IP Library Granted Patent US 9,777,629
Granted Patent B2
US 9,777,629 · App. 14/439,073 · Granted Oct 3, 2017

Power generation system

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,777,629
App. No.
14/439,073
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

This power generation system is provided with: a gas turbine ( 11 ) having a compressor ( 21 ), a combustor ( 22 ) and a turbine ( 23 ); a first compressed air supply line ( 26 ) that supplies compressed air, which has been compressed by the compressor ( 21 ), to the combustor ( 22 ); a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) ( 13 ) having an air electrode and a fuel electrode; a compressed air supply device ( 61 ) capable of generating compressed air; and a second compressed air supply line ( 31 ) that supplies compressed air, which has been compressed by the compressed air supply device ( 61 ) to the SOFC ( 13 ). The fuel cell can thus be stably operated regardless of the operating state of the gas turbine.

Claims (11)

1. A power generation system comprising:

a gas turbine having a compressor and a combustor;

a first compressed air supply line for supplying first compressed air compressed by the compressor to the combustor;

a fuel cell having an air electrode and a fuel electrode;

a compressed air supply unit capable of generating second compressed air;

a second compressed air supply line for supplying second compressed air compressed by the compressed air supply unit to the fuel cell;

a heat recovery steam generator for generating steam using exhaust gas from the gas turbine; and

a steam turbine driven by steam generated by the heat recovery steam generator,

wherein the compressed air supply unit includes a steam-driven fuel cell compressor and a steam supply line for supplying steam generated by the heat recovery steam generator to a steam turbine for driving the steam-driven fuel cell compressor.

2. The power generation system according to claim 1 , further comprising: a first on/off valve capable of opening and closing the second compressed air supply line, a bypass line connecting the first compressed air supply line and the second compressed air supply line; and a second on/off valve for opening and closing the bypass line.

3. The power generation system according to claim 2 , further comprising a control unit capable of opening and closing the first on/off valve and the second on/off valve, wherein the control unit closes the first on/off valve and opens the second on/off valve when the fuel cell is stopped.

Assignments (3)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2015
From: NAKAMOTO, YUKIMASA; FUJITA, KAZUNORI
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035518/0655 →