Public Funding for Siemens Energy Industrial Turbomachinery Limited

HyCoFlex is aiming at the development of a retrofitable decarbonisation package for cogeneration of power and industrial heat with 100%-fired gas turbines. The solution will be integrated and fully demonstrated at an industrial site in Saillat-sur-Vienne in France. HyCoFlex will leverage on and further advance the infrastructure of a power-to-hydrogen-to-power industrial scale plant which was developed and demonstrated within the HYFLEXPOWER project. The project will develop operational flexibility capabilities and protocols to satisfy the typical operating profiles experienced by industrial cogeneration plants. By doing so, HyCoFlex will elaborate credible pathways for upscaling and replicating the retrofit package, ultimately accelerating the achievement of industrial and energy sector decarbonisation. In order to meet the global objective, within the HyCoFlex project, the HYFLEXPOWER plant concept and infrastructure will be implemented for 100% H2-fuelled cogeneration. In the framework of the project a Siemens Energy SGT-400 gas turbine will be upgraded with an advanced dry low-emission (DLE) H2 combustion system to operate with different natural gas / H2 fuel mixtures. The retrofitted demonstrator plant will be validated for flexible operation under various natural gas/hydrogen mixtures and loads, while aiming at overcoming state-of-the-art efficiencies with decreased NOx emissions. Finally, HyCoFlex will explore pathways for upscaling and commercialization of decarbonised power generation from gas turbines within a circular-economy framework.

To embed a novel toolkit that will optimise service oriented solutions and offer clients a number of new ways of working with us.

To further develop current mass concentration methods and identify new correlations for ultra-low particulate measurement and accurate NOx measurement in gas turbines in order to reduce emission levels.

To design, build and commission an intelligent sensor system for the automated test and certification of sub 15 MW gas turbines.

To use research models of orifice and CFD design parameters to develop a validated operational tool delivering improved gas turbine performance.

Carbon Abatement Using Surface Engineering Technologies (CASET), BP103K (100815). Engineering approaches to carbon abatement need to be multi faceted and based on cost effective, energy efficient solutions with high reliability and durability. This project is targeted at three main areas of Carbon Abatement Technology (CAT): improved gas turbine conversion efficiency, anticipated to save in the order of 20% CO2 emissions based on current fuels; fuel switching to CO2 neutral fuels such as biomass; and oxy fuel firing turbines which are linked to carbon capture systems. These CATs will result in more aggressive component operating conditions. To improve component reliability it is proposed to develop three coating systems to be applied through the gas turbine hot gas path. These new and novel coatings are based on optimisation of functionally graded high temperature structures and offer a low cost solution that can be implemented in the near term, including the possibility of retrofitting to existing plant equipment. Each coating system will be manufactured using an innovative combination of thermal spray and Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) processes, over coated with established Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC) systems as appropriate. The consortium consists of an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), supply chain and universities which will allow the project to deliver the necessary applied research enabling its implementation at pilot stage and component demonstration levels.

FRETSGATE will develop a novel optical temperature and pressure sensor with the potential to reduce CO2 emissions from UK power generation by >1 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) through efficiency gains. Gas Turbines (GTs) for power generation produce >40% of UK electricity and 81mtpa of CO2. Combustion control is key to radically improving GT efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions, yet little high performance instrumentation is available for the harsh conditions. This is currently addressed by running engines with wide safety margins leading to combustion conditions not optimised for efficiency. FRETSGATE leverages the consortiums knowledge, skills and technology base to develop high speed sensors for real time combustion monitoring. The project will develop an optical sensor head and matching interrogator. The system will be developed through proof of concept to a technology demonstrator suitable for testing in realistic environments (e.g. engine test beds).

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