# US 9,869,246 B2 · Gas turbine power plant with exhaust gas recirculation

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- Number: US 9,869,246 B2
- Document ID: US9869246B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/467,648
- Filed: 2014-08-25
- Published: 2014-12-11
- Granted: 2018-01-16
- Earliest claimed: 2012-02-29
- Assignees: Ansaldo Energia Switzerland AG
- Applicants: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
- Inventors: Eribert Benz; Jaan Hellat; Hans Wettstein; Robin Payne
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9869246B2

## CPC

- F02C 3/34: with recycling of part of the working fluid, i.e. semi-closed cycles with combustion products in the closed part of the cycle
- F01K 13/02: Controlling, e.g. stopping or starting
- F01K 23/10: with exhaust fluid of one cycle heating the fluid in another cycle (F01K17/025 takes precedence)
- F01K 23/101: {Regulating means specially adapted therefor (F01K23/105, F01K23/108 take precedence)}
- F02C 1/005: {being recirculated}
- F02C 1/08: Semi-closed cycles
- F02C 6/18: using the waste heat of gas-turbine plants outside the plants themselves, e.g. gas-turbine power heat plants (using waste heat as source of energy for refrigeration plants F25B27/02; using the waste heat of a gasturbine for steam generation or in a steam cycle see F01K23/10)
- F02C 7/04: Air intakes for gas-turbine plants or jet-propulsion plants
- F02C 7/042: having variable geometry
- F02C 7/057: Control or regulation (conjointly with fuel supply control F02C9/50, with nozzle area control F02K1/16)
- F05D 2220/60: making use of surplus or waste energy
- F05D 2270/20: to optimize the performance of a machine
- F02C: GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B11/00)
- F01K: STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES (gas-turbine or jet-propulsion plants F02; nuclear power plants, engine arrangements therein G21D)
- F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS

## Abstract

A method for operating a gas turbine power plant, and a gas turbine power plant in which fresh air is delivered to a compressor inlet and is accelerated in the compressor inlet and a recirculated first exhaust gas substream is delivered into a region of the compressor inlet in which the fresh air is accelerated to an extent such that the difference between total pressure and static pressure in the fresh air is greater than or equal to a pressure difference which is required in order to suck a target mass flow of the recirculated first exhaust gas substream into the compressor inlet.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for operating a gas turbine power plant with exhaust gas recirculation, the gas turbine power plant including a gas turbine with a compressor having an inlet, a waste heat recovery steam generator, an exhaust gas divider, a recirculation line, and an exhaust gas recooler, said method comprising:
delivering fresh air into the compressor inlet, the fresh air being accelerated in the compressor inlet;
controlling the exhaust gas divider to divide exhaust gases from the gas turbine into (1) a first exhaust gas substream for recirculation into an intake stream of the gas turbine and (2) into a second exhaust gas substream for discharge from the gas turbine power plant;
recirculating the first exhaust gas substream for delivery, separately from the fresh air, into the compressor inlet;
delivering the recirculated first exhaust gas substream, separately from the fresh air, as far as a region of the compressor inlet in which the fresh air is accelerated to an extent such that a difference between total pressure and static pressure in the accelerated fresh air is greater than or equal to a pressure difference for sucking a target mass flow of the recirculated first exhaust gas substream into the compressor inlet;
introducing the recirculated first exhaust gas substream to the accelerated fresh air via a plurality of delivery ducts arranged so as to be distributed circumferentially, upstream of the compressor, on a diameter of an intake duct and concentrically to a shaft of the gas turbine; and
controlling a quantity of the recirculated first exhaust gas substream by changing an axial position of outlet orifices of the plurality of delivery ducts relative to the compressor inlet.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1, comprising:
conducting fresh air into a flow duct of the recirculated first exhaust gas substream via a control or regulating element when the gas turbine is under part load and/or is being started.

### Claim 3

A gas turbine power plant, comprising:
a gas turbine;
a waste heat recovery steam generator;
a compressor having a compressor inlet;
an exhaust gas divider configured to, during operation, divide exhaust gases (1) into a first exhaust gas substream for recirculation into an intake stream of the gas turbine and (2) into a second exhaust gas substream for discharge from the gas turbine power plant;
a plurality of ducts for introducing the recirculated first exhaust gas substream to fresh air delivered to the compressor inlet in the intake stream, the plurality of ducts being arranged so as to be distributed circumferentially, upstream of the compressor, on a diameter of an intake duct and concentrically to a shaft of the gas turbine, an axial distance from outlet orifices of the plurality of ducts to the compressor inlet being adjustable in order to regulate or control a quantity of the recirculated first exhaust gas substream, the outlet orifices being sufficiently close to the compressor that, when the gas turbine is in operation, a static pressure at the outlet orifices is sufficiently low that a difference between total pressure and static pressure of the intake stream is greater than or equal to a pressure difference which is required in order to suck a target mass flow of the recirculated first exhaust gas substream into the compressor intel; and a recirculation line for recirculating the first exhaust gas substream from the exhaust gas divider and connected to the plurality of ducts.

### Claim 4

The gas turbine power plant as claimed in 3, wherein the recirculation line is connected to an inlet for fresh air via a control or regulating element.