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Turbojet Engine
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Turbofan Engine
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Turboprop Engine
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Turboshaft Engine
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The gas turbine engines (GTE) being installed in many of today's natural-gas-
fueled power plants are very complex machines with about 20,000 moving
parts, that basically involve three main components:
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Compressor, which draws air into the engine, pressurizes it, and feeds it to the
combustion chamber at speeds of hundreds of miles per hour.
Axial
Compressor
Centrifugal
Compressor
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Combustion
Chamber
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Turbine
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Land based gas turbines are of two types: heavy frame or industrial engines
and aeroderivative engines. Heavy frame engines are characterized by lower
pressure ratios (below 20) and tend to be physically large. Pressure ratio is the
ratio of the compressor discharge pressure and the inlet air pressure.
Industrial GTE
Aeroderivative GTE
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Aeroderivative engines are derived from jet engines and operate at very high
compression ratios (typically in excess of 30) and tend to be very compact and
are very useful where smaller power outputs are needed.
As large frame turbines have higher outputs, they can produce larger amounts
of emissions, and must be designed to achieve low emissions of pollutants, such
as NOx.
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Compressor Turbine
Single-shaft
GTE configuration
Two-shaft
GTE configuration
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Compressor Turbine
Single-shaft
GTE configuration
Two-shaft
GTE configuration
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BRAYTON CYCLE
Single-shaft GTE Configuration Two-shaft GTE Configuration
Process 1-2 Isentropic Compression Process 1-2 Isentropic Compression
𝑝𝑟2 𝑃2 𝑝𝑟2 𝑃2
= = 𝑟𝑃 = = 𝑟𝑃
𝑝𝑟1 𝑃1 𝑝𝑟1 𝑃1
𝑃3 = 𝑃2 𝑘𝑃𝑎 𝑃3 = 𝑃2
𝑤
ෝ 𝑇 = ℎ3 − ℎ 4 𝑘𝐽Τ𝑘𝑔 𝑤
ෝ𝐻𝑃𝑇 = ℎ3 − ℎ4 𝑘𝐽Τ𝑘𝑔
𝑊𝑇 = 𝐻3 − 𝐻4 𝑘𝐽 𝑊𝐻𝑃𝑇 = 𝐻3 − 𝐻4 𝑘𝐽
𝑊ሶ 𝑇 = 𝑚ሶ ℎ3 − ℎ4 𝑘𝐽Τ𝑠 𝑊ሶ 𝐻𝑃𝑇 = 𝑃𝐻𝑃𝑇 = 𝑚ሶ ℎ3 − ℎ4 𝑘𝐽Τ𝑠
Back-work Ratio
ෝ 𝐶 𝑊𝐶 𝑊ሶ 𝐶
𝑤 N/A
𝑟𝐵𝑊 = = =
𝑤ሶ 𝑇 𝑊𝑇 𝑊ሶ 𝑇
Net Power Output
𝑤
ෝ𝑛𝑒𝑡 = 𝑤ෝ𝑇 − 𝑤
ෝ𝐶 𝑘𝐽Τ𝑘𝑔 𝑤
ෝ𝑛𝑒𝑡 = 𝑤
ෝ𝑃𝑇 𝑘𝐽Τ𝑘𝑔
𝑊𝑛𝑒𝑡 = 𝑊𝑇 − 𝑊𝐶 𝑘𝐽 𝑊𝑛𝑒𝑡 = 𝑊𝑃𝑇 𝑘𝐽
𝑊ሶ 𝑛𝑒𝑡 = 𝑚ሶ 𝑤
ෝ𝑇 − 𝑤
ෝ𝐶 𝑘𝐽Τ𝑠 𝑊ሶ 𝑛𝑒𝑡 = 𝑃𝑃𝑇 = 𝑚ሶ 𝑤
ෝ𝑃𝑇 𝑘𝐽Τ𝑠
Thermal Efficiency
Exercise 1
A gas turbine power plant operating on an ideal Brayton cycle has a pressure
ratio of 8. The gas temperature is 300 K at the compressor inlet and 1300 K at
the turbine inlet. Accounting for the variation of specific heats with
temperature, determine:
𝑘𝐽
𝑇2 = 540𝐾, 𝑇4 = 770𝐾; 𝑟𝑏𝑤 = 40.25%; ɳ𝑡ℎ = 42.6%; 𝑤
ෝ 𝑛𝑒𝑡 = 362.44 ,𝑤
ෝ = 59.74%; ɳ𝐼𝐼 = 55.38%
𝑘𝑔 𝑛𝑒𝑡%
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Exercise 2
A gas turbine power plant with closed cycle remains pressurized at the
compressor inlet at 1.5 bar and 310 K. The pressure ratio is 10 and the
temperature of the work fluid is 1300 K at the HPT inlet. If the air mass flow is
20 kg/s, determine:
a) The P-𝑣-T
ො properties in the cycle points
b) The added heat flow
c) The power produced by the HPT
d) The rejected heat flow
e) The net power output of the gas turbine
f) The thermal efficiency
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𝒎𝟑
a) 𝑷𝟏 = 𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝑷𝒂, 𝑣ො𝟏 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟗𝟑𝟏 𝒌𝒈
, 𝑻𝟏 = 𝟑𝟏𝟎 𝑲, 𝑷𝟐 = 𝟏𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝑷𝒂, 𝑣ො𝟐 =
𝒎𝟑 𝒎𝟑
𝟎. 𝟏𝟏𝟑𝟑 𝒌𝒈 , 𝑻𝟐 = 𝟓𝟗𝟐. 𝟒 𝑲, 𝑷𝟑 = 𝟏𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝒌𝑷𝒂, 𝑣ො𝟑 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟒𝟖 𝒌𝒈
, 𝑻𝟑 = 𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝑲, 𝑷𝟒 =
𝒎𝟑 𝒎𝟑
𝟔𝟑𝟔. 𝟒𝟓 𝒌𝑷𝒂, 𝑣ො𝟒 = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟕 𝒌𝒈
, 𝑻𝟒 = 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝟑. 𝟒 𝑲, 𝑷𝟓 = 𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝑷𝒂, 𝑣ො𝟓 = 𝟏. 𝟑𝟖 𝒌𝒈
, 𝑻𝟓 =
𝟕𝟐𝟔. 𝟑 𝑲
𝒌𝑱
b) 𝑸ሶ 𝒊𝒏 = 𝟏𝟓𝟗𝟑𝟖. 𝟔 𝒔
c) 𝑾ሶ 𝑯𝑷𝑻 = 𝟓𝟕𝟕𝟔 𝒌𝑾
𝒌𝑱
d) 𝑸ሶ 𝒐𝒖𝒕 = 𝟖𝟔𝟐𝟕. 𝟔 𝒔
e) 𝑾ሶ 𝑷𝑻 = 𝟕𝟑𝟏𝟏 𝒌𝑾
f) η𝒕 = 𝟒𝟓. 𝟖𝟔%
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The actual GT cycle differs from the ideal Brayton cycle on several accounts.
In first place, some pressure drop during the heat-addition and heat-rejection
processes is inevitable. In second place and more important, the actual work
input to the compressor is more and the actual work output from the turbine
is less because of irreversibilities. Using isentropic efficiencies, we can
consider this:
Compressor efficiency
𝒘𝑪𝑰 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒉𝟏
η𝑪 = =
𝒘𝑪𝑹 𝒉𝟐𝑹 − 𝒉𝟏
Turbine efficiency
𝒘𝑻𝑹 𝒉𝟑 − 𝒉𝟒𝑹
η𝑻 = =
𝒘𝑻𝑰 𝒉𝟑 − 𝒉𝟒
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Exercise 3
Considering the data of exercise 1, and assuming a compressor efficiency of
80% and a turbine efficiency of 85%, determine:
a) The gas temperature at the exits of the compressor and the turbine
b) The back-work ratio
c) The thermal efficiency
d) The magnitude of the available work in absolute and relative value
e) The second-law efficiency
In GTE, the temperature of the exhaust gas leaving the turbine is considerably
higher than the temperature of the air leaving the compressor. Therefore, the
high-pressure air leaving the compressor can be heated by transferring heat to
it from the hot exhaust gases in a counter-flow heat exchanger, which is also
known as a regenerator.
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ADDED HEAT
𝒒𝒊𝒏 = 𝒒𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎 + 𝒒𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅
𝒒𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎 = 𝒉𝟑 − 𝒉𝟐𝒓𝒆𝒈
SAVED HEAT
𝒒𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 = 𝒉𝟐𝒓𝒆𝒈 − 𝒉𝟐
𝒒𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅
% 𝒒𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 = 𝒒𝒊𝒏
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Regenerator Efficiency
𝒉𝟐𝒓𝒆𝒈 − 𝒉𝟐
η𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏 =
𝒉𝟒 − 𝒉𝟐
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𝒘ෝ 𝒏𝒆𝒕 ෝ𝑻 − 𝒘
𝒘 ෝ𝑪 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 − 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒇𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
η𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 = =
𝒒𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎 𝒒𝒊𝒏 − 𝒒𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅
𝒘ෝ 𝒏𝒆𝒕 ෝ 𝑷𝑻
𝒘 𝑻𝒘𝒐 − 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒇𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
η𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 = =
𝒒𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎 𝒒𝒊𝒏 − 𝒒𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅
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Exercise 4
Considering the data of exercise 3, and assuming a regenerator efficiency of
80%, determine:
Exercise 5
A GTE power plant operates between the extreme pressures of 0.1 and 0.6
MPa. The inlet temperature is 22°C and the temperature at the turbine inlet is
747 °C. Assuming compressor and turbine efficiencies of 0.84 and 0.87
respectively, and a regenerator efficiency of 0.8, determine:
Exercise 6
A GTE power plant operates between the extreme pressures of 0.1 and 0.85
MPa. The inlet temperature is 7°C and the temperature at the turbine inlet is
1127 °C. Assuming compressor and turbine efficiencies of 0.87 and 0.89
respectively, and a regenerator efficiency of 0.85, determine: