Air Cooling Techniques used in Gas Turbine Plants

This book covers different cooling techniques used for compressor intake air in Gas turbine power plants. It emphasizes on the performance analysis of three main cooling methods- evaporative cooling, vapor compression and absorption chiller system. Evaporative cooling is the simplest one and results in air temperature reduction of 13.6, 15.0 and 2.7°C in moderate, hot and dry, and cold and humid ambient air conditions respectively. Vapor compression system is highly efficient but uses high quality energy as the system input, thus, is less economic. Absorption chiller system is most useful system as this system utilizes the waste heat of the power plant.

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El Sr. Nagendra Kumar Sharma trabaja como profesor adjunto en el departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica de la Universidad Amity de Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior, India. Ha completado su maestría en ingeniería en la Universidad de Delhi. Su área de interés incluye HMT, RAC, Dinámica de Fluidos y Energía Solar. Tiene más de 18 años de experiencia en UG.