Gas turbines operate using the Brayton cycle, which involves compressing air, adding heat through combustion at constant pressure, expanding the hot gases through a turbine, and rejecting heat at constant pressure. Early gas turbines had low efficiency around 17% but efficiency has increased through higher turbine inlet temperatures, more efficient components, and modifications like regeneration, intercooling, and reheating. Regeneration improves efficiency by heating the compressed air with the turbine exhaust, while intercooling and reheating involve multistage compression and expansion with cooling or heating between stages. Open cycle gas turbines exhaust combustion gases while closed cycle models re-circulate gases, improving efficiency but requiring more complex components.
A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of internal combustion engine. It has an upstream rotating compressor coupled toa downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in-between. Energy is added to the gas stream in the combustor, where fuel is mixed with air and ignited. In the high-pressure environment of the combustor, combustion of the fuel increases the temperature. The products of the combustion are forced into the turbine section
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A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of internal combustion engine. It has an upstream rotating compressor coupled toa downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in-between. Energy is added to the gas stream in the combustor, where fuel is mixed with air and ignited. In the high-pressure environment of the combustor, combustion of the fuel increases the temperature. The products of the combustion are forced into the turbine section
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Brayton cycle is a air standard cycle used to understand working of gas turbines. It is constant pressure cycle which shows how process are going in gas turbine.
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Sub- Power plant engineering
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Gas turbine engines derive their power from burning fuel in a combustion chamber and using the fast flowing combustion gases to drive a turbine in much the same way as the high pressure steam drives a steam turbine.
The gas turbine is the engine at the heart of the power plant that produces electric current. A gas turbine is a combustion engine that can convert natural gas or other liquid fuels to mechanical energy. This energy then drives a generator that produces electrical energy.
In a gas turbine, gas is ignited under pressure and combustible high-pressure, high-temperature gases are produced. The combustible gases power a turbine, which in turn powers a generator. In a boiler power plant, electricity is generated by heating water to produce steam which, via a turbine, powers a generator.
Basic Scheme Open Cycle Gas Turbine Plant Aman Gupta
Gas Turbine Power Plant
A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of internal combustion engine.
Types of gas turbine power plant
1 Open cycle gas power plant
2 Closed cycle gas power plant
Brayton cycle is a air standard cycle used to understand working of gas turbines. It is constant pressure cycle which shows how process are going in gas turbine.
Waste heat recovery, co geration and tri-generationAmol Kokare
Diploma in Mechanical Engg.
Babasaheb Phadtare Polytechnic, kalamb-walchandnagar
Sub- Power plant engineering
Unit-Waste heat recovery, co geration and tri-generation.
By- Prof. Kokare Amol Yashwant
Gas turbine engines derive their power from burning fuel in a combustion chamber and using the fast flowing combustion gases to drive a turbine in much the same way as the high pressure steam drives a steam turbine.
The gas turbine is the engine at the heart of the power plant that produces electric current. A gas turbine is a combustion engine that can convert natural gas or other liquid fuels to mechanical energy. This energy then drives a generator that produces electrical energy.
In a gas turbine, gas is ignited under pressure and combustible high-pressure, high-temperature gases are produced. The combustible gases power a turbine, which in turn powers a generator. In a boiler power plant, electricity is generated by heating water to produce steam which, via a turbine, powers a generator.
Basic Scheme Open Cycle Gas Turbine Plant Aman Gupta
Gas Turbine Power Plant
A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of internal combustion engine.
Types of gas turbine power plant
1 Open cycle gas power plant
2 Closed cycle gas power plant
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PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF A COMBINED CYCLE GAS TURBINE UNDER VARYING OPERATING ...meijjournal
The combined cycle gas turbine integrates the Brayton cycle as topping cycle and the steam turbine
Rankine cycle as bottoming cycle in order to achieve higher thermal efficiency and proper utilization of
energy by minimizing the energy loss to a minimum. In this work, the effect of various operating
parameters such as maximum temperature and pressure of Rankine cycle, turbine inlet temperature and
pressure ratio of Brayton cycle on the net output work and thermal efficiency of the combine cycle are
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)Brayton Cycle (Gas Turbine Power Cycle)
Objective
The objective of this lab exercise is to gain practical knowledge of the Brayton cycle. The Brayton cycle illustrates the cold-air-standard assumption (constant specific heats at room temperature) model of a gas turbine power cycle. A portable propulsion laboratory[footnoteRef:1] containing a Model SR-30 turbojet is used in this exercise. The student shall apply the basic equations for Brayton cycle analysis by using empirical measurements at different points in the Brayton cycle. [1: Manufactured by Turbine Technologies Ltd. Called TTL Mini-Lab]
Figure 1: TTL Mini-Lab manufactured by Turbine Technologies Ltd. (TTL)Background
A simple gas turbine engine has three main components: a compressor section, a combustion chamber and a turbine section. Basic operation entails drawing atmospheric air into the compressor where it is heated through compression. The compressed and heated air is mixed with fuel in the combustion chamber. The air/fuel mixture burns at constant pressure in the combustion chamber. The resulting hot gas is directed to the turbine section where it expands. As the gas expands it produces a thrust reaction and performs work by turning the turbine. The turbine is connected to the compressor by a shaft. The resulting shaft work is used to drive the compressor and auxiliary power supplies.
The gas turbine has wide spread application. Most notably, it is used to power and propel aircraft and large ships. In some cases only the thrust resulting from the expanding gas exiting the turbine is used for propulsion and the shaft work is used to drive the compressor and power electrical systems. In turbo-fan engines some of the shaft work is used to drive a large fan that aids in propulsion. In other applications, such as helicopters and ships, propulsion is achieved through the shaft work, which is used to drive transmission/gear boxes that are connected to the rotor blades or propeller, respectively. Gas turbines are also commonly used to drive large electrical generators in power plant applications.Theory
The Brayton cycle consists of four basic processes (see Figure3 & 4). Low-pressure air is drawn into the compressor section and undergoes isentropic compression. Next, the heated and compressed air is combined with fuel in the combustion chamber. The air/fuel mixture experiences reversible constant pressure heat addition. The resulting hot gas enters the turbine section where it undergoes isentropic expansion. To complete the cycle (the exhaust and intake in the open cycle) the gas experiences reversible constant pressure heat rejection.
Thermodynamics and the First Law of Thermodynamics determine the overall energy transfer. The following assumptions are used when analyzing the gas turbine cycles:
1. The working fluid (air) is an ideal gas throughout the cycle.
2. The combust ...
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This keynote talks about the democratization of fuzzing at scale, highlighting the collaboration between open source communities, academia, and industry to advance the field of fuzzing. It delves into the history of fuzzing, the development of scalable fuzzing platforms, and the empowerment of community-driven research. The talk will further discuss recent advancements leveraging AI/ML and offer insights into the future evolution of the fuzzing landscape.
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Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
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Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
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• Compatible with MAFI CCR system
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• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
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• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
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• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
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In today’s fast-changing business environment, it’s extremely important to be able to respond to client needs in the most effective and timely manner. If your customers wish to see your business online and have instant access to your products or services.
Online Grocery Store is an e-commerce website, which retails various grocery products. This project allows viewing various products available enables registered users to purchase desired products instantly using Paytm, UPI payment processor (Instant Pay) and also can place order by using Cash on Delivery (Pay Later) option. This project provides an easy access to Administrators and Managers to view orders placed using Pay Later and Instant Pay options.
In order to develop an e-commerce website, a number of Technologies must be studied and understood. These include multi-tiered architecture, server and client-side scripting techniques, implementation technologies, programming language (such as PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and MySQL relational databases. This is a project with the objective to develop a basic website where a consumer is provided with a shopping cart website and also to know about the technologies used to develop such a website.
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Immunizing Image Classifiers Against Localized Adversary Attacksgerogepatton
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2. GAS TURBINES – HISTORY :
A Gas turbine is a Turbo-machine and basically similar to steam turbine
regarding its working principle
The first turbine to produce useful work was probably a wind mill, where no
compression and no combustion exist
Now a days gas turbine include a compression process and combustion
process.
Joule and brayton independently proposed the cycle that is the ideal
prototype
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3. CLASSIFICATION OF GAS TURBINES :
Gas turbines are classified according to three factors , These are :
1. Combustion process
2. Path of working substance
3. Action of combustion gases in turbine
3
4. 4
Classification of Gas turbine
Combustion process Path of Gases Action of
Gases
Const.
volume
Const.
pressure
Impulse
Turbine
Impulse-
Reaction
Turbine
Open Cycle GT Closed Cycle GT Semi Closed Cycle
GT
5. 5
Brayton Cycle: Ideal Cycle for Gas-Turbine Engines
Gas turbines usually operate on an open cycle (Fig. 9–29).
Air at ambient conditions is drawn into the compressor, where its temperature and
pressure are raised. The high pressure air proceeds into the combustion chamber,
where the fuel is burned at constant pressure.
The high-temperature gases then
enter the turbine where they expand
to atmospheric pressure while
producing power output.
Some of the output power is used to
drive the compressor.
The exhaust gases leaving the
turbine are thrown out (not re-circulated),
causing the cycle to be
classified as an open cycle.
6. 6
Closed Cycle Model
The open gas-turbine cycle can be
modelled as a closed cycle, using
the air-standard assumptions (Fig.
9–30).
The compression and expansion
processes remain the same, but the
combustion process is replaced by
a constant-pressure heat
addition process from an external
source.
The exhaust process is replaced by
a constant-pressure heat
rejection process to the ambient
air.
7. 7
The Brayton Cycle
The ideal cycle that the working fluid
undergoes in the closed loop is the Brayton
cycle. It is made up of four internally
reversible processes:
1-2 Isentropic compression;
2-3 Constant-pressure heat addition;
3-4 Isentropic expansion;
4-1 Constant-pressure heat rejection.
The T-s and P-v diagrams of an ideal Brayton
cycle are shown in Fig. 9–31.
Note: All four processes of the Brayton cycle
are executed in steady-flow devices thus,
they should be analyzed as steady-flow
processes.
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Thermal Efficiency
The energy balance for a steady-flow process can
be expressed, on a unit–mass basis, as
The heat transfers to and from the working fluid
are:
The thermal efficiency of the ideal Brayton cycle,
Constant specific heats
where is the pressure ratio.
9. 9
Parameters Affecting Thermal
Efficiency
The thermal efficiency of an ideal Brayton
cycle depends on the pressure ratio, rp of
the gas turbine and the specific heat ratio,
k of the working fluid.
The thermal efficiency increases with both
of these parameters, which is also the
case for actual gas turbines.
A plot of thermal efficiency versus the
pressure ratio is shown in Fig. 9–32, for
the case of k =1.4.
10. 10
Improvements of Gas Turbine’s Performance
The early gas turbines (1940s to 1959s) found only limited use despite their
versatility and their ability to burn a variety of fuels, because its thermal efficiency
was only about 17%. Efforts to improve the cycle efficiency are concentrated in
three areas:
1. Increasing the turbine inlet (or firing) temperatures.
The turbine inlet temperatures have increased steadily from about 540°C
(1000°F) in the 1940s to 1425°C (2600°F) and even higher today.
2. Increasing the efficiencies of turbo-machinery components (turbines,
compressors).
The advent of computers and advanced techniques for computer-aided design
made it possible to design these components aerodynamically with minimal
losses.
3. Adding modifications to the basic cycle (intercooling, regeneration or
recuperation, and reheating).
The simple-cycle efficiencies of early gas turbines were practically doubled by
incorporating intercooling, regeneration (or recuperation), and reheating.
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Actual Gas-Turbine Cycles
Some pressure drop occurs during the
heat-addition and heat rejection processes.
The actual work input to the compressor is
more, and the actual work output from the
turbine is less, because of irreversibilities.
Deviation of actual compressor and
turbine behavior from the idealized
isentropic behavior can be accounted
for by utilizing isentropic efficiencies
of the turbine and compressor.
Turbine:
Compressor:
12. 12
Brayton Cycle With Regeneration
Temperature of the exhaust gas leaving the turbine is
higher than the temperature of the air leaving the
compressor.
The air leaving the compressor can be heated by the
hot exhaust gases in a counter-flow heat exchanger (a
regenerator or recuperator) – a process called
regeneration (Fig. 9-38 & Fig. 9-39).
The thermal efficiency of the Brayton cycle increases
due to regeneration since less fuel is used for the same
work output.
Note:
The use of a regenerator
is recommended only
when the turbine exhaust
temperature is higher than
the compressor exit
temperature.
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Effectiveness of the Regenerator
Assuming the regenerator is well insulated and changes in kinetic and potential
energies are negligible, the actual and maximum heat transfers from the exhaust
gases to the air can be expressed as
Effectiveness of the regenerator,
Effectiveness under cold-air standard
assumptions,
Thermal efficiency under cold-air
standard assumptions,
14. 14
Factors Affecting Thermal
Efficiency
Thermal efficiency of Brayton cycle
with regeneration depends on:
a) ratio of the minimum to
maximum temperatures, and
b) the pressure ratio.
Regeneration is most effective at
lower pressure ratios and small
minimum-to-maximum temperature
ratios.
15. 15
Brayton Cycle With Intercooling,
Reheating, & Regeneration
The net work output of a gas-turbine cycle
can be increased by either:
a) decreasing the compressor work, or
b) increasing the turbine work, or
c) both.
The compressor work input can be decreased by
carrying out the compression process in stages
and cooling the gas in between (Fig. 9-42), using
multistage compression with intercooling.
The work output of a turbine can be increased by
expanding the gas in stages and reheating it in
between, utilizing a multistage expansion with
reheating.
16. 16
Physical arrangement of an ideal two-stage gas-turbine
cycle with intercooling, reheating, and
regeneration is shown in Fig. 9-43.
17. 17
Conditions for Best Performance
The work input to a two-stage compressor is minimized when equal pressure
ratios are maintained across each stage. This procedure also maximizes the
turbine work output.
Thus, for best performance we have,
Intercooling and reheating always
decreases thermal efficiency unless
are accompanied by regeneration.
Therefore, in gas turbine power
plants, intercooling and reheating are
always used in conjunction with
regeneration.
18. Compare Open cycle and Closed cycle Gas turbines
Open cycle:
1.Warm-up time. Once the turbine is brought up to the rated speed by the starting motor
and the fuel is ignited, the gas turbine will be accelerated from cold start to full load
without warm-up time.
2. Low weight and size. The weight in kg per kW developed is less.
3. Open cycle plants occupy comparatively little space.
4. Open-cycle gas turbine power plant, except those having an intercooler, does not
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require cooling water.
5. The part load efficiency of the open cycle plant decreases rapidly as the
considerable percentage of power developed by the turbine is used to drive the
compressor.
6. The open-cycle gas turbine plant has high air rate compared to the other cycles,
therefore, it results in increased loss of heat in the exhaust gases.
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Compare Open cycle and Closed cycle Gas turbines
Contd…
Closed cycle:
1. The machine can be smaller and cheaper than the machine used to develop the
same power using open cycle plant.
2. The closed cycle avoids erosion of the turbine blades due to the contaminated
gases and fouling of compressor blades due to dust. Therefore, it is practically free from
deterioration of efficiency in service.
3. The need for filtration of the incoming air which is a severe problem in open cycle plant
is completely eliminated.
4. The maintenance cost is low and reliability is high due to longer useful life.
5. The system is dependent on external means as considerable quantity of cooling water
is required in the pre-cooler.
6. The response to the load variations is poor compared to the open-cycle plant