IP Library Granted Patent US 10,544,706
Granted Patent B2
US 10,544,706 · App. 15/019,509 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Single shaft combined cycle power plant shaft arrangement

Inventors: Maurus Herzog (Oberrohrdorf, CH); Hubert Kujawski (Ehrendingen, CH); Abhimanyu Gupta (Nussbaumen, CH); Suman Ray (Wettingen, CH)
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
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Patent No.
US 10,544,706
App. No.
15/019,509
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A single shaft combined cycle power plant includes a shaft on which is sequentially located, a gas turbine, a medium pressure steam turbine, a low pressure steam turbine, a generator, and a high pressure steam turbine, wherein the gas turbine and the high pressure steam turbine are at opposite ends of the shaft.

Claims (10)

1. A single shaft combined cycle power plant comprising a shaft on which is sequentially located:

a gas turbine;

a first thrust bearing;

a medium pressure steam turbine;

a low pressure steam turbine;

a generator;

a flexible coupling;

a second thrust bearing;

and a high pressure steam turbine;

wherein the gas turbine and the high pressure steam turbine are at opposite ends of the shaft.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 13, 2021
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 057182/0628 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 17, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 039714/0578 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2016
From: HERZOG, MAURUS; KUJAWSKI, HUBERT; GUPTZ, ABHIMANYU; RAY, SUMAN
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 038778/0322 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 15154480 · Feb 10, 2015 · regional
Continuity (1)
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