Effects of evaporative inlet and aftercooling on the recuperated gas turbine cycle

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 1875-1890

  Bassily, Ashraf M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftercooling; Evaporative; Gas turbine; Injected water; Inlet cooling; Pressure ratio

Indexed keywords

AIR; COOLING; EVAPORATION; GAS TURBINES;

AFTERCOOLING; INJECTED WATER; INLET AIR COOLING; PRESSURE RATIO;

INTAKE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0010535942     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1359-4311(01)00054-0     Document Type: Article

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