NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION OF TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION IN HRSG SYSTEM USING INLET GUIDE VANE

Diverging channel from gas engine exit to the inlet section of Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) has been re-designed for 1 MW system. To improve the uniformity in velocity and temperature distribution of existing design(Case A and B), two additional test geometries have been chosen for the numerical simulation. At first, gas burner exit section has been centered to the inlet section of the boiler(Case C) and uniformity in velocity and temperature distribution has been improved considerably. Secondly, the diverging channel length can be further reduced to compact geometry with new guide vane design (Case D and E). Proposed design shows overall improvement in uniformity in velocity and temperature distribution compared to existing one.