Turbine engine gas-inlet cooling system and turbine engine apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12510024-B2
Application number	US-202418408240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2024
Priority date	Feb 16, 2022
Publication date	Dec 30, 2025
Grant date	Dec 30, 2025

Abstract

A turbine engine gas-inlet cooling system and a turbine engine apparatus are disclosed. The turbine engine includes a gas-inlet end and a gas-outlet end, and the turbine engine gas-inlet cooling system includes a gas-inlet cooling device. The gas-inlet cooling device includes a gas-input end and a gas-output end, and is configured to cool working gas being input from the gas-input end. The gas-output end is connected with the gas-inlet end of the turbine engine.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An air-inlet cooling system of a turbine engine, wherein the turbine engine comprises an air-inlet end and an air-outlet end, and wherein the air-inlet cooling system comprises:
a gasification pipeline, connected to a liquefied natural gas gasification device configured to gasify a liquefied natural gas to cool a working liquid in a cooling liquid transmission line connected to the gasification pipeline; and an air-inlet cooling device comprising:
an air input end and an air output end, the air-inlet cooling device configured to cool a working air input from the air input end, wherein the air-output end is connected with the air-inlet end of the turbine engine; and
an air-liquid heat exchange device comprising:
an input serving as the air-input end of the air-inlet cooling device for inputting the working air into the air-liquid heat exchange device;
a liquid-inlet end for inputting the working liquid from the cooling liquid transmission line into the air-liquid heat exchange device; and
an output serving as the air-output end of the air-inlet cooling device for outputting the working air after heat exchange with the working liquid.

2 . The air-inlet cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein the air-inlet cooling system further comprises:
a first filter device, connected between the air-outlet end of the air-liquid heat exchange device and the air-inlet end of the turbine engine, and is configured to filter the working air discharged from the air-liquid heat exchange device.

3 . The air-inlet cooling system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a second filter device, connected between the first filter device and the air-inlet end of the turbine engine, and configured to filter the working air discharged from the first filter device.

4 . The air-inlet cooling system according to claim 3 , wherein:
filtering precision of the second filter device is higher than that of the first filter device; and purity of the working air after passing through the second filter device is higher than that of the working air after passing through the first filter device.

5 . The air-inlet cooling system according to claim 1 , wherein the turbine engine comprises:
a working chamber; and an air-inlet chamber, comprising the air-inlet end of the turbine engine and is connected to the working chamber, wherein the air-liquid heat exchange device is arranged on the air-inlet chamber, and output of the air-liquid heat exchange device is connected to the air-inlet chamber.

6 . The air-inlet cooling system according to claim 5 , wherein the air-liquid heat exchange device is arranged on a top of the air-inlet chamber away from ground.

7 . The air-inlet cooling system according to claim 5 , wherein the working chamber of the turbine engine comprises:
an air compressor, connected to the air-inlet chamber; and a combustion chamber, connected to the air compressor.

8 . An air-inlet cooling system of a turbine engine, wherein the turbine engine comprises an air-inlet end and an air-outlet end, and the air-inlet cooling system comprises an air-inlet cooling device comprising:
an air-input end and an air-output end, the air-inlet device configured to cool a working air input from the air-input end, wherein the air-output end is connected with the air-inlet end of the turbine engine; a cooling chamber, wherein the working air enters the cooling chamber through the air-inlet end; an atomizer device, connected with the cooling chamber; and a liquid supply pipeline which is connected with the atomizer device, and is configured to transport a liquid to the atomizer device, wherein the atomizer device is configured to atomize the liquid and allow an atomized liquid to enter the cooling chamber.

9 . The air-inlet cooling system according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a temperature control system, configured to regulate a temperature of the working air after heat exchange in the cooling chamber.

10 . The air-inlet cooling system according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a temperature control system, configured to regulate a temperature of the working air after heat exchange in the cooling chamber.

11 . The air-inlet cooling system according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a liquid separator, configured to remove at least part of liquid in the working air cooled by heat exchange in the cooling chamber.

12 . A turbine engine apparatus, comprising the air-inlet cooling system according to claim 8 , the air-inlet end and the air-outlet end.

13 . The turbine engine apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the turbine engine apparatus further comprises a main carrier, and the air-inlet cooling device is arranged on the main carrier.

14 . The turbine engine apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the turbine engine apparatus is a turbine fracturing apparatus or a turbine power generation apparatus.

15 . The air-inlet cooling system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a temperature control system, configured to regulate a temperature of the working air after heat exchange in the air-liquid heat exchange device.

16 . The air-inlet cooling system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a liquid separator, configured to remove at least part of liquid in the working air cooled by heat exchange in the air-liquid heat exchange device.

17 . A turbine engine apparatus, comprising the air-inlet cooling system according to claim 1 , the air-inlet end and the air-outlet end.

18 . The turbine engine apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the turbine engine apparatus further comprises a main carrier, and the air-inlet cooling device is arranged on the main carrier.

19 . The turbine engine apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the turbine engine apparatus is a turbine fracturing apparatus or a turbine power generation apparatus.

Assignees

• Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Rikui
• Li Xincheng
• Zhang Peng
• Liu Zhijie

Classifications

• F02C7/12 Primary

  Cooling of plants (of component parts, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. F01D; cooling of engines in general F01P) · CPC title

• E21B43/2607

  Surface equipment specially adapted for fracturing operations · CPC title

• F05D2260/20

  Heat transfer, e.g. cooling · CPC title

• F02C6/18 Primary

  using the waste heat of gas-turbine plants outside the plants themselves, e.g. gas-turbine power heat plants (using waste heat as source of energy for refrigeration plants F25B27/02; using the waste heat of a gasturbine for steam generation or in a steam cycle see F01K23/10) · CPC title