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Comparison between Hydrogen and Syngas Fuels in an Integrated Micro Gas Turbine/Solar Field with Storage
Maria Cristina Cameretti, Alessandro Cappiello, Roberta De Robbio, Raffaele Tuccillo
April 3, 2023
In recent years, the use of alternative fuels in thermal engine power plants has gained more and more attention, becoming of paramount importance to overcome the use of fuels from fossil sources and to reduce polluting emissions. The present work deals with the analysis of the response to two different gas fuels—i.e., hydrogen and a syngas from agriculture product—of a 30 kW micro gas turbine integrated with a solar field. The solar field included a thermal storage system to partially cover loading requests during night hours, reducing fuel demand. Additionally, a Heat Recovery Unit was included in the plant considered and the whole plant was simulated by Thermoflex® code. Thermodynamics analysis was performed on hour-to-hour basis, for a given day as well as for 12 months; subsequently, an evaluation of cogeneration efficiency as well as energy saving was made. The results are compared against plant performance achieved with conventional natural gas fueling. After analyzing the performance of the plant through a thermodynamic analysis, the study was complemented with CFD simulations of the combustor, to evaluate the combustion development and pollutant emissions formation, particularly of NOx, with the two fuels considered using Ansys-Fluent code, and a comparison was made.
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agricultural product, cogeneration, exergetic analysis, Hydrogen, micro gas turbine, Syngas
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Cameretti MC, Cappiello A, De Robbio R, Tuccillo R. Comparison between Hydrogen and Syngas Fuels in an Integrated Micro Gas Turbine/Solar Field with Storage. (2023). LAPSE:2023.26398
Author Affiliations
Cameretti MC: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
Cappiello A: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
De Robbio R: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy [ORCID]
Tuccillo R: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
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Energies
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13
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18
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E4764
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2020
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2020-09-12
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1996-1073
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