Turbine Inlet Air Cooling & Heating
Turbine Inlet Air Cooling & Heating
Super Radiator’s turbine inlet coils increase system efficiency, reduce emissions, and provide anti-icing protection for gas turbines around the world, meeting the exacting thermal, structural and certification requirements. With over 1,300 coils installed in gas turbine filter houses since 2000, Super Radiator has the experience these systems demand.
Our coils support gas turbines manufactured by GE, Rolls Royce, Siemens, Mitsubishi, and Solar for new, retrofit, upgrades, and replacement installations. System power ranges from 30MW to 790MW in simple and combined cycle operations.
Thermal Reliability
Coils used in gas turbine inlet conditions exist to optimize air conditions at the turbine. To meet turbine performance targets, the output from the coils must be precise. Our thermal engineering utilizes data from over 700 coils tested in our in-house lab.
Our testing ranges from low face velocities (100 - 200 fpm) to in excess of 2,000 fpm through a range of temperatures, humidity and fluids. Common turbine inlet cooling fluids, such as water, propylene glycol, and ethylene glycol, have all been thoroughly tested in the Super Radiator Coils wind tunnel test lab.
We also frequently run validation tests for turbine inlet projects to confirm modeled performance.
Our test lab is located in Super Radiator Coils' Richmond, Virginia, facility.
Inlet Air Cooling for Gas Fractionation Facility
These inlet air cooling coils were installed in the inlet air filterhouse of a GE LM6000 turbine at a gas fractionation facility.
Turbine Inlet Anti-Icing
The formation of ice crystals within the gas turbine air inlet system creates damage risk for gas turbine airfoils. Super Radiator’s turbine inlet anti-icing coils utilize hot fluid to ensure ice crystals do not form and cause costly damage and downtime. These coils are designed to minimize air pressure loss while preheating the air with inlet temperatures as low as -70°F (-57°C).
