Green turbine: A high speed double turbine solution for sustainable energy harvesting from waste heat

Author

Paulides, J.J.H. ; Post, E. ; Post, J. ; Encica, L. ; Lomonova, E.A.

Author_Institution

Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2015

fDate

March 31 2015-April 2 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The GREEN TURBINE™ is a high speed double turbine generator which generates electricity from waste heat. This external combustion, e.g. from waste heat (steel mill), biomass or extracted from the tailpipe of an internal combustion engine, makes it possible to control combustion and therefore emission levels to a very high degree. As the temperature of the steam can be relatively low (140-220 °C), waste heat is very suitable to power this turbine, enabling combined cycle applications with the turbine as second stage. Herewith the Green turbine enhances the total efficiency of waste heat applications by a mere 15% without consideration of the heat that is present in the cooling water (around 40°C) following the turbine.

Keywords

synchronous generators; turbogenerators; waste heat; waste-to-energy power plants; cooling water; electricity generation; external combustion; green turbine; high speed double turbine generator; internal combustion engine; sustainable energy harvesting; synchronous generator; waste heat; Engines; Heating; Rectifiers; Turbines; Waste heat; Choke; High speed turbine; Synchronous generator; Waste heat;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), 2015 Tenth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Monte Carlo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6784-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EVER.2015.7112926

Filename

7112926