Design issues and performance of a chemically recuperated aeroderivative gas turbine

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 315-329

  Carcasci, C ^a   Facchini, B ^a   Harvey, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemical recuperation; CRGT cycles; Gas turbine cycle part load performance simulation; Innovative gas turbine cycles; Methane steam reforming

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; METHANE; PERFORMANCE; STEAM; THERMODYNAMICS;

AERODERIVATIVE GAS TURBINE; CHEMICALLY RECUPERATED GAS TURBINE; METHANE-STEAM REFORMER;

GAS TURBINES;

DESIGN; GAS TURBINE;

EID: 0032463462     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0957650981536899     Document Type: Article

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