Water injection effects on compressor stage operation

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 778-784

  Roumeliotis, I ^a   Mathioudakis, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Two phase flow; Water injection; Wet compression

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPRESSORS; FLOW PATTERNS; PRESSURE; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

AERODYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS; COMPRESSOR STAGE OPERATION; WATER COMPRESSION;

WATER INJECTION;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPRESSORS; FLOW PATTERNS; PRESSURE; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER INJECTION;

EID: 34848891767     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2718223     Document Type: Article

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