High-temperature turbine technology program. Phase II. Technology test and support studies. Technical progress report, January 1, 1978-March 31, 1978
Studies by DOE indicate that coal pile-to-bus bar efficiencies of over forty-four percent are possible in an integrated, low Btu gasification/advanced combined cycle power plant. Reaching this efficiency level is dependent on achieving two difficult goals: increasing gas turbine inlet temperatures to values of 2600/sup 0/F and above, while limiting the losses necessitated by component cooling; and adapting the gas turbine for operation in the aggressive environment anticipated in the combustion of low Btu coal-gas. With these as its objectives the DOE High Temperature Turbine Technology program was initiated in 1976, to develop, to a status of Technology Readiness, a turbine subsystem capable of meeting the aforementioned goals at the end of a six-year, three-phase period. The concept selected by Curtiss-Wright for this program utilizes transpiration-Air-Cooling in the turbine subsystem. Phase 1 defined the systems and development efforts required to complete the program. Phase 2 consists of technology testing and support studies whose prime objective is to obtain the technical data necessary to complete the turbine subsystems design that will be verification tested in Phase 3 of the program. The successful completion of this program on High Temperature Turbine Technology will result in the availability, for commercial development, of an advanced-cycle power system capable of operating cost-effectively on a coal-derived fuel, and in an environmentally acceptable manner.
- Research Organization:
- Curtiss-Wright Corp., Wood-Ridge, NJ (USA). Power Systems Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC01-76ET10348
- OSTI ID:
- 6036036
- Report Number(s):
- CW-WR-76-020.28; FE-2291-28; ON: DE82001658
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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