US 12,234,750 B1
Systems for improving combined cycle power plant steam integration with post combustion carbon capture
Majed Sammak, Schenectady, NY (US)
Assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US)
Appl. No. 18/723,727
Filed by GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, Schenectady, NY (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/065455
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 24, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/129149, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 6, 2023.
Int. Cl. F01K 23/10 (2006.01); F01K 17/06 (2006.01); F02C 6/18 (2006.01)
CPC F01K 23/10 (2013.01) [F01K 17/06 (2013.01); F02C 6/18 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A combined cycle (CC) power plant comprising:
a steam cycle arrangement comprising a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) and a steam turbine;
said HRSG comprising an HRSG inlet oriented to receive exhaust gases from a gas turbine, and a first HRSG outlet oriented to discharge a first steam flow; and
a dual reboiler arrangement comprising a first reboiler and a second reboiler,
said first reboiler coupled in flow communication with said first HRSG outlet, said first reboiler configured to receive a circulation flow discharged from the steam turbine and use heat extracted from the circulation flow to heat a solvent circulated by a carbon capture arrangement,
said second reboiler oriented to receive a first portion of a discharge liquid flow from the carbon capture arrangement, said second reboiler configured to preheat the first portion using heat extracted from an external flow received from a first external source, and channel the preheated first portion into said first reboiler for use in heating.