Integrated Design of a Hybrid Gas Turbine-receiver Unit for a Solar Dish System

An integrated design concept of a 25 KWel hybrid gas turbine-receiver unit is introduced in this paper. In this design, hot sections(receiver, combustor and turbine) are integrated and located in the center of the unit in order to achieve a compact structure with low heat loss and cooling requirement. A ray tracing model is developed for analyzing the focal plane of the potential parabolic dish design and predicting the radiative flux boundary conditions of the receiver. An impinging cavity receiver, with a cylindrical absorber wall and a semi-spherical bottom, is chosen as the receiver for this hybrid unit. The cooling capacities of different impinging arrangements are calculated to determine the thermal boundary conditions on the cooling side. Finally, the optimal dimensions of the receiver are chosen as well as the impingement cooling design. A ‘single ring’ impinging array was found to be optimal for cooling down the wall temperature of the peak flux region to 1200 °C and provide a receiver exit temperature of 840 °C.