Research and Development of 30kW Micro Gas Turbine

Abstract

The design of high performance micro gas turbine is considered as one of the most challenges that an engineer would face. It involving in balancing between the performance output and efficiency during operating. The objective of this paper is to produce a 30kW micro gas turbine in development stage through designing and fabrication process. In this paper, only preliminary calculations related to a certain major parts are shown. It will cover the evaluation of reference quantities, calculation of required dimensions, calculation of air distribution and pressure drop, estimation of number and diameters for admission holes for a combustion chamber as one of it major components. Besides that, the selection of a turbocharger will also be evaluate to reuse the compressor and turbine from the turbocharger components to develop as one of this project major components. The turbocharger will be selected based on the capable power output from the compressor and turbine performances. To achieve this project objective in developing a 30kW micro gas turbine, the power output performance from the turbocharger must reaches a 30kW power output. The complete design will be illustrate through the Solidworks, a Computer Aided Design (CAD) software. As a result, a complete design of the major component and fully assemble of the product is produce.