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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Hiroshi Tanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Eiki Anzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Tanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Eiki Anzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 1/00 (2006.01); F02G 3/00 (2006.01); F02C 3/20 (2006.01); F02C 7/22 (2006.01); F02C 7/224 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/20 (2013.01); F02C 7/22 (2013.01); F05D 2220/75 (2013.01); F02C 7/224 (2013.01); F05D 2260/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a power plant including a gas turbine that uses a fuel gas as a fuel; a fuel gas cooler that cools the fuel gas, which is to be pressurized in a fuel gas compressor and re-circulated, using cooling water; and a dust collection device that separates/removes impurities from the fuel gas that is to be guided to the fuel gas compressor; wherein the power plant further includes heating means that heats the fuel gas that is to be guided to the dust collection device using the fuel gas that has been used to generate an anti-thrust force acting on a rotor of the fuel gas compressor.