Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid
Patent
1991-12-09
1993-05-25
Casaregola, Louis J.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
60 3917, 60 39182, 60 39511, F02C 618, F02C 710
Patent
active
052129420
ABSTRACT:
A turbine engine is provided with a primary surface, counterflow heat exchanger for preheating the compressed air from the compressor prior to its entry into the combustor. The recuperator includes three concentric cylindrical shells which completely encircle the hottest components of the engine. The outermost shell includes a plurality of inlet openings for receiving air from the compressor, and a plurality of outlet openings for discharging the air into the combustor. The innermost shell includes a plurality of inlet openings for receiving gases from the turbine and a plurality of outlet openings communicating with an exhaust duct. The central shell is a corrugated tube which divides the space between the inner and outer shells into a plurality of concentric annular flow chambers, and allows heat transfer between adjacent chambers Annular turbulators may be inserted in the chambers. The engine may be used in a cogeneration system in which the exhaust duct is coupled to a boiler, and a temperature-controlled valve is provided for controlling the proportion of exhaust gases entering the recuperator relative to those directly entering the boiler. The engine may also be used in a system using intercooling and reheating, or integrated with an air cycle in which it is used to cool water.
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Casaregola Louis J.
Heim Louise S.
Tiernay Turbines, Inc.
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