Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review
    Vol. 52 No. 1 (2015)   New Products & Technologies
    Technical Papers

    Development of High-efficiency Gas Engine with Two-stage Turbocharging System

    YUTA FURUKAWA
    MINORU ICHIHARA
    KAZUO OGURA
    AKIHIRO YUKI
    KAZURO HOTTA
    DAISUKE TAKEMOTO

    A new G16NB gas engine for generator use adopting a two-stage turbocharging system was developed for the improvement of electrical efficiency and output. Two-stage turbocharging, intake valve close timing and expansion ratio optimization, as well as an increased peak firing pressure, were adopted to achieve the development target of 10% (4% points) or higher efficiency improvement. The test engine operated by city gas (13A) displayed the results below: (1) Turbocharger efficiency was improved by 14% points compared with that of conventional models. In addition, the pressure ratio of compressor was increased by 1.5 contrasted with that of conventional models at the rated output. (2) The electrical efficiency of the engine was increased by 4% points, and attained the world's top level efficiency of 44.7% or higher. Additionally, the break mean effective pressure (BMEP) was raised by 0.5 MPa in contrast to that of the current model.