Iranian Journal of Manufacturing Engineering

Iranian Journal of Manufacturing Engineering

Arrangement of gas fuel nozzle in power plant turbines with the purpose of temperature spread control and based on gas fuel flow rate

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Parviz Asadi 1
Ali Fazli 1
Hossein Jafarzadeh 2
Hossein Maleki 3
1 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tabriz Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 MSc Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
10.22034/ijme.2024.428239.1883
Abstract
In this research, fuel nozzles of GE-F9 turbine were tested, and fuel flow was measured using a Nozzle Layout device, which was designed and manufactured by Pardad Kameh Sanat Company. Then, the layout of nozzles was suggested by the special software of the device based on a specific algorithm, and it was installed on the turbine. The temperature spread was evaluated as the most important result of this research. The results show that by selecting a set of 14 out of the 30 initially provided nozzles and then using the layout recommended by the software, it is possible to reduce the gas flow difference by 2% and the temperature spread by 20 ℃. However, using two sets of nozzles out of the 30 provided can reduce the flow difference of the nozzles to 6% and 9%, respectively. In addition, with the help of the Nozzle Layout software, the temperature spread can be maintained below 28 ℃.
Keywords
Gas Turbine
GE-F9
Fuel Flow Balancing
Nozzle Layout
Temperature Spread
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