IP Library Granted Patent US 7,082,749
Granted Patent B2
US 7,082,749 · App. 11/314,500 · Granted Aug 1, 2006

Gas turbine electric power generation equipment and air humidifier

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Patent No.
US 7,082,749
App. No.
11/314,500
Granted
Aug 1, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an air humidifier for adding moisture to a working medium of a gas turbine for humidification, and gas turbine electric power generation equipment for driving the gas turbine by the working medium of high moisture to general electricity. An object of the present invention is to reduce pressure loss of burned exhaust gas of the gas turbine to improve output or efficiency of electric power generation. There comprises a humidifier ( 3 ), a combustor ( 5 ), a turbine ( 6 ), a generator ( 7 ), and a water recovery unit ( 10 ), further comprises an exhaust gas reheater ( 11 ) for heating burned exhaust gas discharged from the water recovery unit by surplus water discharged from the humidifier.

Claims (13)

1. Gas turbine electric power generation equipment comprising:

a compressor for compressing air;

a spraying device for spraying water to the air to be supplied to said compressor;

a humidifier for adding moisture to the compressed air;

a combustor for generating combustion gas by humidified air obtained by said humidifier and fuel;

a turbine driven by the combustion gas generated by said combustor;

a water heater for heating water supplied to said humidifier by the exhaust gas of said turbine;

a water recovery unit to recover moisture in the exhaust gas discharged from said water heater; and

a heat exchanger for heat-exchanging between the exhaust gas discharged from said water recovery unit and a part of water obtained by being heated by said water heater.

2. The gas turbine electric power generation equipment of claim 1 ,

wherein said heat exchanger is an exhaust gas reheater for heating the exhaust gas discharged from said water recovery unit by a part of water obtained by being heated by said water heater.

3. The gas turbine electric power generation equipment of claim 1 ,

wherein said water heater heating the water discharged from said heat exchanger to supply it to said humidifier.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 20, 2014
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
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