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Mobile gas turbine engine and generator assembly

  • US 7,690,202 B2
  • Filed: 05/16/2005
  • Issued: 04/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for supplying power to a remote load, said method comprising:

  • coupling a gas turbine engine to a mobile vessel that is operable within a marine environment, wherein the gas turbine engine is not used to provide propulsion for the mobile vessel, wherein the gas turbine includes a first compressor, a second compressor downstream from the first compressor, and a turbine coupled in flow communication with the second compressor;

    coupling a generator to the gas turbine engine;

    coupling an intercooler system downstream from the first compressor such that compressed air discharged from the first compressor is channeled therethrough, the intercooler system includes an intercooler, a first heat exchanger, a first pump, a second pump, a third pump, and a control system that is configured to control the operation of the first, second, and third pumps;

    operating the intercooler system using the control system such that only two of the first, second, and third pumps are operable at any time during normal operation;

    channeling a first working fluid through the intercooler to facilitate reducing an operating temperature of air discharged from the intercooler to the second compressor;

    channeling a second working fluid flowing through the first heat exchanger to extract energy from the first working fluid to facilitate reducing an operating temperature of the first working fluid; and

    operating the gas turbine engine and generator to supply power to the load that is located remotely from the mobile vessel.

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