Axial air compressor

Air compressor (axial or centrifugal type) without or with adjustable guide vanes (8) and guide vane setting 19... 

Figure 4-10. Compressor train for dual-pressure installation consisting of an axial flow air compressor with adjustable stator blades and a radial flow nitrous gas compressor and expander. Mass flow air = 139,000 Nm /h, nitrous gases = 122,500 Nm /h Pressure air = 0.82/4.75 bar, nitrous gases = 4.38/10.8 bar Power input total = 16,840 kW Power recovery by expander = 10,950 kW.

Figure 12-101. General axial-flow compressor performance for typical 100 psia air compressor. (Used by permission Dresser-Rand Company.)...

Gas Turbine Typically consists of an axial-flow air compressor and one or more combustion chambers where liquid or gaseous fuel is burned. The hot gases are passed to the turbine, in which they expand to drive the generator and are then used to run the compressor. 

The control of steam turbines will be discussed separately in Section 2.19. Therefore, here the focus will be on the optimization of gas turbine (GT) operation. The GT system consists of three main parts the air compressor (axial type), the burners, and the turbine itself. The mechanical power gener-... 

The axial flow compressor is used in over 95 percent of the gas turbines. An axial-flow compressor in a gas turbine compresses the working air by first accelerating the air and then diffusing it to obtain a... 

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