Publication detail

CFD Designing of the micro turbine recuperator

HEJČÍK, J. JÍCHA, M.

Original Title

CFD Designing of the micro turbine recuperator

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

For high-speed micro gas turbine plants for electrical power and heat generation, a recuperator is needed to obtain a high thermal efficiency. The recuperator receives heat from the exhaust gas and preheats the compressor discharge air before it enters the combustion chamber. Such plants contribute to an ecological and environmental-friendly energy production. (Muley, Sundén, 2003) This paper deals with the computer modelling of the recuperator where a commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code STAR-CD is being used for this purpose. The first part of the paper shows CFD ability to appreciate various heat transfer surfaces. Three different surfaces (cross corrugated surface, dimpled and rifled tube) are selected, modelled and compared. Next part of this paper describes the CFD evaluation of the required recuperator efficiency (92 percent). The last part of the paper considers simulations of the inlet/outlet manifolds where two construction variants are modelled and contrasted. Simulation results obtained are presented and discussed.

Keywords

Recuperator, CFD, Microturbine, cross corrugated duct

Authors

HEJČÍK, J.; JÍCHA, M.

RIV year

2005

Released

1. 1. 2005

Publisher

CEA-Grenoble

Location

Grenoble, Francie

ISBN

2-9502555-0-7

Book

Heat Transfer in Components and Systems for Sustainable Energy Technologies, Proceedings of the Heat-SET 2005 conference

Pages from

151

Pages to

158

Pages count

8

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT21231,
  author="Jiří {Hejčík} and Miroslav {Jícha}",
  title="CFD Designing of the micro turbine recuperator",
  booktitle="Heat Transfer in Components and Systems for Sustainable Energy Technologies, Proceedings of the Heat-SET 2005 conference",
  year="2005",
  volume="1",
  pages="8",
  publisher="CEA-Grenoble",
  address="Grenoble, Francie",
  isbn="2-9502555-0-7"
}