THE AEROTHERMOPRESSOR - A DEVICE FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF A GAS TURBINE POWER PLANT

Abstract

Theoretical and experimental investigations of a novel gas dynamics device having no moving parts yet performing the function of acompressor, are described. This device, called the "Aerothermopressor", exploits the possibility of raising the total pressure of a high speedgas stream through cooling of the gas. When placed at the exhaust of a gas turbine, the Aerothermopressor will reduce the exhaust pressure,thereby improving both fuel economy and power capacity per unit of air flow.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1955
Accession Number
AD0059715

Entities

People

  • Arthur A. Fowle
  • Ascher H. Shapiro
  • Bruce D. Gavril
  • Kenneth R. Wadleigh

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Back Pressure
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Science
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Gas Flow
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Shock Waves
  • Thermodynamics
  • Wet Bulb Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

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