Abstract:
The heat exchanger includes a case with at least a case inlet and at least a case outlet. A separation structure located within the case defines a first section and a second section. A bundle of tubes or other means for transferring heat is housed within the first section. The first section has the case inlet and the second section has the case outlet and a liquid drainage. The heat exchanger also has channels having longitudinal axes directed towards a side of the case.
Abstract:
A broaching apparatus (200, 400) includes; a broach (300, 600) having a cross-section corresponding to a geometry of slot (115) between adjacent steeples (110) of a turbine rotor (100), and a mechanism (210, 220, 230, 410, 420, 430) which moves the broach (300,600) through the slot (115) in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of extension of the slot (115).
Abstract:
An air quality control system (AQCS) 14 useful for treating flue gas FG, such as flue gas FG produced by a fossil fuel fired boiler 12 is described. The AQCS 14 is equipped with a dry scrubber low load distributor device 66. With the low load distributor device 66, flue gas FG flow through a dry scrubber reactor 36 is stabilized under varying plant 10 load conditions to maintain AQCS 14 stability, efficiency and effectiveness.
Abstract:
A method for operating a combined cycle power plant is disclosed, which has a gas turbine installation and a water-steam cycle connected to the gas turbine installation by a waste heat steam generator and has at least one steam turbine, the gas turbine installation includes a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine. To cool the turbine, air compressed at the compressor is removed, cooled in at least one cooler flowed through by water, thus generating steam, and introduced into the turbine. At least with the gas turbine installation running, prior to or during the start-up of the water-steam cycle, waste heat, which is contained in the steam generated in the at least one cooler, is used to good effect for pre-heating the installation inside the combined cycle power plant.
Abstract:
A carbon dioxide capture system includes a solid sorbent material including an amine. A base solution is in communication with the sorbent material when the amine becomes deactivated. The base solution is removed from the sorbent material when the amine is regenerated by the base solution.
Abstract:
A gas turbine is provided having a secondary combustion chamber and a first guide vane row of a low-pressure turbine, the row being arranged directly downstream of the chamber. The radially outer boundary of the secondary combustion chamber is formed by at least one outer wall segment, which is secured on at least one support element arranged radially outwardly. The flow path of the hot gases is bounded radially outwardly, in the region of the guide vane row, by an outer platform which is secured at least indirectly on at least one guide vane support. A substantially radially extending gap-shaped cavity having a width in the range of 1-25 mm in the axial direction in the inlet region is arranged between the wall segment and the outer platform. At least one step element, which reduces the width by at least 10% in at least one step, extending substantially perpendicularly to the direction of flow of the hot gas in the cavity, is arranged in the inlet region.
Abstract:
The invention refers to an arrangement for sealing an open cavity against hot gas entrainment. The open cavity is arranged between two axially adjacent stationary components limiting radially a hot gas path of a rotary flow machine, of which at least the downstream component carries at least one airfoil extending radially into said hot gas path. A multitude of air jets is directed into the open cavity such that hot gas flowing over the open cavity is prevented from penetrating into the open cavity completely. The invention has an arrangement of supply conduits for air jets which are directed into the open cavity with a jet momentum such that hot gas is induced not to enter the open cavity and forming at least one hot gas vortex close to the hot gas path within the open cavity and preventing hot gas from penetrating into the open cavity beyond the extension of the hot gas vortex.
Abstract:
A method is provided for repairing a single crystal turbine blade, which includes an airfoil with a tip having a tip cover plate, tip cooling air holes and a tip crown. The method includes removing the tip crown by manual grinding, thereby preserving the underlying tip cover plate; preparing the tip cooling air holes by manual grinding; closing said prepared tip cooling air holes by manual welding; and building-up a new tip crown by a LMF (Laser Metal Forming) process.
Abstract:
The combustion system includes a boiler and a flue gas treatment system downstream of the boiler. The flue gas treatment system includes a desulphurization unit, a carbonator and a calciner defining a carbonator/calciner loop. The flue gas from the desulphurization unit is fed into the carbonator. No air pre-heaters, for pre-heating combustion oxidizer to be supplied into the boiler using heat of flue gas, are provided at the boiler and between the boiler and the carbonator.
Abstract:
A transformer (30) comprises: first and second printed circuit board substrates, the first printed circuit board substrate (32) including at least one first substrate layer (34) having a dielectric relative permittivity of less than or equal to 3.5 and the second printed circuit board substrate including at least one second substrate layer (70) having a dielectric relative permittivity that is higher than the dielectric relative permittivity of the or each first substrate layer (34); and a plurality of electrically conductive traces, at least one electrically conductive trace being patterned on a surface of the first substrate layer (34) or one of the first substrate layers (34) to form a second winding portion (52) and at least one other electrically conductive trace being patterned on a surface of the second substrate layer (70) or one of the second substrate layers (70) to form a first winding portion (50), the first and second winding portions (50,52) defining mutually coupled first and second windings, wherein the first winding is formed by one or more first winding portions (50), the second winding is formed by one or more second winding portions (52), the second winding is formed on the first substrate layer (34) or at least one of the first substrate layers (34), and the first winding is formed on the second substrate layer (70) or at least one of the second substrate layers (70).