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| Megan Page | mpage@usc.edu | Computer Engineering |
| Laveena Rajan | lrajan@usc.edu | Chemical Engineering |
Natural Gas: Turbine
Gas Turbines
The compressor brings in the air from the engine, pressurizing it and then feeding it to the combustion chamber at extremely high speeds. In the combustion system there are ring fuel injectors inject natural gas into combustion chamber where it then mixes with air. Mixture is burned at temperatures exceeding 2000 degrees. The high temperature and high pressure gas from the combustion chamber expands through the turbine section. The turbine is made up of rotating blades; the gas expands in the turbine, causing the blades to spin; this in turn produces electricity as the blades draw more and more pressurized air into the combustion section.
Gas turbine in construction (Tampa Electric IGCC Project)
http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/powersystems/turbines/turbines_howitworks.shtml
A Gas Turbine Topping Cycle