Biodiesel as an Alternative Fuel in Siemens Dry Low Emissions Combustors: Atmospheric and High Pressure Rig Testing

2009 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kexin Liu ◽  
John P. Wood ◽  
Eoghan R. Buchanan ◽  
Pete Martin ◽  
Victoria E. Sanderson
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Combustion Dynamics ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Air Inlet ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Measured Probability ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines

Atmospheric and high pressure rig tests were conducted to investigate the feasibility of using biodiesel as an alternative fuel to power industrial gas turbines in one of the world’s leading dry low emissions (DLE) combustion systems, the SGT-100. At the same conditions, tests were also carried out for mineral diesel to provide reference information to evaluate biodiesel as an alternative fuel. In atmospheric pressure rig tests, the likelihood of the machine lighting was identified based on the measured probability of the ignition of a single combustor. Lean ignition and extinction limits at various air temperatures were also investigated with different air assist pressures. The ignition test results reveal that reliable ignition can be achieved with biodiesel across a range of air mass flow rates and air fuel ratios (AFRs). In high pressure rig tests, emissions and combustion dynamics were measured for various combustor air inlet pressures, temperatures, combustor wall pressure drops, and flame temperatures. These high pressure rig results show that biodiesel produced less NOx than mineral diesel. The test results indicate that the Siemens DLE combustion system can be adapted to use biodiesel as an alternative fuel without major modification.

Biodiesel as an Alternative Fuel in Siemens DLE Combustors: Atmospheric and High Pressure Rig Testing

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kexin Liu ◽  
John P. Wood ◽  
Eoghan R. Buchanan ◽  
Pete Martin ◽  
Victoria E. Sanderson
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Combustion Dynamics ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Air Inlet ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Measured Probability ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines

Atmospheric and high pressure rig tests were conducted to investigate the feasibility of using biodiesel as an alternative fuel to power industrial gas turbines in one of the world’s leading Dry Low Emissions (DLE) combustion systems, the SGT-100. At the same conditions, tests were also carried out for mineral diesel to provide reference information to evaluate biodiesel as an alternative fuel. In the atmospheric pressure rig tests, the likelihood of the machine lighting was identified based on the measured probability of the ignition of a single combustor. Lean ignition and extinction limits at various air temperatures were also investigated with different air assist pressures. The ignition test results reveal that reliable ignition can be achieved with biodiesel across a range of air mass flow rates and air fuel ratios. In the high pressure rig tests, emissions and combustion dynamics were measured for various combustor air inlet pressures, temperatures, combustor wall pressure drops and flame temperatures. These high pressure rig results show that biodiesel produced less NOx than mineral diesel. The test results indicate that the Siemens DLE combustion system can be adapted to use biodiesel as an alternative fuel without major modification.

Fuel System Suitability Considerations for Industrial Gas Turbines

2004 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. G. Elliott ◽  
R. Kurz ◽  
C. Etheridge ◽  
J. P. O’Connell
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Equations Of State ◽  
Dew Point ◽  
Liquid Fuels ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Fuel System ◽  
Fuel Gas ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines

Industrial Gas Turbines allow operation with a wide variety of gaseous and liquid fuels. To determine the suitability for operation with a gas fuel system, various physical parameters of the proposed fuel need to be determined: heating value, dew point, Joule-Thompson coefficient, Wobbe Index, and others. This paper describes an approach to provide a consistent treatment for determining the above physical properties. Special focus is given to the problem of determining the dew point of the potential fuel gas at various pressure levels. A dew point calculation using appropriate equations of state is described, and results are presented. In particular the treatment of heavier hydrocarbons, and water is addressed and recommendations about the necessary data input are made. Since any fuel gas system causes pressure drops in the fuel gas, the temperature reduction due to the Joule-Thompson effect has to be considered and quantified. Suggestions about how to approach fuel suitability questions during the project development and construction phase, as well as in operation are made.

Fuel System Suitability Considerations for Industrial Gas Turbines

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. G. Elliott ◽  
R. Kurz ◽  
C. Etheridge ◽  
J. P. O’Connell
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Equations Of State ◽  
Dew Point ◽  
Liquid Fuels ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Fuel System ◽  
Fuel Gas ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines

Industrial Gas Turbines allow operation with a wide variety of gaseous and liquid fuels. To determine the suitability for operation with a gas fuel system, various physical parameters of the proposed fuel need to be determined: Heating value, dew point, Joule-Thompson coefficient, Wobbe Index and others. This paper describes an approach to provide a consistent treatment for determining the above physical properties. Special focus is given to the problem of determining the dew point of the potential fuel gas at various pressure levels. A dew point calculation using appropriate equations of state is described, and results are presented. In particular the treatment of heavier hydrocarbons, and water is addressed and recommendations about the necessary data input are made. Since any fuel gas system causes pressure drops in the fuel gas, the temperature reduction due to the Joule-Thompson effect has to be considered and quantified. Suggestions about how to approach fuel suitability questions during the project development and construction phase, as well as in operation are made.

Advanced Catalytic Pilot for Low NOx Industrial Gas Turbines

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Karim ◽  
Kent Lyle ◽  
Shahrokh Etemad ◽  
Lance Smith ◽  
William Pfefferle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Lean Burn ◽  
Pressure Testing ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines ◽  
Design And Testing ◽  
Pilot Burner ◽  
Load Conditions

This paper describes the design and testing of a catalytically-stabilized pilot burner for current and advanced Dry Low NOx (DLN) gas turbine combustors. In this paper, application of the catalytic pilot technology to industrial engines is described using Solar Turbines’ Taurus 70 engine. The objective of the work described is to develop the catalytic pilot technology and document the emission benefits of catalytic pilot technology when compared to higher, NOx producing pilots. The catalytic pilot was designed to replace the existing pilot in the existing DLN injector without major modification to the injector. During high pressure testing, the catalytic pilot showed no incidence of flashback or autoignition while operating over wide range of combustion temperatures. The catalytic reactor lit off at a temperature of approximately 598K (325°C/617°F) and operated at simulated 100% and 50% load conditions without a preburner. At high pressure, the maximum catalyst surface temperature was similar to that observed during atmospheric pressure testing and considerably lower than the surface temperature expected in lean-burn catalytic devices. In single injector rig testing, the integrated assembly of the catalytic pilot and Taurus 70 injector demonstrated NOx and CO emission less than 5 ppm @ 15% O2 for 100% and 50% load conditions along with low acoustics. The results demonstrate that a catalytic pilot burner replacing a diffusion flame or partially-premixed pilot in an otherwise DLN combustor can enable operation at conditions with substantially reduced NOx emissions.

Modeling and Control of Combustion Dynamics in Industrial Gas Turbines

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith McManus ◽  
Fei Han ◽  
Wayne Dunstan ◽  
Corneliu Barbu ◽  
Minesh Shah
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Pressure Oscillation ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Fuel System ◽  
Combustion Dynamics ◽  
Modeling And Control ◽  
Persistent Excitation ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines

The thermoacoustic response of an industrial-scale gas turbine combustor to fuel flow perturbations is examined. Experimental measurements in a laboratory combustor along with numerical modeling results are used to identify the dynamic behavior of the combustor over a variety of operating conditions. A fast-response actuator was coupled to the fuel system to apply continuous sinusoidal perturbations to the total fuel mass flow rate. The effects of these perturbations on the combustor pressure oscillation characteristics as well as overall operability of the system are described. The results of this work suggest that persistent excitation of the fuel system may present a viable means of controlling combustion dynamics in industrial gas turbine and, in turn, enhance their performance.

Numerical Procedure for the Investigation of Combustion Dynamics in Industrial Gas Turbines: LES, RANS and Thermoacoustics

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Rofi ◽  
Giovanni Campa ◽  
Vyacheslav Anisimov ◽  
Federico Daccá ◽  
Edoardo Bertolotto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Numerical Procedure ◽  
Combustion System ◽  
Combustion Dynamics ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Experimental Apparatus ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines ◽  
Computationally Intensive ◽  
Acoustic Instabilities

The necessity for a combustion system to work with premixed flames and its capability to cope with rapid load variations avoiding the occurrence of thermo-acoustic instabilities, has led to investigate the complex dynamic phenomena that occur during combustion. Thanks to numerical simulations it is possible to examine these complex mechanisms getting useful information to optimize the combustion system. The aim of this work is to describe a numerical procedure developed in Ansaldo Energia for the investigation of combustion dynamics occurring in Ansaldo Energia gas turbines. In this paper, firstly the experimental apparatus of a full scale atmospheric test rig equipped with Ansaldo Energia burner is described. Secondly, the flame behavior is studied by means of a Large Eddy Simulation (LES). Once the LES has reached a statistically stationary state, a forcing is added to the system to compute the Flame Transfer Function (FTF), in terms of amplitude n and delay time τ, related to initial phases of humming. Thirdly, the forced flame simulations are used as the input of an Helmholtz solver to analyze the acoustic behavior of the system, which is then compared to experimental data. Finally, to evaluate the feasibility of a less computationally intensive approach, a RANS simulation of the same configuration is described and the results are transferred to FEM (Finite Element Method) Helmholtz solver: a comparison between the LES approach and the RANS approach is carried out with reference to the experimental data.

scholarly journals Experience in the Operation of Air Filters in Gas Turbine Installations

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Zaba ◽  
P. Lombardi
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Site Conditions ◽  
Performance Loss ◽  
Air Inlet ◽  
Filtration System ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines ◽  
Particle Ingestion

Industrial gas turbines swallow air at a rate of approximately 14 to 16 kg/kWh. Even in clean environments the amount of solid particle ingestion is significant. A 70.000 kW gas turbine operating in a typical residential area could ingest 1.3 to 1.5 kg of solid contaminants in a 24 hour period. The same gas turbine operating in a typical mining or oil field region could ingest 33 to 39 kg of solid contaminants in a 24 hour period. Depending on the composition, size, quantity and condition (wet, dry, sticky) of the ingested particles, performance loss, due to the fouling of the compressor and/or turbine and hardware deterioration, due to erosion, corrosion and/or foreign object damage, can be experienced. To protect against performance loss and hardware deterioration, industrial gas turbines are normally equipped with air inlet filtration systems. However, the effectiveness of the filtration system depends on how well it is matched to the contaminants and site conditions. Matching the filtration system to the contaminants and site conditions is usually a judgement decision based on experience and available information. This paper was written in an effort to enhance the equipment selection process by reviewing BBC’s experience with air inlet filtration systems.

Combustion System Development and Testing for MAN’s New Industrial Gas Turbines MGT 6100 and MGT 6200

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Reiss ◽  
Sven-Hendrik Wiers ◽  
Ulrich Orth ◽  
Emil Aschenbruck ◽  
Martin Lauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Combustion System ◽  
Test Rig ◽  
Low Emission ◽  
Pressure Test ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines ◽  
And Performance

This paper describes the development and test results of the low emission combustion system for the new industrial gas turbines in the 6–7 MW class from MAN Diesel & Turbo. The design of a robust combustion system and the achievement of very low emission targets were the most important design goals of the combustor development. During the design phase, the analysis of the combustor (i.e. burner design, air distribution, liner cooling design) was supported with different CFD tools. This advanced Dry Low Emission can combustion system (ACC) consists of 6 cans mounted externally on the gas turbine. The behavior and performance of a single can sector was tested over a wide load range and with different boundary conditions; first on an atmospheric test rig and later on a high pressure test rig with extensive instrumentation to ensure an efficient test campaign and accurate data. The atmospheric tests showed a very good performance for all combustor parts and promising results. The high pressure tests demonstrated very stable behavior at all operation modes and very low emissions to satisfy stringent environmental requirements. The whole operation concept of the combustion system was tested first on the single-can high pressure test bed and later on twin and single shaft gas turbines at MAN’s gas turbine test facility. During the engine tests, the can combustors demonstrated the expected combustion performance under real operation conditions. All emissions and performance targets were fully achieved. On the single shaft engine, the combustors were running with single digit ppm NOx levels between 50% and 100% load. The validation phase and further optimization of the gas turbines and the engine components are ongoing. The highlights of the development process and results of the combustor and engine tests will be presented and discussed within this paper.

Advanced Catalytic Pilot for Low NOx Industrial Gas Turbines

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 879-884 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Karim ◽  
K. Lyle ◽  
S. Etemad ◽  
L. L. Smith ◽  
W. C. Pfefferle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Lean Burn ◽  
Pressure Testing ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbines ◽  
Design And Testing ◽  
Pilot Burner ◽  
Load Conditions

This paper describes the design and testing of a catalytically stabilized pilot burner for current and advanced Dry Low NOx (DLN) gas turbine combustors. In this paper, application of the catalytic pilot technology to industrial engines is described using Solar Turbines’ Taurus 70 engine. The objective of the work described is to develop the catalytic pilot technology and document the emission benefits of catalytic pilot technology when compared to higher, NOx producing pilots. The catalytic pilot was designed to replace the existing pilot in the existing DLN injector without major modification to the injector. During high-pressure testing, the catalytic pilot showed no incidence of flashback or autoignition while operating over wide range of combustion temperatures. The catalytic reactor lit off at a temperature of approximately 598 K (325°C/617°F) and operated at simulated 100% and 50% load conditions without a preburner. At high pressure, the maximum catalyst surface temperature was similar to that observed during atmospheric pressure testing and considerably lower than the surface temperature expected in lean-burn catalytic devices. In single-injector rig testing, the integrated assembly of the catalytic pilot and Taurus 70 injector demonstrated NOx and CO emission less than 5 ppm @ 15% O2 for 100% and 50% load conditions along with low acoustics. The results demonstrate that a catalytic pilot burner replacing a diffusion flame or partially premixed pilot in an otherwise DLN combustor can enable operation at conditions with substantially reduced NOx emissions.

High Pressure Test Results of a Catalytic Combustor for Gas Turbine

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Fujii ◽  
Y. Ozawa ◽  
S. Kikumoto ◽  
M. Sato ◽  
Y. Yuasa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Catalytic Combustion ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Nox Emission ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Catalytic Combustor

Recently, the use of gas turbine systems, such as combined cycle and cogeneration systems, has gradually increased in the world. But even when a clean fuel such as LNG (liquefied natural gas) is used, thermal NOx is generated in the high temperature gas turbine combustion process. The NOx emission from gas turbines is controlled through selective catalytic reduction processes (SCR) in the Japanese electric industry. If catalytic combustion could be applied to the combustor of the gas turbine, it is expected to lower NOx emission more economically. Under such high temperature and high pressure conditions, as in the gas turbine, however, the durability of the catalyst is still insufficient. So it prevents the realization of a high temperature catalytic combustor. To overcome this difficulty, a catalytic combustor combined with premixed combustion for a 1300°C class gas turbine was developed. In this method, catalyst temperature is kept below 1000°C, and a lean premixed gas is injected into the catalytic combustion gas. As a result, the load on the catalyst is reduced and it is possible to prevent the catalyst deactivation. After a preliminary atmospheric test, the design of the combustort was modified and a high pressure combustion test was conducted. As a result, it was confirmed that NOx emission was below 10 ppm (at 16 percent O2) at a combustor outlet gas temperature of 1300°C and that the combustion efficiency was almost 100 percent. This paper presents the design features and test results of the combustor.

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