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Project Fact Sheet
SOLAR MERCURYTM 50 GAS TURBINE
BENEFITS
The MercuryTM 50 gas turbine system
meets the global need for lower cost and
reliable electric power. In addition, the
MercuryTM 50 gas turbine:
• provides application flexibility for
industrial manufacturing power and
process heat requirements, and
supplements traditional utility power
generation supply sources.
• has been designed to meet the critical
requirements of operational reliability and
system availability.
• uses dry, low-NOx combustion
technology to deliver very low
emissions levels without water injection
or expensive pollution control systems.
• operates on a wide variety of fuels
including gasified fuels such as biomass
and coal.
ADVANCED GAS TURBINE SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES FOR
POWER GENERATION
The Industrial Power Generation (IPG) Program is a joint Program between the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy's Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) and the Office of Fossil Energy's
Federal Energy Technology Center (FETC). OIT supports the development of
industrial gas advanced turbine system (ATS) technologies of approximately 5-15
megawatt (MW) capacity. FETC supports the development of approximately 400
MW combined cycle gas ATS technologies.
Solar Turbines Incorporated's Solar MercuryTM 50 is a rugged, compact, single-
shaft, recuperated 4.3 - megawatt (MW) (maximum) turbine system for power
generation applications. It incorporates a highly flexible combustion system that
can be configured for either ultra-lean premixed or catalytic combustion. The
system is fired on natural gas without the need for add-on post-combustion
pollution control devices.
The synergistic layout of the core engine incorporates recuperation equipment.
This unique design offers significant advantages in terms of cost, performance,
and maintainability. The Solar concept takes advantage of their primary-surface
recuperator, which has an effectiveness exceeding 90 percent and has
demonstrated long-term performance and reliability. Solar's recuperation cycle
provides 40 percent efficiency as measured at the generator terminal on an 800 F
day at a 2,1250 F turbine rotor inlet temperature and pressure ratio of 9:1.
APPLICATIONS
Solar's gas turbine is targeted to meet the
rapidly expanding demand for high-
efficiency, environmentally superior, turbine-
based power systems. The MercuryTM 50
gas turbine system will be an important
technology tool for utilities and other energy
service providers.
SOLAR MERCURYTM 50
Solar Turbines MercuryTM 50 gas turbine offers industry, a versatile and
environmentally sound power generation option.
OFFICE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY |
