IP Library Granted Patent US 6,854,259
Granted Patent B2
US 6,854,259 · App. 10/670,461 · Granted Feb 15, 2005

Gas turbine installation

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Patent No.
US 6,854,259
App. No.
10/670,461
Granted
Feb 15, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a gas turbine power generating system capable of achieving a high output power and a high power generating efficiency under conditions with a small amount of supplied water and less change in design of a gas turbine. A fine water droplet spraying apparatus ( 11 ) is disposed in a suction air chamber ( 22 ) on the upstream side of an air compressor ( 2 ), and a moisture adding apparatus ( 7 ) for adding moisture to high pressure air supplied from the compressor ( 2 ) is disposed. A regenerator ( 5 ) for heating the air to which moisture has been added by using gas turbine exhaust gas as a heat source is also provided. With this configuration, there can be obtain an effect of reducing a power for the compressor ( 2 ) and an effect of increasing the output power due to addition of moisture to air ( 20 ) for combustion. Further, since the used amount of fuel is reduced by adopting a regenerating cycle, the power generating efficiency is improved.

Claims (30)

1. A gas turbine installation including an air compressor, a combustor for burning fuel together with the air discharged from said compressor, and a turbine driven by combustion gas generated by said combustor, said gas turbine installation comprising:

a spraying apparatus provided on an upstream side of said compressor for spraying water droplets to air to be supplied to said compressor;

a water adding apparatus provided in a first path leading said compressed air discharged from said compressor to said combustor for adding water to said compressed air flowing in said first path;

a heat exchanger provided in said first path on a downstream side of said water adding apparatus for heating the compressed air passed through said water adding apparatus by exhaust gas discharged from the gas turbine;

a water recovery apparatus for recovering moisture from exhaust gas having passed through said heat exchanger;

a second water supply path for supplying water recovered by said water recovery apparatus to said water adding apparatus; and

a spray water supply path through which spray water is led from an external source outside the system to said spraying apparatus.

2. A gas turbine installation including an air compressor, a combustor for burning fuel together with the air discharged from said compressor, and a turbine driven by combustion gas generated by said combustor, said gas turbine installation comprising:

a spraying apparatus provided on an upstream side of said compressor for spraying water droplets to air to be supplied to said compressor;

a water adding apparatus provided in a first path leading said compressed air discharged from said compressor to said combustor for adding water to said compressed air flowing in said first path;

a regenerator for heat-exchanging between the compressed air passed through said water adding apparatus and exhaust gas discharged from the gas turbine;

a water recovery apparatus for recovering moisture from exhaust gas having passed through said regenerator;

a second water supply path for supplying water recovered by said water recovery apparatus to said water adding apparatus; and

a spray water supply path through which spray water is led from an external source outside the system to said spraying apparatus.

3. An efficiency increasing apparatus, provided in a gas turbine installation, for recovering thermal energy of gas turbine exhaust gas, thereby improving power generating efficiency, said gas turbine installation including a compressor for compressing air, a combustor for burning fuel together with the air discharged from said compressor, and a turbine driven by combustion gas generated by said combustor;

said efficiency increasing apparatus comprising;

a spraying apparatus provided on an upstream side of said compressor for spraying water droplets to air to be supplied to said compressor;

a water adding apparatus provided in a first path leading said compressed air discharged from said compressor to said combustor for adding water to said compressed air flowing in said first path;

a heat exchanger provided in said first path on a downstream side of said water adding apparatus for heating the compressed air passed through said water adding apparatus by exhaust gas discharged from the gas turbine;

a water recovery apparatus for recovering moisture from exhaust gas having passed through said heat exchanger;

a second water supply path for supplying water recovered by said water recovery apparatus to said water adding apparatus; and

a spray water supply path through which spray water is led from an external source outside the system to said spraying apparatus.

4. An efficiency increasing apparatus, provided in a gas turbine installation, for recovering thermal energy of gas turbine exhaust gas, thereby improving power generating efficiency, said gas turbine installation including a compressor for compressing air, a combustor for burning fuel together with the air discharged from said compressor, and a turbine driven by combustion gas generated by said combustor;

said efficiency increasing apparatus comprising;

a spraying apparatus provided on an upstream side of said compressor for spraying water droplets to air to be supplied to said compressor;

a water adding apparatus provided in a first path leading said compressed air discharged from said compressor to said combustor for adding water to said compressed air flowing in said first path;

a regenerator for heat-exchanging between the compressed air passed through said water adding apparatus and exhaust gas discharged from the gas turbine;

a water recovery apparatus for recovering moisture from exhaust gas having passed through said regenerator;

a second water supply path for supplying water recovered by said water recovery apparatus to said water adding apparatus; and

a spray water supply path through which spray water is led from an external source outside the system to said spraying apparatus.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 8, 2014
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033917/0209 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 22, 2014
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033003/0648 →