Thermal power generation system and method using supercritical carbon dioxide as working fluid
US9828882B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/16
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A thermal power generation system includes a combustor burning oxygen and fuel with supercritical CO2, a turbine driven by the supercritical CO2 and water vapor fed from the combustor, a low-pressure supercritical CO2 storage storing low-pressure supercritical CO2 from the turbine, a compressor compressing the low-pressure supercritical CO2, a high-pressure supercritical CO2 storage storing high-pressure supercritical CO2 from the compressor, and a high-pressure supercritical CO2 feeder supplying between the high-pressure supercritical CO2 storage and the combustor, in which the high-pressure supercritical CO2 feeder supplies the high-pressure supercritical CO2 to the combustor at a constant pressure. Thus, the thermal power generation system can perform adjustment of an electric power supply required to use unstable renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power, can achieve high efficiency power generation with high temperature working fluid, and can reduce emissions of environmental load substances such as NOx and CO2.
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