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A Wood-Fired Gas Turbine Plant
Date
1986-06Metadata
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This paper covers the research and development
of a wood-fired gas turbine unit that is used
for generating electricity. The system uses one
large cyclonic combustor and a cyclone cleaning
system in series to provide hot gases to drive
an Allison T-56 aircraft engine (the industrial
version is the 501-k).
A Westinghouse 3,000-kW generator is used on the
prototype facility with a Philadelphia gear
system reducing the 14,000-rpm turbine output
speed to the 3,600-rpm generator operating speed.
Fuel is fed into the combustor by a rotary valve
system. The swirling effect of the cyclone
combustor ensures that residence time is
adequate to completely burn all solid particles
in the combustor ahead of the cyclone filter.
Burning of particles on the metal walls of the
cyclone filter could cause overheating and
deterioration of the walls.
This wood-fired gas turbine unit could provide a
low cost source of power for areas where
conventional methods are now prohibitive and
provide a means for recovering energy from a
source that now poses disposal problems.
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Powell, S. H.; Hamrick, J. T. (1986). A Wood-Fired Gas Turbine Plant. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /93008.