Gas turbine facility with supercritical fluid “CO2” recirculation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10794274-B2
Application number	US-201615391427-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2016
Priority date	Aug 27, 2013
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

The gas turbine facility 10 of the embodiment includes a combustor 20 combusting fuel and oxidant, a turbine 21 rotated by combustion gas, a heat exchanger 23 cooling the combustion gas, a heat exchanger 24 removing water vapor from the combustion gas which passed through the heat exchanger 23 to regenerate dry working gas, and a compressor 25 compressing the dry working gas until it becomes supercritical fluid. Further, the gas turbine facility 10 includes a pipe 42 guiding a part of the dry working gas from the compressor 25 to the combustor 20 via the heat exchanger 23, a pipe 44 exhausting a part of the dry working gas to the outside, and a pipe 45 introducing a remaining part of the dry working gas exhausted from the compressor 25 into a pipe 40 coupling an outlet of the turbine 21 and an inlet of the heat exchanger 23.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gas turbine facility, comprising:
a combustor combusting fuel and oxidant;
a turbine rotated by combustion gas exhausted from the combustor;
a heat exchanger cooling the combustion gas exhausted from the turbine;
a water vapor remover removing water vapor from the combustion gas which passed through the heat exchanger to regenerate dry working gas therefrom;
a compressor compressing the dry working gas until it becomes supercritical fluid;
a combustor introduction pipe guiding a part of the supercritical fluid exhausted from the compressor to the combustor via the heat exchanger;

a pump configured to pressurize the dry working gas;
an exhaust pipe branched from the combustor introduction pipe on an upstream side of the heat exchanger to exhaust a part of the dry working gas flowing through the combustor introduction pipe to the outside; and
a bypass pipe introducing a remaining part of the supercritical fluid exhausted from the compressor into a pipe coupling extending from an outlet of the turbine to an inlet of the heat exchanger.

2. The gas turbine facility according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pump is controlled in rotation speed independently of a rotation speed of the turbine to vary a flow rate and a pressure of the dry working gas directed to the heat exchanger.

3. The gas turbine facility according to claim 2 , wherein the pump is interposed in the combustor introduction pipe between a branch part of the exhaust pipe and the cooler to increase pressure of the dry working gas flowing through the combustor introduction pipe according to a turbine load.

4. A gas turbine facility, comprising:
a combustor combusting fuel and oxidant;
a turbine rotated by combustion gas exhausted from the combustor;
a heat exchanger cooling the combustion gas exhausted from the turbine;
a water vapor remover removing water vapor from the combustion gas which passed through the heat exchanger to regenerate dry working gas therefrom;
a compressor compressing the dry working gas until it becomes supercritical fluid;
a combustor introduction pipe guiding a part of the supercritical fluid exhausted from the compressor to the combustor via the heat exchanger;
an exhaust pipe branched from the combustor introduction pipe on an upstream side of the heat exchanger to exhaust a part of the dry working gas flowing through the combustor introduction pipe to the outside;
a bypass pipe introducing a remaining part of the supercritical fluid exhausted from the compressor into a pipe extending from an outlet of the turbine to an inlet of the heat exchanger; and
a bypass flow rate regulating valve provided in the bypass pipe to regulate the flow rate of the supercritical fluid flowing through the bypass pipe.

5. The gas turbine facility according to claim 4 , wherein the bypass flow rate regulating valve is configured to provide a substantially constant volumetric flow rate of the dry working gas to the compressor.

6. A gas turbine facility, comprising:
a combustor combusting fuel and oxidant;
a turbine rotated by combustion gas exhausted from the combustor;
a heat exchanger cooling the combustion gas exhausted from the turbine;
a water vapor remover removing water vapor from the combustion gas which passed through the heat exchanger to regenerate dry working gas therefrom;
a pump configured to pressurize the dry working gas;
a combustor introduction pipe guiding a part of the dry working gas to the combustor via the heat exchanger, the pump being controlled in rotation speed independently of a rotation speed of the turbine to vary a flow rate and a pressure of the dry working gas directed to the heat exchanger;
a centrifugal compressor coupled coaxially to the turbine and compressing the dry working gas until it becomes supercritical fluid, and
a cooler interposed in the combustor introduction pipe on an upstream side of a branch part of an exhaust pipe branched from the combustor introduction pipe on an upstream side of the heat exchanger to cool the supercritical fluid flowing through the combustor introduction pipe.

7. The gas turbine facility according to claim 6 , wherein the the combustor introduction pipe receiving the part of the dry working gas from the compressor as supercritical fluid.

8. The gas turbine facility according to claim 7 , wherein the exhaust pipe is arranged to exhaust a part of the dry working gas flowing through the combustor introduction pipe to the outside.

9. The gas turbine facility according to claim 8 , further comprising a bypass pipe introducing a remaining part of the dry working gas exhausted from the compressor into a pipe coupling an outlet of the turbine and an inlet of the heat exchanger.

10. The gas turbine facility according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a fuel flow rate detecting unit interposed in a first pipe, which the fuel supplied to the combustor flows through, to detect a flow rate of the fuel;
an oxidant flow rate detecting unit interposed in a second pipe, which the oxidant supplied to the combustor flows through, to detect a flow rate of the oxidant;
an oxidant flow rate regulating valve provided in the pipe, which the oxidant flows through, to regulate the flow rate of the oxidant;
a combustor introduction flow rate detecting unit interposed in the combustor introduction pipe to detect a flow rate of the supercritical fluid flowing through the combustor introduction pipe;
an exhaust flow rate detecting unit interposed in the exhaust pipe to detect a flow rate of the supercritical fluid flowing through the exhaust pipe;
an exhaust flow rate regulating valve provided in the exhaust pipe to regulate the flow rate of the supercritical fluid flowing through the exhaust pipe;
a bypass flow rate detecting unit interposed in the bypass pipe to detect a flow rate of the supercritical fluid flowing through the bypass pipe;
a bypass flow rate regulating valve provided in the bypass pipe to regulate the flow rate of the supercritical fluid flowing through the bypass pipe; and
a control unit controlling openings of the oxidant flow rate regulating valve, the exhaust flow rate regulating valve, and the bypass flow rate regulating valve based on detection signals from the fuel flow rate detecting unit, the oxidant flow rate detecting unit, the combustor introduction flow rate detecting unit, the exhaust flow rate detecting unit, and the bypass flow rate detecting unit.

11. The gas turbine facility according to claim 9 , further comprising a bypass flow rate regulating valve provided in the bypass pipe to regulate the flow rate of the dry working gas flowing through the bypass pipe.

12. The gas turbine facility according to claim 11 , wherein the bypass flow rate regulating valve is configured to provide a substantially constant volumetric flow rate of the dry working gas to the compressor.

13. The gas turbine facility according to claim 6 , wherein the pump is interposed in the combustor introduction pipe between the branch part of the exhaust pipe and the cooler to increase pressure of the dry working gas flowing through the combustor introduction pipe according to a turbine load.

Assignees

• 8 Rivers Capital Llc

Inventors

• Itoh Masao
• Okizono Nobuhiro
• Maeda Hideyuki
• Iwai Yasunori
• Fetvedt Jeremy Eron
• Allam Rodney John

Classifications

• F02C7/10

  by means of regenerative heat-exchangers · CPC title

• F02C3/34 Primary

  with recycling of part of the working fluid, i.e. semi-closed cycles with combustion products in the closed part of the cycle · CPC title

• F02C3/04

  having a turbine driving a compressor (power transmission arrangements F02C7/36; control of working fluid flow F02C9/16) · CPC title

• F02C1/08

  Semi-closed cycles · 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