Micro-Turbine Generation using Simulink

Microturbine technology is becoming more potential and viable distributed energy source in the recent years. This is due to their salient features such as high operating efficiency, ultra low emission levels, low initial cost and small size. Micro-turbines are small high-speed versions of conventional heavy-duty gas turbines. Hence the dynamic model of a conventional gas turbine, with relatively small thermodynamic constants, can be adopted to study the impacts of a microturbine on the overall system. A model of a heavy-duty gas turbine suitable is presented for use in dynamic power studies.