Abstract
This paper studies a novel low concentration methane catalytic combustion gas turbine, which can be powered with 1% methane in air. When this technology is developed, it can be used not only to mitigate methane for greenhouse gas reduction, but also to utilize such methane as a clean energy source. The performance characteristics of the catalytic combustion were numerical and experimental investigated. The effect of catalytic combustion on the thermodynamic characteristics of the overall system was conducted. It can be concluded that the inlet temperature and the inlet velocity can significantly influence the thermal efficiency of the thermal cycle.
