Study on the performance

of gas turbine
engine with CNG gas

P RESE N TED BY PART H G A IKWAD ( SC 1 9 B 0 24 )

G U I DE D BY D R. PRAT H AP C H OK A L IN GAM
Introduction

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Objective
• Determining properties of NG – composing methane with some volume % H2 in
a user interactive way.

• Finding out property variations as we change the mixture composition under

standard conditions.

• Implementation of Cantera to solve these problems.

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 • Calculator development using 1D – Combustion Model.
• Calculator is coded to perform analysis of natural gas
combustion process.
Phase 1: • Studying variation of combustible mixture properties
and fuel properties as Hydrogen is mixed with natural
gas.
• Theoretical verification of calculator results.

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• When hydrogen is added to natural gas (methane), the resulting mixture
exhibits complex combustion behavior that cannot be predicted by simple
mixing rules alone.

• Therefore, a 1D freely propagating planar flame model is often used to

study the combustion characteristics of hydrogen-methane mixtures.

• Cantera includes a wide range of models for simulating the combustion of

gaseous fuels, including the 1D freely propagating planar flame model.

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Variation of properties with H2 addition

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Variation of properties with H2 addition

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 • Simulation and performance analysis of a GE Gas Turbine
Engine.

• Oil India Limited has a task of adding some % H2 in NG

with some restriction regarding the exhaust gas
Phase 2:
emissions.

• What is the amount of H2 and NG needed to be supplied

to the engine?

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GE Combustion Chamber System
• This is a 10-chamber combustion system with reverse flow type.
• 2 types of fuel injection systems can be used here: single and dual fuel burners

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• Consider a single chamber as a well
stirred reactor or a plug flow reactor.

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• A well-stirred reactor (WSR) is a type of chemical reactor in which the contents
are well mixed and the reaction rate is assumed to be uniform throughout the
reactor.
• Perfect mixing is achieved inside the control volume.

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 Governing Equations
The governing equations for a WSR describe the evolution of the concentration
of each species in the reactor as a function of time.

1. Mass Conservation:

2. Species Conservation: The rate at which species k is generated through homogeneous phase
reactions is

The rate of change in the mass of each species is:

The implemented formulation of the energy equation depends on which reactor model is used.

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Types of Reactors used

Ideal Gas Constant Pressure

Ideal Gas Reactor: constant
Reactor: homogeneous,
volume, zero-dimensional Plug Flow Reactor
constant pressure, zero-
reactor for ideal gas (optional)
dimensional reactor for
mixtures.
ideal gas mixtures.

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Results

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• All results are obtained at a standard condition of 300 K and 1 atm pressure

• Reaction mechanism file: GRI Mech 3.0: This mechanism contains 325 reactions and 53
species (including argon).

• Consider the stoichiometric reaction:

CH4 + 2O2 = CO2 + 2H2O

• Cantera’s Equilibrium Results are compared with the code written for simulation of WSR.

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Steady State Mole Fraction of Species

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Variation of temperature with equivalence ratio and oxidizer composition

Air without N2
• T = 300 K
P = 1 atm

• Results converging at 300K.

• Temperature is directly proportional to equivalence ratio

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Variation of temperature with equivalence ratio and oxidizer composition

Air with N2
• T = 300 K
P = 1 atm

• Results not converging at 300K.

• As we keep adding N2 in air, we see less accurate results.

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Steady State Mole Fraction of
Species using Plug Flow Reactor

• T = 600 K
P = 1 atm

• Results not converging at 300K. High initial

temperature is needed.

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Future Work
Limited data is extracted about the gas turbine performance
parameters.

Simulation of reactor using these parameters.

Exhaust gas emission and power rating analysis.

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Performance Parameters Value

Output (MW): 26.8

Efficiency (%): 28.4

Pressure ratio 10.5

Shaft speed (rpm): 5,094

Exhaust flow (KG/sec): 125.2

Exhaust temperature (°C): 485

Firing temperature (°C): 963

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Thank You

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