Thermal analysis of a simple-cycle gas turbine in biogas power generation
- California Energy Commission, Sacramento, CA (United States)
- California State Univ., Sacramento, CA (United States)
This paper investigates the technical feasibility of utilizing small simple-cycle gas turbines (25 kW to 125 kW) for biogas power generation through thermal analysis. A computer code, GTPower, was developed to evaluate the performance of small simple-cycle gas turbines specifically for biogas combustion. The 125 KW Solar Gas Turbine (Tital series) has been selected as the base case gas turbine for biogas combustion. After its design parameters and typical operating conditions were entered into GTPower for analysis, GTPower outputted expected values for the thermal efficiency and specific work. For a sensitivity analysis, the GTPower Model outputted the thermal efficiency and specific work. For a sensitivity analysis, the GTPower Model outputted the thermal efficiency and specific work profiles for various operating conditions encountered in biogas combustion. These results will assist future research projects in determining the type of combustion device most suitable for biogas power generation.
- OSTI ID:
- 98692
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950640-; TRN: 95:006355-0005
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 34. Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Institute meeting, Sacramento, CA (United States), 1-2 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 34th Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Institute; Reardon, F.H.; Thinh, Ngo Dinh [eds.]; PB: 302 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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