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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Hua Zhang, Greer, SC (US);
Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Greenville, SC (US);
Weilun Yu, Greenville, SC (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods, systems and program products for controlling a wet compression system. Methods according to the present disclosure can include: calculating a water droplet size at a nozzle of a nozzle grid of the WCS based on at least one condition from a set of WCS operating fluid conditions; calculating at least one GT system performance parameter based on the water droplet size and at least one distinct condition from the set of WCS operating fluid conditions; determining a target water flow rate based on the at least one GT system performance parameter and another distinct condition from the set of WCS operating fluid conditions; and adjusting a flow rate of a water flow to the nozzle based on the target water flow rate.