Patent ID: 7461510

Claim:
A gas turbine electric powerplant, comprising: an aeroderivative gas turbine engine; an engine mounting system having a mounting frame designed to floatingly support said gas turbine engine therein, said mounting system designed to compensate for the effects of thermal expansion and/or vibration on engine position; a speed reducer for reducing the output speed of said gas turbine engine; an electric generator driven by said gas turbine engine; a fuel valve for metering a supply of fuel to said gas turbine engine; a cooling system for providing cooling fluid to at least said gas turbine engine; a turbine engine overspeed control system, said system adapted to slow or shut down said gas turbine engine upon detection of an overspeed condition thereof; sensors placed at various locations on said gas turbine electric powerplant, said sensors for monitoring and reporting on a plurality of input, output, and/or component conditions; and a microprocessor-based control system for receiving signals from said sensors and controlling said gas turbine electric powerplant, said microprocessor-based control system further adapted to detect an overspeed condition of said gas turbine engine and to activate said turbine engine overspeed control system in response thereto.