Abstract:
A power generating plant equipped with gas-cooled nuclear reactor with closed gas circulation system leading through at least one compressor, the reactor, through a first and a second gas turbine and back to the compressor. One of the gas turbines is in driving connection with the compressor and the other of the gas turbines is in driving connection with an electric generator for the delivery of electrical energy. There is also provided a recuperative heat exchanger, the primary path of which is located between the outlet of the second gas turbine and the inlet of the compressor. The reactor is arranged in the gas circulation system between the two gas turbines and the secondary path of the recuperative heat exchanger is arranged directly between the outlet of the compressor and the inlet of the first gas turbine.
Abstract:
In a method for conditioning a compressor airflow in an axial compressor which comprises in a coaxial arrangement a central rotor and stator surrounding said rotor, an airflow is sucked in at an entrance and is compressed on the way to an exit, whereby the sucked-in airflow is a combination of a main flow and boundary flow which flows adjacent to the inner wall of the stator. Cooling air is taken from the boundary flow at an outlet which is located before the exit. A temperature of the cooling air is reduced in a simple an effective way by injecting water into the boundary flow between the entrance and the outlet. The injected water cools down the boundary flow by evaporation.
Abstract:
In a power generation plant, for example a power station plant for the generation of electricity, a secondary machine (1a, 1b, 1c, 2) is connected downstream of an open-cycle gas turboset (100) for the utilization of the waste heat of the exhaust gases (107). The secondary machine is a machine working in a closed cycle with a gaseous process fluid, for example a closed-cycle gas turboset having a compressor (1a, 1b, 1c), a device for heating the compressed gas (6) which utilize the waste heat of the exhaust gas (107) of the primary gas turboset (100), a turbine (2) and at least one heat sink (13). In one embodiment, intercoolers (41, 42) are arranged during the compression process. A variable cycle charge of the secondary machine permits superior flexibility in the utilization of greatly varying supplies of waste heat available.
Abstract:
A gas turbine plant with a compressor, a combustion chamber, a turbine and at least one heat sink is operated with a working medium in the form of a carbon dioxide/water mixture. A hydrocarbon reacts as fuel with oxygen in the combustion chamber, and the excess carbon dioxide and water thereby occurring is tapped from the circuit. The compressor and the turbine have in each case a rotor with moving blades and a casing with flow ducts and with guide blade cascades. In the compressor and/or the turbine, matching to the expansion behavior of the working medium, which is different from that of air, is brought about by modifications of the flow ducts, of the moving blades and/or of the guide blade cascades.
Abstract:
In a method for operating a power plant by means of a CO2 process, isentropic compression first takes place, subsequently an isobaric heat supply, then isentropic expansion, and finally isobaric heat discharge. The CO2 process broken down here takes place with internal combustion, a fuel (21) and the oxygen (18) necessary for oxidization being supplied. After the charging of the CO2 circuit (23) has been carried out, the excess CO2 formed from combustion is discharged continuously, in that this gas is led through a cooler (14), in which said gas is condensed. In order to dispose of this condensed CO2 (15), there are available here, for example, the possibilities of storing this CO2 on the ocean floor or of introducing the condensed CO2 into a worked-out deposit of natural gas.
Abstract:
In a power generation unit, especially in a gasturbo group, a gaseous process fluid is guided in a closed cycle. The gaseous process fluid flows through a compression device (1), a heater (6) and an expansion device (2), especially a turbine. Downstream from the expansion device at least one heat sink (11, 13) is arranged in which the gaseous process fluid is cooled before it is returned to the compressor device (1). At least one heat sink includes a waste heat steam generator in which an overheated amount of steam (26) is generated that is added to the compressed gaseous process fluid. Together with the gaseous process fluid the steam flows through the heater (6) if necessary and is expanded together with it. The expanded steam condenses in the waste heat steam generator (11) and another heat sink (13); the condensate is processed in a filter (16) and is returned to the waste heat steam generator (11) under pressure via a feed pump (18). Due to the closed process any kind of process fluid and process filling for controlling performance can be used.