scholarly journals ВИКОРИСТАННЯ НАДЛИШКУ ХОЛОДОПРОДУКТИВНОСТІ ХОЛОДИЛЬНИХ МАШИН ПРИ ОХОЛОДЖЕННІ ПОВІТРЯ НА ВХОДІ ГТУ

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Андрій Миколайович Радченко ◽  
Микола Іванович Радченко ◽  
Богдан Сергійович Портной ◽  
Сергій Анатолійович Кантор ◽  
Олександр Ігорович Прядко

The processes of the gas turbine inlet air cooling by exhaust heat conversion chillers, which utilizing the gas turbine exhaust gas heat, converting it into cold were analyzed. The use of two-stage air cooling has been investigated: to a temperature of 15°C – in an absorption lithium-bromide chiller and below to a temperature of 10°C – in an ejector chiller as stages of a two-stage absorption-ejector chiller. To simulate air cooling processes, the program "Guentner Product Calculator", one of the leading manufacturers of heat exchangers "Guentner", was used. The possibility of using the accumulated excess refrigeration capacity of a combined absorption-ejector chiller, which is formed at reduced current heat loads on air coolers at the gas turbine inlet, to cover the refrigeration capacity deficit arising at increased heat loads due to high ambient air temperatures has been investigated. The refrigeration capacity required to the gas turbine inlet air cooling was compared to an excess refrigeration capacity which excess of the current heat load. The considered air cooling system provides pre-cooling of air at the gas turbine inlet by using the excess refrigeration capacity of the absorption-ejector chiller, accumulated in the cold accumulator, to provide the required refrigeration capacity of the air pre-cooling booster stage. The simulation results proved the expediency of the gas turbine inlet air cooling using the accumulated excess refrigeration capacity of the combined absorption-ejector chiller. The proposed solution reduces by about 50% the design refrigeration capacity and, accordingly, the cost of the installed absorption lithium-bromide chiller, which acts as a high-temperature stage for cooling the ambient air at the gas turbine inlet.

2018 ◽  
pp. 14-19
Author(s):  
Андрій Миколайович Радченко ◽  
Сергій Анатолійович Кантор ◽  
Богдан Сергійович Портной ◽  
Юрій Георгійович Щербак

The processes of gas turbine unit two-stage intake air cooling by absorption lithium-bromide chiller as a high temperature cooling stage to the temperature of about 15 °C and by refrigerant ejector chiller as a low temperature cooling stage to the temperature of about 10 °C through utilizing the turbine exhaust gas waste heat for hour-by-hour changing ambient air temperatures and changeable heat loads on the air coolers as consequence during 10 days of July 2017 (10–12.07.2017) for climatic conditions of the south of Ukraine are analyzed. The computer programs of the firms-producers of heat exchangers were used for gas turbine unit inlet air cooling processes simulation.It is shown that at decreased heat loads on the air coolers an excessive refrigeration capacity of combined absorption-ejector chiller exceeding current heat loads is generated which can be used for covering increased heat loads on the air coolers and to reduce the refrigeration capacity of the absorption-ejector chiller. To solve this task the refrigeration capacity required for gas turbine unit inlet air cooling is compared with an excessive refrigeration capacity of the absorption-ejector chiller exceeding current heat loads summarized during 10 days.The system of gas turbine unit inlet air cooling with a booster stage of precooling air and a base two-stage cooling air to the temperature of about 10 °C by absorption-ejector chiller has been proposed. An excessive refrigeration capacity of the absorption-ejector chiller generated during decreased heat loads on the gas turbine unit inlet air coolers that is collected in the thermal accumulator is used for gas turbine unit inlet air precooling in a booster stage of air coolers during increased heat loads on the air coolers. The results of gas turbine unit inlet air cooling processes simulation proved the reduction of refrigeration capacity of the absorption-ejector chiller by about 50 % due to the use of a booster stage for precooling air at the expanse of an excessive absorption-ejector chiller refrigeration capacity served in the thermal accumulator. The conclusion has been made about the efficient use of a booster stage of gas turbine unit inlet air cooler for precooling air by using an excessive refrigeration potential of absorption-ejector chiller saved in the thermal accumulator


2018 ◽  
pp. 64-69
Author(s):  
Андрій Миколайович Радченко ◽  
Роман Миколайович Радченко ◽  
Сергій Анатолійович Кантор ◽  
Богдан Сергійович Портной ◽  
Веніамін Сергійович Ткаченко

The processes of gas turbine unit inlet air cooling by absorption lithium-bromide chiller utilizing the turbine exhaust gas waste heat as athermotransformer has been analyzed for hour-by-hour changing ambient air temperatures and changeable heat loads on the air cooler as consequence. The computer programs of the firms-producers of heat exchangers were used for gas turbine unit inlet air cooling processes simulation. It is shown that at decreased heat loads on the air cooler an excessive refrigeration capacity of the absorption lithium-bromidechiller exceeding current heat loads is generated which can be used for covering increased heat loads on the air cooler and to reduce the refrigeration capacity of the absorption lithium-bromidechiller applied. To solve this task the refrigeration capacity required for gas turbine unit inlet air cooling is compared with an excessive refrigeration capacity of the absorption lithium-bromidechiller exceeding current heat loads summarized during 10 days of July 2015. The system of gas turbine unit inlet air cooling with a buster stage of precooling air and a base stage of cooling air to the temperature of about 15 °C by absorption lithium-bromide chiller has been proposed. An excessive refrigeration capacity of the absorption chiller generated during decreased heat loads on the gas turbine unit inlet air cooler that is collected in the thermal accumulator is used for gas turbine unit inlet air precooling in a buster stage of air cooler during increased heat loads on the air cooler. The results of gas turbine unit inlet air cooling processes simulation proved the reduction of refrigeration capacity of the absorption lithium-bromide chiller applied by 30-40 % due to the use of a buster stage of precooling air at the expanse of an excessive absorptionchiller refrigeration capacity served in the thermal accumulator. So the conclusion has been made about the efficient use of a buster stage of gas turbine unit inlet air cooler for precooling air by using an excessive refrigeration potential of absorption lithium-bromidechiller coolant saved in the thermal accumulator


2018 ◽  
pp. 39-44
Author(s):  
Богдан Сергійович Портной ◽  
Андрій Миколайович Радченко ◽  
Роман Миколайович Радченко ◽  
Сергій Анатолійович Кантор

The processes of air cooling at the gas turbine unit inlet by absorption lithium-bromide chiller have been analyzed. The computer programs of firms-producers of heat exchangers were used for the gas turbine unit inlet air cooling processes simulation. The absorption lithium-bromide chiller refrigeration capacity reserve (the design heat load excess over the current heat loads) generated at the reduced current heat loads on the air coolers at the gas turbine unit inlet in accordance with the lowered ambient air parameters has been considered. The absorption lithium-bromide chiller refrigeration capacity reserve is expedient to use at increased heat load on the air cooler. To solve this problem the refrigeration capacity required for cooling air at the gas turbine unit inlet has been compared with the excessive absorption lithium-bromide chiller refrigeration capacity exceeding current heat loads during July 2017.The scheme of gas turbine unit inlet air cooling system with using the absorption lithium-bromide chiller refrigeration capacity reserve has been proposed. The proposed air cooling system provides gas turbine unit inlet air precooling in the air cooler booster stage by using the absorption lithium-bromide chiller excessive refrigeration capacity. The absorption chiller excessive refrigeration capacity generated during decreased heat loads on the gas turbine unit inlet air cooler is accumulated in the thermal storage. The results of simulation show the expediency of the gas turbine unit inlet air cooling by using the absorption lithium-bromide chiller refrigeration capacity reserve, which is generated at reduced thermal loads, for the air precooling in the air cooler booster stage. This solution provides the absorption lithium-bromide chiller installed (designed) refrigeration capacity and cost reduction by almost 30%. The solution to increase the efficiency of gas turbine unit inlet air cooling through using the absorption chiller excessive refrigeration potential accumulated in the thermal storage has been proposed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 03012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Radchenko ◽  
Andrii Radchenko ◽  
Serhiy Serbin ◽  
Serhiy Kantor ◽  
Bohdan Portnoi

Two-stage Gas turbine unite (GTU) inlet air cooling by absorption lithium-bromide chiller (ACh) to the temperature 15 °C and by refrigerant ejector chiller (ECh) to 10 °C through utilizing the turbine exhaust gas heat for changeable ambient air temperatures and corresponding heat loads on the air coolers for the south Ukraine climatic conditions is analysed. An excessive refrigeration capacity of combined absorption-ejector chiller (AECh) exceeding the current heat loads and generated at decreased heat loads on the air coolers at the inlet of GTU can be used for covering increased heat loads to reduce the refrigeration capacity of AECh. The GTU inlet air cooling system with an ambient air precooling booster stage and a base two-stage cooling air to the temperature 10 °C by AECh is proposed. The AECh excessive cooling capacity generated during decreased heat loads on the GTU inlet air coolers is conserved in the thermal accumulator and used for GTU inlet air precooling in a booster stage of air cooler during increased heat loads. There is AECh cooling capacity reduction by 50% due to the use of a booster stage for precooling GTU inlet ambient air at the expense of an excessive cooling capacity accumulated in the thermal storage.


2020 ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Андрій Миколайович Радченко ◽  
Богдан Сергійович Портной ◽  
Сергій Анатолійович Кантор ◽  
Олександр Ігорович Прядко ◽  
Іван Володимирович Калініченко

The efficiency of air cooling at the inlet of gas turbine engines by exhaust heat conversion chiller, which transforms the GTE exhaust gases heat into cold, under variable climatic operating conditions, has been investigated. Considered is the use of a combined absorption-ejector exhaust heat conversion chiller with a step-by-step principle of air cooling at the gas turbine engines inlet: preliminary down to 15°C – by an absorption lithium-bromide chiller (ACh), which is used as a high-temperature air cooling stage, and further cooling down to 10°C – by a refrigerant ejector chiller (ECh) as a low-temperature cooling stage. Reserves have been identified for reducing the design (installed) refrigeration capacity of chillers by accumulating excess cold at reduced current heat loads with its use at increased heat loads. In this case, the design (installed) refrigeration capacity of chillers was determined by two methods: the first – based on the close to the maximum reduction in annual fuel consumption, the second – according to the maximum rate of increase in the reduction in annual fuel consumption. A scheme of the air cooling system at the gas turbine engines inlet using the refrigeration capacity reserve of the ACh, which provides preliminary cooling of the ambient air at the gas turbine engines inlet, in the booster stage, using the ACh accumulated excess refrigeration capacity has been proposed. The ACh excess refrigerating capacity, which is formed at decreased heat loads on the air coolers at the gas turbine engines inlet, is accumulated in the cold accumulator and is used at increased heat loads. The simulation results show the advisability of using the air cooling system at the gas turbine engine inlet with using the ACh accumulated excess refrigeration capacity, which allows reducing the ACh design (installed) refrigeration capacity by approximately 40%.


Author(s):  
James Sigler ◽  
Don Erickson ◽  
Horacio Perez-Blanco

Gas turbines are used to meet increasing power-generating needs throughout the world. Technologies for augmenting the capacity of new or existing installations are being devised. One common strategy is to employ evaporative cooling of gas turbine inlet air. This method is attractive because of simplicity and relatively modest hardware requirements. Another strategy is to recover exhaust heat in order to activate an absorption-refrigeration machine. The cooling machine output is then used to cool and dehumidify the compressor inlet air. In this paper, we delineate a heat recovery system for steam/power production, and an ammonia-water absorption machine. The ammonia-water technology offers an element of novelty in that it is capable of chilling the air to lower temperatures than the currently used lithium-bromide technology, or than the evaporative cooling approach. Performance calculations based on leading commercial software are offered. In a simple payback analysis based on the numbers obtained from the simulation, we discuss the potential of the technique.


2018 ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
Микола Іванович Радченко ◽  
Євген Іванович Трушляков ◽  
Сергій Анатолійович Кантор ◽  
Богдан Сергійович Портной ◽  
Анатолій Анатолійович Зубарєв

It is justified the necessity of taking into consideration changes in thermal loads on the air conditioning system (heat and moisture treatment of air by cooling it with decreasing temperature and moisture content) in accordance with the current climatic conditions of operation. Since the effect of air cooling depends on the duration of its use and the amount of cold consumption, it is suggested that it be determined by the amount of cold spent per year for air conditioning at the GTU inlet, that is, for annual refrigerating capacity. The example of heat-using air conditioning at the inlet of a gas turbine unite (energy–efficient air conditioning systems) analyzes the annual costs of cooling for cooling ambient air to the temperature of 15 °C by an absorption lithium-bromide chiller and two-stage air cooling: to a temperature of 15 °C in an absorption lithium-bromide chiller and down to temperature 10 °С – in a refrigerant ejector chiller as the stages of a two-stage absorption-ejector chiller, depending on the installed (project) refrigerating capacity of waste heat recovery chiller.It is shown that, based on the varying rate of increment in the annual production of cold (annual refrigeration capacity) due to the change in the thermal load in accordance with current climatic conditions, it is necessary to select such a design thermal load for the air conditioning system (installed refrigeration capacity of chillers), which ensures the achievement of maximum or close to it annual production of cold at a relatively high rate of its increment. It is analyzed the dependence of the increment on the annual refrigerated capacity, relative to the installed refrigeration capacity, on the installed refrigeration capacity, in order to determine the installed refrigeration capacity, which provides the maximum rate of increase in the annual refrigerating capacity (annual production of cold). Based on the results of the research, it is proposed the method for determining the rational thermal load of the air conditioning system (installed – the design refrigeration capacity of the chiller) in accordance with the changing climatic conditions of operation during the year, which provides nearby the maximum annual production of cold at relatively high rates of its growth


2018 ◽  
pp. 58-62
Author(s):  
Євген Іванович Трушляков

The methodological approach was suggested to define a rational heat load of the air conditioning system (ACS) with taking into consideration the current climatic conditions of operation. The proposed approach is based on the hypothesis of sharing the current changeable heat load on the relatively stable share as the basic one for choosing installed (designed) refrigeration capacity of the refrigeration machine, operating with high energy efficiency in nominal or similar modes, and unstable heat load, corresponding to ambient air precooling at changeable current temperatures. To prove the methodological approach to defining a rational heat load of the ACS was carried out the analysis of current values of heat loads of the refrigeration machine ACS during cooling ambient air from its changeable current temperature to the temperature of 10, 15 and 20 ºС . It is shown that due to the different rates of annular refrigeration capacity production increment to cover the current heat loads with increasing the installed refrigeration capacity of the refrigeration machine, caused by the changes in heat load according to current climatic conditions during all the year round, it is necessary to choose a such heat load on the refrigeration machine of ACS (its installed refrigeration capacity), that provides a maximum or similar annular refrigeration capacity production at relatively high rates of its increment. Therein, the value of heat load for ambient air precooling is calculated according to remained principle as the difference between the rational total heat load and its basic relatively stable share. The proposed method is useful for defining a basic installed refrigeration capacity of the refrigeration machine of ACS with the accumulation of excessive (unapplied) refrigeration capacity at lowered current heat loads on ACS and its application for ambient air precooling, that is for covering unstable heat load share on ACS


2018 ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Андрій Миколайович Радченко ◽  
Євген Іванович Трушляков ◽  
Сергій Анатолійович Кантор ◽  
Богдан Сергійович Портной

The air conditioning processes (heat-humidity treatment) at the inlet of energy units by heat-energized refrigeration mechanisms with heat removal cooling towers of the cooling system are studied on the example of a gas turbine unit. Two-stage air cooling is considered applying a two-stage combined type heat-energized refrigeration mechanism, which applies the exhaust gas heat of a gas turbine unit and which includes absorption lithium-bromide and refrigerant ejector refrigeration mechanism as steps to convert waste heat into cold. Based on the results of modeling the operation of the cooling complex of a gas turbine unit, data was obtained on current heat loads on heat-energized refrigeration mechanisms and cooling towers in accordance with the climatic conditions of operation with different distribution of project heat loads on the air cooling stages and, accordingly, on the transformation of waste heat into cold. Due to the fact that the heat load on the cooling towers depends on the efficiency of transformation of waste heat into cold (heat coefficients) by absorption lithium-bromide and refrigerant ejector refrigeration mechanisms, a rational distribution of the project heat loads to the absorption and ejector stages of a combined type heat-energized refrigeration mechanisms that provides reduce heat load on cooling towers. It is demonstrated that due to this approach to determining the rational heat load on the cooling towers of the cooling system, which consists of calculation the redistribution of heat load between the  absorption lithium-bromide and refrigerant ejector cooling stages with different efficiency and transformation of waste heat (different heat coefficients) in accordance with current climate conditions, is possible to minimize the number of cooling with a corresponding reduction in capital expenditures on the air conditioning system at the inlet of gas turbine unit


2021 ◽  
Vol 323 ◽  
pp. 00030
Author(s):  
Mykola Radchenko ◽  
Andrii Radchenko ◽  
Dariusz Mikielewicz ◽  
Krzysztof Kosowski ◽  
Serhiy Kantor ◽  
...  

The general trend to improve the fuel efficiency of gas turbines (GT) at increased ambient temperatures is turbine intake air cooling (TIAC) by exhaust heat recovery chillers The high efficiency absorption lithium-bromide chillers (ACh) of a simple cycle are the most widely used, but they are not able to cool intake air lower than 15°C because of a chilled water temperature of about 7°C. A two-stage hybrid absorption-ejector chillers (AECh) were developed with ejector chiller as a low temperature stage to provide deep air cooling to 10°C and lower. A novel trend in TIAC by two-stage air cooling in chillers of hybrid type has been proposed to provide about 50% higher annual fuel saving in temperate climatic conditions as compared with ACh cooling. The advanced methodology to design and rational distribute the cooling capacity of TIAC systems that provides a closed to maximum annual fuel reduction without oversizing was developed.


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