Two of the most common methods currently being employed for combustion turbine inlet air temperature control are evaporative cooling and mechanical chilling. The former requires significant quantities ...

Editor’s Note: At POWER-GEN International in Las Vegas this past December, a conference session on combustion turbine power augmentation raised a number of critical questions regarding the economics ...

Rapid growth in the turbine inlet cooling system market is being driven by demand for efficient power production solutions and a transition towards renewable sources of energy worldwide. At a steady 3 ...

Turbine Inlet Air Cooling (TIAC) is an established and proven technology to enhance gas turbine generator power output and efficiency. The application of TIAC, however, is complex, as there are many ...

Like any internal combustion engine, the power output and efficiency of a combustion turbine decrease as ambient temperatures rise. This loss of power and efficiency is caused by a reduction in ...

The thermal energy storage turbine inlet air cooling (Testiac) design cools and stores chilled water during off peak hours and uses it for cooling the turbine inlet air during peak hours. This shifts ...

Operations at a Canadian gas plant found fogging units added to turbines effective in cold climates as well as hot. While this may appear to be an obvious choice for operations in the hot, dry areas ...

The CTIAC (combustion turbine inlet air cooling) system incorporates rigid media evaporative pre-cooling in custom stainless steel casings for improved efficiency and increased output during peak ...

The internationally renowned engineering and construction firm, The Stellar Group, which set up the largest turbine inlet air chilling project in Saudi Arabia, is participating in Power-Gen Middle ...

Johnson Controls unveiled its range of Gas Turbine Inlet Air Cooling (GTIAC) solutions at Power Gen Asia – marking the first time a chiller manufacturer will offer complete, packaged and pre-packaged ...

Motivated by energy savings and the possibility of swifter installations, more and more users have begun to opt for Turbine Inlet Air Cooling. Paul Saville of Stellar throws light on the subject in an ...