Exergy analysis of a gas turbine trigeneration system using the Brayton refrigeration cycle for inlet air cooling

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-461

  Khaliq, A ^a   Choudhary, K ^b   Dincer, I ^c  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GALGOTIAS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brayton cycle; energy; exergy; gas turbine; inlet air cooling; trigeneration

Indexed keywords

AIR REFRIGERATION; BRAYTON-REFRIGERATION CYCLE; COMPRESSOR INLET; CYCLE PERFORMANCE; ENERGY; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY SAVING; ENERGY UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; EXTRACTION PRESSURE; INLET AIR; INLET-AIR COOLING; KEY PARAMETERS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MASS RATE; NOVEL METHODS; PRIME MOVERS; PROCESS HEAT; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SECOND LAW EFFICIENCIES; STEAM GENERATION; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRI-GENERATION; TRI-GENERATION PLANTS; TRIGENERATION CYCLE; TRIGENERATION SYSTEMS; TURBINE INLET TEMPERATURE; WORKING FLUID;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BRAYTON CYCLE; CAPILLARY TUBES; COOLING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXERGY; GAS PLANTS; GAS TURBINES; GASES; SOLAR REFRIGERATION; TURBOMACHINERY;

AIR;

EID: 77953947970     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09576509JPE897     Document Type: Article

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