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| 8186142 | Systems and method for controlling stack temperature Systems and a method for controlling a temperature of an exhaust gas stack are provided. The system includes a first heat exchanger positioned upstream in exhaust gas flow communication to an exhaust gas inlet to the stack, a second heat exchanger positioned upstrea... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181439 | Intake air heating system of combined cycle plant A gas turbine is driven by a combustion gas produced when BFG compressed by a gas compressor and air compressed by a compressor are burned in a combustor. Steam is generated from a waste heat boiler by utilization of heat of an exhaust gas from the gas turbine, and ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176723 | Apparatus for starting a steam turbine against rated pressure An external steam turbine main steam startup control valve bypass loop is provided to facilitate a full pressure combined cycle rapid response/fast start powerplant. The main steam startup bypass control loop particularly includes a main steam startup bypass control... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8161724 | Hybrid biomass process with reheat cycle Methods and systems for the generation of electrical energy through the combination of steam flows produced from different fuel sources. Steam produced from processing of a biomass fuel source is combined with steam produced from the processing of natural gas or fos... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8146341 | Integrated gas turbine exhaust diffuser and heat recovery steam generation system Systems and methods for integrating heat exchanger elements of HRSG systems with gas turbine exhaust diffusers are provided in the disclosed embodiments. The systems and methods may include integrating heat exchanger elements, such as steam pipes, with various compo... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141336 | Combined cycle power augmentation by efficient utilization of atomizing air energy A combined cycle power plant includes a gas turbine having a first compressor, a second compressor downstream of the first compressor, and a regenerative heat exchanger between the first and second compressors. A steam generator is downstream of the gas turbine and ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8117823 | Method and system for increasing modified wobbe index control range A system and method for controlling the temperature of a fuel gas. The system and method includes mixing an intermediate pressure feedwater stream from the heat recovery steam generator with a high pressure feedwater stream from the heat recovery steam generator, th... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8056316 | Process for optimizing the energy of a combined heat and power generation site The invention relates to a process for producing power, heat and steam employing: a cogeneration unit comprising: a gas turbine producing power and combustion gases and a heat recov... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8015790 | Apparatus and method employing heat pipe for start-up of power plant An apparatus to facilitate a start-up operation of a combined cycle or rankine cycle power plant is provided and includes a plurality of heat pipes, each of which respectively includes a first portion in thermal communication with exhaust emitted from a heat source ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8006478 | Power plant and operating method A method for operating a power plant (2), which includes at least one compressor (3), at least one turbine (4), and a burner arrangement (5), involves, to enhance the power plant (2), feeding a combustion exhaust gas from a pre-bur... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8001760 | Intake air heating system of combined cycle plant A gas turbine is driven by a combustion gas produced when BFG compressed by a gas compressor and air compressed by a compressor are burned in a combustor. Steam is generated from a waste heat boiler by utilization of heat of an exhaust gas from the gas turbine, and ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7971424 | Heat cycle system and composite heat cycle electric power generation system A high-efficiency heat cycle system including a compressor, a first turbine, first and second heat exchangers 7 and 8, a first pump, and an expander, and a composite heat cycle power generator using the high-efficiency heat cycle system. Working gas Fg... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963095 | Inlet air conditioning system An embodiment of the present invention provides an air conditioning system located upstream of the inlet system for a gas turbine. The air conditioning system may include at least one conditioning module for adjusting the temperature of the airstream. The at least o... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7937928 | Systems and methods for channeling steam into turbines A method of operating a steam turbine in a combined-cycle power system is provided. The method includes channeling a first amount of steam from a first steam generator to the steam turbine to facilitate powering the steam turbine, generating a second amount of steam... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7900431 | Process and plant for power generation The present invention provides process and plant for power generation comprising: providing a steam generator; first, second and third steam turbines; a reheater; a gas turbine; and at least one heat exchanger; supplying a first stream comprising steam from the stea... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7882692 | Zero emissions closed rankine cycle power system A fuel combustion power generation system is provided operating as a closed loop Rankine cycle and with zero atmospheric emissions. The fuel is combusted with oxygen in a combustor to generate high temperature products of combustion. The products of combustion are r... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7784261 | Combined cycle power plant A combined cycle power plant (10) that is optimized to reduce total life cycle cost rather than only thermal efficiency. A steam bottoming cycle (16) is fed with exhaust gas (14) from a gas turbine topping cycle (12). The topping cycle in... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784262 | Exhaust gas guide of a gas turbine and method for mixing the exhaust gas of the gas turbine The present invention relates to an exhaust gas guide of a gas turbine, which is situated between the gas turbine and a downstream waste heat boiler or a downstream gas diverter and which comprises a flow channel which has a cross-section expanding in at least some ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7770376 | Dual heat exchanger power cycle A power plant for burning a fuel in a low pressure combustion chamber to produce electrical power. A first compressor supplies compressed air through a first heat exchanger to add heat to the compressed air. The heated compressed air is passed through a first turbin... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7669403 | Power plant and operating method A method for operating a power plant (2), which includes at least one compressor (3), at least one turbine (4), and a burner arrangement (5), involves, to enhance the power plant (2), feeding a combustion exhaust gas from a pre-bur... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7644573 | Gas turbine inlet conditioning system and method A system capable of both increasing warm day output and maintaining compressor operating margin across the ambient and load range of a gas turbine combined cycle installation. The proposed solution takes advantage of the fact that both goals can be satisfied by mani... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7640724 | System and method for improving the heat rate of a turbine A steam cycle power plant (10) is provided that may include a steam source generating steam (40), a steam turbine (24) receiving the generated steam and discharging an exhaust steam, a condenser (44) receiving the exhaust steam and an ato... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7574856 | Configurations and methods for power generation with integrated LNG regasification LNG cold is used in a plurality of cycles in a combined power plant to increase power output. Especially preferred plant configurations integrate a combined cycle power plant with a regasification operation in which in a first stage LNG cold provides cooling in an o... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7555890 | Fast start-up combined cycle power plant A combined cycle power plant of the present invention is configured of a compressor; a combustor for combusting compressed air compressed by the compressor together with supplied fuel; a gas turbine driven by a combustion gas exhausted from the combustor; a heat rec... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7543438 | Gas turbine topping device in a system for manufacturing sulfuric acid and method of using turbine to recover energy in manufacture of sulfuric acid A gas turbine topping device, which is disposed upstream of a steam-raising section, is used for generating power in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. A sulfur-burning combustor generates hot sulfur dioxide while a pressure-exchanging ejector mixes the hot combusti... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7509794 | Waste heat steam generator The invention relates to a waste heat steam generator of a gas fired and steam powered generator. Said generator comprises a waste heat boiler to which exhaust gas of a gas turbine can be supplied. Said steam generator also comprises at least one evaporator which is... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7478524 | Coal fired power generation plant A power generation plant includes a conventional steam turbo train, a high temperature turbo train, and a coal fired boiler (1) with a fluidized bed combustor. The high temperature turbo train is particularly arranged vertically and in parallel with the coal ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7434402 | System for actively controlling compressor clearances Aspects of the invention relate to a system and method for actively controlling compressor clearances in a turbine engine by passing a thermal fluid in heat exchanging relation through a compressor vane carrier. During some operational conditions, such as hot restar... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421835 | Air-staged reheat power generation system A two-stage power generation system having a compressed air source with two compressed air outlets, one of which provides compressed air to the first stage of power generation and the other of which provides compressed air to the second stage of power generation. Al... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7367177 | Combined cycle power plant with auxiliary air-cooled condenser A combined cycle power plant (20) including a main air-cooled condenser (22) condensing steam at a first pressure and an auxiliary air-cooled condenser (24) condensing steam at a second pressure higher than the first pressure. Designing an air-c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367192 | Combined cycle plant In a combined cycle plant that combines a conventional thermal power plant and a gas turbine plant, there is provided a dump system 1 that connects a main steam pipe 60 with the condenser 25 and dumps the steam generated by the boiler 10 ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353656 | Method and apparatus for achieving power augmentation in gas turbines using wet compression A gas turbine unit and method of operation thereof are disclosed. A very quick and easily controllable augmentation or reduction of shaft power produced by the gas turbine unit, in particular of large gas turbine units exhibiting a pressure ratio larger than 15 bar,... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353654 | Method and apparatus for achieving power augmentation in gas turbines using wet compression A gas turbine unit and method of operation thereof are disclosed. A very quick and easily controllable augmentation or reduction of shaft power produced by the gas turbine unit, in particular of large gas turbine units exhibiting a pressure ratio larger than 15 bar,... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353655 | Method and apparatus for achieving power augmentation in gas turbine using wet compression A gas turbine unit as well as a method for operating a gas turbine with high-pressure turbine and a low-pressure turbine unit are disclosed. A very quick and at the same time easily controllable augmentation or reduction of the shaft power of the gas turbine unit ca... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347052 | Methods and systems for processing uncalcined coke Methods and systems for processing uncalcined coke are provided. The methods and systems provide for combusting effluent gas from a refinery unit and a stream of uncalcined coke. The refinery unit effluent gas may be the offgas from a rotary kiln calciner. The refin... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340897 | Method of and apparatus for producing power from a heat source A method for producing power from a heat source comprises the steps of: heating an intermediate fluid with heat from the heat source and producing a vaporized intermediate fluid in an intermediate fluid heater/vaporizer. Heat from the vaporized intermediate fluid va... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340902 | Method for operating an air-breathing engine When operating an air-breathing engine, a liquid is injected in atomized form into an air intake duct of the engine. A measurement apparatus for determining the injected drop size or the drop concentration is arranged in or on the intake duct downstream of the locat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334542 | Compact high-efficiency boiler and method for producing steam A boiler that enhances the efficiency of the use of heated gas streams to generate steam is provided. The boiler includes a lower drum, an upper drum, a plurality of conduits adapted to transfer heated fluid from the lower drum to the upper drum, a combustion chambe... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334412 | Cooling air and injected liquid system for gas turbine blades The invention relates to a turbine 1, in particular a gas turbine, which along a swivel-mounted rotationally symmetrical rotor 2 has a compressor 3, a combustion chamber 5 and a turbine section 7 formed of a plurality of turbine st... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333861 | Method and system for calculating marginal cost curves using plant control models A method and system are provided for calculating a marginal cost curve for a plant at a plant load range comprising a plurality of specified plant loads. The method includes providing a model used for controlling the plant. The model relates plant load and one or mo... | 02/19/2008 |
