Operating Experience of Ansaldo V94.2 K Gas Turbine Fed by Steelworks Gas

Author(s):  
Federico Bonzani ◽  
Giacomo Pollarolo ◽  
Franco Rocca

ANSALDO ENERGIA S.p.A. has been commissioned by ELETTRA GLT S.p.A, a company located in Trieste, Italy for the realisation of a combined cycle plant where all the main components (gas turbine, steam turbine, generator and heat recovery steam generator) are provided by ANSALDO ENERGIA. The total power output of the plant is 180 MW. The gas turbine is a V94.2 K model gas turbine dual fuel (natural gas and steelworks process gas), where the fuel used as main fuel is composed by a mixture of natural gas, blast furnace gas and coke oven gas in variable proportions according to the different working conditions of the steel work plant. The main features adopted to burn such a kind of variability of fuels are reported below: • fuel as by product of steel making factory gas (coke oven gas “COG”, blast furnace gas “BFG”) with natural gas integration; • modified compressor from standard V94.2, since no air extraction is foreseen; • dual fuel burner realised based on Siemens design. This paper describes the operating experience achieved on the gas turbine, focusing on the main critical aspect to be overcome and on to the test results during the commissioning and the early operating phase. The successful performances carried out have been showing a high flexibility in burning with stable combustion a very different fuel compositions with low emissions measured all operating conditions.

Author(s):  
Edoardo Bertolotto ◽  
Alberto Amato ◽  
Li Guoqiang

Abstract The present paper describes atmospheric experimental tests of a new Ansaldo Energia full scale burner which was designed to burn fuels byproduct of steel making processes (mixtures of Blast-Furnace Gas (BFG) and Coke-Oven Gas (COG)), characterized by very low heating values (LHV∼2–3.5 MJ/kg) and very low stoichiometric air/fuel ratios (∼0.5–1 kg/kg). In particular, flame stability and blow-out margins were assessed for different burner variants and fuel compositions such as pure BFG, blends of BFG with increasing content of COG, and also a synthetic mixture of natural gas, hydrogen and nitrogen (NG/H2/N2). Except for pressure, all burner inlet conditions were simulated as in the actual gas turbine engine. The best performing burner among those tested demonstrated an excellent burning stability behavior over a wide operating range and stably burned pure BFG without any supplementary fuel. Furthermore, considering that in most operating concepts gas turbine engines for Ultra-Low BTU applications require a back-up fuel (such as oil, propane or natural gas) to ignite and ramp up or to perform load-rejections, the present atmospheric tests also assessed maneuvers to switch from natural gas operation to syngas operation. Also in this type of dual-fuel operation the burner demonstrated a wide flame stability range.


2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ziebik ◽  
M. Warzyc ◽  
P. Gładysz

Abstract CHP plants in ironworks are traditionally fired with low-calorific technological fuel gases and hard coal. Among metallurgical fuel gases blast-furnace gas (BFG) dominates. Minor shares of gaseous fuels are converter gas (LDG) and surpluses of coke-oven gas (COG). Metallurgical CHP plant repowering consists in adding a gas turbine to the existing traditional steam CHP plant. It has been assumed that the existing steam turbine and parts of double-fuel steam boilers can be used in modernized CHP plants. Such a system can be applied parallelly with the existing steam cycle, increasing the efficiency of utilizing the metallurgical fuel gases. The paper presents a method and the final results of analyzing the repowering of an existing metallurgical CHP plant fired with low-calorific technological fuel gases mixed with hard coal. The introduction of a gas turbine cycle results in a better effectiveness of the utilization of metallurgical fuel gases. Due to the probabilistic character of the input data (e.g. the duration curve of availability of the chemical energy of blast-furnace gas for CHP plant, the duration curve of ambient temperature) the Monte Carlo method has been applied in order to choose the optimal structure of the gas-and-steam combined cycle CHP unit, using the Gate Cycle software. In order to simplify the optimizing calculation, the described analysis has also been performed basing on the average value of availability of the chemical energy of blast-furnace gas. The fundamental values of optimization differ only slightly from the results of the probabilistic model. The results obtained by means of probabilistic and average input data have been compared using new information and a model applying average input data. The new software Thermoflex has been used. The comparison confirmed that in the choice of the power rating of the gas turbine based on both computer programs the results are similar.


Author(s):  
E. Aguet ◽  
J. von Salis

Gas turbines are being used in increasing numbers in the European steel industry, utilizing as fuel blast-furnace gas, and producing either electric power or blast-furnace wind; in some cases both combined. It is now possible to put on record results obtained with these machines in commercial operation, as some of the units have been running practically nonstop for several years. Apart from teething troubles during the first few thousand running hours, the gas turbine has fulfilled all expectations, both regarding the economics of operation and from the maintenance point of view.


1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Becker ◽  
M. Perkavec

In a coking plant in which coal tar is processed coke oven gas occurs as a waste product. Coke oven gas can be used as an alternative fuel for a gas turbine, instead of natural gas, if it meets the local environmental regulations. As a result of higher flame temperature of coke oven gas caused by the hydrogen content, the NOx emission of a gas turbine burning coke oven gas is higher than in case of natural gas. In Germany a 10 MW gas fired gas turbine has to meet a NOx emission limit of 150 mg/Nm3 @ 15% O2 dry. To reach this goal in case of MS 3002, which is installed in the coking plant as reported in previous ASME paper, steam injection is necessary. NOx- and CO-emissions of a gas turbine are difficult to be predicted by calculation, therefore measurements had to be done to see how good the predictions were, that were made in face of the local regulations. This paper deals with the NOx- and CO-emissions of a coke oven gas fired gas turbine with and without steam injection in difference to natural gas fired gas turbine. It shows also significantly lower CO2-emissions, because coke oven gas contains less hydrocarbon which is a great benefit for the greenhouse problem. It illustrates the effect of power augmentation and discusses the different thermal efficiency with steam injection. This paper gives a short glance to the effects which influence the emissions, so that the specific problems caused by burning coke oven gas can be understood.


2013 ◽  
Vol 634-638 ◽  
pp. 842-845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Guo ◽  
Jian Jun Wang ◽  
Wen Gui Gao ◽  
Hua Wang

This paper elaborated the technological route of preparing higher alcohols using blast furnace gas (BFG) and coke oven gas (COG) as raw materials. An example was set up a model of environmental and economic evaluation on reutilization of gas as resource.This paper evaluates and analyses as well the efficiency of emission reduction and its economy in terms of reutilization of BFG. The result shows that preparation of higher alcohols using BFG can not only achieve good carbon emission reduction effect, but also get a good economic value.


Author(s):  
Olena Hryhoriivna Levytska ◽  
Yulia Vladimirovna Voytenko ◽  
Anastasiia Oleksiivna Orishechok

The work presents estimated comparative assessment of emissions release in combustion products during work of high–power steam boilers with the use of traditional fuel – natural gas and alternative fuels – blast–furnace and coke–oven gases generated in the process of technological cycle at iron and steel and coke–chemical enterprises. Calculation algorithm is shown and formulas for assessment of carbon content in exhaust gases are defined, conclusions on ecological efficiency of gaseous fuels are given. The purpose of the work was to evaluate the emissions of harmful substances generated during the combustion of natural, blast furnace and coke oven gases, justification of the calculation of carbon content of a given chemical composition and determine the optimal environmental impact of analogues of natural gas. The comparative estimation of pollutant emissions into atmospheric air during combustion of natural, coke oven and blast furnace gases revealed: – high sulfur dioxide emissions from combustion of blast furnace and coke oven gases due to the presence of sulfur compounds in the composition of these gases; – relatively high emissions of nitrogen compounds for natural and coke oven gases and relatively low emissions for blast furnace gas; – сarbon emissions are high for all types of fuels which have been considered, most carbon dioxide gets into  the air when burning natural gas, least – when burning blast furnace gas; – significantly higher methane emissions are observed during the combustion of natural and coke oven gases, respectively, smaller – for blast–furnace gas combustion; – coke oven and natural gases are characterized by low mercury emissions. Comparative assessment of the calculated values of hazardous substances emissions in the combustion products in the process of combustion of natural, coke–oven and blast–furnace gases shows that even at lower working heat of combustion values the coke–oven and blast–furnace gases can compete with natural gas. For the first time, a comparative characterization of the emissions of harmful substances in the combustion of natural, coke oven and blast furnace gases is presented, and it is shown that the gases used in coke and metallurgical industries, which are used as analogues of natural, are logical to use, but require the installation of treatment systems. The paper defines a formula for calculating the carbon content in natural gas from the Urengoy–Uzhhorod gas pipeline. The provided calculations and the introduction of simplified formulas serve as an example for the calculation of emission factors and emissions in assessing the level of safety of existing equipment and can be used in the development of permit documents of enterprises that carry out emissions of harmful substances to the environment.


Author(s):  
Diego Jhovanny Mariños Rosado ◽  
Samir Boset Rojas Chávez ◽  
Jordan Amaro Gutierrez ◽  
João Carvalho ◽  
Miguel Huaraz Rodriguez ◽  
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