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Frontiers in Energy >> 2012, Volume 6, Issue 1 doi: 10.1007/s11708-011-0164-8

Structural modeling of a typical gas turbine system

1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India; 2. Mechanical Engineering Department, YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad 121006, India

Available online: 2012-03-05

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Abstract

This paper presents an approach for the structural modeling and analysis of a typical gas turbine system. This approach has been applied to the systems and subsystems, which are integral parts of a typical gas turbine system. Since a gas turbine system performance is measured in terms of fluid flow energy transformations across its various assemblies and subassemblies, the performance of such subsystems affects the overall performance of the gas turbine system. An attempt has been made to correlate the associativity of such subsystems contributing to overall gas turbine system functional evaluation using graph theoretic approach. The characteristic equations at the system level as well as subsystem level have been developed on the basis of associativity of various factors affecting their performance. A permanent function has been proposed for the functional model of a gas turbine system, which further leads to selection, identification and optimal evaluation of gas turbine systems.

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