Inlet filter housing having components including portions of filter system that collectively form housing
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsLaxmikant Merchant, Dinesh Venugopal Setty, Mukesh Niddodi Kamath, Prithviraj Pandian
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Abstract
An inlet filter housing includes a plurality of components that collectively form a complete filtering and conditioning system for filtering and conditioning a fluid along a housing flow path. Each component is fitted within an external structure of an International Organization of Standards (ISO) shipping container, which provides a rectangular cuboid enclosure. Each component includes operative structure of at least one of: a) only a portion of an axial extent of the filtering and conditioning system, and b) only a portion of a lateral cross-sectional area of the housing flow path.
Claims20
An inlet filter housing, comprising:
- a plurality of components that are each disposed within a respective external structure of a respective International Organization of Standards (ISO) shipping container and that collectively form, in an assembled position, a single filtering and conditioning system for filtering and conditioning a fluid along a housing flow path defined by an outer enclosure of the inlet filter housing, the housing flow path extending from an upstream end of the inlet filter housing that is in fluid communication with ambient atmosphere, to a downstream end of the inlet filter housing;
- wherein each component of the plurality of components includes at least one permanent outer wall that forms a portion of the outer enclosure, each component of the plurality of components further including at least two removable walls that are removed in the assembled position to eliminate internal walls from the housing flow path.
A gas turbine system, comprising:
- a turbine section;
- a combustor operatively coupled to the turbine section;
- a compressor operatively coupled to the combustor;
- and
- an inlet filter housing operatively coupled to the compressor, the inlet filter housing including:
- an outer enclosure in which a plurality of components of the inlet filter housing are disposed, wherein each of the plurality of components is disposed within a respective external structure of a respective International Organization of Standards (ISO) shipping container, and wherein each of the plurality of component includes at least one permanent outer wall that forms a portion of the outer enclosure;
- an upstream end through which fluid selectively enters the inlet filter housing;
- a downstream end in fluid communication with the upstream end and through which fluid exits the inlet filter housing during operation;
- a housing flow path defined by the outer enclosure and extending from the upstream end to the downstream end, wherein each of the plurality of components includes at least two removable walls that are removed in an assembled position to eliminate internal walls from the housing flow path;
- a filtering system disposed in the plurality of components;
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- a conditioning system disposed in the plurality of components.
A method of forming an inlet filter housing, comprising:
- fabricating a plurality of components that collectively form a complete filtering and conditioning system for filtering and conditioning a fluid along a housing flow path defined by an outer enclosure, wherein each of the plurality of components is disposed within a respective external structure of a respective International Organization of Standards (ISO) shipping container, and wherein each of the plurality of component includes at least one permanent outer wall that forms a portion of the outer enclosure;
- wherein each component includes operative structure of only a portion of at least one of:
- a) an axial extent of the filtering system, b) an axial extent of the conditioning system, and c) a lateral cross-sectional area of the housing flow path;
- transporting the plurality of components to a power plant site;
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- assembling the plurality of components at the power plant site to form the complete filtering and conditioning system for filtering and conditioning the fluid along the housing flow path, including removing at least two walls of each component of the plurality of components to eliminate internal walls from the housing flow path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.