Innovative inlet air cooling technology for gas turbine power plants using integrated solid desiccant and Maisotsenko cooler

Energy

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 663-677

  Saghafifar, Mohammad ^a   Gadalla, Mohamed ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Desiccant cooling; Economic analysis; Gas turbine inlet cooling; Maisotsenko cooler

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; GAS PLANTS; GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTS; GAS TURBINES; GASES; HUMIDITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; WASTE HEAT;

AMBIENT AIR CONDITIONS; DESICCANT COOLING; GAS TURBINE INLET AIR COOLING; HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE; INLET AIR-COOLING SYSTEMS; MAISOTSENKO COOLER; REGENERATION TEMPERATURE; TURBINE INLET COOLING;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

AMBIENT AIR; COOLING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HUMIDITY; INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER PLANT; TURBINE;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84930870949     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.05.035     Document Type: Article

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