Gas Turbine Research in the AGTSR Program

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Wenglarz ◽  
Lawrence P. Golan
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Solid Base ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Energy Technology ◽  
Clemson University ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
The University

The South Carolina Institute for Energy Studies (SCIES), administratively housed at Clemson University, has participated in the advancement of combustion turbine technology for nearly a decade. The Advanced Gas Turbine Systems Research (AGTSR) program has been administered by SCIES for the U. S. DOE. Under the supervision of the DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), the AGTSR has brought together the engineering departments at the leading U.S. universities and U.S. combustion turbine developers to assist in providing a solid base of knowledge for the future generations of gas turbines. In the AGTSR program, an Industrial Review Board (IRB) of gas turbine companies and related organizations defines needed gas turbine research. SCIES prepares yearly requests for university proposals that address the research needs identified by the IRB organizations. IRB technical representatives evaluate the university proposals and review progress reports from the awarded university projects. Seventy-five (75) AGTSR university projects have been awarded in the areas of gas turbine combustion, aerodynamics/heat transfer, and materials. An overview of recent AGTSR university projects is given in this paper and research results from several of the projects are described in greater detail.

University Turbine Systems Research Program

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Day ◽  
Richard A. Wenglarz ◽  
Lawrence P. Golan
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Thermal Barrier ◽  
Energy Technology ◽  
Short List ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
The Us ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
The University

The University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program, developed by the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the US Department of Energy, supports research in gas turbines which is performed at universities. An Industrial Review Board (IRB), consisting of gas turbine OEM’s, users, and suppliers of gas turbine components and technologies recommends topics for the research to DOE. They also review the universities’ proposals and recommend a short list of proposals from each solicitation for funding. Since the program’s inception in 1992 a total of 101 research projects have been awarded. There are 110 universities participating in the program and eligible to compete for UTSR research awards. The research is mostly in three areas: Combustion, Materials (mostly thermal barrier coatings) and Aerodynamics / Heat Transfer. The program has produced significant benefits for the gas turbine industry in these fields. This paper provides several examples of the most significant research results.

A Collaborative Venture: The Advanced Gas Turbine Systems Research Program

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel B. Fant ◽  
Lawrence P. Golan
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Combustion Modeling ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Research Consortium

The Advanced Gas Turbine Systems Research (AGTSR) program is a university-industry research consortium that was established in September 1992. The AGTSR program is sponsored by the Department of Energy–Morgantown Energy Technology Center. The South Carolina Energy Research and Development Center (SCERDC) heads the effort and is responsible for administering and managing the AGTSR program, which is expected to continue to the year 2000. At present, 67 American Universities are AGTSR Performing Members, representing 35 states. Two RFP’s have already been announced and the third RFP was released in December, 1994. There are presently 23 research subcontracts underway at Performing Member universities. Approximately seven new subcontracts are expected to be awarded in 1995. The research is focused on topics as defined by the AGTSR Industry Review Board composed of five major cost-sharing U.S. gas turbine manufacturers, including EPRI and GRI as advisors. All university projects must be relevant to advancing stationary gas turbines for the next generation of electrical power generation systems. Research areas being addressed include: turbine heat transfer, combustion modeling and instability, thermal barrier coatings, aerodynamic losses, and advanced cycle analyses. This paper will present the objectives and benefits of the AGTSR program, progress achieved to date, and future planned activity in fiscal year 1995.

scholarly journals Gas Turbine Powered Campus Update

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (05) ◽  
pp. 46-48
Author(s):  
Lee S. Langston
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Combined Heat And Power ◽  
Educational Benefits ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
The University

An updated report is given on the University of Connecticut’s gas turbine combined heat and power plant, now in operation for 13 years after its start in 2006. It has supplied the Storrs Campus with all of its electricity, heating and cooling needs, using three gas turbines that are the heart of the CHP plant. In addition to saving more than $180 million over its projected 40 year life, the CHP plant provides educational benefits for the University.

An Improved Nickel Based MIMS Thermocouple for High Temperature Gas Turbine Applications

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Scervini ◽  
Catherine Rae
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
High Temperatures ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Material Science ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Type K ◽  
Metallurgical Analysis ◽  
The University ◽  
High Temperature Gas

A new Nickel based thermocouple for high temperature applications in gas turbines has been devised at the Department of Material Science and Metallurgy of the University of Cambridge. This paper describes the new features of the thermocouple, the drift tests on the first prototype and compares the behaviour of the new sensor with conventional mineral insulated metal sheathed Type K thermocouples: the new thermocouple has a significant improvement in terms of drift and temperature capabilities. Metallurgical analysis has been undertaken on selected sections of the thermocouples exposed at high temperatures which rationalises the reduced drift of the new sensor. A second prototype will be tested in follow-on research, from which further improvements in drift and temperature capabilities are expected.

Gas Turbine Industrial Fellowship Program

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Day
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Fellowship Program ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Turbine Equipment ◽  
The University ◽  
The U.S

Under the Gas Turbine Industrial Fellowship Program, students in Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph. D. programs studying gas turbine-related technology spend 10 to 12 weeks employed at the facilities of turbine manufacturers or users of gas turbine equipment. The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. This paper describes the Fellowship program, its relationship to the DOE Turbine Program, the University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) program, and plans for future Fellowship development.

Preliminary Calculations on Post Combustion Carbon Capture From Gas Turbines With Flue Gas Recycle

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Akram ◽  
Bhupendra Khandelwal ◽  
Simon Blakey ◽  
Christopher W. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Flue Gas ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Air Inlet ◽  
Carbon Combustion ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The University

Carbon capture is getting increased attention recently due to the fact that it seems to be the only answer to decrease emissions. Gas turbines exhaust have 3–5 % concentration of CO2 which is very low to be captured by an amine carbon capture plant effectively. The amine based plants are most effective at around 10 – 15% CO2 in the flue gas. In order to increase the concentration of CO2 in the exhaust of the gas turbine, part of the exhaust gas needs to be recycled back to the air inlet. On reaching the concentration of CO2 around 10% it can be fed to the amine capture plant for effective carbon capture. A 100 kWe (plus 150 kW hot water) CHP gas turbine Turbec T100 is installed at the Low Carbon Combustion Centre of the University of Sheffield. The turbine set up will be modified to make it CO2 capture ready. The exhaust gases obtained will be piped to amine capture plant for testing capture efficiency. Preliminary calculations have been done and presented in this paper. The thermodynamic properties of CO2 are different from nitrogen and will have an effect on compressor, combustor and turbine performance. Preliminary calculations of recycle ratios and other performance based parameters have been presented in this paper. This paper also covers the aspects of turbine set up machinery which needs to be modified and what kind of modifications may be needed.

scholarly journals CARS Temperature and LDA Velocity Measurements in a Turbulent, Swirling, Premixed Propane/Air Fueled Model Gas Turbine Combustor

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan E. Schmidt ◽  
Paul O. Hedman
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Flame Structure ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Velocity Measurements ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Brigham Young University ◽  
Systems Research

This paper present results from a research program being conducted at the Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center (ACERC) at Brigham Young University (BYU). This study is part of a comprehensive effort supported by the Advanced Gas Turbine Systems Research (ATS) Program headquartered at the South Carolina Energy Research and Development Center, Clemson, South Carolina. The objective of this study was to characterize a turbulent premixed propane/air flame in a model combustor that simulates the characteristics of a utility gas turbine engine. The program’s long term goal is to develop and commercialize ultra-high efficiency, environmentally superior, and cost competitive gas turbine systems for base-load applications in the utility, independent power producer, and industrial markets. This paper focuses on the following four areas of the investigation: 1) a series of digitized video images to document the effect of fuel equivalence ratio and swirl number on flame structure, 2) LDA velocity measurements to quantify the flow structure, 3) CARS gas temperature measurements to determine the temperature field in the combustor, and 4) local continuity and energy release in differential elements throughout the flame zone.

scholarly journals Cogeneration: Gas Turbine Multitasking

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (08) ◽  
pp. 50-50
Author(s):  
Lee S. Langston
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Steam Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Exhaust Heat ◽  
Pressure Steam ◽  
The University ◽  
Turbine Exhaust

This article describes the functioning of the gas turbine cogeneration power plant at the University of Connecticut (UConn) in Storrs. This 25-MW power plant serves the 18,000 students’ campus. It has been in operation since 2006 and is expected to save the University $180M in energy costs over its 40-year design life. The heart of the UConn cogeneration plant consists of three 7-MW Solar Taurus gas turbines burning natural gas, with fuel oil as a backup. These drive water-cooled generators to produce up to 20–24 MW of electrical power distributed throughout the campus. Gas turbine exhaust heat is used to generate up to 200,000 pounds per hour of steam in heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs). The HRSGs provide high-pressure steam to power a 4.6-MW steam turbine generator set for more electrical power and low-pressure steam for campus heating. The waste heat from the steam turbine contained in low-pressure turbine exhaust steam is combined with the HRSG low-pressure steam output for campus heating.

scholarly journals Visitng the Museum of the World's First Gas Turbine Powerplant

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (04) ◽  
pp. 51-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee S. Langston
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Electrical Generator ◽  
Flow Compressor ◽  
Industrial Gas Turbine ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Connecticut ◽  
The City

This article presents an overview of the world’s very first industrial gas turbine, which started operation in the Swiss city of Neuchâtel, in 1939. This 4-MWe machine is now on display in a special museum on the grounds of Alstom in Birr village. The museum is housed in an attractive glassed-in building, adjacent to the rotor plant. The gas turbine had originally been in operation for 63 years in a bombproof building, serving the city of Neuchâtel as a standby and peaking unit for electrical power. It was closed down in 2002 after damage to the generator occurred, and then was moved to Birr by Alstom for restoration. It was put on display in its new museum home in 2006. The Neuchâtel gas turbine looks surprisingly “modern.” The axial flow compressor, axial flow turbine, and electrical generator are inline, and directly coupled, and run at 3000 rpm to produce 4 MWe. It is roughly 3–5 times larger than the 7-MWe Solar Taurus gas turbines in the University of Connecticut cogen plant.

The High Temperature Turbo-jet Engine

1956 ◽  
Vol 60 (549) ◽  
pp. 563-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. Ainley
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Turbine Blades ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Jet Engine ◽  
Gas Turbine Blades ◽  
Turbine Design ◽  
The University ◽  
Transfer Problems

The 985th Lecture to be given before the Society, “ The High Temperature Turbo-jet Engine ” by D. G. Ainley, B.Sc, A.M.I.Mech.E., A.F.R.Ae.S., was given at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George St., London, S.W.I on 15th March 1956, with Mr. N. E. Rowe, C.B.E., D.I.C., F.C.G.I., F.I.A.S., F.R.Ae.S., in the Chair. Introducing the Lecturer, Mr. Rowe said that Mr. Ainley had been working on gas turbines since 1943 when he joined the gas turbine division of the Royal Aircraft Establishment. He transferred to Power Jets Ltd. and later to the National Gas Turbine Establishment. His early work was associated with the development of axial flow compressors, contraction design and so on; he then transferred to turbine design, became head of the section dealing with turbine and heat transfer problems and for the past five or six years had been chiefly engaged on the cooling of gas turbine blades. Mr. Ainley graduated from the University of London, Queen Mary College, with first class honours. In 1953 he was awarded the George Stephenson Research Prize by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

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