Conceptual Approach to Combustor Nozzle and Reformer Characteristics for Micro-Gas Turbine with an On-Board Reforming System: A Novel Thermal and Low Emission Cycle

Jonghyun Kim and Jungsoo Park
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Jonghyun Kim: Graduate School, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University, 309 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61452, Korea
Jungsoo Park: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University, 309 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61452, Korea

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 24, 1-19

Abstract: In order to implement moderate or intensive low oxygen dilution (MILD) combustion, it is necessary to extend the flame stability and operating range. In the present study, the conceptual designs of a combustor single nozzle and reformer were numerically suggested for a micro-gas turbine with an on-board reformer. The target micro-gas turbine achieved a thermal power of 150 kW and a turbine inlet temperature (TIT) of 1200 K. Studies on a nozzle and reformer applying an open-loop concept have been separately conducted. For the nozzle concept, a single down-scaled nozzle was applied based on a reference nozzle for a heavy-duty gas turbine. The nozzle can achieve a good mixture with a high swirl with a splined swirl curve lower NOx emissions and smaller pressure drop in the combustor. The concept of the non-catalytic partial-oxidation reforming reformate was designed using the combustor outlet temperature (COT) of the exhaust gas. Feasible hydrogen yields were mapped through the reformer. Based on the hydrogen yields from the reformer, hydrogen was added to the nozzle to investigate its combustion behavior. By increasing the hydrogen addition and decreasing the O 2 fraction, the OH concentrations were decreased and widely distributed similar to the fundamental characteristics of MILD combustion.

Keywords: micro-gas turbine; single nozzle; on-board reforming; partial oxidation; MILD combustion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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