Gas turbines – technological development and potential use in CAES systems

• Main Authors: Damian JAKOWSKI, Marek DZIDA
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Polskie Towarzystwo Naukowe Silników Spalinowych/Polish Scientific Society of Combustion Engines 2016-05-01
• Series: Combustion Engines
• Subjects: energy storage; caes; gas turbines; exhaust gas recirculation; gas turbines classes; modern gas turbine systems
• Online Access: http://www.journalssystem.com/cen/,116480,0,2.html

This article briefly describes Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES), focusing on the technological development of one of the key elements of such systems – the gas turbines. It presents the basic parameters and features of gas turbines, as well as turbine classes with example models. Main tendencies in the structural and technological development are discussed. Changes and trends on electric energy markets are becoming more and more dependent on sources with flexible operating characteristics, therefore, the advantages of gas turbines and the reasons for their development are listed as well.