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Coal burner combined power plant having a fuel reformer located within the coal furnace
Assignee: Mitsubishi Power Ltd
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Filing: 1995-05-23
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Granted: 1998-01-06
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Expires: 2015-05-23
Abstract
Abstract A coal burner combined power plant includes a gas turbine for burning coal in a furnace under the pressure and uses produced gas. A steam turbine is combined with an exhaust gas boiler using exhaust gas from the gas turbine. Another fuel is burned at an inlet of the gas turbine for allowing the temperature at the inlet of the gas turbine to rise. A fuel reformer reforms the other fuel and is located within the furnace.
Inventors
- 👤 Shozo Kaneko
- 👤 Satoshi Uchida
- 👤 Yasuhiro Yamauchi
- 👤 Susumu Sato
- 👤 Yoshiyuki Wakabayashi
- 👤 Yoshinori Kobayashi
- 👤 Yoshinori Hyakutake
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01K; F01K23/00; F01K23/02; F01K23/06; F01K23/10; F01K23/061; F01K23/067; F02; F02C; F02C3/00; F02C3/20; F22; F22B; F22B33/00; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E20/00; Y02E20/16; Y02E20/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
151 words
A coal burner combined power plant, comprising: a gas turbine having an inlet and an exhaust gas outlet; a coal burning furnace for burning coal under pressure having an outlet connected to said inlet of said gas turbine for supplying gas produced in said furnace to said inlet of said turbine; an exhaust gas boiler connected to said exhaust gas outlet for using exhaust gas from said gas turbine to generate steam; a steam turbine connected with said exhaust gas boiler for using steam generated therein; a supply of another fuel connected to said inlet of said gas turbine; and a fuel reformer located within said coal burning furnace and having an inlet connected to said supply of another fuel and an outlet connected to said inlet of said gas turbine such that said another fuel passes through said fuel reformer and is reformed before said inlet of said gas turbine.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
151 words
A coal burner combined power plant, comprising: a gas turbine having an inlet and an exhaust gas outlet; a coal burning furnace for burning coal under pressure having an outlet connected to said inlet of said gas turbine for supplying gas produced in said furnace to said inlet of said turbine; an exhaust gas boiler connected to said exhaust gas outlet for using exhaust gas from said gas turbine to generate steam; a steam turbine connected with said exhaust gas boiler for using steam generated therein; a supply of another fuel connected to said inlet of said gas turbine; and a fuel reformer located within said coal burning furnace and having an inlet connected to said supply of another fuel and an outlet connected to said inlet of said gas turbine such that said another fuel passes through said fuel reformer and is reformed before said inlet of said gas turbine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
The power plant of claim 1, wherein said furnace comprises a fluidized bed boiler within which said fuel reformer is disposed, and wherein a gas turbine burner is connected to said outlet of said fuel reformer so as to be between said fuel reformer and said gas turbine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
The power plant of claim 1, wherein said furnace comprises a coal gasification furnace for partially burning coal, within which said fuel reformer is disposed, and wherein a gas turbine burner is connected to said outlet of said fuel reformer so as to be between said fuel reformer and said gas turbine.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
The power plant of claim 1, wherein said furnace comprises a coal gasification furnace and an oxidation furnace for completely burning unburned char as a main fuel, said fuel reformer being disposed within said oxidation furnace, and said fuel reformer having said outlet thereof connected to said inlet of said gas turbine by being connected to said coal gasification furnace.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
63 words
The power plant of claim 1, wherein said furnace comprises a coal gasification furnace and an oxidation furnace for completely burning unburned char as a main fuel, said fuel reformer being disposed within said oxidation furnace, and wherein a gas turbine burner is connected to said outlet of said fuel reformer so as to be between said fuel reformer and said gas turbine.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
67 words
The power plant of claim 1, wherein said furnace comprises a coal gasification furnace comprising a desulfurization furnace and a gas cooler, wherein said fuel reformer is disposed within at least one of said desulfurization furnace and said gas cooler, and wherein a gas turbine burner is connected to said outlet of said fuel reformer so as to be between said fuel reformer and said gas turbine.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
The power plant of claim 1, wherein said supply comprises a supply of natural gas.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
11 words
The power plant of claim 1, wherein said supply comprises methanol.
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