Effects of Propane/Natural Gas Blended Fuels on Gas Turbine Pollutant Emissions

Straub, D L; Ferguson, D H; Casleton, K H; Richards, G A

Title: Effects of Propane/Natural Gas Blended Fuels on Gas Turbine Pollutant Emissions

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Liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports to the U.S. are expected to grow significantly over the next 10-15 years. Likewise, it is expected that changes to the domestic gas supply may also introduce changes in natural gas composition. As a result of these anticipated changes, the composition of fuel sources may vary significantly from conventional domestic natural gas supplies. This paper will examine the effects of fuel variability on pollutant emissions for premixed gas turbine conditions. The experimental data presented in this paper have been collected from a pressurized single injector combustion test rig at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). The tests are conducted at 7.5 atm with a 588 K air preheat. A propane blending facility is used to vary the Wobbe Index of the site natural gas. The results indicate that propane addition of about five (vol.) percent does not lead to a significant change in the observed NOx or CO emissions. These results are different from data collected on some engine applications and potential reasons for these differences will be described.

Authors:: Straub, D L; Ferguson, D H; Casleton, K H; Richards, G A

Publication Date:: Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2007

Research Org.:: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE - Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

OSTI Identifier:: 913263

Report Number(s):: DOE/NETL-IR-2007-101
TRN: US200802%%731

DOE Contract Number:: None cited

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: 5th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, San Diego, CA, Mar. 25-28, 2007

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 03 NATURAL GAS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; AIR; AVAILABILITY; COMBUSTION; ENGINES; GAS TURBINES; IMPORTS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS; POLLUTANTS; PROPANE; natural gas; propane blending; NOx; carbon monoxide; gas turbines

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                    Straub, D L, Ferguson, D H, Casleton, K H, and Richards, G A. Effects of Propane/Natural Gas Blended Fuels on Gas Turbine Pollutant Emissions.  United States: N. p., 2007. 
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                    Straub, D L, Ferguson, D H, Casleton, K H, & Richards, G A. Effects of Propane/Natural Gas Blended Fuels on Gas Turbine Pollutant Emissions.  United States.

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                    Straub, D L, Ferguson, D H, Casleton, K H, and Richards, G A. 2007.  
        "Effects of Propane/Natural Gas Blended Fuels on Gas Turbine Pollutant Emissions".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/913263.

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