Global Journal of Researches in Engineering, A: Mechanical & Mechanics, Volume 22 Issue 1

© 2022. Carlos Romero, Yamid Carranza & Ricardo Acosta. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BYNCND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creative commons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Global Journal of Researches in Engineering: A Mechanical and Mechanics Engineering Volume 22 Issue 1 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-4596 & Print ISSN: 0975-5861 Performance of a Capstone Gas Turbine based Power Plant Working on High Butane LPG By Carlos Romero, Yamid Carranza & Ricardo Acosta Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira Abstract- In this paper there are presented the results of the operational performance of a 30 kW microturbine generator (MTGs) fed with high butane content liquefied petroleum gas, while subjected to a stand-alone test procedure involving steady and transient load conditions. Neither modifications, nor regulations were made to the micro-turbine system for operation on the liquefied petroleum gas. To evaluate the performance, measurements of turbine and generator parameters were gathered from its original unit controller, as load changes were applied by changing load-bank values. For the stand-alone mode detailed graphs of the test results are presented, showing the transparency and robustness of the turbine-generator set to the used fuel, judging by the quality of the output electric parameters. The results from this performance testing provide good insight into the use of high-butane content liquefied petroleum gas as fuel for the tested microturbine. The continuous use of a fuel would need more tests to establish that the life of the critical components of the microturbine are not hampered from what they are on the baseline fuel. Keywords: gas turbine, high butane LPG, electrical generator, performance, power generation. GJRE-A Classification: FOR Code: 091399p PerformanceofaCapstoneGasTurbinebasedPowerPlantWorkingonHighButaneLPG Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: