Gas Turbines

Gas Turbines require copious amounts of air to function properly.  It is essential that the gas entering the turbine is free of dust particles and liquid droplets to prevent erosion and corrosion of the turbine blades.  Pressure loss is also critical as it affects the performance of the turbine.

Gas turbines generally have been designed using weather hoods to protect against rain, one or two stage dry particulate filters and some have been installed with cooling coils, media based evaporative coolers or atomized spray evaporators to cool the gas stream as close to 59°F as possible to maximize the performance of the turbine.

ENSEPATEC’s separators provide a significant improvement over weather hoods in preventing rain and snow from being ingested into the filters, to maintain optimum performance and extend the life of the filters.  These separators can handle the heaviest tropical wind swept rains.

For northern climates, the ColdSep product line represents that best available technology for the control of snow ingestion and de-icing.  It not only collects the snow, it melts it and effectively drains the liquid out of the gas stream.  Other technologies such as steam injection or hot air off the back end of the turbine may melt the snow but the liquid generated is subsequently collected by the particulate filters.

Retrofit is easy as our systems will be designed with flanges to use the same bolt pattern as the weather hoods they are replacing.  The ENSEPATEC separators will maintain optimal performance of the turbine intake, improve filter life, and minimize maintenance due to erosion and corrosion.