Gas turbine inlet heating system using jet blower
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRodger O. Anderson, Julian D. Burrow, Christian L. Vandervort
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Abstract
An inlet air heating system for a gas turbine comprising a main air inlet; ducting leading from the main inlet to an inlet of the gas turbine; a manifold located adjacent the inlet for feeding intermediate temperature air into the ducting; a conduit connected to the inlet air manifold, the conduit having an ambient air inlet and connected to a compressor bleed air conduit, downstream of the ambient air inlet; and one or more eductors in the conduit through which the bleed air flows to entrain the ambient air into the conduit through the ambient air inlet and to mix the bleed air and ambient air for introduction into the ducting through the manifold.
Claims9
An inlet air heating system for a gas turbine comprising:
- a main heating system air inlet;
- ducting leading from the main heating system air inlet to an inlet of the gas turbine;
- a manifold located adjacent the main heating system air inlet, said manifold having a plurality of nozzles;
- a conduit connected to said manifold, said conduit having a separate ambient air inlet said conduit connected to a compressor bleed air conduit, downstream of the separate ambient air inlet;
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- one or more eductors in said conduit through which said bleed air flows to entrain said ambient air into said conduit through said separate ambient air inlet and to mix said bleed air and said ambient air for introduction into said ducting through said plurality of manifold nozzles at said main heating system air inlet.
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