US 11,719,118 B2
Air supply system
Timothy Lippold, Huntington Beach, CA (US); Giorgio C. Isella, Culver City, CA (US); Bryce Drysdale, Huntington Beach, CA (US); Gary Kumagai, Walnut, CA (US); Thomas O'Brien, Huntington Beach, CA (US); and Niall McCabe, Torrance, CA (US)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/658,773.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/174,865, filed on Apr. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0333497 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. F01D 15/10 (2006.01); F02C 7/141 (2006.01); F02C 7/18 (2006.01); F02C 7/36 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 15/10 (2013.01) [F02C 7/141 (2013.01); F02C 7/18 (2013.01); F02C 7/36 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); F05D 2260/213 (2013.01); F05D 2260/232 (2013.01); F05D 2260/606 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a first compressor stage configured to be driven by a turbine; and
a second compressor stage configured to be driven by electrical power generated by the power generation system, wherein an outlet of the first compressor stage is coupled to an inlet of the second compressor stage, wherein the first and second compressor stages are configured to compress air to be used by the power generation system;
the turbine configured to be driven by discharge air from a power generation system, the discharge air passing through a heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to cool exhaust coming from an outlet of the second compressor.