Anti-Icing in Gas Turbines
(2006)Department of Energy Sciences
- Abstract
- This thesis gives a thorough description of the icing mechanisms in gas turbines, the
underlying physics of ice and ice types that can form in gas turbines. The primary intention of
this thesis is to investigate the icing condition regions leading to ice formation in gas turbines.
The icing problem in gas turbines is explained in detail in this thesis. The different ice
types, icing mechanism in gas turbines and ambient conditions leading to icing are reported.
Ambient factors and other factors that can affect icing conditions are also discussed. The icing
conditions have been investigated for different air velocities in the inlet system of the gas turbine
and with various ambient conditions. A recovery factor has been used in the... (More) - This thesis gives a thorough description of the icing mechanisms in gas turbines, the
underlying physics of ice and ice types that can form in gas turbines. The primary intention of
this thesis is to investigate the icing condition regions leading to ice formation in gas turbines.
The icing problem in gas turbines is explained in detail in this thesis. The different ice
types, icing mechanism in gas turbines and ambient conditions leading to icing are reported.
Ambient factors and other factors that can affect icing conditions are also discussed. The icing
conditions have been investigated for different air velocities in the inlet system of the gas turbine
and with various ambient conditions. A recovery factor has been used in the calculations of icing
conditions. The recovery factor gives the icing surface temperature which lies between the air
static temperature and air total temperature. The recovery factor differs from laminar till turbulent
flow. The experimental value 0, 8 is taken in the calculations. Ice formation locations in the gas
turbines? inlet systems are also covered. My study to the icing mechanism in gas turbines shows
that there is no hazard for icing when air velocity is very high because of great air temperature
depression. Furthermore, as long as the surface temperature is above the water saturation
temperature, condensation will not occur and ice will not form even if the surface temperature is
below freezing point temperature. The highest risk of ice building lies specifically between the
highest and lowest velocity, in contrast to what was believed earlier that the risk lied at highest
velocity.
A possible solution to the icing problem in gas turbines is also presented in this thesis.
The different anti icing systems that can protect the gas turbine is investigated. I focused mainly
on the compressor bleed heating system and hot water heat exchanger system in my calculations.
The heat power that is needed to warm up the incoming air to the gas turbine has been calculated
for two Siemens gas turbines; SGT-700 that is using the compressor bleeds anti-icing system and
SGT-800 that is using a water heat exchanger anti-icing system. The results show that the
compressor bleed anti-icing system has a larger influence on gas turbine performance than the hot
water heat exchanger. The pulse jet self cleaning filter is also mentioned in this part to explain
why pulse filter has been used as an anti-icing system. (Less)
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- author
- Sammak, Majed
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2006
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- icing mechanisms, ice, icing problems, Energy research, Energiforskning
- language
- English
- id
- 1327416
- date added to LUP
- 2006-07-05 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2006-07-05 00:00:00
@misc{1327416,
abstract = {{This thesis gives a thorough description of the icing mechanisms in gas turbines, the
underlying physics of ice and ice types that can form in gas turbines. The primary intention of
this thesis is to investigate the icing condition regions leading to ice formation in gas turbines.
The icing problem in gas turbines is explained in detail in this thesis. The different ice
types, icing mechanism in gas turbines and ambient conditions leading to icing are reported.
Ambient factors and other factors that can affect icing conditions are also discussed. The icing
conditions have been investigated for different air velocities in the inlet system of the gas turbine
and with various ambient conditions. A recovery factor has been used in the calculations of icing
conditions. The recovery factor gives the icing surface temperature which lies between the air
static temperature and air total temperature. The recovery factor differs from laminar till turbulent
flow. The experimental value 0, 8 is taken in the calculations. Ice formation locations in the gas
turbines? inlet systems are also covered. My study to the icing mechanism in gas turbines shows
that there is no hazard for icing when air velocity is very high because of great air temperature
depression. Furthermore, as long as the surface temperature is above the water saturation
temperature, condensation will not occur and ice will not form even if the surface temperature is
below freezing point temperature. The highest risk of ice building lies specifically between the
highest and lowest velocity, in contrast to what was believed earlier that the risk lied at highest
velocity.
A possible solution to the icing problem in gas turbines is also presented in this thesis.
The different anti icing systems that can protect the gas turbine is investigated. I focused mainly
on the compressor bleed heating system and hot water heat exchanger system in my calculations.
The heat power that is needed to warm up the incoming air to the gas turbine has been calculated
for two Siemens gas turbines; SGT-700 that is using the compressor bleeds anti-icing system and
SGT-800 that is using a water heat exchanger anti-icing system. The results show that the
compressor bleed anti-icing system has a larger influence on gas turbine performance than the hot
water heat exchanger. The pulse jet self cleaning filter is also mentioned in this part to explain
why pulse filter has been used as an anti-icing system.}},
author = {{Sammak, Majed}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Anti-Icing in Gas Turbines}},
year = {{2006}},
}