The current study is centered on assessing the benefits of incorporating combustion turbine inlet air-cooling systems into a reference combustion turbine plant, which is based on a simple cycle under base load mode. Actual climatic conditions of a selected site were examined thoroughly to identify the different governing weather patterns. The main performance characteristics of both refrigerative and evaporative cooling systems were explored by examining the effect of several parameters including inlet air temperature, airflow-to-turbine output ratio, coefficient of performance (for refrigerative cooling systems), and evaporative degree hours (for evaporative cooling systems). The impact of these parameters was presented against the annual gross energy increase, average heat rate reduction, cooling load requirements and net power increase. Finally, a feasibility design chart was constructed to outline the economic returns of employing a refrigerative cooling unit against different prescribed inlet air temperature values using a wide range of combustion turbine mass flow rates.
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Systematic Assessment of Combustion Turbine Inlet Air-Cooling Techniques
Abdalla M. Al-Amiri, Associate Professor,,
Abdalla M. Al-Amiri, Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Department, The United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 17555, Al-Ain, UAE
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Montaser M. Zamzam, Senior Mechanical Engineer,
Montaser M. Zamzam, Senior Mechanical Engineer,
The Engineering and Major Projects Division, Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), P.O. Box 270, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Abdalla M. Al-Amiri, Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Department, The United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 17555, Al-Ain, UAE
Montaser M. Zamzam, Senior Mechanical Engineer,
The Engineering and Major Projects Division, Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), P.O. Box 270, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Contributed by the IGTI Industrial and Cogeneration Committee of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received by the I&C Committee November 14, 2003; final revision received by the ASME Headquarters December 8, 2003. Associate Editor: C. Meher-Homji.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Jan 2005, 127(1): 159-169 (11 pages)
Published Online: February 9, 2005
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November 14, 2003
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December 8, 2003
Online:
February 9, 2005
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Al-Amiri, A. M., and Zamzam, M. M. (February 9, 2005). "Systematic Assessment of Combustion Turbine Inlet Air-Cooling Techniques ." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. January 2005; 127(1): 159–169. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1805008
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