Back to results
US 10,704,472 B2Granted
Mobile power generation system including air filtration
AssigneeOn-Power, Inc.
InventorLarry D. Davis
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Mobile power generation system and methods for air filtration include providing a trailer including a rear end, a front end, a bottom end, and a top end, a gas turbine housed inside the trailer, an electrical generator coupled to the gas turbine to generate electricity and housed inside the trailer, and a plurality of air inlets disposed on a side panel disposed below the top end and between the rear end and the front end of the trailer, the plurality of air inlets in fluid communication with the gas turbine and the electrical generator, and the plurality of air inlets configured to receive and filter air comprising at least one of combustion air and ventilation air.
Claims20
A mobile power generation system comprising:
- a trailer including a rear end, a front end, a bottom end, and a top end defining therebetween an interior space;
- a gas turbine housed inside the trailer in the interior space;
- an electrical generator coupled to the gas turbine to generate electricity and housed inside the trailer in the interior space;
- and
- a plurality of air inlets disposed on a side panel of the trailer, the side panel disposed below the top end and between the rear end and the front end of the trailer, the plurality of air inlets in fluid communication with the gas turbine and the electrical generator, and the plurality of air inlets configured to receive and filter air comprising at least one of combustion air and ventilation air, wherein the plurality of air inlets comprises a pair of ventilation air inlets, the electrical generator is configured to receive a portion of ventilation air from the pair of ventilation air inlets, the trailer further comprises a plenum in fluid communication with the pair of ventilation air inlets, the electrical generator comprises one or more fans in fluid communication with the plenum and configured to draw an amount of the portion of ventilation air into an inlet of the electrical generator, and a remaining amount of the portion of ventilation air in the plenum is configured to be diverted to surround an outside of the electrical generator.
2 more elements
A method for air filtration in a mobile power generation system, the method comprising:
- providing the mobile power generation system comprising:
- a trailer including a rear end, a front end, a bottom end, and a top end defining therebetween an interior space;
- a gas turbine housed inside the trailer in the interior space;
- an electrical generator coupled to the gas turbine to generate electricity and housed inside the trailer in the interior space, the electrical generator comprising an inlet and one or more fans in fluid communication with the inlet;
- and
- at least a pair of ventilation air inlets and a plurality of combustion air inlets disposed near the top end of the trailer on a side panel of the trailer, the side panel disposed below the top end and between the rear end and the front end of the trailer;
- and
- receiving, into the gas turbine, combustion air from the plurality of combustion air inlets for combustion in the gas turbine;
- receiving, into and around the electrical generator, ventilation air from the pair of ventilation air inlets, comprising:
- drawing the ventilation air from the pair of ventilation air inlets into a second plenum in fluid communication with the pair of ventilation air inlets;
- drawing a first portion of the ventilation air from the second plenum into the inlet of the electrical generator through the one or more fans of the electrical generator;
- and
- drawing a second portion of the ventilation air from the second plenum to around an outside of the electrical generator;
- cooling the electrical generator through the ventilation air;
- releasing the ventilation air from the electrical generator;
- and
- releasing the ventilation air to atmosphere.
14 more elements
A mobile power generation system comprising:
- a trailer including a rear end, a front end, a bottom end, and a top end defining therebetween an interior space;
- a gas turbine housed inside the trailer in the interior space;
- an electrical generator coupled to the gas turbine to generate electricity and housed inside the trailer in the interior space;
- and
- a plurality of air inlets disposed on a side panel of the trailer, the side panel disposed below the top end and between the rear end and the front end of the trailer, the plurality of air inlets in fluid communication with the gas turbine and the electrical generator, and the plurality of air inlets configured to receive and filter air comprising at least one of combustion air and ventilation air, and
- a plurality of silencer hoods respectively comprising a plurality of air inlets, each air inlet of each silencer hood disposed at a top end of each silencer hood and in fluid communication with a corresponding air inlet of the plurality of air inlets disposed on the side panel of the trailer.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.