Blade cooling optimisation in humid-air and steam-injected gas turbines

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3274-3283

  Cleeton, J P E ^a   Kavanagh, R M ^a   Parks, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blade cooling; Gas turbine; Humid cycles; Optimisation; Steam injection

Indexed keywords

AIR TURBINE; BLADE COOLING; COMPRESSION WORK; CYCLE EFFICIENCY; DEMAND REDUCTION; HAT CYCLE; HUMID CYCLES; HUMIDIFIED GAS TURBINES; INDUSTRIAL GAS TURBINES; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; OPTIMISATION; OPTIMISATIONS; POWER AUGMENTATION; STEAM INJECTION; STEAM-INJECTED GAS TURBINE; WATER FLOWS; WORK OUTPUT;

COMPRESSED AIR MOTORS; COOLANTS; COOLING; ENGINES; GASES; OPTIMIZATION; STEAM; STEAM TURBINES; TRAJECTORIES; TURBOMACHINERY;

GAS TURBINES;

EID: 68349131735     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.04.034     Document Type: Article

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