Combined energy storage turbine and simple cycle peaker system

A system, comprising:

• a gas turbine engine, said gas turbine engine comprising:
• a flow diffuser system;
• a combustor;
• a retrofitted compressor, said retrofitted compressor being devoid of stator airfoils between a plurality of retrofitted rotating blades, each of said plurality of retrofitted rotating blades being devoid of an airfoil, said retrofitted compressor retaining said plurality of retrofitted rotating blades;
• and a turbine coupled to a shaft;
• a low pressure intercooled compressor;
• a high pressure intercooled compressor;
• a recuperator;
• and a compressed air storage tank, said compressed air storage tank being in fluid communication with said low pressure intercooled compressor via said high pressure intercooled compressor, and said recuperator;
• wherein:
• said high pressure intercooled compressor is configured to selectively receive compressed air from said low pressure intercooled compressor and is further configured to selectively compress said compressed air to a highly compressed air for storage in said compressed air storage tank;
• and each of said compressed air storage tank and said low pressure intercooled compressor is selectively and fluidly coupled to said gas turbine engine.

A method of operating a gas turbine system, the gas turbine system comprising a flow diffuser system, a retrofitted compressor, a combustor, a turbine coupled to a shaft, a plurality of low pressure intercooled compressors, a plurality of high pressure intercooled compressors, a plurality of Turbophase modules, each of said plurality of Turbophase modules comprising a recuperative compressor having a compressor recuperator, and a compressed air storage tank, said method comprising:

• generating compressed air with said plurality of low pressure intercooled compressors to form compressed air;
• compressing said compressed air with said plurality of high pressure intercooled compressors to form highly compressed air;
• storing said highly compressed air in said compressed air storage tank;
• and retrofitting said retrofitted compressor by removing a plurality of stator airfoils from a plurality of stators between a plurality of retrofitted rotating blades and removing a plurality of rotating airfoils from said plurality of retrofitted rotating blades, said retrofitted compressor retaining said plurality of retrofitted rotating blades.