PRESENTATION

ON
“GAS TURBINE CYCLES”

POWER PLANT ENGINEERING

(2171910)

SUBMITTED BY:
HIMANSHI GUPTA (140120119057)/ ME/A1
GUIDED BY:
PROF. NIMESH GAJJAR

GANDHINAGAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

 INTRODUCTION
• Gas turbine engines derive their power from burning fuel in a
combustion chamber and using the fast flowing combustion
gases to drive a turbine
• A simple gas turbine is comprised of three main sections a
compressor, a combustor, and a power turbine
• The gas-turbine operates on the principle of the Brayton cycle,
where compressed air is mixed with fuel, and burned under
constant pressure conditions
• The resulting hot gas is allowed to expand through a turbine to
perform work
 OPEN CYCLE GAS TURBINE
• In this cycle, air from the ambient atmosphere is compressed
to a higher pressure and temperature by the compressor
• In the combustion chamber, air is heated further by burning
the fuel-air mixture in the air flow
• Combustion products and gases expand in the turbine either to
near atmospheric pressure (engines producing mechanical
energy or electrical energy) or to a pressure required by the jet
engines
• The open gas turbine cycle means that the gases are
discharged directly into the atmosphere
OPEN CYCLE GAS TURBINE
 CLOSED CYCLE GAS TURBINE
• In a closed Brayton cycle, working medium recirculates in the
loop and the gas expelled from the turbine is reintroduced into
the compressor.
• In these turbines, a heat exchanger (external combustion) is
usually used and only clean medium with no combustion
products travels through the power turbine.
 GAS TURBINE CYCLE WITH
INTERCOOLING, REHEATING,
AND REGENERATION
• The net work output of the cycle can be increased by reducing the work
input to the compressor and/or by increasing the work output from
turbine (or both).
• Using multi-stage compression with intercooling reduces the work input
the compressor.
• Likewise utilizing multistage expansion with reheat will increase the
work produced by turbines.
• When intercooling and reheating are used, regeneration becomes more
attractive since a greater potential for regeneration exists.
• The back work ratio of a gas-turbine improves as a result of intercooling
and reheating.
• However, intercooling and reheating decreases thermal efficiency unless
they are accompanied with regeneration.
• This is because intercooling decreases the average temperature at which
heat is added, and reheating increases the average temperature at which
heat is rejected.
T-S DIAGRAM FOR AN IDEAL GAS-TURBINE
CYCLE WITH INTERCOOLING, REHEATING,
AND REGENERATION

• For minimizing work

input to compressor
and maximizing work
output from the
turbine:
and
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