Patent ID: 9683491
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: F02C,Y02E

Claim:
1. A power plant that generates electrical power, comprising: a reformer unit, in which an energy carrier is converted into combustion fluid with a heat supply, wherein the reformer unit has, for the purpose of providing the heat supply, a reformer burning device, with which an energy carrier is burnt, a burner unit, in which thermal energy is produced by burning the combustion fluid, a turbine unit, in which a rotational movement is produced with the thermal energy, and a generator unit which is driven by the rotational movement to generate electrical power, wherein in order to provide an additional source for the heat supply, an electric heating unit is provided in addition to the reformer burning device, through which electric heating unit electrical energy is converted into heat energy, and a control unit is provided, with which a heating power of the electric heating unit is increased and a heating power of the reformer burning device is reduced, and vice versa.