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Title: Catalytic Combustor for Fuel-Flexible Turbine

Abstract

Under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory, Siemens Westinghouse is conducting a three-year program to develop an ultra low NOx, fuel flexible catalytic combustor for gas turbine application in IGCC. The program is defined in three phases: Phase 1-Implementation Plan, Phase 2-Validation Testing and Phase 3-Field Testing. The Phase 1 program has been completed. Phase II was initiated in October 2004. In IGCC power plants, the gas turbine must be capable of operating on syngas as a primary fuel and an available back-up fuel such as natural gas. In this program the Rich Catalytic Lean (RCL{trademark}) technology is being developed as an ultra low NOx combustor. In this concept, ultra low NOx is achieved by stabilizing a lean premix combustion process by using a catalytic reactor to react part of the fuel, increasing the fuel/air mixture temperature. In Phase 1, the feasibility of the catalytic concept for syngas application has been evaluated and the key technology issues identified. In Phase II the catalytic concept will be demonstrated through subscale testing. Phase III will consist of full-scale combustor basket testing on natural gas and syngas.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Siemens Power Generation, Inc.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
907883
DOE Contract Number:  
FC26-03NT41891
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; CATALYTIC COMBUSTORS; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; GAS TURBINES; MIXTURES; NATURAL GAS; POWER PLANTS; PROGRESS REPORT; TESTING

Citation Formats

Laster, W R, Anoshkina, E, and Szedlacsek, P. Catalytic Combustor for Fuel-Flexible Turbine. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.2172/907883.
Laster, W R, Anoshkina, E, & Szedlacsek, P. Catalytic Combustor for Fuel-Flexible Turbine. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/907883
Laster, W R, Anoshkina, E, and Szedlacsek, P. 2006. "Catalytic Combustor for Fuel-Flexible Turbine". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/907883. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/907883.
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title = {Catalytic Combustor for Fuel-Flexible Turbine},
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abstractNote = {Under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory, Siemens Westinghouse is conducting a three-year program to develop an ultra low NOx, fuel flexible catalytic combustor for gas turbine application in IGCC. The program is defined in three phases: Phase 1-Implementation Plan, Phase 2-Validation Testing and Phase 3-Field Testing. The Phase 1 program has been completed. Phase II was initiated in October 2004. In IGCC power plants, the gas turbine must be capable of operating on syngas as a primary fuel and an available back-up fuel such as natural gas. In this program the Rich Catalytic Lean (RCL{trademark}) technology is being developed as an ultra low NOx combustor. In this concept, ultra low NOx is achieved by stabilizing a lean premix combustion process by using a catalytic reactor to react part of the fuel, increasing the fuel/air mixture temperature. In Phase 1, the feasibility of the catalytic concept for syngas application has been evaluated and the key technology issues identified. In Phase II the catalytic concept will be demonstrated through subscale testing. Phase III will consist of full-scale combustor basket testing on natural gas and syngas.},
doi = {10.2172/907883},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 31 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Fri Mar 31 00:00:00 EST 2006}
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