Small gas-turbine units for the power industry: Ways for improving the efficiency and the scale of implementation
- Authors: Kosoi A.S.1,2, Popel’ O.S.1, Beschastnykh V.N.2, Zeigarnik Y.A.1, Sinkevich M.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Joint Institute for High Temperatures
- Lianozovo Electromechanical Plant Research & Production Corporation
- Issue: Vol 64, No 10 (2017)
- Pages: 723-728
- Section: Steam Turbine, Gas Turbine, Steam-Gas Plants and Accessory Equipment
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0040-6015/article/view/172827
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601517100068
- ID: 172827
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Abstract
Small power units (<1 MW) see increasing application due to enhanced growth of the distributed power generation and smart power supply systems. They are usually used for feeding facilities whose connection to centralized networks involves certain problems of engineering or economical nature. Small power generation is based on a wide range of processes and primary sources, including renewable and local ones, such as nonconventional hydrocarbon fuel comprising associated gas, biogas, coalmine methane, etc. Characteristics of small gas-turbine units (GTU) that are most widely available on the world market are reviewed. The most promising lines for the development of the new generation of small GTUs are examined. Special emphasis is placed on the three lines selected for improving the efficiency of small GTUs: increasing the fuel efficiency, cutting down the maintenance cost, and integration with local or renewable power sources. It is demonstrated that, as to the specific fuel consumption, small GTUs of the new generation can have an efficiency 20–25% higher than those of the previous generation, require no maintenance between overhauls, and can be capable of efficient integration into intelligent electrical networks with power facilities operating on renewable or local power sources.
About the authors
A. S. Kosoi
Joint Institute for High Temperatures; Lianozovo Electromechanical Plant Research & Production Corporation
Author for correspondence.
Email: kosoyas@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 125412; Moscow, 127411
O. S. Popel’
Joint Institute for High Temperatures
Email: kosoyas@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 125412
V. N. Beschastnykh
Lianozovo Electromechanical Plant Research & Production Corporation
Email: kosoyas@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 127411
Yu. A. Zeigarnik
Joint Institute for High Temperatures
Email: kosoyas@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 125412
M. V. Sinkevich
Joint Institute for High Temperatures
Email: kosoyas@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 125412