Rotating Telescoping Exhaust Stack for Mobile Gas Turbine Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional mobile power generation systems, particularly those using internal combustion engines and gas turbines, face challenges such as low fuel efficiency, high emissions, complex deployment, noise pollution, and the need for sophisticated cooling systems, which hinder their widespread adoption for reliable and portable electric power generation.
Innovation Solution
The system incorporates an air handling transport with a base frame and an air housing featuring a combustion air plenum for filtered air supply and a rotatable exhaust stack that adjusts between operation and transportation modes, allowing for efficient air handling and reduced noise and size constraints.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If a gas turbine system is used for mobile power generation, then power output and fuel efficiency are improved, but system size and transportation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into two separate transportable modules: a gas turbine module and an air handling module. This segmentation allows the high-power gas turbine to be used while reducing the size and complexity of any single transportable unit, as each module can be independently handled and positioned.
Solution Approach 2:
The exhaust stack incorporates a telescoping mechanism that extends the exhaust outlet vertically in the third dimension during operation. This vertical extension allows the exhaust to be discharged away from ground level without increasing the horizontal footprint of the system, effectively adding a dimensional solution to the size constraint.
2Power
If a gas turbine system is used for mobile power generation, then power output is improved, but noise pollution increases
Solution Approach 1:
The telescoping exhaust stack extends the exhaust outlet vertically upward, directing noise and exhaust gases away from ground level and surrounding areas. This vertical displacement in the third dimension reduces noise pollution at ground level while maintaining the high-power output of the gas turbine.
3Loss of energy
If a gas turbine system is used for mobile power generation, then fuel efficiency is improved, but cooling system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling system is separated into the air handling module, which contains the cooling towers and air intake systems. This segmentation allows the cooling infrastructure to be independently managed and positioned away from the gas turbine module, reducing the complexity of the integrated system while maintaining high fuel efficiency.
4Device complexity
If an internal combustion engine is used for mobile power generation, then system size is reduced, but fuel efficiency and emissions performance worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the high-efficiency gas turbine from the air handling infrastructure, making the gas turbine module compact and transportable. This segmentation enables the use of fuel-efficient gas turbines without requiring a large integrated system, as only the essential turbine and generator need to be co-located.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration enhances mobility, reduces operational complexity, minimizes noise, and improves fuel efficiency, enabling the system to generate reliable and portable electric power with reduced environmental impact.
Implementation Method 1
The exhaust stack is rotatable between the longitudinal side in an operation mode and an end side in a transportation mode
Implementation Method 2
The stack extension is housed within the stack base in the transportation mode and extend vertically by a predetermined vertical distance in the operation mode
Implementation Method 3
The combustion air plenum outputs filtered combustion air
Implementation Method 4
an exhaust plenum and a stack extension. The stack extension is housed within the stack base in the transportation mode and extend vertically by a predetermined vertical distance in the operation mode
Data Source
AI summary
An air handling transport includes a base frame, and an air housing mounted to the base frame. The air housing includes a combustion air plenum on a longitudinal side of the air handling transport, the combustion air plenum outputting filtered combustion air. The transport further includes an exhaust stack mounted to the base frame for releasing combustion exhaust air. The exhaust stack is rotatable between the longitudinal side in an operation mode and an end side in a transportation mode. The exhaust stack includes a stack base having an exhaust plenum and a stack extension. The stack extension is housed within the stack base in the transportation mode and extends vertically by a predetermined vertical distance in the operation mode.