Gas turbines fired with biomass pyrolysis syngas: Analysis of the overheating of hot gas path components

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Fantozzi, Francesco ^b   Desideri, Umberto ^b   De Prosperis, Roberto ^a   Russo, Alessandro ^a  

^a GE OIL AND GAS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PYROLYSIS; CREEP ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE; FIRING TEMPERATURE; FUEL MASS; GENERAL ELECTRICS; HOT FLOW; HOT GAS PATH COMPONENTS; LOWER HEATING VALUE; NUMERICAL MODELING; POWER TURBINES; PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; RESIDENCE TIME; SYN-GAS; TURBINE POWER;

BIOMASS; CALORIFIC VALUE; CARBONIZATION; COAL GASIFICATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUELS; GAS TURBINES; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; PYROLYSIS; SYNTHESIS GAS;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 77955256946     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000134     Document Type: Article

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