GAS TURBINE DEGRADATION IN THE TECHNO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTAL AND RISK ANALYSIS OF FLARE GAS UTILIZATION IN NIGERIA

摘要

There is a wide energy gap in Nigeria: electricity generation meets only about 30% of the required 10000MW; and only about 40% of the installed capacity has been achieved. The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is dominated by oil exploration activities with a conglomeration of flow stations and onshore/offshore platforms that flare gases. This work explores the utilization of flare gas in a gas turbine for electricity, and addresses the impact of flare gas on the turbine hot end components. TurboMatch simulation software is used for design and off-design calculations, while investigating optimistic, slow, medium and fast degradation scenarios.