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Gopalakrishnan Anand

Donald C Erickson

An addition to the air compressor of a combustion turbine system is disclosed, which chills the inlet air on warm days. The same equipment with minimal modification is used to prevent inlet air icing conditions on cold days. Referring to FIG., inlet air conditioner heat exchangersupplies conditioned (chilled or heated) air to the combustion turbine, and heat recovery unitsupplies turbine exhaust heat to ammonia absorption refrigeration unit. Control valves, andselectively supply either chilling refrigerant liquid or heating vapor from AARUto conditioning heat exchanger coil

Thermally powered turbine inlet air chiller heater

An absorption power cycle is disclosed which achieves a closer match to heat source temperature glide, and also lower heat source exit temperatures, and hence higher conversion efficiencies, in practical equipment. Referring to FIG.,, two separate absorbers (,and,) are provided, each with a pumping path for a different concentration absorbent liquid to a different temperature location within counter-current high-pressure desorber,. Heat source,heats the high-pressure desorber,and superheater,in parallel, and subsequently heats intermediate-pressure desorber,. Dotted lines in the figures signify vapor.

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Ellicott City, MD, United States of America

Gopalakrishnan Anand