Innovative Wheel
Concept to Increase Gas Turbine Efficiency
Mark J. Skowronski
03-15
EISG Project
Title: Innovative Wheel Concept to
Increase Gas Turbine Efficiency
EISG Grant Number: 03-15
PIER Area: Environmentally Preferred Advanced Generation
Principal Investigator: Mark J. Skowronski
Contact Information: Phone:
(714) 317-5016, email:
mark@markrontech.com
Organization: Markron Technologies LLC.
Grant Amount: $75,000
Grant Term: 12 Months
Project Description:
§ Proposes to determine the feasibility of increasing the efficiency of small Brayton-cycle gas turbines by using nozzles on the periphery of a bladeless turbine wheel to reduce wheel losses.
Proposed Outcomes:
§ A prototype will be fabricated and tested.
Anticipated Benefits:
§ If successful and full market penetration in the 1-3 MW range were achieved the annual benefit to California would be 45 tons of NOX reduction, 59,000 tons of methane reduction and over 60,000 tons of reduced CO2 emissions.
§ Potential to provide a small gas turbine design for base load power generation, capable of producing power at $.05/kWh based on lifecycle cost.
§ Potential to produce an estimated $16 million annually in energy and capacity reductions due to the higher efficiencies achieved with the proposed technology, based on a 5-year market penetration of 250 megawatts.