Click on a section below to browse the Kawasaki Gas Turbines - America glossary of terms.
- Actuator
- A mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic or electrical device that performs a mechanical motion in response to an input signal, which may be electric of fluidic.
- Attenuator
- A device used to reduce the level of the signal strength in a system without introducing appreciable distortion. This can be a resistor network or a control on a piece of equipment.
- Bushing
- A cylindrical shaped insulator that insulates the conductor and permits carrying current through a grounded barrier, such as a transformer tank, circuit breaker or builing wall.
- Catalytic Converters
- A device that controls emissions by removing organic contaminants by oxidizing them into carbon dioxide and water through a chemical reaction. It can convert nitrogen dioxide to nitrogen and oxygen and other similar reactions. It is an air pollution abatement device.
- Cathodic Protection
- A technique used to prevent corrosion of metal by making the metal a cathode.
- CHP
- CHP stands for combined heat and power. CHP plants incorporate both power and heat from a single heat source. All congeneration systems are by definition CHP systems.
- Cogeneration
- The production of electricity and useful thermal energy simultaniously from a common internal combustion engine. The rejected exhaust heat from our packaged gas turbine systems can be captured and used for industrial processes, or for heating and air conditioning, as well as water desalinization or water clean-up / polishing. in most applications gas turbine exhasut heat is captured through the use of an HRSG - heat recovery steam generator. the steam prodcued by the HRSG can be used for process or district heating, or sent to absorption chillers for air conditioning. Back end chiller can also be installed which utiize the thermal energy directly from our gas turbine exhaust gases.
- Combined Heat and Power
- A technique of generation where electricity and heat is produced by means of a engine driven power station. The exhaust heat is then used to for other heating purposes or industrial processes. Combined heat and power is also known as "cogeneration'.
- Cooling Tower
- A structure for cooling liquid, usually water bybringing it in to contact with an airstream where a small proportion of the liquid/water evaporates.
- Corrosion
- A deterioration process in which a metal surface is destroyed by a chemical reaction.
- Damper
- A bladed device that controls and regulates air or engine exhaust flow through a ductwork system by their movable plates opening and closing. There are two types manual and motorized. KGTA utilizes damper systems as part of our CO2 fire supppression system. We also use dampers in our exhaust systems with HRSG units.
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