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Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of a 34 Watt Radial-Inflow Steam Turbine with Partial-Admission

Jan Van Herle, Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Patrick Hubert Wagner

A micro steam turbine with a tip diameter of 15 mm was designed and experimentally characterized. At the nominal mass flow rate and total-to-total pressure ratio of 2.3 kg/h and 2, respectively, the turbine yields a power of 34 W and a total-to-static isen ...

2020

Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of a 34 Watt Radial-Inflow Steam Turbine with Partial-Admission

Jan Van Herle, Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Patrick Hubert Wagner

A micro steam turbine with a tip diameter of 15mm was designed and experimentally characterized. At the nominal mass flow rate and total-to-total pressure ratio of 2.3 kgh-1 and 2, respectively, the turbine yields a power of 34W and a total-to-static isent ...

2020

The potential of alternative biomass based gas turbine cycles in Latin America

The environmental and geopolitical concerns encourage governments towards the utilization of renewable energy sources (RES). Finding CO2 zero/near-zero power production techniques is imperative. Biomass, a carbon neutral fuel, can be used in Joule-Bryton p ...

Villigen PSI, World Resources Forum, printed by Paul Scherrer Institute2015

EPFL-GTT: Group of Thermal Turbomachinery

Peter Ott

The research scope of GTT includes efforts to increase reliability, efficiency and power output of gas turbines and aero engines. The most important areas of research are the following: fluid-structure interaction at forced response and flutter for turbine ...

2014

Thermo-Economic Modelling and Process Integration of CO2-Mitigation Options on Oil and Gas Platforms

François Maréchal, Tuong-Van Nguyen, Laurence Tock

The offshore extraction of oil and gas is an energy-intensive process associated with large CO2 and CH4 emissions to the atmosphere and chemicals to the sea. The taxation of these emissions has encouraged the development of more energy-efficient and enviro ...

Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC2014

Thermo-economic optimization of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell - Gas Turbine system fuelled with gasified lignocellulosic biomass

François Maréchal, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Laurence Tock, Priscilla Caliandro

Within the context of sustainable energy supply and CO2 emissions reduction a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) - Gas Turbine hybrid system, fuelled with gasified woody biomass for medium scale applications (8MWth,BM of dry biomass) is studied in detail. The sy ...

2013

Chapter 14 - Restoration Processes after Blackouts

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This chapter aims at illustrating the power system dynamic behavior during restoration scenarios in transmission networks, with particular reference to the analysis of thermal power plant black-start capabilities. This chapter is structured into three part ...

John Wiley & Sons2013

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Alfred Rufer, Daniel Montesinos Miracle

Regenerative braking is presented in many electric traction applications such as electric and hybrid vehicles, lifts and railway. The regenerated energy can be stored for future use, increasing the efficiency of the system. This paper outlines the benefits ...

2012

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