Mobile electric power generation for hydraulic fracturing of subsurface geological formations
AssigneeTyphon Technology Solutions, LLC
InventorsJeffrey G. Morris, Adrian Benjamin Bodishbaugh, Brett Vann
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Abstract
Providing mobile electric power comprising a power generation transport configured to convert hydrocarbon fuel to electricity and an inlet and exhaust transport configured to: couple to at least one side of the power generation transport such that the inlet and exhaust transport is not connected to a top side of the power generation transport, provide ventilation air and combustion air to the power generation transport, collect exhaust air from the power generation transport, and filter the exhaust air.
Claims20
A system for providing mobile electric power, the system comprising:
- a first transport having a gas turbine with an intake and an exhaust, the first transport having a first side, the first side comprising an inlet plenum in communication with the intake and comprising an exhaust collector in communication with the exhaust;
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- a second transport separate from the first transport and having a second side positionable adjacent to the first side of the first transport, the second transport comprising:
- an air side port disposed on the second side and configured to communicate with the inlet plenum,
- an exhaust side port disposed on the second side and configured to communicate with the exhaust collector,
- an exhaust stack disposed on the second transport and having an exhaust passage, the exhaust stack being movable between first and second positions, the exhaust stack in the first position being lowered on the second transport, the exhaust stack in the second position being raised on the second transport and pointing the exhaust passage vertically, and
- first hydraulics disposed with the exhaust stack and configured to move the exhaust stack at least one from the first position to the second position.
A power generation transport for converting at least one type of hydrocarbon fuel to electricity and being usable adjacent an intake filter and an exhaust stack, the intake filter and the exhaust stack being separate from the transport, the transport comprising:
- a base frame having a side;
- a gas turbine mounted on the base frame and having an intake and an exhaust;
- a generator mounted on the base frame and connected to the gas turbine;
- an inlet plenum disposed on the base frame in communication with the intake and having an intake side port on the side of the base frame;
- an intake connection being movable from the inlet plenum and configured to communicate the intake side port with the separate intake filter;
- an exhaust collector disposed on the base frame in communication with the exhaust and having an exhaust side port on the side of the base frame;
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- an exhaust connection being movable from the exhaust collector and configured to communicate the exhaust side port with the separate exhaust stack.
A transport for handling flow and being usable with a separate gas turbine generator that converts at least one type of hydrocarbon fuel to electricity, the gas turbine generator having an intake and an exhaust, the transport comprising:
- a base frame having a side;
- an air side port disposed on the side and configured to communicate with the intake of the separate gas turbine generator;
- an exhaust side port disposed on the side and configured to communicate with the exhaust of the separate gas turbine generator;
- an exhaust stack disposed on the base frame and having an exhaust passage, the exhaust stack being movable between first and second positions, the exhaust stack in the first position being lowered on the transport, the exhaust stack in the second position being raised on the transport and pointing the exhaust passage vertically;
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- first hydraulics disposed with the exhaust stack and configured to move the exhaust stack at least from the first position to the second position.
A transport for handling flow and being usable with a separate gas turbine generator that converts at least one type of hydrocarbon fuel to electricity, the gas turbine generator having an intake and an exhaust, the transport comprising:
- a base frame having a side;
- an air side port disposed on the side and configured to communicate with the intake of the separate gas turbine generator;
- an exhaust side port disposed on the side and configured to communicate with the exhaust of the separate gas turbine generator;
- an exhaust stack disposed on the base frame and having an exhaust passage, the exhaust stack being movable between first and second positions, the exhaust stack in the first position being lowered on the transport, the exhaust stack in the second position being raised on the transport and pointing the exhaust passage vertically;
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- means disposed on the transport for moving the exhaust stack at least from the first position to the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.