Gas Turbine Engine with Integrated Bottoming Cycle System
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDonald Gordon Laing, Charles Michael Booth
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Abstract
The present application provides an integrated bottoming cycle system for use with a gas turbine engine. The integrated bottoming cycle system described herein may include a compressor/pump, a cooling circuit downstream of the compressor/pump, a bottoming cycle heat exchanger, a heating circuit downstream of the bottoming cycle heat exchanger, and a number of turbine components in communication with the cooling circuit and/or the heating circuit to maximize the overall plant efficiency and economics.
Claims20
An integrated bottoming cycle system for use with a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a compressor/pump;
- a cooling circuit downstream of the compressor/pump;
- a bottoming cycle heat exchanger;
- a heating circuit downstream of the bottoming cycle heat exchanger;
- and
- a plurality of turbine components in communication with the cooling circuit and/or the heating circuit.
A method of operating an integrated bottoming cycle system, comprising:
- Compressing/pressurizing a flow of carbon dioxide;
- warming the flow of carbon dioxide;
- expanding the flow of carbon dioxide;
- driving a load by the expanding flow of carbon dioxide;
- and
- diverting a portion of the compressed flow to cool a turbine component;
- or diverting a portion of the warmed flow to heat a turbine component.
An integrated bottoming cycle system for use with a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a carbon dioxide compressor/pump for compressing/pumping a flow of supercritical carbon dioxide;
- a cooling circuit downstream of the compressor;
- a bottoming cycle heat exchanger for exchanging heat with the gas turbine engine;
- a heating circuit downstream of the bottoming cycle heat exchanger;
- and
- a plurality of turbine components in communication with the cooling circuit and/or the heating circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.