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Feature|Videos|January 23, 2024
Video: Live at POWERGEN 2024 with Mee Industries
Author(s)James Cook
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Thomas Mee, CEO of Mee Industries, spoke with Turbomachinery International at POWERGEN 2024.
Tell us about Mee Industries.
Thomas Mee: "We do inlet air clogging for gas turbines. It’s called evaporative cooling or wet compression. We inject this fog into the inlet of the turbine, which cools the air and increases the mass flow."
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