Alstom Gas Turbine Technology Trends

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Marchmont ◽  
Stefan Florjancic
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Fuel Composition ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Combined Cycles ◽  
Effective Part

The power generation mix is in transition with more and more electricity generated by renewable sources. Combined cycle power plants will have to partner with renewable sources and compensate for their fluctuating nature. In preparation for the next generation combined cycles, gas turbine technology development needs to continue to lower the lifecycle costs through increased efficiency, extended maintenance cycles, and reduced emissions. It must now also develop fast ramping capability, account for a wider variation in fuel composition and provide an emission effective part load operation. These needs will be met by refining state of the art technologies and by adding new technologies. This paper provides an overview of the research and development activities and resulting trend in Alstom gas turbine technologies.

Alstom Gas Turbine Technology Developments

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Marchmont ◽  
Stefan Florjancic ◽  
Wolfgang Kappis
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Fuel Composition ◽  
Combined Cycles ◽  
Effective Part ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Emission And Performance

In preparation for the next generation combined cycles, gas turbine technology development needs to continue to lower the lifecycle costs through increased efficiency, reduced first costs, extended maintenance cycles, and reduced emissions. It must also develop fast ramping capability, account for a wider variation in fuel composition and provide emission and performance effective part load operation. These needs will be met by refining state of the art technologies and adding new technologies. This paper will provide an overview of the recent research and development activities, the approach to bring them into a product and the resulting trend in Alstom gas turbine technologies.

Hybrid Heat Engines: The Power Generation Systems of the Future

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbie Layne ◽  
Scott Samuelsen ◽  
Mark Williams ◽  
Patricia Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Heat Engine ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Heat Engines ◽  
Hybrid Concept ◽  
Hybrid Program ◽  
Power Generation Systems

A hybrid heat engine results from the fusion of a heat engine with a non-heat-engine based cycle (unlike systems). The term combined cycle, which refers to similar arrangements, is reserved for the combination of two or more heat engines (like systems). The resulting product of the integration of a gas turbine and a fuel cell is referred to here as a hybrid heat engine or “Hybrid” for short. The intent of this paper is to provide, to the gas turbine community, a review of the present status of hybrid heat engine technologies. Current and projected activities associated with this emerging concept are also presented. The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is collaborating with other sponsors and the private sector to develop a Hybrid Program. This program will address the issues of technology development, integration, and ultimately the demonstration of what may be the most efficient of power plants in the world — the Hybrid System. Analyses of several Hybrid concepts have indicated the potential of ultra-high efficiencies (approaching 80%). In the Hybrid, the synergism between the gas turbine and fuel cell provides higher efficiencies and lower costs than either system can alone. Testing of the first Hybrid concept has been initiated at the National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC).

Advances in Direct Fuel Cell/Gas Turbine Power Plants

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Ghezel-Ayagh ◽  
Joseph M. Daly ◽  
Zhao-Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Power Systems ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Hybrid Power Systems ◽  
Fuel Cell Stack ◽  
T System

This paper summarizes the recent progress in the development of hybrid power systems based on Direct FuelCell/Turbine® (DFC/T®). The DFC/T system is capable of achieving efficiencies well in excess of state-of-the-art gas turbine combined cycle power plants but in much smaller size plants. The advances include the execution of proof-of-concept tests of a fuel cell stack integrated with a microturbine. The DFC/T design concept has also been extended to include the existing gas turbine technologies as well as more advanced ones. This paper presents the results of successful sub-MW proof-of-concept testing, sub-MW field demonstration plans, and parametric analysis of multi-MW DFC/T power plant cycle.

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.

scholarly journals Up-Rated Reheat Gas Turbine for the Repowering of Steam Power Plants

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Negri di Montenegro ◽  
A. Peretto ◽  
E. Mantino
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Lower Cost ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Internal Rate Of Return ◽  
Steam Power ◽  
Steam Power Plants ◽  
Combined Cycles ◽  
Fossil Fuel Power Plants

In the present paper, a thermoeconomic analysis of combined cycles derived from existing steam power plants is performed. The gas turbine employed is a reheat gas turbine. The increase of the two combustor outlet temperatures was also investigated. The study reveals that the transformation of old conventional fossil fuel power plants in combined cycle power plants with reheat gas turbine supplies a cost per kWh lower than that of a new combined cycle power plant, also equipped with reheat gas turbine. This occurs for all the repowered plants analyzed. Moreover, the solution of increasing the two combustor outlet temperatures resulted a strategy to pursue, leading, in particular, to a lower cost per kWh, Pay Back Period and to a greater Internal Rate of Return.

Research on Thermal Efficiencies of Various Power Cycles for GFRs and VHTRs

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Mahdi ◽  
Roman Popov ◽  
Igor Pioro
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Heavy Water ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Supercritical Pressure ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Power Cycles ◽  
Power Cycle ◽  
Combined Cycles ◽  
Gas Turbine Cycle

The vast majority of Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) are equipped with water- and heavy-water-cooled reactors. Such NPPs have lower thermal efficiencies (30–36%) compared to those achieved at NPPs equipped with Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) (∼42%) and Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFRs) (∼40%), and, especially, compared to those of modern advanced thermal power plants, such as combined cycle with thermal efficiencies up to 62% and supercritical-pressure coal-fired power plants — up to 55%. Therefore, NPPs with water- and heavy-water-cooled reactors are not very competitive with other power plants. Therefore, this deficiency of current water-cooled NPPs should be addressed in the next generation or Generation-IV nuclear-power reactors / NPPs. Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) concept / NPP is currently considered as the most efficient NPP of the next generation. Being a thermal-spectrum reactor, VHTR will use helium as a reactor coolant, which will be heated up to 1000°C. The use of a direct Brayton helium-turbine cycle was considered originally. However, technical challenges associated with the direct helium cycle have resulted in a change of the reference concept to indirect power cycle, which can be also a combined cycle. Along with the VHTR, Gas-cooled Fast Reactor (GFR) concept / NPP is also regarded as one of the most thermally efficient concept for the upcoming generation of NPPs. This concept was also originally thought to be with the direct helium power cycle. However, technical challenges have changed the initial idea of power cycle to a number of options including indirect Brayton cycle with He-N2 mixture, application of SuperCritical (SC)-CO2 cycles or combined cycles. The objective of the current paper is to provide the latest information on new developments in power cycles proposed for these two helium-cooled Generation-IV reactor concepts, which include indirect nitrogen-helium Brayton gas-turbine cycle, supercritical-pressure carbon-dioxide Brayton gas-turbine cycle, and combined cycles. Also, a comparison of basic thermophysical properties of helium with those of other reactor coolants, and with those of nitrogen, nitrogen-helium mixture and SC-CO2 is provided.

Parametric Analysis of Combined Cycles Equipped With Inlet Fogging

2006 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 326-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Bhargava ◽  
M. Bianchi ◽  
F. Melino ◽  
A. Peretto
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Fuel Prices ◽  
Power Enhancement ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Combined Cycles

In recent years, deregulation in the power generation market worldwide combined with significant variation in fuel prices and a need for flexibility in terms of power augmentation specially during periods of high electricity demand (summer months or noon to 6:00 p.m.) has forced electric utilities, cogenerators and independent power producers to explore new power generation enhancement technologies. In the last five to ten years, inlet fogging approach has shown more promising results to recover lost power output due to increased ambient temperature compared to the other available power enhancement techniques. This paper presents the first systematic study on the effects of both inlet evaporative and overspray fogging on a wide range of combined cycle power plants utilizing gas turbines available from the major gas turbine manufacturers worldwide. A brief discussion on the thermodynamic considerations of inlet and overspray fogging including the effect of droplet dimension is also presented. Based on the analyzed systems, the results show that high pressure inlet fogging influences performance of a combined cycle power plant using an aero-derivative gas turbine differently than with an advanced technology or a traditional gas turbine. Possible reasons for the observed differences are discussed.

A Comparative Thermoeconomic Study of Hybrid Solar Gas-Turbine Power Plants

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Spelling ◽  
Björn Laumert ◽  
Torsten Fransson
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Parabolic Trough ◽  
Electricity Cost ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Combined Cycle Plant ◽  
Solar Power Plants ◽  
Combined Cycles

The construction of the first generation of commercial hybrid solar gas-turbine power plants will present the designer with a large number of choices. To assist decision making, a thermoeconomic study has been performed for three different power plant configurations, namely simple- and combined-cycles as well as simple-cycle with the addition of thermal energy storage. Multi-objective optimization has been used to identify Pareto-optimal designs and highlight the trade-offs between minimizing investment costs and minimizing specific CO2 emissions. The solar hybrid combined-cycle plant provides a 60% reduction in electricity cost compared to parabolic trough power plants at annual solar shares up to 20%. The storage integrated designs can achieve much higher solar shares and provide a 7–13% reduction in electricity costs at annual solar shares up to 90%. At the same time, the water consumption of the solar gas-turbine systems is significantly lower than conventional steam-cycle based solar power plants.

Using Hydrogen as Gas Turbine Fuel: Premixed Versus Diffusive Flame Combustors

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Gazzani ◽  
Paolo Chiesa ◽  
Emanuele Martelli ◽  
Stefano Sigali ◽  
Iarno Brunetti
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Efficiency Gain ◽  
Degradation Mechanisms ◽  
Lean Premixed Combustion ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Lean Premixed ◽  
Combined Cycles ◽  
Cycle Efficiency

This work aims at estimating the efficiency gain resulting from using lean premixed combustors in hydrogen-fired combined cycles with respect to diffusive flame combustors with significant inert dilution to limit NOx emissions. The analysis is carried out by considering a hydrogen-fired, specifically tailored gas turbine whose features are representative of a state-of-the-art natural gas–fired F-class gas turbine. The comparison between diffusion flame and lean premixed combustion is carried out considering nitrogen and steam as diluents, as well as different stoichiometric flame temperatures and pressure drops. Results show that the adoption of lean premixed combustors allows us to significantly reduce the efficiency decay resulting from inert dilution. Combined cycle efficiency slightly reduces from 58.5%–57.9% when combustor pressure drops vary in the range 3%–10%. Such efficiency values are comparatively higher than those achieved by diffusive flame combustor with inert dilution. Finally, the study investigated the effects of decreasing the maximum operating blade temperature so as to cope with possible degradation mechanisms induced by hydrogen combustion.

Low CO2 Emission Combined Cycles With Natural Gas Reforming, Including NOx Suppression

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Lozza ◽  
Paolo Chiesa
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Flame Temperature ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Water Steam ◽  
First Case ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Combined Cycles ◽  
Pressure Swing

The present paper addresses the plant configuration, the thermodynamic performance and the economics of combined cycle power plants, having the following characteristics: (i) CO2 emissions reduced by at least one order of magnitude, (ii) utilization of hydrogen produced by natural gas as the fuel for the gas turbine, (iii) acceptable NOx emissions. Two plant configurations are discussed, based on high pressure reformers heated up by: (i) gas turbine exhausts with hydrogen firing, (ii) oxygen combustion of carbonated purge gases from a pressure-swing-absorber. In the first case CO2 is separated by a chemical absorption plant, in the second from the reformer exhausts after water condensation. The fuel dilution by water/steam or nitrogen was properly kept into account, to achieve NOx emission of about 30-45 ppmvd with a flame temperature of 2300 K. The two plant schemes show a net efficiency of about 48% (including CO2 liquefaction) vs. 56% of the reference combined cycle having the same gas turbine and cycle technology, with a remarkable increase of the net power output (based on the same gas turbine unit). The ability of removing CO2 from the exhausts yields to a 25-30% increase of the cost of electricity, i.e. 40-45 $/ton of CO2 sequestrated.

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