Combined cycle power plant
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRaimond Arnold, Christoph Ruchti, Glenn T. Selby
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Abstract
The invention relates a combined cycle power plant with a gas turbine, a shaft connecting a compressor to a turbine, and a first generator, a heat recovery steam generator fluidly connected to the exhaust of the gas turbine.
Claims14
A combined cycle power plant comprising a gas turbine coupled to a first generator, a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) fluidly connected to an exhaust of the gas turbine, and a steam turbine arrangement comprising a high pressure steam turbine and/or a medium pressure steam turbine and/or a low pressure steam turbine connected to the heat recovery steam generator with at least one of:
- a high pressure life steam pipe, a medium pressure hot reheat steam pipe and a low pressure steam pipe, and a steam turbine shaft connecting the steam turbine arrangement and a second generator, the combined cycle further comprising:
- at least one HRSG supporting structure;
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- at least one bundle comprising:
- a bundle suspension comprising at least one spring, the bundle suspension coupled to the at least one HRSG supporting structure:
- an upper manifold coupled to the bundle suspension:
- a plurality of vertically arranged heat exchanger pipes coupled to the upper manifold:
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- a lower manifold coupled to the plurality of vertically arranged heat exchanger pipes,
- wherein the bundle suspension is spring loaded via the at least one spring and pulls the upper manifold vertically upward, and
- wherein the high pressure steam turbine and/or the medium pressure steam turbine is arranged next to the heat recovery steam generator with the high pressure life steam pipe connecting a final lower superheat manifold to the high pressure steam turbine, and/or the medium pressure hot reheat steam pipe connecting a final lower reheat manifold to the medium pressure steam turbine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.