Gas turbine power generating machine
View Patent ↗The plant includes a gaseous fuel processing apparatus for pre-processing natural gas (gaseous fuel) produced in the gas field, a liquid fuel processing apparatus for pre-processing liquid fuel obtained during the extraction and refining process of the natural gas, and a gas turbine. The gas turbine includes a compressor for generating compressed air, a combustor for mixing the compressed air from the compressor with one or both of the gaseous fuel pre-processed by the gaseous fuel processing apparatus and the liquid fuel pre-processed by the liquid fuel processing apparatus, and for burning a gas mixture, and a turbine for driving a generator by combustion gases supplied from the combustor.
1. A gas turbine power generating machine installed near a gas field and/or an oil field and transmitting generated electricity to a consuming area through power transmission means, said gas turbine power generating machine comprising:
a gaseous fuel processing apparatus for pre-processing natural gas produced in said gas field and/or gaseous fuel, including associated gas, produced in said oil field;
a liquid fuel processing apparatus for pre-processing liquid fuel obtained during extraction and a refining process of the natural gas and/or liquid fuel produced in said oil field; and
a gas turbine comprising a compressor for generating compressed air, a combustor for mixing the compressed air from said compressor with both of the gaseous fuel pre-processed by said gaseous fuel processing apparatus and the liquid fuel pre-processed by said liquid fuel processing apparatus, and for burning a gas mixture, and a turbine for driving a generator by combustion gases supplied from said combustor, wherein said combustor comprises:
a liquid fuel atomizer for atomization of the liquid fuel;
a pre-mixing chamber wall having a hollow conical shape gradually spreading in the direction of the atomization of said liquid fuel atomizer and defining a pre-mixing chamber therein with said liquid fuel atomizer disposed at a center of said pre-mixing chamber wall;
a plurality of air inlet holes bored in said pre-mixing chamber wall and introducing the compressed air supplied from said compressor such that angles at which the compressed air is introduced to said pre-mixing chamber are deviated at least toward the circumferential direction of said pre-mixing chamber; and
a plurality of gaseous fuel nozzles disposed on the outer side of said pre-mixing chamber wall in opposed relation to said air inlet holes and ejecting the gaseous fuel in directions substantially coaxial with respective axes of said air inlet holes.
2. The gas turbine power generating machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a volume-of-produced gaseous fuel sensor for detecting a volume of the gaseous fuel produced and pre-processed by said gaseous fuel processing apparatus;
a volume-of-produced liquid fuel sensor for detecting a volume of the liquid fuel produced and pre-processed by said liquid fuel processing apparatus;
an exhaust gas temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of exhaust gas of said turbine;
a power output sensor for detecting a power output generated by said generator; and
fuel supply control means for controlling supply of the gaseous fuel and the liquid fuel to said combustor depending on results detected by said sensors.
3. The gas turbine power generating machine according to claim 2 , wherein said fuel supply control means controls respective volumes of the gaseous fuel and the liquid fuel supplied to said combustor such that the exhaust gas temperature detected by said exhaust gas temperature sensor does not exceed a predetermined upper limit value.
4. The gas turbine power generating machine according to claim 3 , wherein said fuel supply control means executes control such that only the gaseous fuel is supplied to said combustor until the power output detected by said power output sensor reaches a predetermined intermediate output, and such that the gaseous fuel and the liquid fuel are both supplied to said combustor after the power output detected by said power output sensor exceeds the predetermined intermediate output.
5. The gas turbine power generating machine according to claim 3 , wherein said fuel supply control means executes control such that the gaseous fuel is supplied to said combustor at a maximum limit of the volume of the produced gaseous fuel, which is detected by said volume-of-produced gaseous fuel sensor, and such that the liquid fuel is supplied to said combustor in a volume to compensate for a deficiency in a volume of the supplied gaseous fuel.
6. The gas turbine power generating machine according claim 1 , wherein said combustor comprises a pilot burner and a plurality of main burners disposed around said pilot burner, each of said pilot burner and said main burners comprising:
a liquid fuel atomizer for atomization of the liquid fuel;
a pre-mixing chamber wall having a hollow conical shape gradually spreading in the direction of the atomization of said liquid fuel atomizer and defining a pre-mixing chamber therein with said liquid fuel atomizer disposed at a center of said pre-mixing chamber wall;
a plurality of air inlet holes bored in said pre-mixing chamber wall and introducing the compressed air supplied from said compressor such that angles at which the compressed air is introduced to said pre-mixing chamber are deviated at least toward the circumferential direction of said pre-mixing chamber; and
a plurality of gaseous fuel nozzles disposed on the outer side of said pre-mixing chamber wall in opposed relation to said air inlet holes and ejecting the gaseous fuel in directions substantially coaxial with respective axes of said air inlet holes.