SYSTEMS RELATING TO GEOTHERMAL ENERGY AND THE OPERATION OF GAS TURBINE ENGINES

摘要

A geothermal heat exchange system for use in a gas turbine power plant that includes an inlet plenum that directs a flow of air to a compressor that compresses a flow of air that is then mixed with a fuel and combusted in a combustor such that the resulting flow of hot gas is directed through a turbine, the geothermal heat exchange system comprising means for exchanging heat between a ground and the flow of air moving through the inlet plenum.