A review of inlet air-cooling technologies for enhancing the performance of combustion turbines in Saudi Arabia

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 14-15, 2010, Pages 1879-1888

  Al Ibrahim, Abdulrahman M ^a   Varnham, Abdulhadi ^a  

^a King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Energy Research Institute   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Combustion turbine; Inlet air cooling; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE; COMBUSTION TURBINE; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY CONTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INLET AIR; INLET-AIR COOLING; PEAK DEMAND; PERFORMANCE PROFILE; POWER OUT PUT; SAUDI ARABIA; SAUDI ELECTRIC COMPANIES; SYSTEM CAPACITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMBUSTION; COOLING; FLYWHEELS; HEAT STORAGE;

TURBINES;

EID: 77954858338     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.04.025     Document Type: Review

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