scholarly journals Development of the Trent Econopac

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerry A. Myers ◽  
Anthony J. B. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Performance Standard ◽  
Plant Operator ◽  
Higher Power ◽  
Power Plant Operator ◽  
Westinghouse Electric Corporation ◽  
Westinghouse Electric ◽  
Cycle Efficiency

Through an alliance established in 1992 between Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Rolls-Royce plc, a program has been implemented that will bring the industrial Trent aero engine to the power generation marketplace. The Rolls-Royce Trent has been initially sized at 50 MW, with a development potential to higher power ratings, and is offered by Westinghouse as a complete power generation package, the “Trent EconoPac”. The Trent EconoPac sets a new performance standard in the industry with a nominal simple cycle efficiency of 42 percent. It is also ideal for combined cycle and cogeneration applications; a net combined cycle power of 63 MW at 52 percent efficiency can be developed. This paper describes the Trent industrial engine and EconoPac and reviews the development program with emphasis on unique features that benefit the power plant operator.

Evolution and Future Trend of Large Frame Gas Turbines: A New 1600 Degree C, J Class Gas Turbine

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Hada ◽  
Masanori Yuri ◽  
Junichiro Masada ◽  
Eisaku Ito ◽  
Keizo Tsukagoshi
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Standard Condition ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Component Technology ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
National Project ◽  
Cycle Efficiency

MHI recently developed a 1600°C class J-type gas turbine, utilizing some of the technologies developed in the National Project to promote the development of component technology for the next generation 1700°C class gas turbine. This new frame is expected to achieve higher combined cycle efficiency and will contribute to reduce CO2 emissions. The target combined cycle efficiency of the J type gas turbine will be above 61.5% (gross, ISO standard condition, LHV) and the 1on1 combined cycle output will reach 460MW for 60Hz engine and 670MW for 50Hz engine. This new engine incorporates: 1) A high pressure ratio compressor based on the advanced M501H compressor, which was verified during the M501H development in 1999 and 2001. 2) Steam cooled combustor, which has accumulated extensive experience in the MHI G engine (> 1,356,000 actual operating hours). 3) State-of-art turbine designs developed through the 1700°C gas turbine component technology development program in Japanese National Project for high temperature components. This paper discusses the technical features and the updated status of the J-type gas turbine, especially the operating condition of the J-type gas turbine in the MHI demonstration plant, T-Point. The trial operation of the first M501J gas turbine was started at T-point in February 2011 on schedule, and major milestones of the trial operation have been met. After the trial operation, the first commercial operation has taken place as scheduled under a predominantly Daily-Start-and-Stop (DSS) mode. Afterward, MHI performed the major inspection in October 2011 in order to check the mechanical condition, and confirmed that the hot parts and other parts were in sound condition.

scholarly journals Development of the Next Generation 1500°C Class Advanced Gas Turbine for 50Hz Utilities

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Aoki ◽  
Y. Tsukuda ◽  
E. Akita ◽  
Y. Iwasaki ◽  
R. Tomat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Component Development ◽  
Westinghouse Electric

The 701G1 50Hz Combustion Turbine continues a long line of large heavy-duty single-shaft combustion turbines by combining the proven efficient and reliable concepts of the 501F and 701F. The output of the 701G1 is 255MW with combined cycle net efficiency of over 57%. A pan of component development was conducted under the joint development program with Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. and a part of the design work was carried out under the cooperation with Westinghouse Electric Corporation in the U.S.A. and Fiat Avio in Italy. This gas turbine is going to be installed to “Higashi Niigata Power Plants NO.4” of Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. in Japan. This plant will begin commercial operation in 1999. This paper describes some design results and new technologies in designing and developing this next generation 1500°C class advanced gas turbine.

A New 150-MW High-Efficiency Heavy-Duty Combustion Turbine

1989 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Scalzo ◽  
L. D. McLaurin ◽  
G. S. Howard ◽  
Y. Mori ◽  
H. Hiura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Heavy Duty ◽  
Component Testing ◽  
Evolutionary Changes ◽  
Long Line ◽  
Westinghouse Electric Corporation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Westinghouse Electric

The 501F 60-Hz Combustion Turbine has been developed jointly by Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. It continues a long line of large heavy-duty single-shaft combustion turbines by combining the proven efficient and reliable concepts of the W501D5 with the low NOx technology of the MW701D, together with the experience of the advanced cooled MF111. The new engine is described along with the improved evolutionary changes made from previous engines. Planned design and performance verification programs including model, full-scale component testing, and full-load engine tests are described. Mature output and efficiency in simple cycle mode will be 145 MW and 34 percent, respectively, with expected combined cycle efficiencies in excess of 50 percent.

New 200 MW Class 501G Combustion Turbine

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 572-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Southall ◽  
G. McQuiggan
Keyword(s):  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Heavy Duty ◽  
Long Line ◽  
The World ◽  
Westinghouse Electric Corporation ◽  
Westinghouse Electric

The 501G 60-Hz combustion turbine has been developed jointly by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., and FiatAvio. It continues a long line of large heavy-duty single-shaft combustion turbines by combining the proven efficient and reliable concepts of the 501F with the latest advances in aero technology via the Westinghouse Alliance with Rolls-Royce. The output of the 501G is over 230 MW with a combined cycle net efficiency of 58 percent. This makes the 501G the largest 60-Hz combustion turbine in the world and also the most efficient.

Research on Geothermal Power Generation Technology and its Development Trend

2014 ◽  
Vol 672-674 ◽  
pp. 413-417
Author(s):  
Yu Peng Zhang ◽  
Shu Zhong Wang ◽  
Ze Feng Jing ◽  
Ming Ming Lv ◽  
Zhen De Zhai
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Power Generation Technology ◽  
Geothermal Power ◽  
Cycle Efficiency ◽  
Generation Technology

More and more attention is paid to geothermal energy because of its cleanability and renewability. Geothermal power generation technology has quantities of advantages and the research is booming. There are three main types of geothermal power generation technologies namely dry stream, flashed stream and binary power generation. It is discussed that working principles, cycle efficiency, advantages and disadvantages, and application. Technology development trend is introduced. The technologies in the future are hot dry rock, magma, combined cycle and low temperature geothermal energy power generations. And they are all of great potential and application prospect.

501F/M701F Gas Turbine Uprating

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Akita ◽  
H. Arimura ◽  
Y. Tomita ◽  
M. Kuwabara ◽  
K. Tsukagoshi
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Operating Experience ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Design Improvement ◽  
Reliability Improvement ◽  
The World ◽  
Commercial Operation ◽  
Cycle Efficiency ◽  
Reliability And Availability

The share of the gas turbine combined cycle plants tends to increase rapidly in the world of power generation. Under the circumstances, MHI is developing the several kinds of gas turbine to meet each customer’s needs. The ‘F’ series’ engine, which has a firing temperature of 1350–1400 degree C, is predominant in the current market, and the reliability improvement is constantly performed. As a result, the operational hours of 50,000, and the combined cycle efficiency of 55–57% (LHV) is achieved for F-series combined cycle. During the operating experience, any events occurred in field operation is solved. Also, countermeasure was implemented on every machine. Furthermore, robust design improvement is introduced, and commercial operation of the design achieved higher reliability and availability. In this paper, the operating experiences, design improvements and the F series gas turbine uprating program are introduced.

Thermodynamic Analyses of Single Brayton and Combined Brayton–Rankine Cycles for Distributed Solar Thermal Power Generation

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. T. Dunham ◽  
W. Lipiński
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Power Generation ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Brayton Cycle ◽  
Working Fluids ◽  
Solar Thermal Power ◽  
Topping Cycle ◽  
Cycle Efficiency ◽  
Solar Thermal Power Generation

This paper reports theoretical efficiencies of single Brayton and combined Brayton–Rankine thermodynamic power cycles for distributed solar thermal power generation. Thermodynamic analyses are conducted with a nominal heat input to the cycle of 150 kW and component parameters for a 50 kWe gas microturbine for selected working fluids including air, Ar, CO2, He, H2, and N2 for the Brayton cycle and for the topping cycle of the combined system. Cycle parameters including maximum fluid temperature based on solar concentration ratio, pressure loss, and compressor/turbine efficiencies are then varied to examine their effect on cycle efficiency. C6-fluoroketone, cyclohexane, n-pentane, R-141b, R-245fa, and HFE-7000 are examined as working fluids in the bottoming segment of the combined cycle. A single Brayton cycle is found to reach a peak cycle efficiency of 15.31% with carbon dioxide at design point conditions. Each Brayton cycle fluid is examined as a topping cycle fluid in the combined cycle, being paired with six potential bottoming fluids, resulting in 36 working fluid configurations. The combination of the Brayton topping cycle using carbon dioxide and the Rankine bottoming cycle using R-245fa gives the highest combined cycle efficiency of 21.06%.

Advanced Hydrogen Turbine Development Update

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Bradley ◽  
Joseph Fadok
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Plant Performance ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Program Goal ◽  
Project Objectives ◽  
Cycle Efficiency

Siemens Energy, Inc. was awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Energy for the first two phases of the Advanced Hydrogen Turbine Development Program. The 3-phase, multi-year program goals are to develop an advanced syngas, hydrogen and natural gas fired gas turbine fully integrated into coal-based Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plants. The program goal is to demonstrate by 2010 a 2–3% point improvement in combined cycle efficiency above the baseline, 20–30% reduction in combined cycle capital cost and emissions of 2 ppm NOx @ 15% O2. The 2012 goal is for IGCC-based power with carbon capture. Furthermore, by 2015, the goal is to demonstrate a 3–5% point improvement in combined cycle efficiency above the baseline, and 2 ppm NOx @ 15% O2. Recent activities have focused on the initiation of Phase 2. This included developing component level technologies and systems required to meet the 2010 and 2015 project objectives, developing validation test plans for systems and components, performing validation testing of component technologies, and demonstrating through system studies the ability to attain the 2010 and 2015 Turbine Program performance goals. The development effort was focused on engine cycles, combustion technology development and testing, turbine aerodynamics/cooling, modular component technology, materials/coatings technologies and engine system integration/flexibility considerations. The first series of oxidation and coating compatibility testing of modified superalloys was completed. High pressure combustion testing was performed with syngas fuels on a modified premixed combustor. High pressure testing of a second premixed combustion system was also performed. Novel turbine airfoil concept testing continued. Conceptual design reviews and risk analyses were carried out on new gas turbine components. Studies were conducted on gas turbine/IGCC plant integration, fuel dilution effects, varying air integration, plant performance and plant emissions. The results of these studies and developments provide a firm platform for completing the advanced Hydrogen Turbine technologies development in Phase 2.

scholarly journals WR-21 Intercooled Recuperated Gas Turbine System Overview and Update

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl L. Weiler ◽  
John Chiprich
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
United States Navy ◽  
Development Program ◽  
The United States ◽  
Royal Navy ◽  
Operation System ◽  
System Description ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Westinghouse Electric Corporation ◽  
Westinghouse Electric

In December 1991, the United States Navy awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman Marine Systems (then Westinghouse Electric Corporation) for the design and development of an intercooled, recuperated gas turbine engine system (ICR). The system is known by the designation WR-21. The development team includes Northrop Grumman as the prime contractor and system integrator, Rolls-Royce (RR) as the gas turbine developer, Allied Signal as developer of the recuperator cores, recuperator housing, and intercooler cores, and CAE Electronics Ltd. as the digital controller developer. After the development program began, the Royal Navy and the French Navy became interested in the ICR technology and have since become active program participants. The Navy team’s joint goal is to design, develop, and qualify a fuel efficient engine for future surface combatants. This paper provides an overview and update of the WR-21 requirements, principles of operation, system description/performance, and the development program.

Evolution of Westinghouse Heavy-Duty Power Generation and Industrial Combustion Turbines

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Scalzo ◽  
R. L. Bannister ◽  
M. DeCorso ◽  
G. S. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Heavy Duty ◽  
Clean Coal ◽  
Turbine Disks ◽  
Coal Technology ◽  
Westinghouse Electric Corporation ◽  
Westinghouse Electric ◽  
Over 40 Years

This paper reviews the evolution of heavy-duty power generation and industrial combustion turbines in the United States from a Westinghouse Electric Corporation perspective. Westinghouse combustion turbine genealogy began in March of 1943 when the first wholly American designed and manufactured jet engine went on test in Philadelphia, and continues today in Orlando, Florida, with the 230 MW, 501G combustion turbine. In this paper, advances in thermodynamics, materials, cooling, and unit size will be described. Many basic design features such as two-bearing rotor, cold-end drive, can-annular internal combustors, CURVIC clutched turbine disks, and tangential exhaust struts have endured successfully for over 40 years. Progress in turbine technology includes the clean coal technology and advanced turbine systems initiatives of the U.S. Department of Energy.

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