IP Library Granted Patent US 12,378,911
Granted Patent B2
US 12,378,911 · App. 18/545,812 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Gas turbine system

Inventors: Shintaro Ito (Tokyo, JP); Toshiro Fujimori (Tokyo, JP); Wonyoung Choi (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Uchida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: IHI Corporation
F02C3/22C01B3/047C01B3/501F02C7/22
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Patent No.
US 12,378,911
App. No.
18/545,812
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas turbine system includes: a combustor; an intake flow passage connected to the combustor; an exhaust flow passage connected to the combustor; a compressor provided in the intake flow passage; a turbine provided in the exhaust flow passage; an ammonia tank; and a hydrogen generator-separator having an ammonia supply port connected to the ammonia tank and a hydrogen discharge port connected to the combustor, the hydrogen generator-separator being arranged on a downstream side of the turbine in the exhaust flow passage or on a downstream side of the compressor in the intake flow passage, the hydrogen generator-separator including an ammonia cracking catalyst and a hydrogen separation membrane.

Claims (45)

1. A gas turbine system, comprising:

a combustor;

an intake flow passage connected to the combustor;

an exhaust flow passage connected to the combustor;

a compressor provided in the intake flow passage;

a turbine provided in the exhaust flow passage;

an ammonia tank;

a hydrogen generator-separator having an ammonia supply port connected to the ammonia tank and a hydrogen discharge port connected to the combustor, the hydrogen generator-separator being arranged on a downstream side of the turbine in the exhaust flow passage or on a downstream side of the compressor in the intake flow passage, the hydrogen generator-separator including an ammonia cracking catalyst and a hydrogen separation membrane,

wherein the hydrogen generator-separator has a nitrogen discharge port, and

wherein the gas turbine system further comprises a flow passage that connects the nitrogen discharge port and the turbine bypassing the combustor.

2. The gas turbine system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hydrogen discharge port of the hydrogen generator-separator is connected to the combustor with a first gas reservoir provided therebetween, and

wherein the first gas reservoir is connected to the combustor with a flow rate control valve provided therebetween.

3. The gas turbine system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the nitrogen discharge port of the hydrogen generator-separator is connected to the combustor with a second gas reservoir provided therebetween, and

wherein the second gas reservoir is connected to the combustor with a flow rate control valve provided therebetween.

4. The gas turbine system according to claim 1 , wherein a pump is provided in a flow passage that connects the ammonia tank and the ammonia supply port of the hydrogen generator-separator to each other.

5. The gas turbine system according to claim 2 ,

wherein a denitration device is provided on a downstream side of the turbine in the exhaust flow passage, and

wherein the nitrogen discharge port of the hydrogen generator-separator is connected to the denitration device.

6. The gas turbine system according to claim 3 ,

wherein a denitration device is provided on a downstream side of the turbine in the exhaust flow passage, and

wherein the nitrogen discharge port of the hydrogen generator-separator is connected to the denitration device.

7. The gas turbine system according to claim 4 ,

wherein a denitration device is provided on a downstream side of the turbine in the exhaust flow passage, and

wherein the nitrogen discharge port of the hydrogen generator-separator is connected to the denitration device.

8. A gas turbine system, comprising:

a combustor;

an intake flow passage connected to the combustor;

an exhaust flow passage connected to the combustor;

a compressor provided in the intake flow passage;

a turbine provided in the exhaust flow passage;

an ammonia tank; and

a hydrogen generator-separator having an ammonia supply port connected to the ammonia tank and a hydrogen discharge port connected to the combustor, the hydrogen generator-separator being arranged on a downstream side of the turbine in the exhaust flow passage or on a downstream side of the compressor in the intake flow passage, the hydrogen generator-separator including an ammonia cracking catalyst and a hydrogen separation membrane,

wherein the hydrogen generator-separator has a nitrogen discharge port,

wherein a denitration device is provided on a downstream side of the turbine in the exhaust flow passage, and

wherein the gas turbine system further comprises a flow passage that connects the nitrogen discharge port and the denitration device bypassing the combustor and the turbine.

9. A gas turbine system, comprising:

a combustor;

an intake flow passage connected to the combustor;

an exhaust flow passage connected to the combustor;

a compressor provided in the intake flow passage;

a turbine provided in the exhaust flow passage;

an ammonia tank; and

a hydrogen generator-separator having an ammonia supply port connected to the ammonia tank and a hydrogen discharge port connected to the combustor, the hydrogen generator-separator being arranged on a downstream side of the turbine in the exhaust flow passage or on a downstream side of the compressor in the intake flow passage, the hydrogen generator-separator including an ammonia cracking catalyst and a hydrogen separation membrane, wherein the hydrogen generator-separator has a nitrogen discharge port, wherein a denitration device is provided on a downstream side of the turbine in the exhaust flow passage, and wherein the nitrogen discharge port of the hydrogen generator-separator is connected via a flow passage to the turbine bypassing the combustor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2023
From: ITO, SHINTARO; FUJIMORI, TOSHIRO; CHOI, WONYOUNG; UCHIDA, MASAHIRO
To: IHI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065915/0248 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-116151 · Jul 14, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022014107 · Mar 24, 2022
Related Publication 20240117763A1 · Apr 11, 2024
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