Innovative Gas-Turbine Engine Cycles
The focus of recent research has been to increase the power and thermodynamic efficiency of a gas turbine engine through the use of multiple inter-stage burners (MIBs). An extension to previous inter-stage turbine burner research including turbine cooling for multiple inter-stage burner engines was performed and results show large performance improvements for land-based power production engines. Furthermore, land-based engine performance may be significantly increased by adopting open-loop or closed-loop steam cooling in conjunction with MIBs. Comparisons of the performance, in terms of net output power and thermodynamic efficiency of these engines with open-loop air cooling, open-loop steam cooling and closed-loop steam cooling, are shown below.
For further information, please see “ Improvements in Gas-Turbine Performance Through the Use of Multiple Turbine Inter-Stage Burners,” Chen, G., Hoffman, M. A., and Davis, R. L., AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 20, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 2004.
Thermodynamic Efficiency
Performance Improvement of Land-Based Gas-Turbine Engines
Through the Use of Inter-Stage Turbine Burners