Exergetic Irreversibility and Sustainability Performances for Alternative Fuels in the Micro-Turbojet Engine

Sogut M. Z.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREEN ENERGY, vol.15, no.3, pp.169-180, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 15 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/15435075.2017.1324791
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREEN ENERGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.169-180
  • Keywords: Efficiency, energy, exergy, micro-turbojet, sustainability, GAS-TURBINE, TURBOFAN ENGINE, THERMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE, ENERGY SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT, PARAMETERS, OPTIMIZATION, INDICATORS, VEHICLE, HEAT
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Design and modernization of the micro turbojet engine technology have an important problem related to fuel consumption in terms of economics and environmental. For this purpose, in this study, first, energy and exergy efficiencies of the Jet A-1 and seven different alternative fuels were examined. Then, Exergybased sustainability indicators were evaluated via exergetic irreversibility seperately. For this purpose, operational data of SR-30 micro-turbojet engine was taken as reference. According to this, the exergy efficiencies of engine as fuel for blending of methanol and ethanol were fixed with 22.35% and 20.56%, respectively. At the end of the study, some evaluations about alternative fuels and sustainability were made.