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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2008
Jean-xavier Morin, Neuville Aux Bois, FR;
Silvestre Suraniti, Aix En Provence, FR;
Corinne Beal, Voisins le Bretonneux, FR;
Jean-Xavier Morin, Neuville Aux Bois, FR;
Silvestre Suraniti, Aix En Provence, FR;
Corinne Beal, Voisins le Bretonneux, FR;
Alstom Technology Ltd, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A plant for generating electricity includes a gas turbine, a compressor driven by the gas turbine, a reduction reactor configured to reduce metal oxides, fed with a fuel and having a first circulating fluidized bed, a first cyclone configured to separate the metal oxide solids, and feeding at least a portion of the metal oxide solids to the reduction reactor via a first connecting line, an oxidation reactor configured to oxidize the metal oxides having a second circulating fluidized bed and fed only with pressurized air from the compressor, and a second cyclone configured to separate the metal oxide solids and feeding at least a portion of the metal oxide solids to the oxidation reactor via a second connecting line.