Measurement and Control of the Gas Turbine Inlet Air Cooling System

2012 ◽  
Vol 220-223 ◽  
pp. 439-442
Author(s):  
Jian Wang ◽  
Jiang Zhou Shu ◽  
Guo Hui Huang ◽  
Ai Peng Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Waste Heat ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Lithium Bromide ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Waste Heat Boiler ◽  
Air Cooling System ◽  
And Control ◽  
Measurement And Control

As a constant-column power generating machine, the combustion turbine has a direct proportion of its output to the quantity of input air. Therefore, when the ambient air temperature rises higher in summer, the effect of combustion turbine is decreasing. In order to enhance the efficiency of combustion turbine in summer, two sets of inlet air cooling system (IACS) were installed in PG6551(B) combustion turbines in Jinhua, Zhejiang, China. Two low-pressure evaporators were installed in the caudal flue of the waste heat boiler, therefore, the produced saturation steam drives a single-effect lithium bromide absorption chiller to cool the input air of combustion turbines to raise the output power of combustion turbine in summer; or supplies the low-pressure heater to heat the condensated water from the deaerator of the steam turbine in winter. A measurement and control system (MCS) of the new-added inlet air cooling equipments was developed. Based on the framework of DCS (Distributed Computer System), the M&C system has the IACS work correctly and easily. The structure and functions of the M&C is described in detail.

scholarly journals ОЦІНКА ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ ГЛИБОКОГО ОХОЛОДЖЕННЯ ПОВІТРЯ НА ВХОДІ ГТУ ТЕПЛОВИКОРИСТОВУЮЧИМИ ХОЛОДИЛЬНИМИ МАШИНАМИ

2019 ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Андрій Миколайович Радченко ◽  
Богдан Сергійович Портной ◽  
Сергій Анатолійович Кантор ◽  
Ігор Петрович Єсін
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Heat Load ◽  
Turbine Unit ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Mechanical Energy ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Gas Turbine Unit ◽  
Air Cooling System

Significant fluctuations in the current temperature and relative humidity of the ambient air lead to significant changes in the heat load on the air cooling system at the inlet of the gas turbine unit, which urgently poses the problem of choosing their design heat load, as well as evaluating the efficiency of the air cooling system for a certain period of time. The efficiency of deep air cooling at the inlet of gas turbine units was studied with a change during July 2015–2018 for climatic conditions of operation at the compressor station Krasnopolie, Dnepropetrovsk region (Ukraine). For air cooling, the use of a waste heat recovery chiller, which transforms the heat of exhaust gases of gas turbine units into the cold, has been proposed. The efficiency of air cooling at the inlet of gas turbine units for different temperatures has been analyzed: down to 15 °C – an absorption lithium-bromide chiller, which is used as the first high-temperature stage for pre-cooling of ambient air, and down to 10 °C – a combined absorption-ejector chiller (with using a refrigerant low-temperature air cooler as the second stage of air cooling). The effect of air-cooling was assessed by comparing the increase in the production of mechanical energy as a result of an increase in the power of a gas turbine unit and fuel saved during the month of July for 2015-2018 in accumulating. Deeper air cooling at the inlet of the gas turbine unit to a temperature of 10 °C in a combined absorption-ejector chiller compared to its traditional cooling to 15 °C in an absorption bromine-lithium chiller provides a greater increase in net power and fuel saved. It is shown that due to a slight discrepancy between the results obtained for 2015-2018, a preliminary assessment of the efficiency of air cooling at the inlet of gas turbine plants can be carried out for one year.

scholarly journals DISAIN SISTEM OTOMASI SUHU RUANGAN PERTEMUAN DENGAN PENERAPAN TEKNIK MACHINE LEARNING

2019 ◽  
pp. 117-120
Author(s):  
Stephanie Imelda Pella ◽  
Hendro FJ L
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Object Detection ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Minimum Value ◽  
Air Cooling System ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
And Control

This research presents an automation process of controlling room temperature based on the number of people detected in a room. The system consists of a single board raspberry pi computer, esp8266 micro controller, pi camera, and an infrared module. This research is divided into two parts, namely object detection using Raspbery Pi and Tensorflow and Open CV libraries and controlling air cooling system (ACS) using esp8266 and infrared modules by transmitting hexadecimal AC control codes. The ACS temperature is divided into four levels with a minimum value at 18o C and a maximum at 24o C. System testings were carried out in an empty room and a room with a capacity of 50 people that is fully occupied. The results show that the system is able to detect the number of people in the room and control the ACS, but under certain conditions some objects are not detected because the position and camera tilt is not optimal.

Liquid-Coupled Indirect-Transfer Exchanger Application to the Diesel Engine

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 516-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Eastwood
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Performance Curves ◽  
Air Cooling System ◽  
Cooling Function ◽  
Low Charge

The efficiency of turbocharged diesel engines can be increased by cooling the charge air. This paper presents a design approach for liquid-coupled indirect-transfer heat exchanger systems to perform the air-cooling function. The two advantages most commonly cited for this approach to charge-air cooling are (1) the heat exchangers involved are easily packaged so that their shapes can be controlled by judicious design, and (2) simple gas ducting allows for compact machinery arrangements and relatively low charge-air pressure drop. An analytical approach to the design of liquid-coupled indirect-transfer heat exchanger systems is presented. Performance curves are constructed on the basis of this analysis. Four important design conditions are evident from the observation of these performance curves including (1) the relative capacity rate combination of the three fluids (ambient air, coupling liquid, and engine charge-air) which yields the highest overall effectiveness, (2) an optimum coupling-liquid flow rate, (3) the relative effectiveness distribution for each of the two component heat exchangers (hot and cold components), and (4) a broad design range for the optimum area distribution between the hot and cold exchangers. These performance curves serve as a guide for the design of a liquid-coupled charge-air cooling system.

scholarly journals ВИБІР ТЕПЛОВОГО НАВАНТАЖЕННЯ АПАРАТІВ ОХОЛОДЖЕННЯ ПОВІТРЯ НА ВХОДІ ГТУ В РІЗНИХ КЛІМАТИЧНИХ УМОВАХ

2018 ◽  
pp. 49-52
Author(s):  
Богдан Сергійович Портной
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Thermal Load ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Lithium Bromide ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Specific Fuel Consumption ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Air Cooling System ◽  
Refrigeration Capacity ◽  
Annual Reduction

It is proposed the definition of the installed (rational) refrigeration capacity of a waste heat-recovery absorption-ejector chiller that utilizes the heat of the exhaust gases of a gas turbine unite to cool the air at the inlet. Since the effect of air cooling, in particular in the form of a reduction in the specific fuel consumption, depends on its depth (the magnitude of the decrease in air temperature) and duration, it is proposed to determine it by the annual fuel economy. As an example of air cooling at the inlet of a gas turbine unit, the value of reducing specific fuel consumption due to cooling the air at the inlet 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 10 °C – in a refrigerant ejector chiller as the stages of a two-stage absorption-ejector chiller, depending on the installed (design) refrigeration capacity is analyzed.It is shown that proceeding from the different rate of increment of the annual reduction in the specific fuel consumption due to the change in the thermal load in accordance with the current climatic conditions, it is necessary to choose such design heat load for the air cooling system (installed refrigeration capacity of the chillers), which ensures the achievement of the maximum or close to annual reduction in the specific fuel consumption at relatively high rates of its increment. In order to determine the installed refrigeration capacity, which ensures the maximum annual refrigeration capacity (annual production of cold), the dependence of the increment of annual fuel economy from the installed refrigeration capacity is analyzed. Based on the results of the investigation, it was proposed to determine the rational thermal load of the air cooling system (installed - the design refrigeration capacity of the chiller) in accordance with the changing climatic conditions of operation during the year, which provides a maximum annual reduction in the specific fuel consumption at relatively high rates of its increment

scholarly journals Innovative Turbine Intake Air Cooling Systems and Their Rational Designing

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 6201
Author(s):  
Andrii Radchenko ◽  
Eugeniy Trushliakov ◽  
Krzysztof Kosowski ◽  
Dariusz Mikielewicz ◽  
Mykola Radchenko
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Maximum Rate ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Cooling Capacity ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Thermal Loads ◽  
Cooling Systems ◽  
Air Cooling System

The efficiency of cooling ambient air at the inlet of gas turbines in temperate climatic conditions was analyzed and reserves for its enhancing through deep cooling were revealed. A method of logical analysis of the actual operation efficiency of turbine intake air cooling systems in real varying environment, supplemented by the simplest numerical simulation was used to synthesize new solutions. As a result, a novel trend in engine intake air cooling to 7 or 10 °C in temperate climatic conditions by two-stage cooling in chillers of combined type, providing an annual fuel saving of practically 50%, surpasses its value gained due to traditional air cooling to about 15 °C in absorption lithium-bromide chiller of a simple cycle, and is proposed. On analyzing the actual efficiency of turbine intake air cooling system, the current changes in thermal loads on the system in response to varying ambient air parameters were taken into account and annual fuel reduction was considered to be a primary criterion, as an example. The improved methodology of the engine intake air cooling system designing based on the annual effect due to cooling was developed. It involves determining the optimal value of cooling capacity, providing the minimum system sizes at maximum rate of annual effect increment, and its rational value, providing a close to maximum annual effect without system oversizing at the second maximum rate of annual effect increment within the range beyond the first maximum rate. The rational value of design cooling capacity provides practically the maximum annual fuel saving but with the sizes of cooling systems reduced by 15 to 20% due to the correspondingly reduced design cooling capacity of the systems as compared with their values defined by traditional designing focused to cover current peaked short-term thermal loads. The optimal value of cooling capacity providing the minimum sizes of cooling system is very reasonable for applying the energy saving technologies, for instance, based on the thermal storage with accumulating excessive (not consumed) cooling capacities at lowered current thermal loads to cover the peak loads. The application of developed methodology enables revealing the thermal potential for enhancing the efficiency of any combustion engine (gas turbines and engines, internal combustion engines, etc.).

scholarly journals ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ РАЦІОНАЛЬНОГО ТЕПЛОВОГО НАВАНТАЖЕННЯ ГРАДИРЕНЬ ВІДВЕДЕННЯ ТЕПЛОТИ У ПРОЦЕСАХ КОНДИЦІЮВАННЯ ПОВІТРЯ НА ВХОДІ ЕНЕРГОУСТАНОВОК

2018 ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Андрій Миколайович Радченко ◽  
Євген Іванович Трушляков ◽  
Сергій Анатолійович Кантор ◽  
Богдан Сергійович Портной
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Heat Load ◽  
Turbine Unit ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Lithium Bromide ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Cooling Towers ◽  
Gas Turbine Unit ◽  
Heat Loads

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

scholarly journals ОХОЛОДЖЕННЯ ПОВІТРЯ НА ВХОДІ ГОЛОВНОГО СУДНОВОГО ДВИГУНА АБСОРБЦІЙНОЮ БРОМИСТОЛІТІЄВОЮ ХОЛОДИЛЬНОЮ МАШИНОЮ В ТРОПІЧНИХ УМОВАХ

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
Роман Миколайович Радченко ◽  
Дмитро Вікторович Коновалов ◽  
Максим Андрійович Пирисунько ◽  
Чжан Цян ◽  
Луо Зевей
Keyword(s):  
Air Temperature ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Low Speed ◽  
Speed Engine

The efficiency of air cooling at the inlet of the main low speed engine of a transport vessel during operation in tropical climatic conditions on the Shanghai-Karachi-Shanghai route was analyzed. The peculiarity of the tropical climate is the high relative humidity of the air at the same time its high temperatures, and hence the increased thermal load on the cooling system, which requires efficient transformation of the waste heat into the cold in the case of the use of waste heat recovery refrigeration machines. The cooling of the air at the inlet of the low speed engine by absorption lithium bromide chillers, which are characterized by high efficiency of transformation of waste heat into cold – by high coefficients of performance, is investigated. A schematic-construction solution of the air cooling system at the inlet of the ship's main engine using the heat of exhaust gases by an absorption chiller is proposed and analyzed. With this the cooling potential of the inlet air cooling from the current ambient air temperature to 15 ° C and the corresponding heat consumption for the operation of the adsorption chiller, on the one hand, was compared with the available exhaust gas heat potential, on the other hand. The effect of using the exhaust gas heat to cool the air at the inlet of the engine has been analyzed taking into account the changing climatic conditions during the voyage. Enhancement of fuel efficiency of the ship's engine by reducing the inlet air temperature were evaluated by current values of the reduction in specific and total fuel consumption. It is shown that due to the high efficiency of heat conversion in absorption chillers (high coefficients of performance 0.7…0.8), a significant amount of excessive exhaust gas heat over the heat required to cool the ambient air at the inlet of the engine to 15 ° C, which reaches almost half of the available exhaust gas heat during the Shanghai-Karachi-Shanghai route. This reveals the possibility of additional cooling a scavenge air too with almost double fuel economy due to the cooling of all cycle air of the low speed engine, including the air at the inlet.

Experimental Investigation of a Combined Photovoltaic Thermal System via Air Cooling for Summer Weather of Egypt

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussein M. Maghrabie ◽  
A. S. A. Mohamed ◽  
M. Salem Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Cooling System ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Pv Panel ◽  
Current Implementation ◽  
Air Cooling System ◽  
Forced Air ◽  
Electrical Power Output

Abstract Utilizing photovoltaic (PV) panels for generating electrical power is accompanied with a low electrical efficiency that is further reduced as its surface temperature surpasses an acceptable limit. In order to overcome this critical issue, it is necessary to maintain the PV panels relatively at low surface temperatures as possible as using appropriate cooling systems. The current implementation assesses experimentally the performance of a combined PV thermal (PV/T) system using a forced-air cooling system during April, May, June, and July of summer weather of Egypt. The results reveal that the highest values of the solar intensity and the ambient air temperature are obtained in July. Employing the forced-air cooling system reduces the average temperature on the front and back sides of the PV panel during July by 12% and 12.8%, respectively. In addition, the forced-air cooling system enhances noticeably the electrical power output of the PV panel by 3.3%, 4.3%, 4.5%, and 6.1% during April, May, June, and July, respectively. Moreover, the maximum value of the average thermal efficiency achieved during July is 37%; whereas, the corresponding value of the average overall efficiency fulfilled during April is 48.7%.

scholarly journals Performance Improvements of a Natural Gas Injection Station Using Gas Turbine Inlet Air Cooling

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio De Lucia ◽  
Ennio Carnevale ◽  
Massimo Falchetti ◽  
Alberto Tesei
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
Lithium Bromide ◽  
Capital Outlay ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Cooling Systems ◽  
Performance Improvements ◽  
Turbine Inlet ◽  
Air Cooling System

Gas Turbine (GT) performance seriously deteriorates at increased ambient temperature. This study analyses the possibility of improving GT power output and efficiency by installing a gas turbine inlet air cooling system. Different cooling systems were analyzed and preliminary cost evaluations for each system were carried out. The following three cooling systems were considered in detail: a) Traditional compression cooling system; b) Absorption single-acting cooling system using a solution of lithium bromide; c) Absorption double-acting cooling system using a solution of lithium bromide. Results clearly indicate that there is a great potential for GT performance enhancement by application of an Inlet Air Cooling (IAC). Technical and economical analyses lead to selection of a particular type of IAC for significant savings in capital outlay, operational and maintenance costs and other additional advantages.

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