Intercooled Reheat-Gas-Turbine-Combined Cycle

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan G. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Thermodynamic Analysis ◽  
Pressure Range ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Time Increase ◽  
Efficiency Loss ◽  
Gas Turbine Cycle ◽  
Cycle Efficiency ◽  
Turbine Output

Interest in the reheat-gas turbine (RHGT) as a way to improve combined-cycle efficiency is gaining momentum. Compression intercooling makes it possible to readily increase the reheat-gas-turbine cycle-pressure ratio and at the same time increase gas-turbine output; but at the expense of some combined-cycle efficiency and mechanical complexity. This paper presents a thermodynamic analysis of the intercooled cycle and pinpoints the proper intercooling pressure range for minimum combined-cycle-efficiency loss. At the end of the paper two-intercooled reheat-gas-turbine configurations are presented.

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