Gas Turbine Engine Exhaust Waste Heat Recovery Using Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle With Thermoelectric Generator Technology

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis A. Di Bella
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Supercritical Co2 ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Brayton Cycle ◽  
Prime Mover ◽  
Engine Exhaust ◽  
Turbine Engine ◽  
Exhaust Waste Heat

This presentation will discuss the results of the feasibility analysis of a Brayton cycle-based, supercritical CO2 system that recovers waste heat from an MT30 gas turbine used in marine applications. The analysis also included the use of thermoelectric generator (TEG) devices that are one of several direct energy conversion methods known to be applicable to waste heat recovery. The analysis was conducted by Concepts NREC, in collaboration with the Maine Maritime Academy and their principal consultant, Thermoelectric Power Systems, LLC. The feasibility analysis was conducted under Navy SBIR Proposal Number N103-229-0533, entitled “Gas Turbine Engine Exhaust Waste Heat Recovery Shipboard Module Development”. The objective of the project was to improve the energy efficiency of the MT30 prime-mover power system for the Navy and other commercial vessels. The performance goal for the energy recovery system was to improve the fuel economy of the prime mover by 20% when significantly part-loaded.

THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS AND SYSTEM DESIGN OF THE SUPERCRITICAL CO2 BRAYTON CYCLE FOR WASTE HEAT RECOVERY OF GAS TURBINE

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-146
Author(s):  
Min Xie ◽  
Yong Hui Xie ◽  
Yichuan He ◽  
Aihua Dong ◽  
Chunwei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Thermodynamic Analysis ◽  
Supercritical Co2 ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Brayton Cycle

Optimal structure design of supercritical CO2 power cycle for gas turbine waste heat recovery: A superstructure method

2021 ◽  
Vol 198 ◽  
pp. 117515
Author(s):  
Chendi Yang ◽  
Yuanyuan Deng ◽  
Ning Zhang ◽  
Xiaopeng Zhang ◽  
Gaohong He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Supercritical Co2 ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Optimal Structure ◽  
Power Cycle

Optimization of Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle for Simple Cycle Gas Turbines Exhaust Heat Recovery Using Genetic Algorithm

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akshay Khadse ◽  
Lauren Blanchette ◽  
Jayanta Kapat ◽  
Subith Vasu ◽  
Kareem Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Mass Flow Rate ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Supercritical Co2 ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Brayton Cycle ◽  
Exhaust Heat ◽  
Exhaust Heat Recovery

For the application of waste heat recovery (WHR), supercritical CO2 (S-CO2) Brayton power cycles offer significant suitable advantages such as compactness, low capital cost and applicable to a broad range of heat source temperatures. The current study is focused on thermodynamic modelling and optimization of Recuperated (RC) and Recuperated Recompression (RRC) S-CO2 Brayton cycles for exhaust heat recovery from a next generation heavy duty simple cycle gas turbine using a genetic algorithm. The Genetic Algorithm (GA) is mainly based on bio-inspired operators such as crossover, mutation and selection. This non-gradient based algorithm yields a simultaneous optimization of key S-CO2 Brayton cycle decision variables such as turbine inlet temperature, pinch point temperature difference, compressor pressure ratio. It also outputs optimized mass flow rate of CO2 for the fixed mass flow rate and temperature of the exhaust gas. The main goal of the optimization is to maximize power out of the exhaust stream which makes it single objective optimization. The optimization is based on thermodynamic analysis with suitable practical assumptions which can be varied according to the need of user. Further the optimal cycle design points are presented for both RC and RRC configurations and comparison of net power output is established for waste heat recovery.

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