Design and development test of a gas turbine combustor for air-blow Lurgi coal gas fuel

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5784956

Beebe, K W; Ye, L J

A heavy-duty industrial gas turbine combustion system has been designed and laboratory tested for use with low heating value coal gas produced by an air-blown Lurgi coal gasifier. The design fuel has a nominal lower heating value of 4.21 MJ/Nm/sup 3/ (107 BTU/SCF). The combustor design utilizes high-swirl fuel and air injection to provide rapid fuel/air mixing and a stable flame front, and is physically interchangeable with the conventional fuel combustion system for the General Electric Model MS5001 gas turbine. Full-pressure, full-scale tests of the new combustion system have been conducted at the General Electric Gas Turbine Development Laboratory in Schenectady, New York, USA, for the Shanghai Power Plant Equipment Research Institute (SPPERI) of the Peoples Republic of China. Simulated clean low heating value coal gas fuel with a composition specified by SPPERI was used for these tests. Laboratory test reults are presented for important combustor operating parameters, including exhaust emissions, combustion efficiency, exhaust temperature profile, dynamic pressure, and metal temperature distribution.

• OSTI ID: 5784956
• Report Number(s): CONF-8509221-
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR FLOW
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL GASIFICATION
COAL-FIRED GAS TURBINES
COMBUSTION
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
EXHAUST GASES
FLAME PROPAGATION
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
FUEL GAS
FUEL-AIR RATIO
FUELS
GAS FLOW
GAS FUELS
GAS TURBINES
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
GASIFICATION
LOW BTU GAS
LURGI PROCESS
MACHINERY
METALS
MIXING
OXIDATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PRESSURE MEASUREMENT
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
VORTEX FLOW
WASTES