• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2011

This study analyzed the influence of firing biogas on the performance and operation of a gas turbine combined heat and power (CHP) system. A reference CHP system designed with natural gas fuel was set up and off-design simulation was made to investigate the impact of firing biogas in the system. Changes in critical operating parameters such as compressor surge margin and turbine blade temperature caused by firing biogas were examined, and a couple of operating schemes to mitigate their changes were simulated. Part load operation of the biogas-fired system was compared with that of natural-gas fired system, and it was found that as long as the two system produce the same electric power output, they exhibit nearly the same heat recovery.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2011

This paper presents a numerical study of casing treatments on a centrifugal compressor stage to improve stability and the surge margin. High efficiency, a high pressure ratio, and a wide operating range are required for a high performance centrifugal compressor. In the present study, a ring groove arrangement was applied to the transonic centrifugal compressor. According to the numerical analysis using a commercial code ANSYS-CFX, the unstable phenomena limiting the range of the centrifugal compressors were compared with and without a ring groove. Although the ring groove decreased the efficiency, but increased the operating range by suppressing a flow separation at the leading-edge of the impeller especially near shroud part. Newly designed ring groove arrangement improved the compressor performance and increased the operating range of the compressor.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.24-29
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• 2010

This paper presents a study on the performance of NASA Rotor 37 with the casing grooves based on three-dimensional numerical analysis. Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations are solved on a hexahedral grid with the shear stress transport model as a turbulence closure model. The governing equations are discretized by a finite volume method. The validation of the numerical results is performed through experimental data for the total pressure ratio and the adiabatic efficiency. The investigation for an axial compressor with a smooth casing and the casing grooves is carried out to compare the performance parameters, for example, surge margin and efficiency, etc. The surge margin is improved in the case of the casing grooves while remarkable improvement of the efficiency is not produced. The result shows that the casing groove is beneficial to expand the operating range of NASA Rotor 37.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.3639-3648
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• 1996

The effect of 15% pinched diffuser in a centrifugal air compressor with a cascade airfoil diffuser on the aerodynamic performance is investigated using a numerical approach. The commercial CFD code for three-dimensional, turbulent, compressible flow fields is executed for various mass flow rates at a design speed which can be obtained as long as the calculation succeeds. The pinched diffuser is found to help improve the instability of flow within vaneless diffuser space, especially the reverse flow near shroud, and to change both stall/surge line and choking line to increase the surge margin. It is also found to generate more favorable increase of static pressure in diffuser region, and to increase the resulting pressure ratio and efficiency.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.68-75
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• 2011

This study simulated the effect of steam injection on the performance and operation of a gas turbine combined heat and power (CHP) system. A commercial simple cycle gas turbine was analyzed. A full off-design analysis was carried out to investigate the variations in not only engine performance but also the operating characteristics of the compressor caused by steam injection. Variation in engine performance and operation characteristics according to various operation modes were examined. First, the impact of full steam injection was investigated. Then, operations aiming to guarantee a minimum compressor surge margin, such as under-firing and partial steam injection, were investigated. The former and latter were turned out to be relatively superior to each other in terms of power and efficiency, respectively.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.57-62
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• 2010

MW-class gas turbines are suitable for distributed generation systems such as community energy systems(CES). Recently, biogas is acknowledged as an alternative energy source, and its use in gas turbines is expected to increase. Steam injection is an effective way to improve performance of gas turbines. This study intended to examine the influence of injecting steam and using biogas as the fuel on the operation and performance a gas turbine combined heat and power (CHP) system. A commercial gas turbine of 6 MW class was used for this study. The primary concern of this study is a comparative analysis of system performance in a wide biogas composition range. In addition, the effect of steam temperature and injected steam rate on gas turbine and CHP performance was investigated.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2015

This study analyzed the variations in the performance and operation of a 200 kW class micro gas turbine according to performance degradation of compressor and turbine. An in-house code, developed by the present authors and presented in the first part of these series of papers, were used for the analysis. The degradation of compressor and turbine were simulated by modifications in the their performance maps: mass flow rate, pressure ratio and efficiency were decreased from the reference values. Firstly, the variations in the operating conditions (air flow rate, pressure ratio) were predicted for the full load condition. Then, the same analysis were performed for a wide partial load operating range. The change in engine's performance (power output and efficiency) due to the component degradation was predicted. In addition, the change in the compressor surge margin, which is an important indicator for safe engine operation, was evaluated.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.18-24
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• 2012

This study simulated the operation of a steam injected gas turbine combined heat and power (CHP) system. A full off-design analysis was carried out to examine the change in the turbine blade temperature caused by steam injection. The prediction of turbine blade temperature was performed for the operating modes suggested in the previous study where the limitation of compressor surge margin reduction was analyzed in the steam injected gas turbine. It was found that both the fully injected and partially injected operations suggested in the previous study would cause the blade temperature to exceed that of the pure CHP operation and the under-firing operation would provide too low blade temperature. An optimal operation was proposed where both the turbine inlet temperature and the injection amount were modulated to keep both the reference turbine blade temperature and the minimum compressor surge margin. The modulation was intended to maintain a stable compressor operation and turbine life. It was shown that the optimal operation would provide a larger power output than the under-firing operation and a higher efficiency than the original partially injected operation.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 가변 안내익과 가변 정익을 가진 압축기가 적용된 소형 터보팬엔진의 통합성능해석법에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 통합해석을 위해 Isight를 이용하여 엔진성능해석프로그램(NPSS)과 압축기탈 설계점 성능프로그램(STGSTK)을 연계하여 해석할 수 있는 절차 및 연계프로그램을 구축하였다. 각각의 해석프로그램은 실험데이터와 비교하여 타당성을 검증하였다. 이러한 통합 해석법을 적용한 결과 탈설계점에서 요구되는 서지마진을 가지는 가변시스템의 작동 조건을 예측할 수 있었다.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2015

아음속에서 초음속까지 운용되어야 하는 초음속 터빈엔진의 경우, 엔진 운용 공기량이 범위가 넓고 추력 및 연료소모율 등의 엔진 성능에 대해 요구조건이 높으므로 가변시스템 및 이를 제어하기 위한 최적의 제어로직 개발이 반드시 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 압축기 가변 시스템이 적용된 가스터빈 성능해석 모델 및 제어기법을 개발하였다. 그리고 터빈 노즐 가변에 따른 엔진 운용 특성을 분석하였다. 또한 가변 시스템을 구동하는 액추에이터에 대한 개념 설계를 수행 하였다. 저바이패스비 혼합흐름 터보팬 엔진에 대한 탈설계점에서의 성능해석을 수행하였으며, 제어기법을 적용하여 탈설계점에서의 서지마진을 확보할 수 있었다.