Aerospace Technic and Technology

The efficiency of deep air cooling at the inlet of gas turbine units of a simple scheme has been investigated for changed climatic conditions of operation during the month. For air cooling, the application of waste heat recovery chiller has been proposed, which transform the heat of exhaust gases of gas turbine units into the cold. The efficiency of air cooling at the inlet of gas turbine units to different temperatures has been analyzed: to 15°C – an absorption lithium-bromide chiller, which is used as the first high-temperature pre-cooling stage of ambient air and down to 10°C – a combined absorption-ejector chiller, which acts as the second low-temperature stage. The air cooling efficiency is compared for different climatic conditions using the example of Yuzhnoukrainsk (Ukraine) and Shanghai (China). The climate peculiarity of Shanghai is the high relative humidity of the air, respectively, and its moisture contents at the same time its high temperatures. As indicators for assessing the effectiveness of air cooling at the inlet of gas turbine units down to 15°C in an absorption lithium-bromide chiller and deep air cooling to 10ºС, in a combined absorption-ejector chiller used an increase in useful power and a reduction in specific fuel consumption. It is shown that, through extremely different thermal and humidity parameters of ambient air, it is cooling at the inlet of gas turbine units for the climatic conditions of Ukraine provides the current increase in useful power by 10...15%, and for the climatic conditions of China – 18…22%. However, it should be noted that deeper air cooling at the inlet of the gas turbine unite to a temperature of 10°C in a combined absorption-ejector chiller compared to its traditional cooling to 15°C in an absorption lithium-bromide chiller provides an increase in useful power for a temperate climate of Ukraine (for example, Yuzhnoukrainsk) by 70...90%, whereas for tropical climatic conditions of China (Shanghai) – by 30...35%.

gas turbine unit; air cooling; chiller; power; climate

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