A feasible method of injecting water mist into the air can improve the operation performance
of gas turbine. This study aims to develop a deeper understanding of aerodynamic …

A comparative study of performance characteristics in a gas turbine compressor before and
after water injection into the air is carried out to explore the relationships between the …

A phase Doppler particle analyzer (PDPA) system is employed to measure the two-phase
mist flow behavior including flow velocity field, droplet size distribution, droplet dynamics …

Film cooling is a cooling technique widely used in high-performance gas turbines to protect
the turbine airfoils from being damaged by hot flue gases. Motivated by the need to further …

The heat transfer performance of a mist/air jet impingement on a constant-heat flux surface
was experimentally investigated. Two objectives were outlined in the current study. The first …

Effective cooling of gas turbine combustor liners, combustor transition pieces, turbine vanes
(nozzles), and blades (buckets) is a critical task to protect these components from the flue …

Film cooling techniques have been successfully applied to gas turbine blades to protect
them from the hot flue gas. However, a continuous demand of increasing the turbine inlet …

Development of wet gas compressors is challenging due to the liquid phase impact on
performance. Experimental investigation of airfoil behavior in wet condition contributes to a …

Mixing of the turbine blade tip leakage and mainstream flows causes considerable
aerodynamic loss. Its understanding is crucial to raise a consequential improvement of the …

The aero-thermodynamic effects of water ingestion on an axial flow compressor
performance are presented in this article. Under adverse weather conditions, gas turbine …