FUEL HEATING SYSTEM FOR POWER PLANT AND METHOD OF HEATING FUEL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To heat a fuel in a power plant.SOLUTION: A fuel heating system for a power plant 10 comprises an exhaust structure 28 having an interior region 30 for receiving an exhaust gas 26 therein. The system also includes a fluid injection structure 32 comprising a first fluid duct 40 for transferring a fluid 34, the first fluid duct extending at least partially to the interior region 30 of the exhaust structure 28 for heating a fuel 44. The system further includes a heat exchanger 42 for receiving the fluid 34 and the liquid fuel 44, the fluid 34 heating the liquid fuel during passage of the liquid fuel 44 through the heat exchanger 42.