Leonardo Paoli

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What limits Pressure Ratio in Gas Turbines (Aero and Land)?

After some literature review and from a turbomachinery course I identified the following limiting design parameters, - Minimum size of last row of high pressure compressor ( about 10 mm ? ) -...

12 December 2016 9,817 6 View

Why do heavy duty gas turbines have lower pressure ratios than aeroderivatives?

I canno't understand why higher pressure ratios are not applied to GTs in the 150 MW to 400 MW range. I assume that firing temperature is similar for both aeroderivatives (AD) and heavy duty (HD)...

04 April 2016 2,094 10 View