Modeling and control of the starter motor and start-up phase for gas turbines

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dc.contributor.authorJafari, Soheil
dc.contributor.authorFashandi, Seyed Alireza Miran
dc.contributor.authorNikolaidis, Theoklis
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-25T17:02:19Z
dc.date.available2019-03-25T17:02:19Z
dc.date.issued2019-03-25
dc.description.abstractImproving the performance of industrial gas turbines has always been at the focus of attention of researchers and manufacturers. Nowadays, the operating environment of gas turbines has been transformed significantly respect to the very fast growth of renewable electricity generation where gas turbines should provide a safe, reliable, fast, and flexible transient operation to support their renewable partners. So, having a reliable tools to predict the transient behavior of the gas turbine is becoming more and more important. Regarding the response time and flexibility, improving the turbine performance during the start-up phase is an important issue that should be taken into account by the turbine manufacturers. To analyze the turbine performance during the start-up phase and to implement novel ideas so as to improve its performance, modeling, and simulation of an industrial gas turbine during cold start-up phase is investigated this article using an integrated modular approach. During this phase, a complex mechatronic system comprised of an asynchronous AC motor (electric starter), static frequency converter drive, and gas turbine exists. The start-up phase happens in this manner: first, the clutch transfers the torque generated by the electric starter to the gas turbine so that the turbine reaches a specific speed (cranking stage). Next, the turbine spends some time at this speed (purging stage), after which the turbine speed decreases, sparking stage begins, and the turbine enters the warm start-up phase. It is, however, possible that the start-up process fails at an intermediate stage. Such unsuccessful start-ups can be caused by turbine vibrations, the increase in the gradients of exhaust gases, or issues with fuel spray nozzles. If, for any reason, the turbine cannot reach the self-sustained speed and the speed falls below a certain threshold, the clutch engages once again with the turbine shaft and the start-up process is repeated. Consequently, when modeling the start-up phase, we face discontinuities in performance and a system with variable structure owing to the existence of clutch. Modeling the start-up phase, which happens to exist in many different fields including electric and mechanical application, brings about problems in numerical solutions (such as algebraic loop). Accordingly, this study attempts to benefit from the bond graph approach (as a powerful physical modeling approach) to model such a mechatronic system. The results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed approach in detailed performance prediction of the gas turbine in start-up phase.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationJafari S, Fashandi SAM and Nikolaidis T., Modeling and control of the starter motor and start-up phase for gas turbines, Electronics Volume 8, Issue 3, Article No. 363.en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2079-9292
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/electronics8030363
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14007
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherMDPIen_UK
dc.relation.ispartofseries;363
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectindustrial gas turbineen_UK
dc.subjectelectric starteren_UK
dc.subjectcold start-up phaseen_UK
dc.subjectdynamic modelingen_UK
dc.subjectbond graphen_UK
dc.subjectmechatronic approachen_UK
dc.subjectintegrated modeling approachen_UK
dc.titleModeling and control of the starter motor and start-up phase for gas turbinesen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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