Influence of water droplet size and temperature on wet compression

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 651-662

  Bianchi, M ^a   Melino, F ^a   Peretto, A ^a   Spina, P R ^b   Ingistov, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c BP ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLING TECHNIQUES; WATER DROPLET SIZE; WATER EVAPORATION; WET COMPRESSION;

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; COOLING SYSTEMS; DROPS; EVAPORATION; INTAKE SYSTEMS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

GAS TURBINES;

EID: 34548753435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2007-27458     Document Type: Conference Paper

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