CONDENSATE GENERATION AS SUBPRODUCT OF GAS TURBINE UNIT INLET AIR COOLING

The processes of gas turbine unit inlet air cooling with generation of condensate as a subproduct were investigated. The heat-humidity processes in the two-stage air cooler of combined type with the first low temperature cooling stage were water with temperature of about 7 °C as a coolant for precooling air from the changeable ambient temperature to the temperature not lower than 15 °C is used and low temperature cooling stage with a refrigerant boiling at the temperature of 2-4 °C as a coolant for further deep cooling air to the temperature of about 10 °C by utilizing the exhaust gas waste heat in the absorption lithium-bromide chiller as the high temperature cooling stage and refrigerant ejector chiller as the low temperature cooling stage of the combined thermotransformer has been analyzed for daily changing ambient air temperatures and heat loads on the stages as consequence. The processes of generating the condensate as a subproduct of gas turbine unit intake air two-stage cooling were simulated by using the computer simulation programs of the firms-producers of heat equipment for more than twice decreased heat load upon the high temperature cooling stage as compared with a heat load upon the low temperature cooling stage. The data about amount of condensate extracted in each air cooler stage was summed up over a day, three days and July and its temperature was calculated. The results of calculation have shown that the temperature of condensate received in the refrigerant low temperature cooling stage are lower by about 4 °C as compared with its value for high temperature cooling stage with a chilled water temperature of 7 °C from absorption lithium-bromide chiller. It was also shown that inspite of intensive changeable current temperatures of condensate from each and both stages mean weighted values of temperature of condensate from both stages of a combined two-stage air cooler remained nearly unchangeable during days. A conclusion about using the condensate from low temperature cooling stage as a coolant has been mad