Enhancing micro gas turbine performance through fogging technique: Experimental analysis

Applied Energy

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 165-173

  Renzi, M ^a   Caresana, F ^b   Pelagalli, L ^b   Comodi, G ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fogging; Inlet air cooling; Micro gas turbine

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; FOG DISPERSAL; THERMAL LOAD;

EFFICIENCY INCREASE; ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FOGGING; INLET AIR TEMPERATURES; INLET-AIR COOLING; MICRO GAS TURBINES; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS;

GAS TURBINES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBINE;

EID: 84907171067     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.08.084     Document Type: Article

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