Automotive Gas Turbine Optimum Configuration Study.

摘要

A wide variety of candidate gas turbine cycles was evaluated for application to automobile propulsion. Simple cycles,regenerated and recuperated cycles,cycles including intercooling and reheat,single-shaft and free-turbine engines,and a combined gas turbine and Rankine cycle were evaluated over a range of pressure ratios and turbine inlet temperatures for an initial total of 60separate candidate cycles. Following a preliminary evaluation on the basis of total lifetime costs of all designs,three leading candidates were chosen for more detailed analysis -- a simple cycle, a regenerated cycle,and a recuperated cycle,all of which were single-shaft designs. (Author)