Air Filtration Working Group

Objectives:

• Improve GT performance, reliability and degradation with air filtration systems
• Collaborate on the creation of best practices, international standards, and state-of-the-art reports for the design, testing, and development of Air filtration systems for gas turbines

Current Activities:

• Contribute to the creation of an ISO Standard on Test methods for static filter systems in coastal and offshore environments (ISO-DIS 29461-4)

Decentralised Energy Systems Working Group

Objectives:

• Identify and assess promising applications for gas turbine integration in decentralised energy systems
• Evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of integrating gas turbines with advanced control and energy management systems
• Address challenges of intermittent renewable energy with gas turbine solutions

Current Activities:

• Identification of open issues and gaps to close from the users’ point of view
• Report on advanced Decentralised Energy Systems capable of facilitating Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions for Gas Turbines.

Digital Solutions Working Group

Objectives: 

• Improve the reliability, availability, product circularity, and performance of Gas Turbines by promoting the development and deployment of digital solutions within the Gas Turbine Industry

Current Activities:

• Define the Working Group scope, objective and activities
• Create a shared repository with relevant data on digital solutions for gas turbines

Hydrogen and Other Alternative Fuels Working Group

Objectives:

• Share technical knowledge and experiences to advance safe and flexible low-carbon solutions for hydrogen blends and other sustainable fuels like ammonia.
• Collaborate on research and best practices for operational and maintenance aspects.
• Accelerate development and implementation of economically viable solutions for retrofit and new technologies.
• Address the user community’s needs for hydrogen and other sustainable fuel integration.

Current Activities:

• Updating the hydrogen project database.
• Task force working on updating the report on hydrogen gas turbines.
• Task force focusing on the safety of gas turbine enclosures.
• Conducting a webinar series on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).
• Collaborative effort on a master thesis related to CCS.
• Ammonia task force reviewing the actual developments and status of utilisation of NH3 in gas turbines.
• Working on an extended paper addressing alternative fuels.

Life Assessment and Extension Working Group

Objectives:

• Evaluate component life and non-destructive inspection techniques
• Understand and assess rotor integrity, compressor Integrity, and thermal fatigue and creep

Current Activities:

• Evaluating the remaining cyclic life of gas turbine parts and exploring the possibility of extending maintenance intervals for units operating under cyclic duties,
• Evaluation of compressor integrity and reliability.

Supercritical CO2 Working Group

Objectives: 

• Highlight potential use, applications, and benefits of supercritical CO2 power cycles
• Identify research needs for sCO2-based power cycles to contribute to their deployment in future energy systems
• Address operational issues and effects on components like turbomachinery, heat exchangers, and combustion systems
• Pave the way for future funding opportunities

Current Activities: