Inlet fogging for gas turbine power augmentation a state-of-the-art review

IPEC 2003 - 6th International Power Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Bhargava, R ^a   Bianchi, M ^b   Melino, F ^b   Peretto, A ^b   Meher Homji, C B ^c   Chaker, M A ^d  

^a ENSCO INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Mee Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fogging; Inlet cooling; Power augmentation; Simple Combined cycle; Wet compression

Indexed keywords

FOGGING; INLET COOLING; POWER AUGMENTATION; SIMPLE/COMBINED CYCLE; WET COMPRESSION;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FOG DISPERSAL; INTAKE SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE;

GAS TURBINES;

EID: 84868687140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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