Pressure gain combustion advantage in land-based electric power generation

This article evaluates the improvement in gas turbine combined cycle power plant efficiency and output via pressure gain combustion (PGC). Ideal and real cycle calculations are provided for a rigorous assessment of PGC variants (e.g., detonation and deflagration) in a realistic power plant framework...

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Main Author: Seyfettin Gulen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Global Power and Propulsion Society 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of the Global Power and Propulsion Society
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Online Access:https://www.gppsjournal.org/journals/journal-of-the-global-power-and-propulsion-society/pgc-in-electric-power/
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Summary:This article evaluates the improvement in gas turbine combined cycle power plant efficiency and output via pressure gain combustion (PGC). Ideal and real cycle calculations are provided for a rigorous assessment of PGC variants (e.g., detonation and deflagration) in a realistic power plant framework with advanced heavy-duty industrial gas turbines. It is shown that PGC is the single-most potent knob available to the designers for a quantum leap in combined cycle performance.
ISSN:2515-3080
2515-3080