Mobile Power Plant Trailer Integration for Reduced Setup Time
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Solution Overview
Problem
Permanent power plants often struggle to meet increased power demands due to growth or disruptions from natural disasters, requiring mobile power plants that can be transported and installed efficiently to provide backup power, but current systems are slow and costly due to complex transportation and setup processes.
Innovation Solution
A mobile power plant system comprising multiple trailers, each carrying a turbine engine, generator, control system, and ventilation components, with a transport trailer for transferring components, optimizing the arrangement to reduce the number of trailers and interconnects, thereby streamlining transportation and installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If mobile power plant components are transported on separate trailers and assembled on-site, then the system provides flexibility and mobility, but the transportation time and installation time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple power plant components (turbine engine, generator, control system, ventilation components) onto a single integrated trailer platform. This merging of previously separate components into one modular unit eliminates the need for multiple trailers and reduces on-site assembly time while maintaining the mobility advantage of trailer-based transport.
2Ease of manufacture
If multiple trailers are used to transport different components, then each component can be optimized independently, but the number of trailers and interconnects increases complexity and cost
Solution Approach 1:
The invention integrates the turbine engine, generator, control system, and ventilation components onto a single trailer, reducing the number of trailers from multiple to one. This consolidation decreases the number of interconnects required and simplifies the overall system while maintaining independent component design and optimization capabilities.
3Ease of operation
If components are transported in a partially assembled state, then transportation logistics are simplified, but on-site setup time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-assembles multiple components (turbine engine, generator, control system, ventilation components) onto the trailer in a partially assembled state during manufacturing, rather than transporting them completely disassembled. This preliminary assembly reduces on-site setup time while maintaining the logistics advantages of trailer-based transport, as the components are ready for final connection upon arrival at the destination.
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AI summary
A system 10 includes a first mobile body 12 configured to support a turbine engine 22 and an air intake section coupled 26 to the turbine engine. The system also includes a second mobile body 14 configured to support a generator 52. The first and second mobile bodies are configured to guide a removable coupling between the turbine engine and the generator. The system also includes a third mobile body configured to support one or more partially assembled components associated with the turbine engine and the generator.