Simulation of mist transport for gas turbine inlet air cooling

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD

Volumn 375, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 389-398

  Wang, Ting ^a   Li, Xianchang ^a   Pinninti, Venu ^a  

^a UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplet evaporation; Heat transfer; Inlet cooling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DIFFUSION; DROP FORMATION; DUCTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS TURBINES; HEAT TRANSFER; INTAKE SYSTEMS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DROPLET EVAPORATION; FOG COOLING; INLET COOLING; MIST TRANSPORT;

FOG;

EID: 20344392903     PISSN: 02725673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2004-60133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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