Advanced turbine systems study system scoping and feasibility study. Final report
United Technologies Research Center, Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engine Business, And Pratt & Whitney Government Engine and Space Propulsion has performed a preliminary analysis of an Advanced Turbine System (ATS) under Contract DE-AC21-92MC29247 with the Morgantown Energy Technology Center. The natural gas-fired reference system identified by the UTC team is the Humid Air Turbine (HAT) Cycle in which the gas turbine exhaust heat and heat rejected from the intercooler is used in a saturator to humidify the high pressure compressor discharge air. This results in a significant increase in flow through the turbine at no increase in compressor power. Using technology based on the PW FT4000, the industrial engine derivative of the PW4000, currently under development by PW, the system would have an output of approximately 209 MW and an efficiency of 55.3%. Through use of advanced cooling and materials technologies similar to those currently in the newest generation military aircraft engines, a growth version of this engine could attain approximately 295 MW output at an efficiency of 61.5%. There is the potential for even higher performance in the future as technology from aerospace R&D programs is adapted to aero-derivative industrial engines.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center, WV (United States); United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, CT (United States). Research Center; Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford, CT (United States); Pratt and Whitney, West Palm Beach, FL (United States). Government Engines and Space Propulsion
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC21-92MC29247
- OSTI ID:
- 10169266
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/29247--3375; ON: DE93000293
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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