Patent ID: 8402735
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: F02C,F04D

Abstract:
1. A cooling apparatus which is located between a plurality of compression stages of a gas turbine compressor, the cooling apparatus comprising: an inlet into which a gas that has been compressed in the gas turbine compressor; a liquid distributor located above the inlet, the liquid distributor being a spray nozzle that sprinkles droplets having a diameter of 100 μm or more; a liquid passage restrainer located above the liquid distributor; and an output located above the liquid passage restrainer, wherein the gas that has flowed into the inlet is cooled by direct contact with a desired amount or more of a liquid sprinkled from the liquid distributor; wherein, for each droplet sprinkled from the liquid distributor, the liquid that is not completely evaporated remains and flows down into a reservoir; and wherein the cooled gas passes through the liquid passage restrainer and flows out from the outlet.