Mobile power generation unit
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRobert Allen Baten, Kenneth Robert Austin
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Abstract
A mobile power generation system is provided. The system includes a main trailer having an engine and an electric generator turned by the engine, an air filtration trailer having air filtration equipment for filtering air used as inlet air to the engine, an exhaust trailer having a part of an exhaust silencing system for reducing engine output noise, and an auxiliary trailer having auxiliary equipment for use during operation of the engine.
Claims29
A mobile power generation system, comprising:
- a main trailer having
- an engine, wherein the engine is a gas turbine;
- and
- an electric generator turned by the engine;
- an air filtration trailer having
- air filtration equipment for filtering air used as inlet air to the engine;
- an exhaust trailer having
- a part of an exhaust silencing system for reducing engine output noise;
- and
- an auxiliary trailer having
- auxiliary equipment for use during operation of the engine.
A main trailer for use with a plurality of other trailers, the main trailer being capable of connecting to the other trailers to form a power generation system, the main trailer comprising:
- a gas turbine;
- an electric generator turned by the gas turbine;
- a generator lineside cubicle;
- and
- switchgear,
- wherein the switchgear is hardwired to the generator lineside cubicle;
- and
- wherein the other trailers comprise:
- an air filtration trailer having air filtration equipment for filtering air used as inlet air to the gas turbine;
- art exhaust trailer having a part of an exhaust silencing system for reducing engine output noise;
- and
- an auxiliary trailer having auxiliary equipment for use during operation of the engine.
A method of providing a mobile power generation system, comprising:
- providing a main trailer having
- an engine, wherein the engine is a gas turbine, and
- an electric generator turned by the engine;
- providing an air filtration trailer having
- air filtration equipment for filtering air used as inlet air to the engine;
- providing an exhaust trailer having
- a part of an exhaust silencing system for reducing engine output noise;
- and
- providing an auxiliary trailer having
- auxiliary equipment for use during operation of the engine;
- attaching the air filtration trailer to the main trailer;
- attaching the exhaust trailer to the main trailer;
- and
- attaching the auxiliary trailer to the main trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.