Enhancement of combined cycle performance using transpiration cooling of gas turbine blades with steam

Gas/steam combined cycle is synergetic combination of Brayton cycle based topping cycle and Rankine cycle based bottoming cycle, which have capability of operating independently too. Combined cycle performance depends on the constituent cycles and it can be reasonably improved by enhancing gas cycle performance using gas turbine blade cooling. Amongst different cooling techniques the transpiration cooling offers effective utilization of coolant...