The inlet fogging of gas turbine engines for power augmentation has seen increasing application over the past decade. This paper provides the results of extensive experimental and theoretical studies conducted on impaction pin fog nozzles. It covers the important area of the fog plume pattern of impaction pin nozzles and examines fog-plume uniformity. The subject of sprinkle (large droplet formation) from the nozzles is also examined in detail and is shown to be nonsignificant. The effect, on evaporation rate, of ambient climatic conditions and the location of the fog nozzle with respect to the gas turbine inlet duct has been analytically and experimentally analyzed. An analytical model is used to study the evaporation dynamics of fog droplets injected in the inlet ducts. The model is validated experimentally in a wind tunnel.
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Inlet Fogging of Gas Turbine Engines: Experimental and Analytical Investigations on Impaction Pin Fog Nozzle Behavior
Mustapha A. Chaker, Director,,
Mustapha A. Chaker, Director,
Research and Development, Mee Industries, Inc., 204 West Pomona Avenue, Monrovia, CA 91016-4526
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Cyrus B. Meher-Homji, Principal Engineer,,
Cyrus B. Meher-Homji, Principal Engineer,
Turbomachinery Group, Bechtel Corporation, 3000 Post Oak Blvd., MS 73, Houston, TX 77056-6503
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Thomas Mee, III, Chairman and CEO,
Thomas Mee, III, Chairman and CEO,
Mee Industries, Inc., 204 West Pomona Avenue, Monrovia, CA 91016-4526
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Mustapha A. Chaker, Director,
Research and Development, Mee Industries, Inc., 204 West Pomona Avenue, Monrovia, CA 91016-4526
Cyrus B. Meher-Homji, Principal Engineer,
Turbomachinery Group, Bechtel Corporation, 3000 Post Oak Blvd., MS 73, Houston, TX 77056-6503
Thomas Mee, III, Chairman and CEO,
Mee Industries, Inc., 204 West Pomona Avenue, Monrovia, CA 91016-4526
Contributed by the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received October 2002, final manuscript received March 2003. Assoc. Editor: H. R. Simmons. Paper presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, June 16–19, 2003, Paper No. 2003-GT-38801.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Oct 2006, 128(4): 826-839 (14 pages)
Published Online: September 18, 2006
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Received:
October 1, 2002
Revised:
March 1, 2003
Online:
September 18, 2006
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Chaker, M. A., Meher-Homji, C. B., and Mee , T., III (September 18, 2006). "Inlet Fogging of Gas Turbine Engines: Experimental and Analytical Investigations on Impaction Pin Fog Nozzle Behavior ." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. October 2006; 128(4): 826–839. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1808429
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