Thermal performance prediction of a solar hybrid gas turbine

Externally fired gas turbine technology: A review

“…2. Another similar study was conducted in Italy [82] for 36 MW e power. Fossil fuel saving was found to be in the range of 40-70% throughout the year but with a slight drop in turbine power and efficiency.…”

“…Thus, implementing CSP technology for steam generation is the obvious choice and has proven to be very successful and has been commercialized in many countries such as the PS-10 plant in Spain [78,79]. Another promising configuration with low technical and economical risk is the well-established DFGT technology known as the solar hybrid gas turbine system [80][81][82][83][84]. The solar thermal power was added to the compressed air stream before entering the combustion chamber that reduces fuel consumption and carbon foot print considerably.…”

Investigation of thermodynamic performances for two solar-biomass hybrid combined cycle power generation systems

“…Meanwhile, a high-temperature pressurized-air solar receiver with an annular reticulate porous ceramic foam concentric has been experimentally investigated, and the peak outlet air temperatures exceeding 1200°C were reached [34][35][36]. The detailed off-design assessment of the solarized gas turbine and the solarized combined cycle plant configurations have been conducted, and the annual behavior implies that the most valuable advantage of high power generation efficiency is the hybrid solar gas turbine technology [37][38][39][40]. Additionally, investigations on the system optimization had been implemented by Segal [41] in terms of the heliostat field and tower, the receiver and its secondary concentrator, and the power block.…”

Thermodynamic modeling of a hybrid solar gas-turbine power plant

“…Spelling et al [25,26] have focused on the viability of this technology by working on thermoeconomic aspects. Other works rely on the use of commercial simulation programs as TRNSYS [27], from which it is difficult to extract general conclusions or to deep in the thermodynamics of these systems.…”