Advanced Turbine Systems Annual Program Review Meeting

Table of Contents

• Disclaimer
• Foreword
• ATS Contacts, Web Sites, and Fact Sheet
• Conference Participants
• Papers and Presentations
  • Session 1: Opening Session
  • Session 2: ATS Program Element Overviews
  • Session 3: ATS Related Activities
  • Session 4: University/Industry Consortium Interactions
  • Session 5: ATS Supportive Projects
  • Poster Session: The Advanced Gas Turbine Systems Research (AGTSR) Consortium

Disclaimer
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Foreword
The 1997 Advanced Turbine Systems Annual Program Review Meeting was held October 28-29, 1997, in Morgantown, West Virginia. The annual DOE meeting is cosponsored by the Office of Industrial Technologies in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and the Federal Energy Technology Center in the Office of Fossil Energy. Projects in the Advanced Turbine Systems (ATS) Program, begun in 1992, are funded jointly by DOE and private industry. The objective of the Program is to achieve greater than 60-percent system efficiency and superior environmental performance at a lower cost of electricity. Two classes of gas turbines are being developed under the ATS Program: (1) simple-cycle industrial gas turbines, less than 20 megawatts (MW) in capacity, for distributed-generation, industrial, and cogeneration markets; and (2) gas turbines greater than 20 MW, used in combined-cycle systems, for large base-load central-station electric-power generation markets.

The ATS Program is on schedule to have pre-commercial demonstrations operating in the year 2000. ATS technologies are ready to capture most of the new electric power-generation market well into the next century. The technologies are yielding significant, environmentally sound benefits worldwide. Completion of the ATS Program and successful prototype testing of the ATS are critical to sustain U.S. gas turbine industry dominance in the global marketplace.

The 1997 conference was the largest and most successful to date. Over 300 participants from government organizations, industries, and academic institutions included engineers and scientists from the U.S. and nine foreign countries: Argentina, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

The 2-day conference was organized into about 25 papers in five technical sessions, two panel sessions, and a poster session with about 30 presentations. Topics included discussions on the convergence of the gas and electric industries, the role of ATS in climate change mitigation, overviews by major ATS manufacturers and national research organizations, the ATS user’s perspective, and research and interactions between universities and industry in the Advanced Gas Turbine Systems Research (AGTSR) Consortium.

Most of the papers and presentations in this Proceedings were produced from electronic files provided by the authors. They have been neither refereed nor extensively edited. Panel discussions and some presentations are edited transcripts of the actual speeches. The Proceedings was provided to participants on CD, and is also available worldwide on the FETC Homepage over the internet (http://fetc.doe.gov/publications).

1. Patricia A. Hoffman, Program Manager
   U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
   Office of Industrial Technologies
   1000 Independence Avenue, SW, EE-23
   Washington, DC 20585-0221
   Phone: 202/586-6074; Fax: 202/586-1658; E-mail: patricia.hoffman@hq.doe.gov
   
2. Continuous Fiber Ceramic Composite (CFCC) Program
   U.S. Department of Energy
   CFCC Program Web Site: http://www.ms.ornl.gov/programs/energyeff/cfcc/default.htm
   CFCC Newsletter: http://www.hsrd.ornl.gov/cfcc/newshome.html
   
3. Advanced Turbine Systems Program
   U.S. Department of Energy
   ATS Energy Efficiency Web Site: http://www.ms.ornl.gov/programs/energyeff/ats/default.htm
   ATS Fossil Energy Web Site: http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/powersystems/turbines/turbines_successes.html

Advanced Turbine Systems Fact Sheet
See the following two pages for:
Advanced Turbine Systems Program Fact Sheet: Abbie W. Layne — Federal Energy Technology Center; and Patricia Hoffman — U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Technologies

Session 1: Opening Session

The ATS Program is a Success Story:

Samuel Biondo — U.S. Department of Energy, Germantown, MD

Advanced Turbines — A FETC Perspective:

Joseph P. Strakey — Federal Energy Technology Center

1.1 Convergence of the Gas and Electric Industry: The Role of the Advanced Turbine Systems

David J. Schultz — Duke Energy Power Services

 

1.2 Evolution of the Argentine Electricity Sector

Ramón Sanz — CAMMESA (Cia. Administradora de Mercado Mayorista Eléctrico, S.A.)

 

1.3 The Role of Technology in Climate Change Mitigation and Other Environmental Issues

John A. Laitner — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Session 2: ATS Program Element Overviews

2.1 Allison Engine Company’s Industrial Advanced Turbine Systems Program Overview

William D. Weisbrod II — Allison Engine Company

 

2.2 Industrial Advanced Turbine Systems Program Overview

D.W. Esbeck, S. Gates, and P.H. Schneider — Solar Turbines Incorporated

 

2.3 ABB’s Advanced Turbine Systems Program

Albrecht H. Mayer — ABB Power Generation Inc.

 

2.4 Overview of General Electric’s Advanced Turbine Systems Program

Thomas F. Chance, Charles S. Cook, Edward C. Lowe, and Roger W. Schonewald — General Electric Company

 

2.5 Westinghouse’s Advanced Turbine System Program

Gerard McQuiggan, Ihor S. Diakunchak, Leslie R. Southall, and Mark P. Krush — Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Session 3: ATS Related Activities

3.1 The Gas Turbine Association: An Update

William H. Day — Pratt & Whitney

 

3.2 Current Gas Turbine Developments and Future Projects

Arthur Cohn and John Scheibel — Electric Power Research Institute

 

3.3 Gas Research Institute Power Generation Program

Paul J. Bautista — Gas Research Institute

3.4 Panel Session: Advanced Turbine Systems, A User’s Perspective

3.4a International Markets for Advanced Gas Turbine Systems

Barry J. Davidson — National Power PLC

 

3.4b Combustion Turbines/Combined Cycles

David Stephens — Florida Power and Light

 

3.4c A Customer Perspective

Dan E. Kincaid — Gas Research Institute

 

3.4d Materials, Issues, and Advancements

Wate T. Bakker — Electric Power Research Institute

 

3.4e Panel 3.4 Questions and Answers

Charles M. Zeh — Federal Energy Technology Center

Session 4: University/Industry Consortium Interactions

4.1 The AGTSR Industry-University Connection

Daniel B. Fant and Lawrence P. Golan — South Carolina Energy R&D Center (SCERDC)

4.2 Panel Session: University/Industry Consortium Interactions

4.2a An Industry Perspective on AGTSR Accomplishments

Sy A. Ali — Allison Engine Company

 

4.2b Solar Turbines Collaborative Projects With Universities

George L. Padgett — Solar Turbines Incorporated

 

4.2c Benefits of the AGTSR Program

William H. Day — Pratt & Whitney

 

4.2d Experience of General Electric Power Systems With the AGTSR Program

Charles S. Cook — General Electric Power Systems

 

4.2e Westinghouse Advanced Turbine Systems Program and the AGTSR

Gerard McQuiggan, Ihor S. Diakunchak, Leslie R. Southall and Mark P. Krush — Westinghouse Electric Corporation

 

4.2f Panel Session 4.2 Questions and Answers

Norman T. Holcombe — Federal Energy Technology Center

Session 5: ATS Supportive Projects

5.1 Addressing the Challenge of Low-Emission Combustion

Geo. A. Richards, Kent H. Casleton, Daniel J. Maloney, and Randall S. Gemmen — Federal Energy Technology Center

 

5.2 HAT Cycle Technology Development Program

William H. Day — Pratt & Whitney; and William A. Sowa and Brian A. Knight — United Technologies Research Center

 

5.3 The NIST Advanced Technology Program: Materials Processing for Heavy Manufacturing

Clare M. Allocca — National Institute of Standards and Technology

 

5.4 Ceramic Stationary Gas Turbine

Jeffrey R. Price — Solar Turbines Incorporated

 

5.5 Allison Ceramic Vane Efforts

Richard A. Wenglarz — Allison Engine Company

 

5.6 ATS Materials/Manufacturing

M.A. Karnitz, I.G. Wright, M.K. Ferber, and R.S. Holcomb — Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and Mary H. Rawlins — U.S. Department of Energy-Oak Ridge

 

5.7 ATS Land Based Turbine Casting Initiative

Allen R. Price and Boyd A. Mueller — Howmet Research Corporation

 

5.8 Turbine Airfoil Manufacturing Technology

Charles S. Kortovich, Craig Hayes, and Peter O’Neill — PCC Airfoils, Inc.

 

5.9 Pratt & Whitney Thermal Barrier Coating Development

Mladen F. Trubelja, David M. Nissley, and Jeanine T.D. Marcin — Pratt & Whitney; and Norman S. Bornstein — United Technologies Research Center

 

5.10 Westinghouse Thermal Barrier Coatings Development

John G. Goedjen, Stephen Sabol, and Shyam Dighe — Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Poster Session: The Advanced Gas Turbine Systems Research (AGTSR) Consortium

Combustion

P1 Modeling Lean Premixed Combustion in Gas Turbines

L. Douglas Smoot, Paul O. Hedman, Thomas H. Fletcher, and B. Scott Brewster — Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center, Brigham Young University

 

P2 Optical Probe for Measuring the Extent of Air/Fuel Mixing in Premixed Combustion Turbines

R.W. Dibble, J-Y. Chen, and R.K. Mongia — University of California at Berkeley; and J. Bowen and A. Dean — General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center

 

P3 The Role of Reactant Unmixedness, Strain Rate, and Length Scale on Premixed Combustor Performance

S. Samuelsen, J. LaRue, S. Vilayanur, and D. Guillaume — University of California at Irvine

 

P4 Effect of Swirl and Momentum Distribution on Thermal Non-uniformities and Emissions in Premixed Flames

Ashwani K. Gupta, Mark J. Lewis, Song Qi, Jochen Goetz, and Maneesh Gupta — The Combustion Laboratory, University of Maryland; and Adeboyejo A. Oni and Lisa Archer-Davis — Morgan State University

 

P5 Combustion Instability Studies for Application to Land-Based Gas Turbine Combustors

D.A. Santavicca, R.J. Santoro, and V. Yang — The Pennsylvania State University

 

P6 Active Control of Combustion Instabilities in Low NO Gas Turbines

Ben T. Zinn, X Yedidia Neumeier, Brady R. Daniel, and Timothy C. Lieuwen — Laboratory for Control of Energetic Processes, Georgia Institute of Technology

 

P7 Miniature Infrared Emission Based Temperature Sensor and Light-Off Detector

Yudaya R. Sivathanu, Jay P. Gore, and Yingjie Zhu — Thermal Sciences and Propulsion Laboratory, Purdue University

 

P8 Efficient Combustion Chemistry for Gas Turbine Combustor Simulations

Stephen B. Pope and Vivek Saxena — Cornell University; and M.S. Anand — Allison Engine Company

 

P9 Combustion Sensors for Measuring the Primary Zone Equivalence Ratio

D.A. Santavicca — The Pennsylvania State University

Materials

P11 Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposited Coatings for Thermal Barrier Coating Systems

W.B. Carter, J.M. Hampikian, and David W. Stollberg — Georgia Institute of Technology

 

P12 Influence of Steam Cooling on Hot Corrosion

V.H. Desai, V.M. Philip, and J.Q. Zhang — University of Central Florida

P13 Bond Strength and Stress Measurements in Thermal Barrier Coatings — 1997 Status

Maurice Gell and Eric Jordan — University of Connecticut

 

P14 Development of Refractory Oxide- and Glass Ceramic-YSZ Dual Layer TBCs

Kang N. Lee and Surenda Tewari — Cleveland State University

 

P15 Chemical and Mechanical Instabilities at Thermal Barrier Coating Interfaces

Gerald H. Meier, Frederick S. Pettit, and Matthew J. Stiger — University of Pittsburgh; Maurice Gell and Eric H. Jordan — University of Connecticut; and Jack L. Beuth and Aditad Vasinonta — Carnegie Mellon University

 

P16 Advanced Thermal Barrier Coatings Produced by SPPS

K.T. Faber, J. Mawdsley, J. Su, D.E. Boss, and T.F. Bernecki — Northwestern University; and A. Ramirez de Arellano Lopez —University of Seville

Aerodynamics

P17 Advanced Multistage Turbine Blade Aerodynamics, Performance, Cooling, and Heat Transfer

Sanford Fleeter and Patrick B. Lawless — Purdue University

 

P18 Intercooler Flow Path Optimization for Gas Turbines

Ajay K. Agrawal — University of Oklahoma

 

P19 Improved Modeling Techniques for Turbomachinery Flow Fields

B. Lakshminarayana — The Pennsylvania State University; and Edward Hall — Allison Engine Company

 

P20 3D Viscous Inverse Method for Turbomachine Blades

Thong Q. Dang and SachinV. Damle — Syracuse University

P21 Impact of Endwall Flow and Wakes on Multistage Compressor Performance and Design

Choon S. Tan — Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

P22 An Experimental Investigation of the Three Dimensional Flow in the Clearance Region of Cantilevered Stator Vanes With and Without Hub Rotation

Vincent R. Capece and Ian M. Kennedy — University of California at Davis

Heat Transfer

P23 Heat Transfer Research Faculty Internship at Pratt & Whitney

R. LaFleur — Clarkson University

 

P24 Experimental and Computational Studies of Film Cooling With Compound Angle Injection

E.R.G. Eckert, R.J. Goldstein, S.V. Patankar, and T.W. Simon — Heat Transfer Laboratory, University of Minnesota

 

P25 Surface Heat Transfer Measurements Using a Thermographic Phosphor Imaging System

Mingking K. Chyu — Carnegie Mellon University

 

P26 Flow Field and Heat Transfer in a Model Gas Turbine Disk Cavity

Ramendra P. Roy — Arizona State University

 

P27 Closed-Loop Mist/Steam Cooling for Advanced Turbine Systems

T. Wang, J.L. Gaddis, T. Guo, and X. Li — Clemson University

 

P28 Detailed Flow and Thermal Field Measurements on a Scaled-up Stator Vane

Karen A. Thole — University of Wisconsin; and David G. Bogard — University of Texas