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Title: DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF PERFORMANCE OF A GAS TURBINE COMPRESSOR RUNNING ON SYNGAS
Authors: Liz Maina, Dr. (Eng.) H. Ndiritu, Dr. B. Gathitu
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Liz Maina, Dr. (Eng.) H. Ndiritu, Dr. B. Gathitu Department of mechanical engineering, JKUAT University, Kenya
MLA 8 Maina, Liz, et al. "DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF PERFORMANCE OF A GAS TURBINE COMPRESSOR RUNNING ON SYNGAS." IJETSI, vol. 5, no. 4, July-Aug. 2020, pp. 87-108, ijetsi.org/more2020.php?id=8. Accessed July-Aug. 2020. APA 6 Maina, L., Ndiritu, H., & Gathitu, B. (2020, July/August). DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF PERFORMANCE OF A GAS TURBINE COMPRESSOR RUNNING ON SYNGAS. IJETSI, 5(4), 87-108. Retrieved from ijetsi.org/more2020.php?id=8 Chicago Maina, Liz, H. Ndiritu, and B. Gathitu. "DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF PERFORMANCE OF A GAS TURBINE COMPRESSOR RUNNING ON SYNGAS." IJETSI 5, no. 4 (July/August 2020), 87-108. Accessed July/August, 2020. ijetsi.org/more2020.php?id=8.
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Abstract: There is an increase in demand for electricity globally. Kenya relies heavily on hydropower as the main source of electricity. Gas turbines running on syngas are being used to generate electricity. This is because syngas is a renewable source of energy. As of 1999, General Electric (GE) had twelve gas turbines in operation using syngas in Delaware, and Singapore. Though gas turbines using syngas are in use, there is little literature showing the performance of the compressors in the gas turbines and specifically centrifugal compressors. This research focused on the performance of a centrifugal compressor running on syngas and compares its performance with that running on air. The centrifugal compressor designed was unshrouded with 15 main blades at a back-sweep angle of 450 and a vaneless diffuser. An initial rotational speed of 22,000 RPM was input with a mass flowrate 0.167kg/s for air. This research can be applied to industries working with syngas gas turbines for power generation, and compressing syngas for domestic use. Research can be further streamlined to focus on using syngas as a fuel for automobiles.

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