Investigating the air coolers of the GT-100-750-2 gas turbine plant
Abstract
The air cooler of the LMZ GT-100-750-2 gas turbine plant uses water to cool air between the low pressure compressor and the high pressure compressor. The cooler consists of two shells connected in parallel with respect to air and water, with each shell having two sections in series with respect to the air. The design flow rate of network water for the plant is 1550 cu m/h, while for circulation water, it is 1400 cu m/h and 2000 cu m/h for a purely circulational mode. Maximum inlet temperatures of water are 70 and 33 C, respectively. Variations in shell section characteristics are studied as a function of cooling water flow rate, and temperature distributions in the pipes coming from the coolers are plotted. The operation of the cooler with different flow arrangements and water flow rates is examined.
- Publication:
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Teploenergetika
- Pub Date:
- January 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975Teplo..22...72O
- Keywords:
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- Air Cooling;
- Compressor Efficiency;
- Gas Turbines;
- Pressure Gradients;
- Water Flow;
- Flow Distribution;
- Heat Transfer Coefficients;
- Pressure Drop;
- Temperature Distribution;
- Energy Production and Conversion