A combustor of an embodiment includes: a cylindrical combustor liner; and a fuel nozzle which is provided at one end of the combustor liner and jets a fuel and an oxidant into the combustor liner. The fuel nozzle includes: a plurality of fuel supply passages which each supply the fuel; and a plurality of oxidant supply passages which each supply the oxidant. Flow rates of the fuel supplied to the respective fuel supply passages and flow rates of the oxidant supplied to the respective oxidant supply passages are each individually regulated.

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for power production. In particular, the systems and methods utilize the addition of heat to an expanded turbine exhaust stream in order to increase the available quantity of heat for recuperation and use therein for heating a compressed carbon dioxide stream for recycle back to a combustor of the power production system and method.

Methods and systems of power generation that integrate SCO.sub.2 Brayton and Rankin steam power cycles with fossil fuel combustion, One such method involves combusting a fuel material with an oxidizer material in a combustor to produce heat and a combustion exhaust. At least a portion of the combustion exhaust and a first portion of heat produced by the combustion processing are fed to a SCO.sub.2 Brayton power cycle to produce power and a second exhaust. At least a portion of the second exhaust and a second portion of heat produced by the combustion processing are feed to a steam Rankine power cycle to produce additional power and a third exhaust.

According to some embodiments, a supercritical waste heat recovery system comprises a first heat exchanger operable to introduce waste heat into a primary loop working fluid; a first turboexpander operable to expand the primary loop working fluid to produce electricity and/or mechanical work; a second heat exchanger operable to reject heat from the primary loop working fluid and introduce heat into a secondary loop working fluid; a third heat exchanger operable to reject additional heat from the primary loop working fluid; a first compressor operable to increase pressure of the primary loop working fluid; a second turboexpander operable to expand the secondary loop working fluid to produce electricity and/or mechanical work; a fourth heat exchanger operable to reject heat from the secondary loop working fluid; and a second compressor operable to increase pressure of the secondary loop working fluid.

Gas turbine engines are described. The gas turbine engines include a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section, and a nozzle, wherein the compressor section, the combustor section, the turbine section, and the nozzle define a core flow path that expels through the nozzle. A waste heat recovery system is operably connected to the gas turbine engine, the waste heat recovery system having a working fluid. An auxiliary cooling system is configured to provide cooling to a working fluid of the waste heat recovery system.

The present disclosure relates to a power generation system and related methods that use supercritical fluids, whereby a portion of the supercritical fluid is recuperated.

A power generation system includes a combustion system, a turbocharger, and a heat recovery system. The combustion system is configured to combust a fuel with a flow of air. The combustion system is further configured to generate an exhaust stream. The turbocharger is configured to compress a flow of compressed air and to channel the flow of compressed air to the combustion system. The combustion system is configured to combust the fuel with the flow of compressed air and an additional flow of air. The heat recovery system is configured to recover heat from the exhaust stream and to drive the turbocharger. The heat recovery system uses a supercritical working fluid to absorb heat from the exhaust stream and to drive the turbocharger.

A power generation system includes a combustion system, a turbocharger, and a heat recovery system. The combustion system is configured to combust a fuel with a flow of air. The combustion system is further configured to generate an exhaust stream. The turbocharger is configured to compress a flow of compressed air and to channel the flow of compressed air to the combustion system. The combustion system is configured to combust the fuel with the flow of compressed air and an additional flow of air. The heat recovery system is configured to recover heat from the exhaust stream and to drive the turbocharger. The heat recovery system uses a supercritical working fluid to absorb heat from the exhaust stream and to drive the turbocharger.

The present disclosure relates to a novel gas turbine system having applications, for example, in thermal power generation in an environmentally friendly manner. The multiloop gas turbine system may have multiple functional units each comprising a compressor, a regenerator, a combustion unit, and a turbine. Typically, exhaust flow of a turbine of a preceding loop may be routed to the combustion unit of the next loop, allowing mixing of exhaust flow with hot compressed air of the next loop, and the expanded exhaust from the turbine of the ultimate loop is fed back into the regenerators of each loop to recover exhaust heat.

Cogeneration system (200, 300) comprising: a boiler (201, 301) able to heat water for domestic use; a combustor (201a, 301a) placed into the boiler; a compressor (204, 304); a heat exchanger (202, 302) for the exchange of thermal energy between the combustion fumes generated in the combustor (201a, 301a) and a fluid coming from the compressor (204, 304); a gas turbine (203, 303); a current generator (205, 305) and a current converter (206, 306) able to produce electrical energy; a main fumes/water exchanger (207, 307) able to recover thermal energy. The cogeneration system (200, 300) comprises also a by-pass valve (210, 310) configured to adjust the flow of fluid entering the gas turbine (203, 303).