Thermodynamic Cycles & Turbomachinery Component Innovation" - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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"Leveraging Cross-Industry Know-How for Thermodynamic Cycles & Turbomachinery Component Innovation"

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 – Stage Presentation ASME TURBOEXPO 2015

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About SoftInWay

Founded in 1999, we are an international engineering company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. SoftInWay Inc. specializes in developing efficient turbomachinery by offering our flagship software, AxSTREAM™ (for flow path design, redesign, analysis and optimization and AxCYCLE™ (for cycle design and analysis), as well as consulting services and educational courses. We provide more than 200 companies with our software and with 50+ engineers and more than 600 years of combined experience We have five offices worldwide:

• Burlington, Massachusetts
• New York City, New York
• Zug, Switzerland
• Bangalore, India
• Kharkov, Ukraine

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Capabilities & Reach

AxSTREAM™ 3.4 Suite AxSTREAM Hydro™ AxCYCLE™ AxCFD™ Engineering Services New Product Development Education and Training Services SoftInWay Turbomachinery University 3

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1. Design and Development of multiple frames of API Steam Turbines from 50kW to 3MW 2. Redesign of a 126MW Heavy Duty Gas Turbine for performance improvement 3. Feasibility study on a 600 MW thermal power plant for improvement in heat rate 4. Redesign of a 250 MW steam turbine for increasing power output by 20 MW 5. Development of a Waste Heat Recovery Turbo-Expander 6. Redesign and retrofit of a 4 stage centrifugal compressor 7. Design and optimization of impeller of API 610 BB4 type pump 8. Design of highly loaded low pressure compressor for aviation engine

We have executed more than 90 consulting projects to Industry and Research Organizations globally in various verticals

Projects Executed in 2014 - 2015

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Aerospace to Home Appliances

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Client: Home Appliance Company in USA Requirement: High performance fan for vacuum application. To achieve efficiency of >80% from current product efficiency of <60%.

Vacuum Blower Development

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• SoftInWay team studied limitation in current

product in terms of cost, performance, manufacturing, size and weight.

• Set goals and constraints for achievable

performance leveraging the knowhow from centrifugal compressors of turbocharger and aerospace compressor.

• Performed preliminary design with constraints

and technical specifications as specified by client.

Initial Designs

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Vacuum Blower Development

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Studies on effect of RPM on efficiency Studies on effect of axial length on efficiency Studies on effect of rotor mean diameter on efficiency Studies on effect of rotor hub diameter on efficiency

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Multiple configurations of flow path were studied and optimized to meet the dimensional constraints and performance objectives. The designed vacuum blower was 16% more efficient than the existing product line simultaneously meeting the design constraint and performance with minimal changes in manufacturing requirements.

Vacuum Blower Development

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Power Generation to Automobile

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Power Generation

10 SoftInWay has been offering cutting edge solutions for heat rate improvement in power plants with expertise on working in fossil fired power plants up to 800 MW and combined cycle plants of up to 300MW We have also been offering R&M solutions for existing plants for improving heat rate as well as for uprates of the plant by redesigning the turbine

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Power Generation – Bottoming Cycles

11 100 MW Combined cycle plant designed in AxCYCLE™ Bottoming cycle based on ORC for waste heat recovery in Industrial process at source temperature of 350 C

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Power Generation from Waste Heat

12 ORC units designed by SoftInWay for generating 250 KW for application in Industrial waste heat recovery

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WHRS for Automobile

13 Client: Gas Engine Manufacturer Requirement: Reduce Fuel consumption and increase power output. Approach:

• SoftInWay team studied current performance of engine for different operating

conditions.

• Performed Exergy analysis on the engine to identify possible areas of minimizing

Exergy destruction.

• Based on Exergy analysis bottoming cycle was developed leveraging the knowhow

from combined cycle and waste heat recovery systems.

• Our goal was to develop high efficiency Waste Heat Recovery System for powerful

and super powerful IC Gas Engines based on ORC principles to provide optimal waste heat utilization with moderate system complexity.

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WHRS for Automobile

14 Heat Balance Diagram of ICE Distribution of Heat Flows According to Temperatures Option of Heat Utilization Features:

• Heat is extracted from the waste heat sources at different pressure levels
• Advanced heat utilization from low temperature sources

Where LP and HP – low pressure and high pressure; LT and HT – low temperature and high temperature; CAC – charge air cooler ; JW – jacket water.

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WHRS for Automobile

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Parameter Unit Dual Loop R245fa Total Heat Transferred to Cycle kW 3162 Total Mass Flow kg/s 11.63 Net Power Production kW 581 Power Boost for the CAT Engine % 19.73 Total System Efficiency (ICE+WHRS) % 49.09 *SORC – Supercritical Organic Rankine Cycle

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HPT lPT

Performance data and crucial dimensions of the turbines Parameter Unit HPT LPT Internal total-to-static efficiency % 85 91 Power kW 211 394 Shaft rotational speed rpm 40000 7914 Impeller diameter at inlet mm 106 459 Mean impeller diameter at outlet mm 70 260 Blade height at inlet mm 6.7 30.9 Blade height at outlet mm 25.1 122.8 Blade number 13 12

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Aerospace to Nuclear Turbines

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LP Turbine for Nuclear Plant

Client: Nuclear Turbine OEM in Russia Requirement: Reduction of overall foot print without compromising performance Approach:

• SoftInWay team benchmarked existing turbine for detailed performance and

stresses and studied the limitations in terms of extraction locations, axial and radial dimensions.

• The objective was to investigate the possibility of reducing double flow LP turbine

axial length by leveraging the knowhow of radial turbine design and addressing various challenges during the project.

• The first two-stage performance was

evaluated with the objective of replacing it with one radial stage.

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LP Turbine for Nuclear Plant

Original LP turbine with 5 stages double flow path and LSB height =1000 mm ( 39.5 inch) The 5-stage turbine modelled in AxSTREAM™ for Benchmarking The LSB converted from Cold to Hot condition

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LP Turbine for Nuclear Plant

The first two axial stages replaced by a single radial stage The entry to the turbine has to be modified to accommodate radial entry to the rotor LE and also incorporate the nozzles. The exit from the radial stages should provide minimal incidence angle entry to the axial stages. Reaction should be near 50% for radial stages and the stage should have high efficiency and reliability. The radial stage designed in AxSTREAM™ with nozzles

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LP Turbine for Nuclear Plant

The streamlines of the flow in the radial stage from CFD Analysis Full machine CFD analysis was performed to study the flow interaction and flow characteristics in the designed radial + Axial Turbine configuration Detailed comparison of Results from AxSTREAM was done with CFD analysis and results are in agreement

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LP Turbine for Nuclear Plant

One of the challenges was in attaching the radial blades with the rotor. Different concepts were evaluated and analyzed for structural requirements. Radial blades connected to disk with curved axial entry dovetails Radial blades welded to disc

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LP Turbine for Nuclear Plant

Different configurations for root attachment were studied and analyzed which confirm structural strength and reliability. 13.1% reduction in length and performance maintained as per axial stages

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Counter-Rotating Turbomachinery

• Counter–rotating turbines and propellers are frequently used in Aviation Industry

because they possess the advantages of compact size and reduced weight.

• Contra-rotating propellers have been found to be between 6% and 16% more

efficient than normal propellers[1].

• There is also many patents on Counter Rotating Fan and core compressors i.e US

H2032 H1, US 4790133 A (GE)

[1]http://www.cap-ny153.org/forcesthrust.htm

Tu-95MS - Soviet Strategic Bomber Powered by four Kuznetsov NK-12M turboprop engines. Each engine is rated at 8,948 kW

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Counter-Rotating Turbomachinery

Client: A Green Energy Company in USA Requirement: Design of a high performance axial compressor for non-condensable gas processing from a geothermal power plant surface condenser Approach:

• SoftInWay team took an innovative approach to design this compressor by utilizing

counter-rotating designs. Total-to-total efficiency of 84.98% Both rotors operating at 8000 rpm in counter directions. Maximal tip diameter of 520mm and overall axial length of 700 mm.

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Contact

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