Part load performance and operating strategies of a natural gas-biomass dual fueled microturbine for combined heat and power generation

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Camporeale, Sergio Mario ^a   Fortunato, Bernardo ^a   Torresi, Marco ^a   Turi, Flavia ^a   Pantaleo, Antonio Marco ^b   Pellerano, Achille ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass; CHP; Cogeneration; Distributed generation; Dual fuel; Externally fired; Gas turbine; Microturbine

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPRESSED AIR; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GAS TURBINES; GASES; HOUSING; INVESTMENTS; NATURAL GAS; RECUPERATORS; TURBINE COMPONENTS; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

CHP; COGENERATION; DUAL-FUELS; EXTERNALLY FIRED; MICRO TURBINE;

COGENERATION PLANTS;

EID: 84930643244     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4030499     Document Type: Article

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