Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – With exhaust treatment
Patent
1992-11-09
1994-09-27
Casaregola, Louis J.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
With exhaust treatment
60 39182, 165135, F02C 710
Patent
active
053498135
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for resisting thermoacoustic oscillations in systems comprised of hot and cold components is disclosed. More particularly, a combined cycle power generation system 32 having a gas turbine 40, a gas turbine discharge duct 34, and a gas turbine recuperator 36 and 38 is disclosed. The system 32 is designed to resist severe thermoacoustic oscillations over its entire load range by providing for an asymmetrical arrangement of the hot section L-l, including the gas discharge duct 34 and the plenum 36 of the recuperator, and the cold section l, including the heat exchange tubes 38 of the recuperator. Also disclosed is a steam generation system 42 having a plenum 46, a burner 48, and a furnace 44. The steam generation system 42 is also designed to resist severe thermoacoustic oscillations by providing for an appropriate burner length L and by providing for an asymmetrical arrangement of a hot burner section L-l and a cold burner section l within the burner 48. Alternative means are also disclosed for avoiding severe thermoacoustic oscillations in the combined cycle generation system and in the steam generation system by disrupting or avoiding the modified Sondhauss effect in those systems.
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Casaregola Louis J.
Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation
Naigur Marvin A.
Wicker W. J.
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