IP Library Granted Patent US 8,151,549
Granted Patent B2
US 8,151,549 · App. 12/186,003 · Granted Apr 10, 2012

High humidity gas turbine equipment

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Patent No.
US 8,151,549
App. No.
12/186,003
Granted
Apr 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high humidity gas turbine equipment includes a turbine; a compressor; a humidifier, which brings the air compressed by the compressor into contact with feed water to humidify the air; a regenerative heat exchanger, which causes the air humidified by the humidifier to be heated by exhaust gas from the turbine; a combustor, which burns the air heated by the regenerative heat exchanger and fuel to generate the combustion gas; a deaerating equipment including a deaerating section, a water storage tank, and a steam generating section, which causes feed water and makeup water in the water storage tank to be heated by exhaust gas from the turbine to evaporate and supplies the steam to the deaerating section; and a feed water supply pipe, through which the feed water and the makeup water in the water storage tank are supplied to the humidifier.

Claims (26)

1. A high humidity gas turbine equipment comprising:

a turbine driven by combustion gas;

a compressor, which compresses air;

a humidifier, which brings the air compressed by the compressor into contact with feed water to humidify the air;

a regenerative heat exchanger, which causes the air humidified by the humidifier to be heated by exhaust gas from the turbine;

a combustor, which burns the air heated by the regenerative heat exchanger and fuel to generate the combustion gas, which drives the turbine;

a deaerating equipment including a deaerating section, to which the feed water used in the humidifier for humidification of air and makeup water, comprising water recovered from the exhaust gas and external water to the humidifier, are supplied and which deaerates the feed water and the makeup water with steam, a water storage tank, in which the feed water deaerated in the deaerating section and the makeup water are stored, and a steam generating section, which causes the feed water and the makeup water in the water storage tank to be heated by the exhaust gas from the turbine to evaporate and supplies the steam to the deaerating section; and

a feed water supply pipe, through which the feed water and the makeup water in the water storage tank are supplied to the humidifier.

2. The high humidity gas turbine equipment according to claim 1 , wherein feed water and makeup water, which are supplied to the deaerating section, are joined upstream of the deaerating section.

3. The high humidity gas turbine equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the deaerating section includes a steam introducing pipe, through which steam from an external steam generating equipment is introduced into the deaerating section.

4. The high humidity gas turbine equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the deaerating section includes a steam supply pipe, through which steam generated in the steam generating section is supplied to an external steam generating equipment.

5. The high humidity gas turbine equipment according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a water recovery equipment, which cools exhaust gas from the gas turbine to condense moisture content in the exhaust gas to recover the same; and

a makeup water supply pipe, through which recovered water obtained in the water recovery equipment is supplied as makeup water for the humidifier to the deaerating equipment.

6. The high humidity gas turbine equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the feed water supply pipe includes feed water heating means provided in a flow passage of exhaust gas from the gas turbine to heat feed water flowing therein.

7. The high humidity gas turbine equipment according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an air cooler for heat exchange between the air compressed by the compressor and the feed water in the feed water supply pipe.

8. A high humidity gas turbine equipment comprising:

a turbine driven by combustion gas;

a compressor, which compresses air;

a humidifier, which brings the air compressed by the compressor into contact with the feed water to humidify the air;

a regenerative heat exchanger, which causes the air humidified by the humidifier to be heated by exhaust gas from the turbine;

a combustor, which burns the air heated by the regenerative heat exchanger and fuel to generate the combustion gas, which drive the turbine;

a water recovery equipment, which cools the exhaust gas from the gas turbine to condense moisture content in the exhaust gas to recover water;

a deaerating equipment including a deaerating section, to which the feed water used in the humidifier for humidification of the air and makeup water, comprising water obtained in the water recovery equipment and water externally supplied to the high humidity gas turbine equipment, are supplied and which deaerates the feed water and the makeup water with steam, a water storage tank, in which the feed water deaerated in the deaerating section and the makeup water are stored, and a steam generating section, which causes the feed water and the makeup water in the water storage tank to be heated by the exhaust gas from the turbine to evaporate and supplies the steam to the deaerating section; and

a feed water supply pipe, through which the feed water and the makeup water in the water storage tank are supplied to the humidifier.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2008
From: SASAKI, KENJI; NOGUCHI, YOSHIKI; SAKKA, KENJI; FUKUHARA, HIROTSUGU
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 021340/0878 →