摘要:
A combustion turbine with a secondary combustor is provided. The secondary combustor is disposed within the turbine assembly of the combustion turbine. The secondary combustor assembly is structured to maintain the working gas at a working temperature within the turbine assembly. The secondary combustor assembly re-heats the working gas by injecting a combustible gas into the working gas. The secondary combustor assembly includes a plurality of openings disposed among the vanes and/or blades in the turbine assembly which are coupled to a combustible gas source. As the combustible gas is injected into the working gas, the combustible gas will auto-ignite. That is, the combustible gas will combust without the need for an igniter or pre-existing flame. Combustion of the combustible gas in the turbine assembly re-heats the working gas.
摘要:
A fail-safe back-up filter system for filtering particles from a flow of hot gas in a coal gasifier or the like in the event of a failure of the primary filter system. In the event of a break in one of the primary filter elements of the filtration system, the back-up filters, having a higher porosity than the primary filters, begin to collect particulate matter such that the particulates become embedded in the back-up filter. After a period of time, the back-up filters become clogged and prevent the flow of particle laden gas through the back-up filter and the corresponding primary filter such that the flow of gas is diverted into communication with the remaining, properly functioning primary filters. The back-up filters also provide a thermal regenerator device for heating the flow of cleaning gas before it contacts the primary filter elements during back-flush cleaning in order to avoid the effects of extreme temperature fluctuations on the primary filters.
摘要:
A gas turbine engine combustor (26) including a primary combustion chamber (28), a mixer element (34), a mixing chamber (46) and a secondary combustion chamber (48). The primary combustion chamber receives a fuel oxidizer mixture flow (22) and discharges a partially oxidized mixture flow (32). The mixer element includes a plurality of flow channels (36, 38) for separating the partially oxidized mixture from a flow of an oxidizer (24) and producing a plurality of partially oxidized mixture flows interspersed with a plurality of oxidizer fluid flows. The mixer element may include a plurality of tubes (62) retained by an upstream tubesheet (70) and a downstream tubesheet (76). The mixer element may function as a heat exchanger to heat the oxidizer fluid flow and to cool the partially oxidized mixture flow upstream of the post-mixing chamber.
摘要:
A gasification power plant 10 includes a compressor 32 producing a compressed air flow 36, an air separation unit 22 producing a nitrogen flow 44, a gasifier 14 producing a primary fuel flow 28 and a secondary fuel source 60 providing a secondary fuel flow 62 The plant also includes a catalytic combustor 12 combining the nitrogen flow and a combustor portion 38 of the compressed air flow to form a diluted air flow 39 and combining at least one of the primary fuel flow and secondary fuel flow and a mixer portion 78 of the diluted air flow to produce a combustible mixture 80. A catalytic element 64 of the combustor 12 separately receives the combustible mixture and a backside cooling portion 84 of the diluted air flow and allows the mixture and the heated flow to produce a hot combustion gas 46 provided to a turbine 48. When fueled with the secondary fuel flow, nitrogen is not combined with the combustor portion.
摘要:
A gas turbine engine (10) includes a catalytic oxidation module (28). The catalytic oxidation module includes a pressure boundary element (30); a catalytic surface (32); and an opening (34) in the pressure boundary element to allow premixing of the fluids before the fluids enter a downstream plenum. In an embodiment, the pressure boundary element includes a catalyst-coated tube (58) having holes (68) formed therein to allow mixing across the tube. In another embodiment, the pressure boundary element includes a tubesheet (44) having a first fluid passageway intersecting a second fluid passageway to premix the fluids upstream of the outlet end of the tubesheet. In yet another embodiment, the catalytic oxidation module includes an upstream tubesheet (86) for mounting a tube inlet end (73) and a downstream tubesheet (78) for mounting a tube outlet end (72) so that the tube is slidably contained there between.
摘要:
A filter assembly is made for filtering hot gas within a cleanup system pressure vessel (22), where the filter assembly (60) contains a filter housing (62) having an interior chamber (66), and a filter element (28) attached to the bottom of a fail-safe/regenerator filter device (129) which contains a plurality of elongated passageway members either of a porous metal media tube type (120) or of a porous metal media honeycomb cartridge member type (130), where the passageway members are effective to facilitate enhanced capture of particulates in the event of filter element (28) failure.
摘要:
A filtering apparatus for separating particulate matter from a gas stream. The filtering apparatus has a pressure vessel defining an interior chamber having a dirty gas inlet opening and a clean gas exit opening. A tubesheet is coupled within the pressure vessel thereby dividing said pressure vessel into a dirty gas side and a clean gas side. A support pipe for supporting a plenum chamber within the pressure vessel dirty gas side is securely coupled with the tubesheet. The plenum chamber for supporting a plurality of filter elements is coupled to the support pipe. The plenum chamber has a side wall having at least one dirty gas port and clean gas exit formed therein. The side wall further defines a clean gas chamber. A plurality of filter element guides are securely coupled within the clean gas chamber for supporting at least one filter element and preventing filter elements from moving laterally. A removable dirty gas port coupler for providing a particulate barrier seal between the dirty gas port and the plenum clean gas chamber is provided. A filter element support plate for supporting a filter element within the clean gas chamber is securely coupled adjacent the dirty gas port. The filter element support plate has at least one slot which is aligned coaxially with at least one of the plenum chamber dirty gas ports.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for removing particulate contaminants, and optionally gaseous contaminants, from a hot gaseous stream where a vessel is provided containing a fluidized bed zone and the gases are passed through the fluidized bed zone containing a fluidized bed of granular media prior to passage of a major portion of the gas through a plurality of first hollow, ceramic, barrier filter elements at least partially disposed in the fluidized bed, and a minor portion thereof through a plurality of second hollow, ceramic, barrier polishing filter elements removed from the fluidized granular media. The plurality of first filter elements are scoured by the granular media to remove collected deposits while fine particulates collected on the plurality of second filter elements are removed by back flushing of a gas therethrough.
摘要:
Disclosed is a hot gas filter system employing ceramic tube filters, or candles, in which the ratio of filter surface to system cross-section can exceed 50. The system includes a pressure vessel having an internal wall dividing the pressure vessel into first and second vessel portions, a gas inlet for directing a hot gaseous stream having particulate matter entrained therein into the first portion and a gas outlet for exhausting a filtered gaseous stream from the second vessel portion, a plurality of gas filter units supported by the internal wall and extending into the first vessel portion. Each filter unit includes a central gas plenum having an outer wall with one end of the outer wall attached to the internal wall, and a plurality of filter modules supported by the central gas plenum. Each module includes a ceramic tube, and support structure extending from the central gas plenum for supporting the ceramic tube and communicating gas between the ceramic tube and the central gas plenum. A backflow of gas is provided through the plurality of gas filter units to the ceramic tubes for periodically dislodging particulate matter from the outer surface of the tubes.
摘要:
A catalytic combustor (14) includes a first catalytic stage (30), a second catalytic stage (40), and an oxidation completion stage (49). The first catalytic stage receives an oxidizer (e.g., 20) and a fuel (26) and discharges a partially oxidized fuel/oxidizer mixture (36). The second catalytic stage receives the partially oxidized fuel/oxidizer mixture and further oxidizes the mixture. The second catalytic stage may include a passageway (47) for conducting a bypass portion (46) of the mixture past a catalyst (e.g., 41) disposed therein. The second catalytic stage may have an outlet temperature elevated sufficiently to complete oxidation of the mixture without using a separate ignition source. The oxidation completion stage is disposed downstream of the second catalytic stage and may recombine the bypass portion with a catalyst exposed portion (48) of the mixture and complete oxidation of the mixture. The second catalytic stage may also include a reticulated foam support (50), a honeycomb support, a tube support or a plate support.