# US 2019/0356199 A1 · Mobile electric power generation for hydraulic fracturing of subsurface geological formations > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0356199 A1 - Document ID: US20190356199A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/531,913 - Filed: 2019-08-05 - Published: 2019-11-21 - Earliest claimed: 2014-12-19 - Assignees: Typhon Technology Solutions, LLC - Applicants: Typhon Technology Solutions, LLC - Inventors: Jeffrey G. Morris; Adrian Benjamin Bodishbaugh; Brett Vann - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190356199A1 ## CPC - H02K 7/1823: {structurally associated with turbines or similar engines} - E21B 41/00: Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00 - E21B 41/0085: {Adaptations of electric power generating means for use in boreholes} - E21B 43/2607: {Surface equipment specially adapted for fracturing operations} - F01D 15/10: Adaptations for driving, or combinations with, electric generators - F01D 25/28: Supporting or mounting arrangements, e.g. for turbine casing - F01D 25/30: Exhaust heads, chambers, or the like - F02C 7/052: with dust-separation devices - F02C 7/055: with intake grids, screens or guards - F02C 7/20: Mounting or supporting of plant; Accommodating heat expansion or creep - F02C 7/32: Arrangement, mounting, or driving, of auxiliaries - E21B 43/16: Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons - F05D 2220/76: an electrical generator - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - 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) - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the exhaust stack moved to the second position communicates the exhaust passage with the exhaust side port. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a hinge connecting the exhaust stack to the exhaust side port, the exhaust stack being rotatable between the first and second positions, the exhaust stack in the first position being horizontal on the second transport, the exhaust stack in the second position standing on the second transport. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the exhaust stack is raised and lowered vertically on the exhaust side port. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the second transport further comprises one or more expansion joints configured to: connect the first and second transports in an operational mode without being supported by a mechanical apparatus external to the first and second transports; and disconnect the first and second transports to allow the first and second transports to move independently relative to each other in a transportation mode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, further comprising second hydraulics disposed with the one or more expansion joints and configured to move the one or more expansion joints. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one connection being configured to interconnect at least one of the inlet plenum and the exhaust collector with at least one of the air side port and the exhaust side port between the first and second sides of the first and second transports. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, further comprising second hydraulics disposed with the at least one connection, wherein the at least one connection is movable from the at least one of the inlet plenum and the exhaust collector on the first transport to the second transport using the second hydraulics to connect to the at least one of the air side port and the exhaust side port. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the second transport further comprises a hydraulic walking system operable to position the second transport at a predetermined distance relative to the first transport. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second transports are configured to be positioned the first side-by-the second side with the first and second transports parallel to each other along a length of the first transport. ### Claim 11 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; and an exhaust connection being movable from the exhaust collector and configured to communicate the exhaust side port with the separate exhaust stack. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The power generation transport of claim 11, further comprising: first hydraulics disposed with the intake connection and configured to move the intake connection; and second hydraulics disposed with the exhaust connection and configured to move the exhaust connection. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The power generation transport of claim 11, further comprising a transport frame disposed on the base frame and enclosing at least the gas turbine, the transport frame having the inlet plenum and the exhaust collector. ### Claim 14 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; and first hydraulics disposed with the exhaust stack and configured to move the exhaust stack at least from the first position to the second position. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The transport of claim 14, wherein the exhaust stack moved to the second position communicates the exhaust passage with the exhaust side port. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The transport of claim 14, further comprising a hinge connecting the exhaust stack to the exhaust side port, the exhaust stack being rotatable between the first and second positions, the exhaust stack in the first position being horizontal on the transport, the exhaust stack in the second position standing on the transport. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The transport of claim 11, further comprising one or more expansion joints configured to: connect at least one of the air side port and the exhaust side port with at least one of the intake and the exhaust of the separate gas turbine generator in an operational mode without being supported by a mechanical apparatus external to the transport; and disconnect the at least one of the air side port and the exhaust side port with the at least one of the intake and the exhaust of the separate gas turbine generator to allow the transport to move independently relative to the separate gas turbine generator in a transportation mode. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The transport of claim 17, further comprising second hydraulics disposed with the one or more expansion joints and configured to move the one or more expansion joints. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The transport of claim 18, further comprising a hydraulic walking system operable to position the transport at a predetermined distance relative to the separate gas turbine generator. ### Claim 20 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; and means disposed on the transport for moving the exhaust stack at least from the first position to the second position.