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Cascaded advanced high efficiency multi-shaft reheat turbine with intercooling and recuperation
Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute
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Filing: 1993-04-23
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Granted: 1994-09-20
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Expires: 2013-04-23
Abstract
Abstract An electric power generation system including a power shaft assembly including a combustion turbine with a compressor, an expansion turbine, a combustor feeding the expansion turbine, an electrical generator, and a shaft for coupling the expansion turbine to drive the compressor and the electrical generator; an additional shaft assembly including an intercooler, a compressor, an expansion turbine, a combustor feeding the expansion turbine, and a driver for driving the compressor of the additional shaft assembly, the compressor of the additional shaft assembly being constructed and arranged to have a pressure ratio greater than a pressure ratio of the expansion turbine of the additional shaft assembly which is fluid connected to the power shaft assembly for pressure unloading the compressor of the power shaft assembly; a recuperator; and an exhaust stack. The power shaft assembly, the additional shaft assembly and the recuperator are connected to define a thermal cycle with an air and gas path that passes through the compressor of the power shaft assembly, through the intercooler and compressor of the additional shaft assembly, through the recuperator, through the combustor and expansion turbine of the additional shaft assembly and through the combustor and expansion turbine of the power shaft assembly, and finally exhausting through the recuperator to the exhaust stack.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael Nakhamkin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 21:25
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01K; F01K21/00; F01K21/04; F01K21/047; F02; F02C; F02C3/00; F02C3/36; F02C6/00; F02C6/003; F05; F05D; F05D2220/00; F05D2220/60; F05D2260/00; F05D2260/20; F05D2260/211; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T50/00; Y02T50/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
231 words
An electric power generation system comprising: a single power shaft assembly including a combustion turbine having a compressor, an expansion turbine, a combustor feeding said expansion turbine, an electrical generator, and means for coupling said expansion turbine to drive said compressor and said electrical generator; at least one additional shaft assembly including an intercooler, a compressor, an expansion turbine, a combustor feeding said expansion turbine, and means for driving the compressor of the additional shaft assembly, said compressor of the at least one additional shaft assembly being constructed and arranged to have a pressure ratio greater than a pressure ratio of the expansion turbine of said at least one additional shaft assembly which is fluid connected to said single power shaft assembly for pressure unloading the compressor of said single power shaft assembly; a recuperator; and an exhaust stack, said single power shaft assembly, said at least one additional shaft assembly and said recuperator being connected to define a thermal cycle with an air and gas path that passes through the compressor of said single power shaft assembly, through the intercooler and compressor of said at least one additional shaft assembly, through said recuperator, through the combustor and expansion turbine of said at least one additional shaft assembly and through the combustor and expansion turbine of said single power shaft assembly, and finally exhausting through said recuperator to said exhaust stack.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
231 words
An electric power generation system comprising: a single power shaft assembly including a combustion turbine having a compressor, an expansion turbine, a combustor feeding said expansion turbine, an electrical generator, and means for coupling said expansion turbine to drive said compressor and said electrical generator; at least one additional shaft assembly including an intercooler, a compressor, an expansion turbine, a combustor feeding said expansion turbine, and means for driving the compressor of the additional shaft assembly, said compressor of the at least one additional shaft assembly being constructed and arranged to have a pressure ratio greater than a pressure ratio of the expansion turbine of said at least one additional shaft assembly which is fluid connected to said single power shaft assembly for pressure unloading the compressor of said single power shaft assembly; a recuperator; and an exhaust stack, said single power shaft assembly, said at least one additional shaft assembly and said recuperator being connected to define a thermal cycle with an air and gas path that passes through the compressor of said single power shaft assembly, through the intercooler and compressor of said at least one additional shaft assembly, through said recuperator, through the combustor and expansion turbine of said at least one additional shaft assembly and through the combustor and expansion turbine of said single power shaft assembly, and finally exhausting through said recuperator to said exhaust stack.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one supplementary duct burner located downstream of said single power shaft assembly expansion turbine and upstream of said recuperator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 1 further comprising means for providing water for cooling said intercooler.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising at least one saturator positioned between the highest pressure compressor discharge and said recuperator.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus of claim 4 further comprising an aftercooler positioned between the highest pressure compressor discharge and said at least one saturator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus of claim 4 further comprising at least one water heater utilizing available heat from the power shaft assembly expansion turbine exhaust and supplying hot water to said at least one saturator.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising at least one duct burner positioned between the power shaft assembly expansion turbine exhaust and said recuperator.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising at least one duct burner positioned between the recuperator exhaust and the water heaters.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a multi-pressure heat recovery steam generator positioned between said recuperator and said exhaust stack.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said expansion turbine of said single power shaft assembly is a simple-cycle combustion turbine constructed and arranged to operate at an inlet temperature of at least 2300° F.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
39 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said expansion turbine of said at least one additional shaft assembly is an industrial expander constructed and arranged to operate at an inlet temperature in the range of 1400° F. to 1600° F.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
39 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said turbine of said at least one additional shaft assembly is constructed and arranged to have an inlet temperature less than an inlet temperature of said turbine of said single power shaft assembly.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
166 words
The system of claim 1 wherein a plurality of additional shaft assemblies are provided such that said single power shaft assembly, said plurality of additional shaft assemblies and said recuperator are connected to define a thermal cycle with an air and gas path that passes through the compressor of said single power shaft assembly, through the intercooler and compressor of each additional shaft assembly of said plurality of additional shaft assemblies in a first predetermined ordered sequence, through said recuperator, through the combustor and expansion turbine of each additional shaft assembly of said plurality of said additional shaft assemblies in a second predetermined ordered sequence and through the combustor and expansion turbine of said single power shaft assembly, and finally exhausting through said recuperator to said exhaust stack, said compressor of each additional shaft assembly being constructed and arranged to have a pressure ratio greater than a pressure ratio of the cooperating expansion turbine for pressure unloading the compressor of said single power shaft assembly further.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said system includes only one electrical generator which is said electrical generator of said single power shaft assembly.
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