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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2000
Shigeo Hatamiya, Hitachi, JP;
Masahiko Yamagishi, Hitachi, JP;
Osamu Yokomizo, Tokai, JP;
Yoshiki Noguchi, Hitachi, JP;
Moriaki Tsukamoto, Tokai, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gas turbine installation includes an air compressor, a combustor for burning fuel together with air discharged from the compressor, and a turbine driven by combustion gas generated by the combustor. The installation includes a spraying apparatus disposed in a suction air chamber on the upstream side of the air compressor and a water adding apparatus for adding moisture to high pressure air supplied from the compressor and which is disposed between the air compressor and the combustor. A heat exchanger is provided between the water adding apparatus and the combustor for heating air prior to the air entering the combustor.