PRE-HEATING SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE COMBUSTING AIR, PROCESS TO PROVIDE AIR AT A REDUCED TEMPERATURE TO A GAS TURBINE, AND, AIR PRE-COOLING SYSTEM

摘要

An apparatus and method for cooling, air which apparatus includes an indirect evaporative cooler, a direct-contact ice-water chiller, a reheat coil component, an ice-thermal-storage component and an ice-manufacturing refrigeration chiller to provide alternative air-flow paths and alternative component combinations. The method provides alternative fluid-flow paths through electable combinations of the several components to effect the desired lowering of air temperature, relative humidity and air density in the cooled air.