An electric utility grid connected test facility has been established at Silicon Valley Power (SVP) in Santa Clara, California to validate the reliability, availability, maintainability, and durability (RAMD) of a commercial-ready catalytic combustor system (XONON). Installed in the Silicon Valley Test Facility (SVTF) is a 1.5MW Kawasaki MIA-13A gas turbine fitted with a catalytic combustor. The gas turbine package is controlled by a Woodward MicroNet control system. The combustor utilizes a two stage lean premix preburner system to obtain the required catalyst inlet temperatures and low over the operating load range. The fuel-air mixer incorporates counter rotating swirlers to mix the catalyst fuel and air to achieve the desired uniformity. The patented catalyst design is composed of specially coated metal foils. Overall engine performance was measured and the emissions were continuously monitored. As of Dec. 1999, emissions of ppmv and CO and UHC<6 ppmv have been maintained at 100 percent load for over 3700 hours of operation on the utility grid. The turbine continues to operated 24 hours a day, 7 days per week with commercial levels of unit availability.
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Field Demonstration of a 1.5 MW Industrial Gas Turbine With a Low Emissions Catalytic Combustion System
D. Y. Yee,
D. Y. Yee
Catalytica Combustion Systems, Inc. 430 Ferguson Drive Mountain View, CA 94043-5272
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K. Lundberg,
K. Lundberg
Catalytica Combustion Systems, Inc. 430 Ferguson Drive Mountain View, CA 94043-5272
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C. K. Weakley
C. K. Weakley
Catalytica Combustion Systems, Inc. 430 Ferguson Drive Mountain View, CA 94043-5272
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D. Y. Yee
Catalytica Combustion Systems, Inc. 430 Ferguson Drive Mountain View, CA 94043-5272
K. Lundberg
Catalytica Combustion Systems, Inc. 430 Ferguson Drive Mountain View, CA 94043-5272
C. K. Weakley
Catalytica Combustion Systems, Inc. 430 Ferguson Drive Mountain View, CA 94043-5272
Contributed by the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER . Paper presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Munich, Germany, May 8–11, 2000; Paper 00-GT-088. Manuscript received by IGTI Oct. 1999; final revision received by ASME Headquarters Oct. 2000. Associated Editor: D. Wisler.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Jul 2001, 123(3): 550-556 (7 pages)
Published Online: October 1, 2000
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Yee , D. Y., Lundberg , K., and Weakley, C. K. (October 1, 2000). "Field Demonstration of a 1.5 MW Industrial Gas Turbine With a Low Emissions Catalytic Combustion System ." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. July 2001; 123(3): 550–556. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1374199
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