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US 2010/0146981 A1Published application
Turbine Inlet Air Heat Pump-Type System
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAbbas Motakef, Peter Feher
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Abstract
A heating and cooling system for inlet air of a turbine compressor. The heating and cooling system may include a thermal energy storage tank charging loop, a cooling loop in communication with the thermal energy storage charging loop, and a heating loop in communication with the cooling loop and the inlet air of the turbine compressor.
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A heating and cooling system for inlet air of a gas turbine compressor, comprising:
- a thermal energy storage tank charging loop;
- a cooling loop in communication with the thermal energy storage tank charging loop;
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- a heating loop in communication with the cooling loop and the inlet air of the turbine compressor.
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A method of operating an inlet air heating and cooling system for a compressor inlet as a heat pump, comprising:
- operating a chiller to charge a thermal energy storage tank;
- directing waste heat from the chiller to a heat exchanger,
- heating a fluid in communication with the compressor inlet and the waste heat of the chiller in the heat exchanger, and
- heating the inlet air about the compressor with the waste heat of the chiller.
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A heating and cooling system for inlet air of a gas turbine compressor, comprising:
- a thermal energy storage tank charging loop with a thermal energy storage tank and a chiller evaporator;
- a cooling loop in communication with the thermal energy storage tank charging loop;
- the cooling loop comprising a chiller condenser and a heat recovery heat exchanger;
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- a heating loop in communication with the cooling loop and the inlet air of the gas turbine compressor;
- the heating loop comprising a fluid coil positioned about the turbine compressor and in communication with, the heat recovery heat exchanger.
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