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US 11,686,258 B2Granted
Control systems and methods suitable for use with power production systems and methods
Assignee8 Rivers Capital, LLC
InventorsJeremy Eron Fetvedt, Rodney John Allam
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Abstract
Control systems and methods suitable for combination with power production systems and methods are provided herein. The control systems and methods may be used with, for example, closed power cycles as well as semi-closed power cycles. The combined control systems and methods and power production systems and methods can provide dynamic control of the power production systems and methods that can be carried out automatically based upon inputs received by controllers and outputs from the controllers to one or more components of the power production systems.
Claims15
A power production plant comprising:
- a compressor arranged to receive and compress a low pressure stream comprising CO2 to form a compressed stream comprising CO2;
- a pump arranged to receive and pressurize at least a portion of the compressed stream comprising CO2 and output a high pressure stream comprising CO2;
- a combustor arranged to receive fuel from a fuel stream, receive an oxidant from an oxidant stream, and receive the high pressure stream comprising CO2 and output a stream of heated, high pressure gases that comprise CO2;
- a turbine arranged to receive and expand the heated, high pressure gases that comprise CO2 and output the low pressure stream comprising CO2;
- a power producing generator;
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- a controller configured to execute one or more control algorithms effective to modify an operating condition of one or more of the compressor, the pump, and the combustor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.