System and method for top platform assembly of heat recovery steam generator (HRSG)

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12313255-B2
Application number	US-202117566975-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2021
Priority date	Sep 4, 2019
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

A heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) includes a base and a top platform assembly disposed on the base. The top platform assembly includes a first top platform auxiliary module having a first rectangular frame in which a steam manifold is disposed, a second top platform auxiliary module having a second rectangular frame in which a high pressure (HP) drum is disposed, and a third top platform auxiliary module having a third rectangular frame in which a low pressure (LP) drum and an intermediate pressure (IP) drum are disposed. Each top platform auxiliary module may be pre-assembled on the ground prior to be raised to elevation for installed on the base.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heat recovery steam generator (HRSG), comprising:
a top platform auxiliary module having:
a frame;
a steam manifold, a high pressure (HP) drum, an intermediate pressure (IP) drum, or a low pressure (LP) drum disposed in the frame;
a terminal fluid connection corresponding to the steam manifold, the HP drum, the IP drum, or the LP drum; and
a mount spaced from the terminal fluid connection a predetermined distance; and

a base having:
a ridge configured to support the top platform auxiliary module by engaging the mount; and
a base fluid connection spaced from the ridge a distance corresponding to the predetermined distance such that the terminal fluid connection is configured to align with the base fluid connection when the ridge engages the mount.

2. The HRSG of claim 1 , comprising a PUP piece configured to couple the base fluid connection to the terminal fluid connection.

3. The HRSG of claim 2 , wherein a portion of the PUP piece is configured to extend along a height direction between a ridge top of the ridge and a base top of the base fluid connection.

4. The HRSG of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises an additional ridge configured to engage an additional mount of an additional top platform auxiliary module, and a top of the ridge and an additional top of the additional ridge form a horizontal plane.

5. The HRSG of claim 1 , wherein the mount comprises a first extension and a second extension, and the ridge is configured to engage the mount by being disposed between the first extension and the second extension.

6. The HRSG of claim 5 , wherein:
the top platform auxiliary module comprises an additional mount having a third extension and a fourth extension; and
the base comprises an additional ridge configured to support the top platform auxiliary module by engaging the additional mount, wherein the additional ridge is configured to engage the additional mount by being disposed between the third extension and the fourth extension.

7. The HRSG of claim 1 , comprising the steam manifold disposed in the frame, wherein the terminal fluid connection corresponds to the steam manifold.

8. The HRSG of claim 1 , comprising the HP drum disposed in the frame, wherein the terminal fluid connection corresponds to the HP drum.

9. The HRSG of claim 1 , comprising the IP drum disposed in the frame, wherein the terminal fluid connection corresponds to the IP drum.

10. The HRSG of claim 1 , comprising the LP drum disposed in the frame, wherein the terminal fluid connection corresponds to the LP drum.

11. A method of constructing a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG), comprising:
forming a top platform auxiliary module such that the top platform auxiliary module includes:
a frame;
a steam manifold, a high pressure (HP) drum, an intermediate pressure (IP) drum, or a low pressure (LP) drum disposed in the frame;
a terminal fluid connection corresponding to the steam manifold, the HP drum, the IP drum, or the LP drum; and
a mount spaced from the terminal fluid connection a predetermined distance;
forming a base such that the base includes:
a ridge configured to support the top platform auxiliary module by engaging the mount; and
a base fluid connection spaced from the ridge a distance corresponding to the predetermined distance such that the terminal fluid connection is configured to align with the base fluid connection when the ridge engages the mount;

lifting the top platform auxiliary module to elevation; and
disposing the top platform auxiliary module on the base such that the mount engages the ridge and the base fluid connection is aligned with the terminal fluid connection.

12. The method of claim 11 , comprising coupling the base fluid connection to the terminal fluid connection via a PUP piece.

13. The method of claim 12 , comprising disposing a portion of the PUP piece along a height direction between a ridge top of the ridge and a base top of the base fluid connection.

14. The method of claim 11 , comprising:
forming the base such that the base includes:
a top of the ridge;
an additional ridge configured to engage an additional mount of an additional top platform auxiliary module;
an additional top of the additional ridge; and
a horizontal plane formed by the top of the ridge and the additional top of the ridge.

15. The method of claim 11 , comprising
forming the top platform auxiliary module such that the mount includes a first extension and a second extension; and
disposing the top platform auxiliary module on the base such that the mount engages the ridge by receiving the ridge between the first extension and the second extension.

16. The method of claim 15 , comprising:
forming the top platform auxiliary module such that the top platform auxiliary module includes an additional mount having a third extension and a fourth extension;
forming the base such that the base includes an additional ridge; and
disposing the top platform auxiliary module on the base such that the additional mount engages the additional ridge by receiving the additional ridge between the third extension and the fourth extension.

17. The method of claim 11 , comprising forming the top platform auxiliary module such that the top platform auxiliary module includes:
the steam manifold disposed in the frame; and
the terminal fluid connection corresponding to the steam manifold.

18. The method of claim 11 , comprising forming the top platform auxiliary module such that the top platform auxiliary module includes:
the HP drum disposed in the frame; and
the terminal fluid connection corresponding to the HP drum.

19. The method of claim 11 , comprising forming the top platform auxiliary module such that the top platform auxiliary module includes:
the IP drum disposed in the frame; and
the terminal fluid connection corresponding to the IP drum.

20. The method of claim 11 , comprising forming the top platform auxiliary module such that the top platform auxiliary module includes:
the LP drum disposed in the frame; and
the terminal fluid connection corresponding to the LP drum.

Assignees

• Ge Intrastructure Tech Llc
• Ge Infrastructure Technology Llc

Inventors

• Moller Phillip Geoffrey
• Tripathy Janmejaya

Classifications

• F28F9/002

  with fastening means for other structures · CPC title

• F22B37/22

  Drums; Headers; Accessories therefor · CPC title

• F22B37/228

  Headers for distributing feedwater into steam generator vessels; Accessories therefor · CPC title

• F22B37/24

  Supporting, suspending or setting arrangements, e.g. heat shielding · CPC title

• F28F2280/06

  Adapter frames, e.g. for mounting heat exchanger cores on other structure and for allowing fluidic connections · CPC title