Авіаційно-космічна техніка та технологія (Aug 2019)

ANALIZING THE EFFICIENCY OF COOLING AIR AT THE INLET OF COGENERATION RECIPROCATING GAS MODULE ON PART LOADS

  • Андрій Миколайович Радченко,
  • Анатолій Анатолійович Зубарєв,
  • Сергій Георгійович Фордуй,
  • Володимир Володимирович Бойчук,
  • Андрій Вікторович Коновалов

DOI
https://doi.org/10.32620/aktt.2019.8.08
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 8
pp. 54 – 58

Abstract

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The fuel efficiency of the reciprocating gas engine deteriorates with the increase of ambient air temperatures at the inlet to the radiator of the recirculating cooling water system for cooling the scavenge gas/air mixture at the inlet of the working cylinders and the air at the inlet of the scavenge air turbocharger. The peculiarity of cogeneration reciprocating gas modules of plants for combined production of electricity, heat, and cold is the operation mainly at partial loads according to the schedules of consumption of electricity, heat, and cold. The efficiency of cooling air of cogeneration gas module on the partial loads was analyzed on the example of an integrated power supply installation, which includes two cogeneration reciprocating gas engines JMS 420 GS-N.LC GE Jenbacher, manufactured as the cogeneration modules with exchangers using the heat of exhaust gases, scavenge gas-air mixture, cooling water of the engine shirt and lubricating oil for heating water. Hot water heat is transformed by the AR-D500L2 Century absorption lithium-bromide chiller into a cold that is spent on technological needs and for the operation of a central air conditioner that cools the engine room income air from where it is sucked by a scavenge air turbocharger. Because of significant heat influx from working engines and other equipment, as well as through the enclosures of the engine room from the outside to the air-cooled in the central air conditioner in the engine room, from where it is sucked by a turbocharger, the air temperature at the inlet of the turbocharger is quite high: 25...30 °C. At elevated temperatures of the ambient air at the inlet of the radiator for cooling scavenge gas-air mixture and the air at the turbocharger inlet the fuel economy of engine is falling, which indicates the need for efficient cooling of air. The efficiency of cooling the air of the reciprocating gas module was estimated by a reduction in the consumption of gas fuel and an increase in electric power of the engine. For this purpose, the data of monitoring on the fuel efficiency of the reciprocating gas engine with the combined influence of the ambient air temperature at the inlet of the radiator and the air at the turbocharger inlet were processed to obtain data on their separate effects and to determine the ways to further improve the air cooling system of the reciprocating gas module.

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