Maximum-efficiency architectures for heat- and work-regenerative gas turbine engines

Sankaran Ramakrishnan and Christopher F. Edwards

Energy, 2016, vol. 100, issue C, 115-128

Abstract: This study establishes maximum-efficiency architectures for heat- and work-regenerative gas turbine engines using a systematic irreversibility minimization approach. It considers engine architectures that employ two kinds of energy transfers: heat and work. It does not assume any cycle a priori (e.g., heat-recuperative reactive Brayton cycle). Instead, the maximum-efficiency architecture is directly deduced from first principles. Not surprisingly, the optimal architecture has some conventional features such as regenerative heat transfer from post-expansion combustion products to post-compression air, and external heat transfer out during compression (intercooling). But in addition it has three non-conventional features. First, unlike conventional heat recuperation heat is withdrawn between expansion turbine stages and transferred to post-compression air. Second, air is further compressed after heating. Third, compression is required to be part intercooled and part non-intercooled.

Keywords: Irreversibility minimization; Maximum efficiency; Regenerative gas turbine engines; Exergy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.01.044

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