fuTure hydRogen Assisted gas turbiNeS for effective carbon capTure IntegratiON

Projektinformationen

TRANSITION

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 101069665

DOI

10.3030/101069665

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 18 Mai 2022

Startdatum 1 September 2022

Enddatum 31 August 2026

Finanziert unter

• Climate, Energy and Mobility

Gesamtkosten

€ 2 922 218,50

EU-Beitrag

€ 2 922 217,00

Koordiniert durch

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE
Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - TRANSITION (fuTure hydRogen Assisted gas turbiNeS for effective carbon capTure IntegratiON)

Berichtszeitraum: 2024-01-01 bis 2025-04-30

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

TRANSITION objective is to pave the way for carbon-neutral energy generation from natural gas-fired power plants using gas turbines (GT), by enabling a highly efficient Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) process in the post-combustion phase. This will be achieved by the development of advanced hydrogen assisted combustion technologies capable to permit stable engine operations with high Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) rates leading to high CO2 content in the exhaust gas sent to the CCS unit.
The project has the main ambition to develop advanced combustion technologies for natural gas fired Gas Turbines to permit engine operations with high EGR rates leading to an increase of the CO2 content in the exhaust gases and a drastic reduction of the CCS costs and units' size. The main objectives can be summarized in the following concrete GOALS: 1) Development and validation at full scale engine conditions of EGR advanced GT burners with multifuel capabilities; 2) Development and assessment of high EGR rate GT burners with multifuel capabilities; 3) Assessment of developed GT-EGR advanced burners on real engine configuration for retrofit validation; 4) Assessment of CCS-GT integration and overall system performance; 5) Assessment of global sustainability with environmental/social/economic impact.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

The technical research activities of the project are arranged into 4 technical work packages (WP 2, 3, 4 and 6) which are expected to contribute to overall main goals.
In the reference period most part of the work was carried out in WP3, WP6 and partly in WP2 and WP4, according to the original workplan.
WP2 (UNIFI, BH): The main outcome of wP2 in the RP2 was the completion of the atmospheric tests at the THT lab of UNIFI. In particular in the final part of the work it was investigated the effect of mimicking EGR with pure N2 or pure CO2. An example of the achieved results in terms of OH* chemiluminescence is reported in Figure 1.
WP3 (DLR, CERFACS, BH and UNIFI): CFD investigations planned in T3.4 by UNIFI and CERFACS were completed. In figure 2 it can be observed an example of the validation of LES calculation carried ut by UNIFI with hydrogen piloting. Concerning T3.2 where high-pressure tests are planned, preliminary results were obtained: Figure 3 shows OH* maps at 10 bar pressure.
WP4 (SINTEF, TotalEnergies, BH): SINTEF has continued the development the investigation aimed at the slection of the best capture technology for the case study of the project, to be used for the detailed technical and economical evaluations planned in the subsequent task. In Figure 4 a schematic representation of the absorption-based carbon capture technology is reported. T4.5 in charge to SINTEF OCEAN is just started with the set up of the baseline scenario and the development of a format for data collection for the carbon capture scenarios.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

The TRANSITION project will address its objectives by carrying out research activities on 2 main technological areas
1. EGR applied to gas turbine engines
2. integration of CCS units with gas turbines, adopting two main investigation methods
The researches will be carried out by the following 2 main investigation methodology:
3. CFD turbulent combustion modelling
4. optical and laser-based combustion diagnostics.
For each of these 4 pillars a contribution beyond the state-of-the-art will be achieved when reaching the final objectives of the project. In particular the following main achievements could be considered a relevant step beyond state of the art:
• Experimental validation of high EGR rates operations, also with multi-fuel configuration and up to full scale conditions
• LES CFD modelling of complex multi-fuel and/or multi-oxidizer flame configurations
• Dedicated optimized reduced chemical kinetic schemes for EGR multi-fuel operations
TRANSITION will primarily focus on activities from TRL1 to TRL3/4, carrying out studies mainly in laboratory environment to reach the single nozzle flame tube proof of concept for GT-EGR integration. Validation of the proposed solutions at full engine scale in a single sector test rig will represent a significant step towards market.

Time-averaged normalized OH* chemiluminescence maps at Pamb

a) Numerical LoS of HRR (left) vs Experimental OH* LoS (rigth) b) flame index map

OH* chemiluminescence maps at P=10bar

Absorption-based carbon capture technology