Integrated solar-gas turbine cogeneration plant

An integrated solar-gas turbine cogeneration plant (ISGTCGP), comprising:

• a first solar collector and a second solar collector;
• a gas combustion chamber connected to the first solar collector, the first solar collector preheating air for efficient combustion of fuel being fed into the gas combustion chamber;
• a gas turbine disposed downstream of and connected to the gas combustion chamber, the gas turbine being rotated by exhaust from the gas combustion chamber;
• an electric generator operatively attached to the gas turbine, the electric generator producing electric power;
• a fuel reformer having an inlet for a source of feed fuel and a plurality of outlets, the fuel reformer producing syngas through a reforming reaction to be selectively distributed through the outlets, the first solar collector being operatively connected to the reformer in order to provide heat for the reforming reaction, the gas turbine having a line connected to the fuel reformer to provide heated exhaust gas heat for the reforming reaction;
• a fuel storage unit connected to one of the outlets on the fuel reformer, the fuel storage storing syngas produced by the reformer and selectively distributing syngas to parts of the ISGTCGP;
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• a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) operatively connected to a source of feed water and to the second solar collector, the HRSG producing steam to be used in other processes, the HRSG having a line connected to the fuel reformer to provide heat and water for the reforming reaction, the second solar collector heating feed water to produce steam, the gas turbine having a line connected to the HRSG to provide heated exhaust gas, thereby boiling water inside the HRSG.