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In this study, a program for analyzing the transient behaviors of heavy-duty gas turbines was developed. Focus was given to simulating a practical load-following operation. A distinct feature of our work is that all of the gas turbine components are modularized to enhance the expandability of the program. We used object-oriented programing for this purpose. Mass and energy balances and performance maps for the compressor and turbine were used for the modeling, and a multivariable numerical solving technique was used to enhance the numerical stability. The fundamental thermodynamic modeling of the program was validated by comparison of the transient response of a simulated gas turbine with that of a commercial program. PID control was adopted for simultaneous control of the rotational shaft speed and turbine exhaust temperature by the modulations of the fuel flow and the opening of the compressor inlet guide vane at the same time. The influence of the magnitude of load change and ramp rate was investigated. Stable control of the gas turbine was possible, even for a very rapid change of load.
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J. H. Kim received his M.S. degree from Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University in 2014, and is now a doctoral student in the same department. His major research topic is simulation of gas turbine operation.
T. S. Kim received his Ph.D. degree from Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University in 1995. He has been with Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University since 2000. His research interests are design and analysis of advanced energy systems including gas/steam turbine based power plants.
S. J. Moon received his Ph.D. degree from Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley in 2001. He has been with Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University since 2003. His research interests are combined-cycle power plant simulation, graphene and micro/nano scale engineering including E-ink laser sintering, a-si laser crystallization and LIBS.
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Kim, J.H., Kim, T.S. & Moon, S.J. Development of a program for transient behavior simulation of heavy-duty gas turbines. J Mech Sci Technol 30, 5817–5828 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-016-1152-z
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