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Implementation Of Micro-Turbine With Heat

Recovery System In Vehicle (Bus)
Md. Arman Arefin, Avijit Mallik
Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering,, Kazla, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, PH-
8801722668616
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology,, Kazla, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, PH-
8801777678831
avijitme13@gmail.com

Abstract:This paper portrays the usage of Micro-turbine with heat recovery system in Bus. Obviously micro-turbine system is presently a
days drawing in awesome thoughtfulness regarding address clients issue and decrease of fuel utilization. Coagulation of heat recovery
system builds the system efficiency. This system is much compelling in diminishment of fuel utilization in correlation with ordinary diesel
and gas engine. The system which is given in this address conveys an series connection of the system.

Keywords: Micro-turbine, Heat recovery, Bus, Less Fuel consumption, Environment friendly vehicle.

1. Introduction
As of late the quantity of traveler transports have expanded
immensely and raised the weight on fuel costs and the earth is
as a rule gravely influenced [1]. Researchers and architects
are working night and day to develops systems which are
equipped for diminishing destructive ecological effect and
increment fuel efficiency. Micro-turbine system is one of
them. Micro-turbines are minimal burning turbines with a
yield of around 25 Kw to 500Kw.they have a wide
assortment of utilization advanced from car and truck
turbochargers, helper control units for planes and jet engines
are traded off of an alternator, generator, compressor,
combustor and turbine. Contrasted with other power era
innovations they give various potential points of interest.
H.Nikkhajoei et al.,2005 [2] built up a converter based
micro-turbine generator.DNgaonkan et al,2006 [3] gave a
recreation of micro-turbine appropriated era system. AA Figure 1: Typical Micro-Turbine system [11]
Moghaddam et al, 2011 [4] created and examined a micro
lattice reinforcement with Micro-turbine Figure-2 shows a series connection of the system.
system.S.Mohammadi et al, 2014 [5] developed this system
by joining wind and photovoltaic system with it. In present
years, the execution of Micro-turbines have enhanced
because of the usage of present day accuracy producing
systems and plan techniques [6].However, there are a couple
of specialized and non-specialized boundaries to the usage of
this technology[7]. Market potential is one of the
indispensable one [8].

2. Micro-Turbine with heat recovery system in

bus
Figure-1 demonstrates a typical micro-turbine system. The
most noteworthy frequency of micro-turbine system is high
for the most part 50000-120000 rpm.Typically a micro-
turbine device has an efficiency of 15-20%, however utilizing
a heat recovery system with it tends to expand the efficiency
around 46% in single cycle and 41% in joined cycle [9] [10]. Figure 2: Series connection of the system.

The bus model including micro-turbine heat recovery system

is shown in Figure-3.

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4. Estimating Fuel consumption:

In order to determine the fuel consumption of vehicle (bus) it
is compulsory to identify the mass of the vehicle. The mass
of the generator can be estimated from the below equation.

Mg= .09 [12, 13]

Here, P= engine power (W)

Þg= Average density (g/cm3)
Figure 3: Whole system model C= torque per volume constant (N.m/cm3)
n=rotational speed (rpm)
3. Cost and weight analysis: Mass of the engine is calculate from the below equation.
.Table -1 shows the cost of micro-turbine system including
heat recovery system. [14, 15]

Table 1: Cost and maintenance interval of MT system Table-3 shows various values of ɥ depending on efficiency
and speed.
Capital Cost 700-1000$ per Kw
O & m cost .005 -016 per Kw Table 3: values of depending on efficiency and speed.
Maintenance interval 5000-8000 hrs
Type Motor Speed Specific mass Efficiency
(rpm) (Kw/kg)
The system enables cost saving by reducing the peak
Diesel 3960 0.5-0.6 0.25-0.30
demand, therefore demand charges are lowered. Table -2
shows a weight comparison with other diesel-based systems. Gasoline 4980 0.65-0.77 0.25-0.30
The comparison was done by Hill tech developments LTD Micro- 90000 5-7 0.41-0.46
[11] turbine
with heat
Table 2: weight comparison of MT with other diesel-based recovery
system
systems

College Kerb Passengers Total

In case of hybrid vehicle the engine efficiency is maximum at
Weight(kg) load (kg) weight all the time (estimating).The equation for hybrid vehicle fuel
consumption per 100 Km is-
Conventional diesel powered 7500 3500 11000
Steel chassis bus (a)
All composite body bus with 5900 3500 9400 ( )
Diesel engine power train(b) *∑ ∫(
All composite body bus with 5100 3500 8600
( )
Micro-turbine and battery { } ) ∑ ( )+ [16]
Pack (c)
Weight reduction b/a Kerb
Weight - Table -4 shows the parameters and values used in calculating
21% the fuel consumption
Total
weight
14.5% Table 4: parameters and values used in calculating the
C/b fuel consumption
Kerb
Weight- Engine Ƞe Ƞt Ht 10 Fr Pa. Af λm
13.5% -6
Cd
Total Diesel 0.28 0.93 34 0.018 0.3 1.6 1.2
weight
C/a 8.50% Gasoline 0.28 0.94 36 0.018 0.3 1.6 1.2
Weight reduction
Kerb Micro- 0.23 0.95 36 0.018 0.3 1.6 1.08
Weight turbine
32.001%
Total
weight 22% The calculated fuel consumption is shown in Table-5.

Weight reduction

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Table 5: Calculated fuel consumption Vehicular Applications." ASME Turbo Expo 2012:
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MT based bus has several advantages over conventional
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