System and method for coupling components of a turbine system with cables

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10060349-B2
Application number	US-201514935302-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2015
Priority date	Nov 6, 2015
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

A system includes a turbine having one or more turbine stages and a turbine support system, which may include a turbine support component, a motor coupled to the turbine support component, an auxiliary component, and a first cable interface coupled to the motor and the auxiliary component, and a motor control system. The motor control system includes a controller, a power source coupled to the controller, a second cable interface coupled to the power source, and a cable having a first plug removably coupled to the first cable interface and a second plug removably coupled to the second cable interface. The cable includes a plurality of insulated conductors. The first plug and the first cable interface include a first set of mating motor connectors and mating auxiliary connectors, and the second plug and the second cable interface include a second set of mating motor connectors and mating auxiliary connectors.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a turbine having one or more turbine stages;
a turbine support system, comprising:
a turbine support component configured to support operation of the turbine;
a motor coupled to the turbine support component, wherein the motor is configured to drive the turbine support component;
an auxiliary component comprising a motor support component configured to support operation of the motor; and
a first cable interface coupled to the motor and the auxiliary component;

a motor control system, comprising:
a controller;
a power source coupled to the controller; and
a second cable interface coupled to the power source; and

a cable having a first plug removably coupled to the first cable interface and a second plug removably coupled to the second cable interface, wherein the cable comprises a plurality of conductors that are insulated from one another, the first plug and the first cable interface comprise a first set of mating motor connectors and a first set of mating auxiliary connectors, and the second plug and the second cable interface comprise a second set of mating motor connectors and a second set of mating auxiliary connectors.

2. The system of claim 1 , comprising a mobile turbine system having the turbine, the turbine support system, the motor control system, and the cable.

3. The system of claim 1 , comprising an electrical generator driven by the turbine.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the turbine comprises a gas turbine engine having a compressor, a combustor, and the one or more turbine stages.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the turbine support component comprises a cooling system, a fan, a fuel system, a pump, or a combination thereof, configured to support operation of the turbine.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the motor support component of the auxiliary component comprises a heating system, a monitoring system, a sensor, or a combination thereof, configured to support operation of the motor.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the motor comprises an alternating current (AC) motor, the first set of mating motor connectors comprises a first set of mating three-phase connectors, and the second set of mating motor connectors comprises a second set of mating three-phase connectors, wherein each of the first and second sets of mating three-phase connectors has only one mating pair of first phase connectors, only one mating pair of second phase connectors, and only one mating pair of third phase connectors.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sets of mating motor connectors are high voltage connectors, and the first and second sets of mating auxiliary connectors are low voltage connectors.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sets of mating motor connectors and the first and second sets of mating auxiliary connectors comprise mating male and female connectors that slidingly engage one another in an axial direction.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first plug is selectively locked to the first cable interface with a first set of mating lock features, and the second plug is selectively locked to the second cable interface with a second set of mating lock features.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the turbine support system comprises a sensor, the first cable interface is coupled to the sensor, the first plug and the first cable interface comprise a first set of mating sensor connectors, and the second plug and the second cable interface comprise a second set of mating sensor connectors.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the sensor is configured to monitor one or more parameters of the turbine support system.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the cable has a first set of conductors extending between the first and second sets of mating motor connectors, a second set of conductors extending between the first and second sets of mating auxiliary connectors, and a third set of conductors extending between the first and second sets of mating sensor connectors.

14. A system, comprising:
a turbine support system, comprising:
a turbine support component configured to support operation of a turbine;
a motor coupled to the turbine support component, wherein the motor is configured to drive the turbine support component;
an auxiliary component comprising a motor support component configured to support operation of the motor; and
a first cable interface coupled to the motor and the auxiliary component, wherein the first cable interface is configured to removably couple with a first plug of a cable, and the first plug and the first cable interface comprise a first set of mating motor connectors and a first set of mating auxiliary connectors.

15. The system of claim 14 , comprising the cable having the first plug, a second plug, and a plurality of conductors that are insulated from one another.

16. The system of claim 14 , comprising a motor control system having a controller, a power source coupled to the controller, and a second cable interface coupled to the power source, wherein the second cable interface is configured to removably couple with a second plug of the cable, and the second plug and the second cable interface comprise a second set of mating motor connectors and a second set of mating auxiliary connectors.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the turbine support system comprises a sensor, the first cable interface is coupled to the sensor, the first plug and the first cable interface comprise a first set of mating sensor connectors.

18. A system, comprising:
a cable having a first plug configured to removably couple to a first cable interface of a turbine support system and a second plug configured to removably couple to a second cable interface of a motor control system, wherein the cable comprises a plurality of conductors that are insulated from one another, the first plug and the first cable interface comprise a first set of mating motor connectors and a first set of mating auxiliary connectors, the second plug and the second cable interface comprise a second set of mating motor connectors and a second set of mating auxiliary connectors, the plurality of conductors comprise a first set of one or more motor conductors extending between the first and second plugs and configured to support a motor that drives a turbine support component of the turbine support system, the plurality of conductors comprise a second set of one or more auxiliary conductors extending between the first and second plugs and configured to support an auxiliary component that supports operation of the motor of the turbine support system.

19. The system of claim 18 , comprising at least one of:
the turbine support system comprising a turbine support component, a motor coupled to the turbine support component, an auxiliary component, and the first cable interface coupled to the motor and the auxiliary component; or
the motor control system comprising a controller, a power source coupled to the controller, and the second cable interface coupled to the power source.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the first plug and the first cable interface comprise a first set of mating sensor connectors, and the second plug and the second cable interface comprise a second set of mating sensor connectors, the plurality of conductors comprise a third set of one or more sensor conductors extending between the first and second plugs and configured to support a sensor.

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Morales Álvarez Sergio
• Perales Muñoz Waldemar Alejandro
• Kleen Randall John

Classifications

• F02C7/20 Primary

  Mounting or supporting of plant; Accommodating heat expansion or creep · CPC title

• F02C7/32

  Arrangement, mounting, or driving, of auxiliaries · CPC title

• F02C7/00 Primary

  Features, components parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart form groups F02C1/00 - F02C6/00; Air intakes for jet-propulsion plants (controlling F02C9/00) · CPC title