Retrofit equipment for reducing the consumption of fossil fuel by a power plant using solar insolation

Apparatus for generating power comprising:

• a) equipment constructed and arranged to reform a hydrocarbon gas from a source into synthetic gas, said equipment having a boiler for burning said hydrocarbon gas and producing steam, a reformer receiving said hydrocarbon gas and steam and reforming said hydrocarbon gas into a precursor of said synthetic gas, a heat exchanger associated with said boiler for heating said precursor and producing said synthetic gas containing water vapor and a condenser for extracting water vapor from said synthetic gas;
• b) a heater for burning fuel and producing hot combustion gases;
• c) a vaporizer containing working fluid and responsive to heat extracted fro said hot combustion gases and producing vaporized working fluid;
• d) a turbine for expanding said working fluid produced by said vaporizer and producing power and from which expanded working fluid is extracted;
• e) a working fluid condenser for condensing said expanded working fluid to condensate;
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• f) a pump for returning said condensate to said vaporizer.

Apparatus for generating power comprising:

• a) equipment constructed and arranged to reform a hydrocarbon gas from a source into synthetic gas, said equipment having a boiler for burning said hydrocarbon gas and producing steam, a reformer receiving said hydrocarbon gas and steam and reforming said hydrocarbon gas into a precursor of said synthetic gas, a heat exchanger associated with said boiler for heating said precursor, and producing said synthetic gas containing water vapor, and a condenser for extracting water vapor from said synthetic gas;
• b) a heat exchanger system containing working fluid and responsive to heat extracted from said condenser for producing vaporized working fluid;
• c) a turbine for expanding said working fluid produced by said vaporizer and,producing power and from which expanded working fluid is extracted;
• d) a working fluid condenser for condensing said expanded working fluid to condensate;
• and
• e) a pump for returning said condensate to said vaporizer.