Experimental results of an ammonia-water mixture turbine system (Part 2: Effect of the Ammonia Mass Fraction)

Keisuke Takeshita*, Yoshiharu Amano, Takumi Hashizume, Akira Usui, Yoshiaki Tanzawa

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Abstract

This paper is an additional report to the paper by Amano (2001). In this paper, the authors report the additional experimental results of the effect of an ammonia mass fraction at the inlet of the AWM (Ammonia-Water Mixture) vapor generator in the AWM turbine system. The AWM turbine system features the Kalina Cycle technology. The 70KW-experimental facility was built in order to gain knowledge for practical applications. The heat source is the exhaust steam from a back-pressure steam turbine. The AWM turbine system is installed at the bottoming stage of a combined cycle which has a gas turbine, a steam turbine and an AWM turbine for cascade utilization of heat. The authors designed and constructed an experimental facility, the ACGS (the Advanced Co-Generation System), to investigate various energy-saving technologies for a distributed energy supply system in the Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering at Waseda University. One of the main targets is a hybrid combined heat and power supply system that uses AWM as its working fluid. The AWM turbine system was developed for the bottoming stage of a "trinary turbine cycle system" which is composed of a gas turbine, a steam turbine and the AWM turbine systems. The experimental results of the ammonia mass fraction to the cycle efficiency are investigated with a range of the ammonia mass fraction between 0.4 [NH3kg/kg] to 0.7 [NH3kg/kg]. It shows that there are optimal operating conditions depending on the heat source temperature with an ammonia mass fraction of the cycle. The simulation model of the AWM turbine system shows good agreement with the experimental data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2002 International Joint Power Generation Conference
Pages959-964
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2002 Jan 1
EventProceedings of the IJPGC 2002 International Joint Power Generation Conference - Scottsdale, AZ, United States
Duration: 2002 Jun 242002 Jun 26

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2002 International Joint Power Generation Conference

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the IJPGC 2002 International Joint Power Generation Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityScottsdale, AZ
Period02/6/2402/6/26

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)

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