Method of heating gas turbine fuel in a combined cycle power plant using multi-component flow mixtures
US6065280A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 23, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E20/16
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A combined cycle power generating system includes high, intermediate and low pressure vapor turbines for driving a generator or other load by expanding a multi-component fluid mixture through the turbines. A gas turbine is drivingly connected to the generator or other load. The expanded multi-component mixture exhausted from the intermediate pressure turbine flows in heat exchange relation with the fuel inlet to the combustor for the gas turbine whereby the gas turbine fuel is preheated to reduce fuel consumption of the gas turbine and increase combined cycle efficiency.
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