IP Library Granted Patent US 10,533,495
Granted Patent B2
US 10,533,495 · App. 15/609,799 · Granted Jan 14, 2020

Power generation system

Inventors: Yukimasa Nakamoto (Tokyo, JP); Kazunori Fujita (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,533,495
App. No.
15/609,799
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

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

Claims (9)

1. A power generation system comprising:

a gas turbine having a first 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 second compressor separated from the first compressor of the gas turbine;

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

a first on/off valve for 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.

Assignments (2)
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 →