Development and Operation of Micro Turbine

Abstract

Takuma's TCP 30 Micro Turbine Co-Generation Package is built around a 28kW micro gas turbine power generator made by Capstone. Compared with a gas engine and other reciprocating engines, microturbine has excellent features such as small size and light weight, high efficiency, low environmental burden, no vibration, no maintenance etc. It also embodies waste heat recovery by the use of Takuma's steam generator of supplemental firing with an economizer. The package consists of the engine, a gas compressor. microturbine control and power conversion units, waste heat recovery equipment, its control unit and other ancillaries. It solves the dilemma of reducing noise inherent to an ultra-high speed generation system and removing heat from electronic equipment efficiently within a compact package.This package has the capacity of generating 26 k W of effective electricity, 600kg/h of evaporation (712kg/h of equivalent evaporation), with high system efficiency of 93%. Because of its high efficiency, the package saves roughly 20% in energy and reduces approximately 25% of CO2 emission over the conventional system of purchased power from the utility and steam from a boiler. It also reduces the user's operating cost significantly. and rapid increase of application is anticipated in areas such as hotels, athletic clubs, public baths, hospitals and factories where large demand for steam exists.