The use of gas turbine and combined cycle power plants for thermal and electric power generation is, nowadays, a consolidated technology. Moreover, the employment of combined heat and power production, especially for low power requirements, is constantly increasing. In this scenario, below ambient pressure discharge gas turbine (BAGT) is an innovative and interesting application; the hot gases discharged from a gas turbine may be expanded below ambient pressure to obtain an increase in electric power generation. The gases are then cooled to supply heat to the thermal utility and finally recompressed to the ambient pressure. The power plant cogenerative performance depends on the heat and electric demand that usually varies during the year (for residential heating the heat to electric power ratio may range from 0.3 to 9). In this paper, the thermal load variation influence on the BAGT performance will be investigated and compared with those of gas turbine and combined cycle power plants.
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July 2005
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Cogenerative Below Ambient Gas Turbine (BAGT) Performance With Variable Thermal Power
M. Bianchi,
e-mail: Michele.bianchi@mail.ing.unibo.it
M. Bianchi
Universita´ di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italia
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G. Negri di Montenegro,
G. Negri di Montenegro
Universita´ di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italia
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A. Peretto
A. Peretto
Universita´ di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italia
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M. Bianchi
Universita´ di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italia
e-mail: Michele.bianchi@mail.ing.unibo.it
G. Negri di Montenegro
Universita´ di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italia
A. Peretto
Universita´ di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italia
Contributed by the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Paper presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 3–6, 2002; Paper No. 2002-GT-30557. Manuscript received by IGTI, Dec. 2001, final revision, Mar. 2002. Associate Editor: E. Benvenuti.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Jul 2005, 127(3): 592-598 (7 pages)
Published Online: June 24, 2005
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Received:
December 1, 2001
Revised:
March 1, 2002
Online:
June 24, 2005
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Bianchi, M., Negri di Montenegro , G., and Peretto, A. (June 24, 2005). "Cogenerative Below Ambient Gas Turbine (BAGT) Performance With Variable Thermal Power ." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. July 2005; 127(3): 592–598. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1707032
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