Gas Turbine Articles & Analysis

OWNER York University LOCATION Toronto, Ontario, Canada PRODUCT Taurus™ 60 (5 MW) Gas Turbine CUSTOMER VALUE Energy Cost Reduction The Taurus 60 gas turbine generator set and a supplementary-fired exhaust heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) cogenerate approximately 5 MW of electricity and from 11113 kg/hr (24,500 Ib/hr) (unfired) to 29 484 kg/hr (65.000 Ib/hr) of steam (with ...

By Solar Turbines Incorporated

OWNER Michelin Hallstadt LOCATION Hallstadt, Germany PRODUCT Taurus 65 Gas Turbine CUSTOMER VALUE Reliable, Efficient, Environmentally Friendly Power In 2005, Michelin decided to expand the production at their Hallstadt plant. They were looking for a reliable, efficient and cost effective energy supply for their modern combined heal and power :CHF) plant, wh ch would prov de the complete ...

By Solar Turbines Incorporated

Exergy analysis can help integrate separate technologies following the principles of industrial ecology. An application of exergy analysis to calculate depletion numbers, which relate exergy destruction and total exergy use, is demonstrated for a gas turbine cycle combined with a hydrogen generation unit. The design includes a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) with internal natural gas reforming and a ...

By Inderscience Publishers

In October 1997, Essar commissioned India’s first Independent Power Plant (IPP) after the Government of India had liberalised its power policy. Originally conceived to cater only to Essar Steel’s requirements, the plant was later converted to an independent producer with a capacity of 515 MW. Using cutting-edge technology, it was no ordinary power plant. The Hazira IPP was a ...

By Essar Global Fund Limited (EGFL)

A comprehensive thermodynamic analysis of a conceptual integrated coal gasification combined cycle power plant is presented. Energy and exergy efficiencies and exergy destructions of each sub–unit are calculated. The effect of nitrogen, which is supplied from the Air Separation Unit (ASU) of the gasification unit to the combustion chamber of the gas turbine (GT) cycle, on system performance is ...

By Inderscience Publishers

OWNER California Dairies, Inc. LOCATION Tipton, California, USA PRODUCT Centaur® 50 (4.6 MWe) Gas Turbine CUSTOMER VALUE Sustainable Energy Production California Dairies, Inc. is the number one dairy cooperative in the United States. The Tipton facility has a processing capacity of seven million pounds of milk per day, 130 million pounds of powdered milk each year using two ...

By Solar Turbines Incorporated

This research proposes a new method for optimisation of a power generation system based on exergy fuel cost and external social cost of air pollution. A thermodynamic model is provided to estimate the outlet mass flow rates of CO2, CO, NO and NO2 for a gas turbine based on maximising the first and second law efficiencies and minimising the objective function. Results show that inclusion of the ...

By Inderscience Publishers

In 2012, Cofely’s Picardie branch, the site’s exploiter, entrusted the renovation of a cogeneration installation in Saint Quentin, in the Aisne province, to Clarke Energy. Initially, this “boiler room” consisted of a turbine installed in a soundproof enclosure. Cofely could either renovate the existing turbine, or replace it with a gas engine. Cofely’s main ...

By Clarke Energy

OWNER/OPERATOR Fortistar END USER Concord Energy LLC PROJECT ENGINEERING SCS Engineers CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT McCarthy & Smith, Inc. PRODUCT Two (2) 5.7 MWe Taurus 60 Gas Turbine Generator Sets CUSTOMER VALUE High Availability and Local Renewable Energy Supply The Concord Energy facility at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Landfill in North Carolina helps fulfill a regional need for ...

By Solar Turbines Incorporated

This paper presents a comparative exergy study of the performance of various gas turbine power generation plants and a high temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC). The overall system is analysed and its exergy efficiency and exergy destruction are obtained, as well as individual models of each component. The results for selected operating conditions are compared against past literature data. ...

By Inderscience Publishers

Cutting-edge turbine technology enables more efficient and cleaner power generation. However, the service of advanced gas turbines is challenging—especially when parts need to be replaced. The example of a blade replacement project shows how Sulzer establishes innovative reengineering processes and contributes to a secure energy supply that causes less carbon emission. A Sulzer customer ...

By Sulzer Ltd.

OWNER Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation PROJECT ENGINEERING Syska Hennessey Engineering CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT Frank Zaino PRODUCT Two (2) Taurus 70 Gas Turbine Generator Sets With Heat Recovery Steam Generators CUSTOMER VALUE Energy Efficiency, Energy Independence, Reduced Carbon Footprint Sustainability and energy independence matter to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation in eastern ...

By Solar Turbines Incorporated

The work deals with the evaluation of applicability of reactor net models and different reaction mechanisms for the predictions of emission characteristics of aero-engine combustors operating both in diffusion and in homogeneous burning modes. It is shown that the accuracy of the calculations of emission indices for NO x , CO and unburned hydrocarbons (UHC) is dependent strongly on the applied ...

By Inderscience Publishers

The available information on combustion, flow control, treatment and environmental compliance for gas turbines and reciprocating engines is doubling every few years. It is now more challenging than climbing Mt. Everest to find the most current and relevant information. Rapid developments include zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technologies, repairable valves, high efficiency air inlet filters, ...

By The McIlvaine Company

The Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990 authorized EPA to develop regulations requiring facilities to monitor the adequacy of emission control equipment and plant operations. This paper discusses the various methods available for coal-fired power plants and gas turbine installations to demonstrate a reasonable assurance of facility compliance with emission limitations, and ensure that control ...

By Mostardi Platt Associates, Inc.

Performance improvement techniques in power generation systems especially in gas turbine–steam turbine (GT–ST) combined cycle (CC) power plants by compressor inlet air cooling prove to be much improvising. In this work, the performance enhancement of CC power plant by inlet air cooling method using lithium bromide–water (LiBr/H2O) absorption refrigeration system powered by waste heat from heat ...

By Inderscience Publishers

Fuel cell technology is one of the promising systems for cleaner and competitive alternate power generation systems. When the high temperature fuel cells like solid oxide fuel cell and molten carbon fuel cell are integrated with the gas turbines, the total thermal efficiency of the combined cycle can be obtained greater than 60%. In the present work, thermodynamic analysis of SOFC–GT combined ...

By Inderscience Publishers

SSE plc's Great Island Power Station in County Wexford is a 464 MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant which was first commisioned in 2014. Acknowledged as one of Ireland's cleanest and most efficient natural gas power stations on the country's national grid, the plant generates enough energy to power the equivalent of half-a-million homes. In 2016 the operators identified improvements that ...

By Rotork plc

OWNER PEI Power Corporation PROJECT ENGINEERING Concord Engineering Group PRODUCT Two Mercury 50 Gas Turbine Generator Sets CUSTOMER VALUE Environmentally Friendly Renewable Energy Source When PEI learned that Solar Turbines had recently modified their Mercury™ 50 gas turbine to burn landfill gas, the company contacted SolarTurbines. Intrigued with theturbine's high simple cycle ...

By Solar Turbines Incorporated

OWNER Biogen Idee LOCATION Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA PRODUCT Taurus'" 60 (5.7 MWe) Gas Turbine CUSTOMER VALUE Sustainable Energy Production Biogen Idee is a global leader in the discovery, development, manufacturing and commercialization of innovative therapies. In 2003, the pharmaceutical company needed to do something to ensure the critical supply of steam and electricity to its Kendall ...

By Solar Turbines Incorporated