Retrofit of simple cycle gas turbines for compressed air energy storage application
CA 1287497 C · Owner: Gibbs & Hill, Inc. · Inventors: Nakhamkin, Michael
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A system is disclosed for retrofitting a plurality of gas turbines for use in compression and expansion stages of a power plant. A first gas turbine is modified to perform as a motor driven air compressor compressing air and storing such compressed air in an air storage device. A second gas turbine is modified to perform as a generator driving expander in which air previously compressed is expanded in a turbine thus generating power.
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- Granted August 13, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 13, 2008.
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