IP Library Granted Patent US 9,869,246
Granted Patent B2
US 9,869,246 · App. 14/467,648 · Granted Jan 16, 2018

Gas turbine power plant with exhaust gas recirculation

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Patent No.
US 9,869,246
App. No.
14/467,648
Granted
Jan 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for operating a gas turbine power plant, and a gas turbine power plant in which fresh air is delivered to a compressor inlet and is accelerated in the compressor inlet and a recirculated first exhaust gas substream is delivered into a region of the compressor inlet in which the fresh air is accelerated to an extent such that the difference between total pressure and static pressure in the fresh air is greater than or equal to a pressure difference which is required in order to suck a target mass flow of the recirculated first exhaust gas substream into the compressor inlet.

Claims (16)

1. A method for operating a gas turbine power plant with exhaust gas recirculation, the gas turbine power plant including a gas turbine with a compressor having an inlet, a waste heat recovery steam generator, an exhaust gas divider, a recirculation line, and an exhaust gas recooler, said method comprising:

delivering fresh air into the compressor inlet, the fresh air being accelerated in the compressor inlet;

controlling the exhaust gas divider to divide exhaust gases from the gas turbine into (1) a first exhaust gas substream for recirculation into an intake stream of the gas turbine and (2) into a second exhaust gas substream for discharge from the gas turbine power plant;

recirculating the first exhaust gas substream for delivery, separately from the fresh air, into the compressor inlet;

delivering the recirculated first exhaust gas substream, separately from the fresh air, as far as a region of the compressor inlet in which the fresh air is accelerated to an extent such that a difference between total pressure and static pressure in the accelerated fresh air is greater than or equal to a pressure difference for sucking a target mass flow of the recirculated first exhaust gas substream into the compressor inlet;

introducing the recirculated first exhaust gas substream to the accelerated fresh air via a plurality of delivery ducts arranged so as to be distributed circumferentially, upstream of the compressor, on a diameter of an intake duct and concentrically to a shaft of the gas turbine; and

controlling a quantity of the recirculated first exhaust gas substream by changing an axial position of outlet orifices of the plurality of delivery ducts relative to the compressor inlet.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

conducting fresh air into a flow duct of the recirculated first exhaust gas substream via a control or regulating element when the gas turbine is under part load and/or is being started.

3. A gas turbine power plant, comprising:

a gas turbine;

a waste heat recovery steam generator;

a compressor having a compressor inlet;

an exhaust gas divider configured to, during operation, divide exhaust gases (1) into a first exhaust gas substream for recirculation into an intake stream of the gas turbine and (2) into a second exhaust gas substream for discharge from the gas turbine power plant;

a plurality of ducts for introducing the recirculated first exhaust gas substream to fresh air delivered to the compressor inlet in the intake stream, the plurality of ducts being arranged so as to be distributed circumferentially, upstream of the compressor, on a diameter of an intake duct and concentrically to a shaft of the gas turbine, an axial distance from outlet orifices of the plurality of ducts to the compressor inlet being adjustable in order to regulate or control a quantity of the recirculated first exhaust gas substream, the outlet orifices being sufficiently close to the compressor that, when the gas turbine is in operation, a static pressure at the outlet orifices is sufficiently low that a difference between total pressure and static pressure of the intake stream is greater than or equal to a pressure difference which is required in order to suck a target mass flow of the recirculated first exhaust gas substream into the compressor intel; and a recirculation line for recirculating the first exhaust gas substream from the exhaust gas divider and connected to the plurality of ducts.

4. The gas turbine power plant as claimed in 3 , wherein the recirculation line is connected to an inlet for fresh air via a control or regulating element.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2023
From: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
To: ANSALDO ENERGIA IP UK LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064014/0115 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2017
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 041686/0884 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 22, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 038216/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2014
From: BENZ, ERIBERT; HELLAT, JAAN; WETTSTEIN, HANS; PAYNE, ROBIN
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 034217/0001 →