Inlet fogging of gas turbine engines has attained considerable popularity due to the ease of installation and the relatively low first cost compared to other inlet cooling methods. With increasing demand for power and with shortages envisioned especially during the peak load times during the summers, there is a need to boost gas turbine power. There is a sizable evaporative cooling potential throughout the world when the climatic data is evaluated based on an analysis of coincident wet bulb and dry bulb information. These data are not readily available to plant users. In this paper, a detailed climatic analysis is made of 106 major locations over the world to provide the hours of cooling that can be obtained by direct evaporative cooling. This data will allow gas turbine operators to easily make an assessment of the economics of evaporative fogging. The paper also covers an introduction to direct evaporative cooling and the methodology and data analysis used to derive the cooling potential. Simulation runs have been made for gas turbine simple cycles showing effects of fogging for a GE Frame 7EA and a GE Frame 9FA Gas turbine for 60 and 50 Hz applications.
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Inlet Fogging of Gas Turbine Engines: Climatic Analysis of Gas Turbine Evaporative Cooling Potential of International Locations
Mustapha Chaker,
Mustapha Chaker
Gas Turbine Division, Mee Industries, Inc., 204 West Pomona Avenue Monrovia, CA 91016
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Cyrus B. Meher-Homji
Cyrus B. Meher-Homji
Principal Engineer, Turbomachinery Group, Bechtel Corporation, 3000 Post Oak Blvd., MS 73, Houston, TX 77056-6503
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Mustapha Chaker
Gas Turbine Division, Mee Industries, Inc., 204 West Pomona Avenue Monrovia, CA 91016
Cyrus B. Meher-Homji
Principal Engineer, Turbomachinery Group, Bechtel Corporation, 3000 Post Oak Blvd., MS 73, Houston, TX 77056-6503
Contributed by the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received December 2001, final manuscript received March 2002. Assoc. Editor: E. Benvenuti. Paper presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 3–6, 2002; Paper No. 2002-GT-30559.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Oct 2006, 128(4): 815-825 (11 pages)
Published Online: September 18, 2006
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December 1, 2001
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March 1, 2002
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September 18, 2006
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Chaker, M., and Meher-Homji, C. B. (September 18, 2006). "Inlet Fogging of Gas Turbine Engines: Climatic Analysis of Gas Turbine Evaporative Cooling Potential of International Locations ." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. October 2006; 128(4): 815–825. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1707034
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