Better Combustion for Power Generation
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 09:31
in Physics & Chemistry
A collaboration between GE and the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) is contributing to efficiency gains in GE's H-class gas turbines. These are currently the world's largest and most efficient gas turbines, capable of converting fuel and air into electricity at more than 62 percent power-plant efficiency. GE researchers recently used the OLCF's Titan supercomputer to develop advanced modeling and simulation techniques of the combustion that takes place at high temperature and pressure during gas-turbine power generation. The predictive accuracy of GE's new simulation methods is allowing the company to evaluate more combustor design concepts within the product cycle than ever before.