Performance improvement of gas turbines of Fars (Iran) combined cycle power plant by intake air cooling using a media evaporative cooler

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1055-1064

  Hosseini, R ^a   Beshkani, A ^a   Soltani, M ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b NIROO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fars power plant; Gas turbine; Media evaporative cooler; Power augmentation

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AIR COOLING SYSTEMS; FARS POWER PLANTS; MEDIA EVAPORATIVE COOLERS; POWER AUGMENTATION;

GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTS;

EID: 33847183525     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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