Estimation of exergy-based sustainability index and performance evaluation of a novel intercooled hybrid gas turbine system

Thermodynamics, Environmental and Sustainability Impacts of a Turbofan Engine Under Different Design Conditions Considering Variable Needs in the Aviation Industry

“…They reported that the hybrid cycle could achieve an optimal efficiency of 74.13% and provided a performance map for the system. A modified stability index and exergy indices have been proposed to compare different gas turbine cycles, including a hybrid configuration with a SOFC, by Sinha et al [23] They used MATLAB for energy-exergy modeling and stability analysis of the system and its components. They found that the IC-SOFC-RGT hybrid cycle has the highest efficiency and stability index among the three configurations and identified the most components in each configuration.…”

“…To decrease the dependency on fossil fuels, 30–40% of the thermal efficiency of gas turbines is required to increase with novel technologies such as solid oxide fuel cell gas turbines. [ 2 ] According to the International Energy Agency, aviation is probably the most difficult transport sector to decarbonize, due to its cost and size. [ 3 ] Groundbreaking technology is much‐needed, as, in the 2010s, flying grew to become more popular than ever.…”

Exergy-economic assessment of a hybrid power, cooling and heating generation system based on SOFC

“…Anand Sinha et al [ 28 ] examined the gas turbine exhaust waste heat generated for powering the fuel cell and made a comparative sustainable, qualitative and quantitative performance comparison between SGT, RGT and SOFC-RGT. Also in another study, gas turbine exhaust waste heat has been examined to power fuel cell and two typical intercooled gas turbines and a fuel-cell hybrid system were compared [ 29 ]. Kumar et al [ 30 ] could obtain the reduction of power needed by air compressor using the intercooling heat to augment the extra outputted energy through organic Rankine cycle.…”