Study of a Gas Turbine Cycle to Boost the Autonomy of Electric Cars
The greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector are the primary cause of climate change. As a result, many studies have developed new powertrains with reduced CO<sub>2</sub> emissions for the automotive industry. The gas turbine cycle coupled to an alternator is an autonomy b...
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| description | The greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector are the primary cause of climate change. As a result, many studies have developed new powertrains with reduced CO<sub>2</sub> emissions for the automotive industry. The gas turbine cycle coupled to an alternator is an autonomy booster for series hybrid electric vehicles. Many gas turbine configurations are proposed in the literature to obtain the highest cycle efficiency. This paper suggests a new architecture offering higher efficiency than all the previous cycles. The two-step methodology consists at first of a sensibility analysis using VBA and Refprop to determine the optimal operating conditions in terms of higher efficiency. The selected cycle consists of two compression stages with an intercooler, a combustion chamber, a cooled hot pressure turbine, an uncooled low-pressure turbine, and a recuperator. The efficiency of this design reaches 51.39%, which approximately matches the designs compared in the literature, but is more compact because it does not require a second combustion chamber. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b9aef98957a14987aa54569e32a1c56e2023-11-23T08:10:02ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-05-01159334810.3390/en15093348Study of a Gas Turbine Cycle to Boost the Autonomy of Electric CarsJoelle Najib0Maroun Nemer1Chakib Bouallou2Centre for Energy Efficiency (CES), Mines ParisTech, PSL Research University, 60 Bd St Michel, F-75006 Paris, FranceCentre for Energy Efficiency (CES), Mines ParisTech, PSL Research University, 60 Bd St Michel, F-75006 Paris, FranceCentre for Energy Efficiency (CES), Mines ParisTech, PSL Research University, 60 Bd St Michel, F-75006 Paris, FranceThe greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector are the primary cause of climate change. As a result, many studies have developed new powertrains with reduced CO<sub>2</sub> emissions for the automotive industry. The gas turbine cycle coupled to an alternator is an autonomy booster for series hybrid electric vehicles. Many gas turbine configurations are proposed in the literature to obtain the highest cycle efficiency. This paper suggests a new architecture offering higher efficiency than all the previous cycles. The two-step methodology consists at first of a sensibility analysis using VBA and Refprop to determine the optimal operating conditions in terms of higher efficiency. The selected cycle consists of two compression stages with an intercooler, a combustion chamber, a cooled hot pressure turbine, an uncooled low-pressure turbine, and a recuperator. The efficiency of this design reaches 51.39%, which approximately matches the designs compared in the literature, but is more compact because it does not require a second combustion chamber.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/9/3348turbine coolingconvection coolinggas turbinerange extenderseries hybrid electric vehicles |
| spellingShingle | Joelle Najib Maroun Nemer Chakib Bouallou Study of a Gas Turbine Cycle to Boost the Autonomy of Electric Cars Energies turbine cooling convection cooling gas turbine range extender series hybrid electric vehicles |
| title | Study of a Gas Turbine Cycle to Boost the Autonomy of Electric Cars |
| title_full | Study of a Gas Turbine Cycle to Boost the Autonomy of Electric Cars |
| title_fullStr | Study of a Gas Turbine Cycle to Boost the Autonomy of Electric Cars |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study of a Gas Turbine Cycle to Boost the Autonomy of Electric Cars |
| title_short | Study of a Gas Turbine Cycle to Boost the Autonomy of Electric Cars |
| title_sort | study of a gas turbine cycle to boost the autonomy of electric cars |
| topic | turbine cooling convection cooling gas turbine range extender series hybrid electric vehicles |
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