System for ventilating a gas turbine enclosure

• US 9,091,215 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2011
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Baten, Robert Allen, Drobniak, David Joseph, Ross, Harley Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): McAllister, Steven B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cotov, Jonathan
• Application Number:
  US13/171,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20130005237A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,491 Days
• Field of Search: 454/252, 602/261, 602/62
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 25/12 Cooling
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 3/32 Inducing air flow by fluid jet, e.g. ejector action
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 7/12 Cooling of plants of component parts, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. F01D; cooling of engines in general F01P
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/601 using an ejector or a jet pump
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 7/08 with separate ducts for supplied and exhausted air with provisions for reversal of the input and output systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 20/16 Combined cycle power plant [CCPP], or combined cycle gas turbine [CCGT]

Abstract

A turbine ventilation system includes at least one fan configured to provide a first air flow into a gas turbine enclosure, a fan bypass configured to circumvent the at least one fan to provide a second air flow into the gas turbine enclosure, and an eductor configured to draw the first or second air flows through and out of the gas turbine enclosure.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a gas turbine enclosure;

a gas turbine engine disposed in the gas turbine enclosure, wherein the gas turbine engine is configured to output an exhaust flow; and

a ventilation system coupled to the gas turbine enclosure, wherein the ventilation system comprises;

at least one fan configured to provide a first air flow into the gas turbine enclosure via an air intake port;

a fan bypass located outside of the gas turbine enclosure upstream of the air intake port and configured to circumvent the at least one fan to provide a second air flow into the gas turbine enclosure via the air intake port;

wherein the fan bypass comprises an actuator coupled to a valve;

an exhaust driven eductor configured to draw the first or second air flows through and out of the gas turbine enclosure using the exhaust flow and wherein the gas turbine enclosure comprises an exit port, and wherein, during the operation of the ventilation system, the first air flow, the second air flow, and the exhaust flow exit the gas turbine enclosure via the exit port.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the actuator comprises an electric drive.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the actuator comprises a fluid drive.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the actuator comprises a biasing element configured to bias the valve toward an open position or a closed position.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the valve comprises one or more doors.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the valve comprises a louver assembly comprising a plurality of rotatable slats.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the fan bypass comprises a check valve configured to open automatically in response to an air flow pressure above a threshold.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one fan is configured to provide the first air flow into the gas turbine enclosure to purge the gas turbine enclosure at least prior to a startup procedure of the gas turbine engine.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the exhaust driven eductor is configured to draw the second air flow from the fan bypass through and out of the gas turbine enclosure while the at least one fan is deactivated during operation of the gas turbine engine.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises a mobile unit having the gas turbine enclosure, the gas turbine engine, and the ventilation system.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the exhaust driven eductor is disposed within the gas turbine enclosure.