# US 2014/0360154 A1 · Gas turbine plant having exhaust gas recirculation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0360154 A1 - Document ID: US20140360154A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/467,591 - Filed: 2014-08-25 - Published: 2014-12-11 - Earliest claimed: 2012-02-29 - Applicants: ALSTOM Technology Ltd - Inventors: Eribert BENZ; Frank Graf - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140360154A1 ## CPC - F02C 1/06: using reheated exhaust gas (F02C1/08 takes precedence) - F01D 25/30: Exhaust heads, chambers, or the like - F02C 1/08: Semi-closed cycles - F02C 3/34: with recycling of part of the working fluid, i.e. semi-closed cycles with combustion products in the closed part of the cycle - F02C 7/08: Heating air supply before combustion, e.g. by exhaust gases - F22B 1/1815: {using the exhaust gases of gas-turbines} - F22B 35/001: {Controlling by flue-gas dampers (for superheaters F22G5/04)} - F05D 2260/207: using a phase changing mass, e.g. heat absorbing by melting or boiling - F05D 2260/213: by the provision of a heat exchanger within the cooling circuit - F02C: GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B11/00) - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - F22B: METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ## Abstract The invention relates to a gas turbine plant, including a gas turbine device, which has a compressor and at least one burner and at least one gas turbine, a waste heat boiler assembly, which has a boiler inlet side connected to a turbine outlet and a first boiler outlet connected to a flue and a second boiler outlet, and an exhaust gas recirculation, which connects the second boiler outlet to a compressor inlet. A simplified structure can be achieved in that the waste heat boiler assembly has a first boiler exhaust gas path, which is connected to the boiler inlet side and leads to the first boiler outlet, and that the waste heat boiler assembly has a second boiler exhaust gas path, which is connected to the boiler inlet side and leads to the second boiler outlet separately from the first boiler exhaust gas path. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A gas turbine plant comprising: at least one gas turbine installation which has at least one compressor, at least one burner and at least one gas turbine, at least one waste heat boiler assembly which has a boiler inlet side connected to a turbine exhaust of the gas turbine installation, a first boiler outlet connected to an exhaust stack, and a second boiler outlet, and an exhaust gas recirculation duct which connects the second boiler outlet to a compressor inlet of the gas turbine installation, wherein the waste heat boiler assembly has a first boiler exhaust gas path which is connected to the boiler inlet side and leads to the first boiler outlet, and wherein the waste heat boiler assembly has a second boiler exhaust gas path which is connected to the boiler inlet side and leads to the second boiler outlet separately from the first boiler exhaust gas path. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a boiler partition arranged in the waste heat boiler assembly and separates the two boiler exhaust gas paths from each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the boiler inlet side has a common boiler inlet from which extends a common boiler main path which at a boiler branch point is divided into the two boiler exhaust gas paths. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a control element arranged at the boiler branch point for controlling an apportioning of the exhaust gas flow to the two boiler exhaust gas paths. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the boiler inlet side has a first boiler inlet and a second boiler inlet, the first boiler exhaust gas path leads from the first boiler inlet to the first boiler outlet, and the second boiler exhaust gas path leads from the second boiler inlet to the second boiler outlet separately from the first boiler exhaust gas path, and further comprising: a diffuser is arranged on the boiler inlet side and has a diffuser inlet connected to the turbine exhaust, a first diffuser outlet connected to the first boiler inlet and a second diffuser outlet connected to the second boiler inlet, and a common diffuser main path extends from the diffuser inlet and at a diffuser branch point is divided into two diffuser exhaust gas paths which are separated from each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a diffuser partition arranged in the diffuser, the inflow edge of which forms the diffuser branch point and which separates the two diffuser exhaust gas paths up to the diffuser outlets. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 2, further comprising an outflow edge of the diffuser partition and an inflow edge of the boiler partition butt against each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a control element arranged at the diffuser branch point for controlling an apportioning of the exhaust gas flow to the two diffuser exhaust gas paths. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the waste heat boiler assembly has a heat exchanger assembly for cooling the exhaust gas; and both boiler exhaust gas paths are routed separately through the heat exchanger assembly. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 1, further comprising in the waste heat boiler assembly at least one exhaust gas treatment device arranged only in the first boiler exhaust gas path. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the waste heat boiler assembly has a common waste heat boiler in which are formed the two boiler exhaust gas paths and which has the respective boiler inlet and also the respective boiler outlet. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 11, wherein the waste heat boiler has a common heat exchanger assembly through which both boiler exhaust gas paths are routed. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the waste heat boiler assembly has a first waste heat boiler in which is formed the first boiler exhaust gas path, and a second waste heat boiler in which is formed the second boiler exhaust gas path. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 13, wherein a heat exchanger assembly having a first heat exchanger which is arranged in the first waste heat boiler and through which the first boiler exhaust gas path is routed, and a second heat exchanger which is arranged in the second waste heat boiler and through which the second boiler exhaust gas path is routed. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The gas turbine plant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first boiler outlet is also connected to a exhaust gas aftertreatment facility; and further comprising an exhaust gas control element provided for controlling an apportioning of the exhaust gas flow of the first boiler exhaust gas path to the exhaust gas aftertreatment facility and to the exhaust stack.