CEO Thomas Mee Covers Fogging, Wet Compression Applications and Rapid Delivery

Most associate the deployment of fogging and wet compression systems with traditional simple- and combined-cycle gas turbine power plants, but these versatile technologies are applicable across industrial markets. The petroleum, oil, and LNG industries benefit significantly from gas turbines equipped with such systems, helping users maintain and even improve performance when operating at increased temperature. Fogging and wet compression may even prevent critical temperature de-load for diesel and gas reciprocating engines.

Mee Industries’ CEO, Thomas Mee, covers these applications and details specific installations across the globe, including the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, power plants in Japan, and post-war Iraq. A particular advantage of his company’s fogging and wet compressions systems is the rapid speed of delivery, aided by proprietary manufacturing methods that help get the technology out the door and in user hands.

TURBO: What are the latest technological—including control—advancements for fogging and wet compression systems?

Mee: We’ve been building these systems for about 30 years now, so it’s a pretty mature technology. We have 1,100 installations around the world on turbines from less than 1 MW to more than 350 MW, representing the total range across gas turbines. We’re continuing to improve our equipment with minor changes to components. Speed of delivery has been a large focus…we’re concentrating on manufacturing techniques that can speed up delivery time.

TURBO: How is Mee Industries using these technologies to help customers achieve rapid deployment and increased ROI? In what applications are your systems typically deployed?

Mee: Our systems are typically deployed in power generation, but they can also be used in oil and gas or petrochemical where gas turbines are used as prime movers in a petroleum plant or to make steam for oil plants. Any gas turbine can benefit from the technology, even reciprocating engines. We installed fogging on eight diesel engines for the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.

We’re getting more interest from diesel and gas reciprocating engine users. Typically, a gas turbine power output falls off quickly as the temperature increases, while a diesel or reciprocating engine will produce the same power but de-loads at a critical temperature. Our technology can solve that problem.

For more information regarding fogging and wet compression, click here for Part 1!