General Electric Company

Lennox Industries Inc.

Bha Altair. LLC

Jianmin Zhang

Bradly Aaron Kippel

Hua Zhang

Douglas Scott Byrd

Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin

James P Tomey

Brad Aaron Kippel

Gilbert Otto Kraemer

Jesse Sanchez

Yongjiang Hao

Hans Juergen Paller

Glenn Will Kowald

Glenn William Kowald

Kihyung Kim

John W Whitesitt

Tailai Hu

Floyd E Cherington

Doug Scott Byrd

Wenjie Wu

Shailesh S Manohar

Matthew Johnson

Lisa Kamdar Ammann

Joshua Shane Sater

A gas turbine wet compression system using electrohydrodynamic (EHD) atomization is disclosed. In one embodiment, the wet compression system includes: a gas turbine system including an air inlet duct, and a plurality of electrohydrodynamic (EHD) nozzles coupled to a water supply, the plurality of EHD nozzles configured to provide a water-spray for reducing a temperature of inlet air drawn into the air inlet duct. In another embodiment, a wet compression system for a gas turbine system includes: a plurality of electrohydrodynamic (EHD) nozzles, and a water supply in fluid communication with the plurality of EHD nozzles.

Gas turbine wet compression system using electrohydrodynamic (EHD) atomization

An on-line wash system for a compressor including: a nozzle including a flow passage for wash liquid, wherein the flow passage is configured to be coupled to a source of a wash liquid and includes a discharge outlet arranged to project the wash liquid into a stream of working fluid for the turbomachine; an electrode proximate to the flow passage of the nozzle, wherein the electrode is configured to form an electrical field sufficient to charge the wash liquid flowing through the passage and the charge applied to the wash liquid is of a first polarity, and a surface of the compressor charged with the first polarity, wherein the surface is exposed to the stream of working fluid and downstream of the nozzle.

Gas turbine on-line water wash system and method

An inlet air conditioning system for a gas turbine includes an inlet duct for the with an air flow path to provide inlet air to the gas turbine; evaporative cooling media disposed in the air flow path; a water chiller; and a circulation pump that circulates water through the water chiller and the evaporative media in series. The chiller is configured to chill the water to below ambient wet-bulb temperature before the water is circulated to the evaporative cooling media. A power plant includes a gas turbine including a compressor, a combustion system, and a turbine section; a load; and the inlet air conditioning system.

Gas turbine inlet system and related method for cooling gas turbine inlet air

In a first embodiment, a system, including an exhaust duct configured to flow an exhaust gas, and an air injection system coupled to the exhaust duct, wherein the air injection system comprises a first air injector configured to inject air into the exhaust duct to assist flow of the exhaust gas through the exhaust duct.

System and method for reducing back pressure in a gas turbine system

The present application provides a media pad for cooling an inlet air flow to a compressor of a gas turbine engine. The media pad may include a first media sheet with a chevron corrugated surface having a first mist eliminator and a second media sheet with a wavy corrugated surface having a second mist eliminator.

Media pads with mist elimination features

The present application provides a power augmentation system for use with a gas turbine engine. The power augmentation system may include a compressor discharge manifold, an inlet bleed heat system in communication with the compressor discharge manifold via an inlet bleed heat line, and an auxiliary compressor in communication with the compressor discharge manifold via the inlet bleed heat line.

Gas turbine power augmentation system

The present application provides an inlet air cooling system for cooling a flow air in a gas turbine engine. The inlet air cooling system may include an inlet filter house, a transition piece, an inlet duct, and an inlet ultrasonic water atomization system positioned about the inlet filter house, the transition piece, or the inlet duct to cool the flow of air.

Ultrasonic water atomization system for gas turbine inlet cooling and wet compression

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an assembly including a fibrous medium having a plurality of substantially corrugated channels therein, the plurality of substantially corrugated channels being permeable to a flow of fluid therethrough; a distributor in contact with the fibrous medium, and including an aperture therein for transmitting a liquid coolant through the distributor; and at least two acoustic shields coupled to the fibrous medium and proximal to opposing sides of the distributor.

Silencing and cooling assembly with fibrous medium

The present application provides an inlet bleed heat system for supplying a flow of bleed air to a flow of incoming air into a compressor of a gas turbine engine. The inlet bleed heat system may include an air knife and a silencer panel. The air knife may include a compressor bleed air port in communication with the flow of bleed air and a discharge gap to discharge the flow of bleed air into the flow of incoming air. The air knife may and the silencer panel may form an integrated air knife/silencer panel.

Inlet bleed heat system with integrated air knife/silencer panels

A filter installation arrangement and an associated method of installing a filter assembly to a partition. A filter assembly includes a filter element that extends along a longitudinal axis. The filter element includes an end cap disposed at an end of the filter element. An adjustment device of the installation arrangement axially displaces the end cap of the filter element in a first direction. An insert portion is inserted adjacent the end cap subsequent to the axial displacement of the end cap. The insert portion is configured to limit axial displacement of the end cap in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.

Quick engagement method for gas turbine inlet filter installation and replacement

A media sheet for a heat exchanger is disclosed. The media sheet includes a first layer having a first outer surface and a second layer having a second outer surface. The first and second layers define a plurality of passages extending therebetween. At least one of the first and second outer surfaces comprises a plurality of depressions. The plurality of depressions further define the plurality of passages therebetween. The media sheet is polymer fiber-based and wettable.

Heat exchanger media pad for a gas turbine

A clamshell heat exchanger for use in a gas-fired direct combustion furnace. The exchanger comprises a first clamshell half and a second clamshell half that when joined with the first clamshell half forms a passageway having an inlet and an outlet. The passageway includes a U-bend located between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the U-bend includes a re-entrant sectional profile.

Clamshell heat exchanger

According to an aspect of the invention, a method for ventilating a turbine compartment is provided, the method comprising directing an air flow from an air intake to a first air conduit, transferring a first heat between the air flow and a first fluid within a heat exchange apparatus and pumping the first fluid through a fluid circuit in fluid communication with the heat exchange apparatus, wherein a portion of the fluid circuit is located underground. The method further includes transferring a second heat between the first fluid and a surrounding ground and directing a conditioned air flow from the heat exchange apparatus to a turbine compartment via a second air conduit.

System and method for turbine compartment ventilation

An ice and/or frost preventing system for positioning in an airflow tunnel having an air inlet includes a plurality of waveguide passages positioned in the airflow tunnel; an air filter positioned in each waveguide passage; a microwave energy source coupled to each waveguide passage; a first screen positioned in the airflow tunnel upstream of the plurality of waveguide passages; and a second screen positioned in the airflow tunnel downstream of the plurality of waveguide passages. The microwave energy sources and the first and second screens create a guided, standing wave, microwave energy that substantially prevents at least one of ice and frost from forming on the air filters. A turbine system including the ice and/or frost preventing system is also described.

System for ice and/or frost prevention using guided wave energy

An inlet filter house is provided for use with a turbine engine including an inlet duct. The inlet filter house is coupled to the inlet duct and includes an inlet hood including a filter assembly selectively positionable between an operating position and a bypass position. An actuating assembly is coupled to the filter assembly to selectively position the filter assembly. A sensor is configured to detect at least one operating parameter. A controller is coupled to the sensor for actuating the actuating assembly based on the at least one operating parameter.

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Greer, SC, United States of America

Jianmin Zhang