Investigations Into the Performance of a Turbogenerated Biogas Engine During Speed Transients

Ian Thompson, Stephen Spence, Charles McCartan, David Thornhill, Jonathan Talbot-Weiss

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Abstract

Turbogenerating is a form of turbocompounding whereby a Turbogenerator is placed in the exhaust stream of an internal combustion engine. The Turbogenerator converts a portion of the expelled energy in the exhaust gas into electricity which can then be used to supplement the crankshaft power. Previous investigations have shown how the addition of a Turbogenerator can increase the system efficiency by up to 9%. However, these investigations pertain to the engine system operating at one fixed engine speed. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the system and in particular the Turbogenerator operate during engine speed transients. On turbocharged engines, turbocharger lag is an issue. With the addition of a Turbogenerator, these issues can be somewhat alleviated. This is done by altering the speed at which the Turbogenerator operates during the engine’s speed transient. During the transients, the Turbogenerator can be thought to act in a similar manner to a variable geometry turbine where its speed can cause a change in the turbocharger turbine’s pressure ratio. This paper shows that by adding a Turbogenerator to a turbocharged engine the transient performance can be enhanced. This enhancement is shown by comparing the turbogenerated engine to a similar turbocharged engine. When comparing the two engines, it can be seen that the addition of a Turbogenerator can reduce the time taken to reach full power by up to 7% whilst at the same time, improve overall efficiency by 7.1% during the engine speed transient.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2011: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Pages723-732
Number of pages10
Volume3
ISBN (Electronic)978-0-7918-5463-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2011

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