Method and apparatus for achieving increased power in a gas turbine via wet compression

摘要

The net output of an industrial gas turbine (101) including an axial-flow multistage compressor (103) having an inlet (102) for acquiring a working fluid comprising air, is augmented using a process comprising the step of providing, to the working fluid acquired by the axial-flow compressor (103), droplets of a liquid which possesses a high latent of vaporization to reduce the temperature increase of the working fluid caused by compression and to thereby achieve an increase in the net output of the gas turbine (101) as measured against the net output of the gas turbine (101) under comparable conditions but without said liquid being provided. The droplets are provided by droplet-addition means (201) located a sufficient distance away from the compressor inlet (102) whereby, in the event of any element of said means breaks away and is carried with the inlet air towards the compressor inlet, that element is gravitationally pulled to a lower surface (136) of an inlet duct (133) to the compressor inlet (102) before the air reaches said inlet (102).