Proceedings of the KSME Conference (대한기계학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2008.11b
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- Pages.2637-2641
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- 2008
ANALYTICAL STUDY ON EVAPORATIVE COOLING POTENTIAL AND POWER GAINS OF AIR COMPRESSORS BY INLET FOGGING
입구공기 안개법에 의한 공기압축기의 증발냉각도와 출력이득에 관한 연구
- Suryan, Abhilash (FMTRC, Daejoo Machinery Co.) ;
- Kim, Dong-Sun (FMTRC, Daejoo Machinery Co.) ;
- Lee, Hae-Dong (FMTRC, Daejoo Machinery Co.) ;
- Kwon, Joon-Kyeong (School of Mechanical Engineering, Andong National University) ;
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Kim, Heuy-Dong
(School of Mechanical Engineering, Andong National University)
- Published : 2008.11.05
Abstract
The ever increasing demand for power and the shortages encountered during summer calls for the implementation of strategies for power saving in industry. Inlet fogging of gas turbine engines is quite popular due to the ease of installation and the relatively low initial cost compared to other inlet cooling methods. In the present investigation, a detailed analysis is carried out on the basis of coincident wet bulb and dry bulb temperature data of a compressed air plant from April to October, 2007 to determine the evaporative cooling potential for the period. The power gain that can be obtained by employing inlet fogging of the air compressors is analyzed based on the real climatic data at several sites in Korea. An experimental set-up was constructed and tests were carried out with the standard impaction pin nozzle. The experimental results were found to match with the theoretical calculations.