Nowadays, extensive research has been conducted for gas turbine engines control due to growing importance of gas turbine engines for different industries and the need to design a suitable control system for a gas turbine as the heart of the industry. In order to design gas turbine control system, various control variables can be used, but in the meantime, fuel flow inserting into combustion cha...

and other process equipment in a secure web-based environment and allows users to; • Run your process more efficiently. • Improve your operating margins. • Avoid unnecessary shutdowns. • Improve your maintenance management decisions. GAS TURBINE PERFORMANCE is subject to degradation over time. When gas turbine engines are run, they become fouled with airborne contaminants such as oil, pollen, s...

A regenerative organic Rankine cycle (RORC) is modeled and optimized for the use of waste heat recovery from a prime mover (PM). Three PMs including, a diesel engine, a gas engine, and a microturbine are selected in this study. Four refrigerants including isobutane, R123, R134a, and R245fa are selected. The nominal capacity of the PM, PM operating partial load, turbine inlet pressure, condenser...

Intelligent Automation Corporation (IAC) is developing for the Air Force a system to detect the onset of turbine engine augmentor instabilities known as “rumble” and “screech” for test cells. These combustion instabilities can be potentially harmful to the engine and are known to cause premature failures in gas turbine components. The approach developed by IAC involves using a unique combinatio...

This paper describes the steps performed by the authors’ company to validate and qualify the introduction of a new fire protection system for heavy-duty gas turbines based on water mist technology. Initially, a finite element model (FEM) of a newly developed 32 MW-class industrial gas turbine for mechanical drive and power generation was generated to simulate gas turbine (GT) casings deformatio...

The ability to monitor the structural health of the rotating components, especially in the hot sections of turbine engines, is of major interest to the aero community in improving engine safety and reliability. The use of instrumentation for these applications remains very challenging. It requires sensors and techniques that are highly accurate, are able to operate in a high temperature environ...

recently, many countries have paid substantial attention to power generation from biomass gasification, particularly through small-scale plants. a number of power plant models have been suggested and analyzed; however, certainly, desirable configurations have not been identified yet. moreover, their performances are ordinarily difficult to compare, especially owing to the fact that working hypo...