Gas Turbine(s) GT (UK2.4)

Purpose The Gas Turbine (GT) systems comprise two Turbec T100 Microturbines: series 1 and series 3. Both turbines are CHP units integrating the T100 power module generating around a 100kW of electrical power with an exhaust gas heat exchanger generating and additional 170kW of thermal power with an overall efficiency of 77%. The turbines normally operated on 330kW of natural gas, but the use of fuels such as biogas, syngas, diesel, kerosene, methanol, LPC is also possible enabling research on alternative fuels. The exhaust from the heat exchanger is connected to the onsite Solvent-based Carbon Capture Plant. This enables research into post-combustion carbon capture from gas turbine based power generation. The concentration of CO2 in the GT flue gases is typically low (1.5%-6%. This affects the economic and technical viability of the carbon capture process. PACT is developing an Exhaust Gas Recycling system for the turbines (GT-EGR) to increase the CO2 concentration in the flue gas for carbon capture applications. Furthermore PACT is also looking at Humid Air Turbine Cycle to also enhance efficiency

The turbines are normally operated one a time via a change over switch.

Fully integrated system with Carbon Capture plant Extensive analytical capability