Method and apparatus for operating a gas turbine engine

摘要

A gas turbine includes a compressor, a combustor downstream from the compressor and a heat transfer system, wherein the heat transfer system receives a compressed working fluid from the compressor. A fluid coupling between the heat transfer system and the combustor, wherein the fluid coupling receives the compressed working fluid from the heat transfer system. A conditioner in fluid communication with the compressor and a fluid coupling between the heat transfer system and the conditioner, wherein the fluid coupling receives a cooling media from the heat transfer system. A method for operating the gas turbine includes flowing a compressed working fluid from the compressor to the heat transfer system, transferring heat energy from the compressed working fluid to the heat transfer system, flowing the compressed working fluid from the heat transfer system to a combustor, and flowing a cooling media from the heat transfer system to a compressor inlet.

主权项

1. A gas turbine, comprising:
a compressor having an inlet defined at an upstream end of the compressor, an extraction port defined downstream from the inlet and a combustor disposed downstream from an outlet of the compressor; and an absorption chiller, the absorption chiller comprising: an absorber including a heat transfer media comprising a refrigerant and fluid mixture: a generator in fluid communication with the absorber and in thermal communication with the extraction port of the compressor, wherein the generator transfers thermal energy from a compressed working fluid provided by the compressor to the heat transfer media, wherein the generator distills at least a portion of the refrigerant from the heat transfer media and provides a heated-vaporized portion of refrigerant to a first outlet of the generator and a remaining portion of refrigerant to a second outlet of the generator; and a conditioner disposed upstream from the inlet of the compressor and upstream from the extraction port, wherein the conditioner is in fluid communication with the first outlet of the generator and in fluid communication with an inlet of the absorber.