Intercooled turbine with thermal storage system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDouglas Alan Jones, Ching-Jen Tang
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Abstract
The present application provides a thermal storage system for use with a gas turbine engine having an intercooler. The thermal storage system may include a secondary cooler in communication with the intercooler, a thermal energy storage tank in communication with the secondary cooler and the intercooler, and a temperature conditioning device positioned about the gas turbine engine and in communication with the thermal energy storage tank.
Claims15
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a turbine;
- a compressor;
- an intercooler;
- and
- a thermal storage system;
- the thermal storage system comprising:
- a secondary cooler in fluid communication with the intercooler via a secondary cooling fluid via a secondary tank inlet line and a secondary tank outlet line;
- a thermal energy storage tank in fluid communication with the secondary cooler and the intercooler via the secondary cooling fluid via a first thermal energy storage tank line and a second thermal energy storage tank line;
- and
- a temperature conditioning device positioned about the gas turbine engine and in fluid communication with the thermal energy storage tank via the secondary cooling fluid.
The gas turbine engine of 8, further comprising a coil pump in communication with the inlet heat exchange coil and the thermal energy storage tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.