Toward higher micro gas turbine efficiency and flexibility—humidified micro gas turbines: a review

W De Paepe, M Montero Carrero… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Micro gas turbines (mGTs) offer several advantages for small-scale combined heat and
power (CHP) production compared to their main competitors, the internal combustion …

Advanced control approach for hybrid systems based on solid oxide fuel cells

ML Ferrari - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper shows a new advanced control approach for operations in hybrid systems
equipped with solid oxide fuel cell technology. This new tool, which combines feed-forward …

Experimental characterisation of a micro Humid Air Turbine: assessment of the thermodynamic performance

MM Carrero, W De Paepe, J Magnusson… - Applied Thermal …, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite appearing as a promising technology for distributed generation, micro Gas Turbines
(mGTs) have not yet managed to penetrate the small-scale Combined Heat and Power …

Technical challenges in operating an SOFC in fuel flexible gas turbine hybrid systems: Coupling effects of cathode air mass flow

NF Harun, D Tucker, TA Adams II - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Considering the limited turndown potential of gasification technologies, supplementing a
fuel cell turbine hybrid power system with natural gas provides flexibility that could improve …

Reducing waste heat to the minimum: Thermodynamic assessment of the M-power cycle concept applied to micro Gas Turbines

W De Paepe, A Pappa, MM Carrero, L Bricteux… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
To fully embrace its opportunities in future decentralized power production, the current mGT
has to become more flexible in terms of operation, ie decoupling heat and power production …

Transfer function development for SOFC/GT hybrid systems control using cold air bypass

V Zaccaria, D Tucker, A Traverso - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Fuel cell gas turbine hybrids present significant challenges in terms of system control
because of the coupling of different time-scale phenomena. Hence, the importance of …

Prediction of gas turbine trip: A novel methodology based on random forest models

E Losi, M Venturini, L Manservigi… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A gas turbine trip is an unplanned shutdown, of which the most relevant consequences are
business interruption and a reduction of equipment remaining useful life. Thus …

Impact of fuel composition transients on SOFC performance in gas turbine hybrid systems

NF Harun, D Tucker, TA Adams II - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a dynamic study of fuel cell gas turbine (SOFC/GT) hybrid systems,
focusing on the response to a drastic transient in anode fuel composition for constant turbine …

Design, implementation and evaluation of an expert system for operating regime detection in industrial gas turbine

MR Nayeri, BN Araabi, M Yazdanpanah… - Expert Systems with …, 2022 - Elsevier
Operating regime detection plays a pivotal role not only in modeling and control, but also in
performance monitoring of gas turbines. In this paper, an expert system is designed and …

Experimental dynamic analysis on a T100 microturbine connected with different volume sizes

ML Ferrari, P Silvestri… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper shows experimental results obtained from a T100 microturbine connected with
different volume sizes. The activity was carried out with the test rig developed at the …