Mobile gas turbine inlet air conditioning system and associated methods
AssigneeBJ Energy Solutions, LLC
InventorsTony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon
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Abstract
A system, as well as associated methods, for increasing the efficiency of a gas turbine including an inlet assembly and a compressor may include a housing configured to channel airstream towards the inlet assembly, an air treatment module positioned at a proximal end the housing, and at least one air conditioning module mounted downstream of the air treatment module for adjusting the temperature of the airstream entering the compressor. The air treatment module may include a plurality of inlet air filters and at least one blower configured to pressurize the air entering the air treatment module.
Claims25
An air treatment system to increase the efficiency of a gas turbine, the gas turbine including a gas turbine compressor and an inlet assembly positioned to provide an input side portion of the gas turbine, the air treatment system comprising:
- a housing positioned to channel an airstream towards the inlet assembly, the housing positioned upstream of the input side;
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- an air treatment module:
- one or more inlet air filters to provide filtering of fluid flow to a first internal chamber, the first internal chamber including one or more outlets therefrom, and
- one or more blowers positioned in the first internal chamber to provide fluid flow to an interior of the housing through the one or more outlets of the first internal chamber, the one or more blowers positioned and configured to pressurize the air entering the air treatment module, and
- one or more air conditioning modules mounted downstream of the air treatment module to decrease the temperature of the airstream entering the gas turbine compressor, such that the airstream enters the one or more air conditioning modules at a first temperature and exits the one or more air conditioning modules at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, the one or more air conditioning modules including one or more chiller modules.
A hydraulic fracturing unit to be mounted on a trailer, the hydraulic fracturing unit comprising:
- a hydraulic fracturing pump to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead, the hydraulic fracturing pump configured to be connected to the trailer;
- a gas turbine to drive the hydraulic fracturing pump;
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- an air treatment system to increase the efficiency of the gas turbine, the gas turbine comprising an inlet assembly and a gas turbine compressor, the air treatment system comprising:
- a housing positioned to channel an airstream towards the inlet assembly;
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- an air treatment module comprising:
- one or more inlet air filters to filter fluid flow to a first internal chamber, and
- one or more blowers mounted in the first internal chamber to provide fluid flow to an interior of the housing via at least one outlet of the first internal chamber, the one or more blowers positioned and configured to pressurize the air entering the air treatment module, and
- one or more air conditioning modules mounted downstream of the air treatment module to decrease the temperature of the airstream entering the compressor, such that the airstream enters the one or more air conditioning modules at a first temperature and exits the one or more air conditioning modules at a second temperature lower than the second temperature.
A method to enhance the efficiency of a gas turbine comprising an inlet assembly and a compressor, the method comprising:
- causing an airstream to flow toward the inlet assembly;
- passing the airstream through one or more inlet air filters to a first internal chamber;
- causing the airstream to (a) pass through, (b) pass around, or (c) pass through and around a plurality of condenser coils in flow communication with a source of pressurized chilled refrigerant;
- operating one or more blowers to pressurize the airstream and provide fluid flow to an interior of a housing;
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- causing the airstream to enter one or more air conditioning modules at a first temperature and exit the one or more air conditioning modules at a second temperature lower than the first temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.