Investigating supercritical carbon dioxide power cycles and the potential of improvement of turbine leakage characteristics via a barrier gas

Keyphrases

• Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle 100%
• Leakage Characteristics 100%
• Barrier Gas 100%
• Benchmark Instances 57%
• Labyrinth Seal 42%
• High Pressure 28%
• Proposed Design 28%
• Electric Power 28%
• Supercritical Carbon Dioxide 28%
• Pattern Search 14%
• Turbomachinery 14%
• Management Scheme 14%
• Exit Pressure 14%
• Power Penalty 14%
• Power Required 14%
• Power Demand 14%
• Inherent Characteristics 14%
• Gas Pressure 14%
• Carbon Dioxide 14%
• Power Saving 14%
• Enhanced Efficiency 14%
• Inlet Pressure 14%
• Reinjection 14%
• Simulated Conditions 14%
• High Rotational Speed 14%
• Compression Power 14%
• Sealing System 14%
• Differential Pressure 14%
• MATLAB Environment 14%
• Gas Injection Pressure 14%
• C Class 14%
• Leakage Flow Rate 14%
• Sealing Technology 14%
• Leakage Amount 14%
• Leakage Management 14%
• Efficiency Penalty 14%

Engineering

• Power Cycle 100%
• Supercritical Carbon Dioxide 100%
• Benchmark Case 80%
• Experimental Result 20%
• Turbomachinery 20%
• Additional Cost 20%
• Objective Function 20%
• Energy Demand 20%
• Flowrates 20%
• Gas Pressure 20%
• Power Penalty 20%
• Parametric Study 20%
• Search Algorithm 20%
• Inlet Pressure 20%
• Pattern Search 20%
• Differential Pressure 20%
• Rotational Speed 20%
• Sealing System 20%
• Reinjection 20%
• Inherent Characteristic 20%
• Exit Pressure 20%
• Gas Injection Pressure 20%