UOBD RESEARCHER CO-AUTHORS ASME AWARD-WINNING PAPER A University of Birmingham Dubai (UoBD) researcher was among three co-authors whose work received the Best Paper Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Control, Diagnostics, and Instrumentation Committee. UoBD Head of Research Dr. Elias Tsoutsanis co-authored the paper with University of Birmingham Research Fellow in Mechatronic Systems, Dr. Moussa Hamadache, and Professor of Control Systems Engineering and Director of Research at the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, Prof. Roger Dixon. The paper was titled “Real-Time Diagnostic Method of Gas Turbines Operating Under Transient Conditions in Hybrid Power Plants.” It details the application of a novel method for conducting real-time diagnostics on gas turbines that operate in a hybrid power plant arrangement.
The primary objective of the research was to optimize the performance of a gas turbine that works in conjunction with a wind farm. The intermittent nature of renewable energies poses several operational challenges to the gas turbines, especially when they are tasked with filling the energy gaps caused by wind energy fluctuation. This pressure shor tens the useful life of gas turbine components, compared to gas turbines operating at base load conditions. Enabling fast and accurate diagnosis of the degrading gas turbine components can improve and optimize the integration of gas turbines and wind turbines in a hybrid power plant. The paper was presented at the virtual ASME Turbo-Expo 2020 Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition in September 2020.
THE INTERMITTENT NATURE OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES POSES SEVERAL OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES TO GAS TURBINES
Source: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/dubai/news/latest/2021/birmingham-researchers-win-best-paper-award.aspx
