IP Library Granted Patent US 8,919,130
Granted Patent B2
US 8,919,130 · App. 12/744,758 · Granted Dec 30, 2014

Gas turbine control system and method for single-shaft combined cycle plant

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Patent No.
US 8,919,130
App. No.
12/744,758
Granted
Dec 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object is to maintain a constant gas turbine output without requiring a complicated procedure on site and without being affected by variations in the output of a steam turbine during a reverse-washing/normal-washing switching period of a condenser. A gas turbine control system for a single-shaft combined cycle plant generates a gas turbine output command using a parameter reflecting a gas turbine output during a reverse-washing/normal-washing switching period of a condenser and generates the gas turbine output command on the basis of a generator output command and a steam turbine output during a period other than the reverse-washing/normal-washing switching period of the condenser.

Claims (10)

1. A gas turbine control system for a single-shaft combined cycle plant comprising a gas turbine, a steam turbine, a generator, and a condenser for condensing exhaust steam from the steam turbine, wherein the gas turbine, the steam turbine, and the generator have rotating shafts thereof coupled together, the gas turbine control system further comprising:

a first command-generating section for generating a first gas turbine output command on the basis of the output of the generator and an output of the steam turbine;

a second command-generating section for generating a second gas turbine output command using a parameter reflecting an output of the gas turbine; and

a selection section for selecting and outputting the second gas turbine output command during a reverse-washing/normal-washing switching period of the condenser, and for selecting and outputting the first gas turbine output command during a period other than the reverse-washing/normal-washing switching period of the condenser, wherein the control system is configured to determine that the condenser is in the reverse-washing/normal-washing switching period when a position of a condenser reverse washing valve of the plant falls within the range of 2 to 98% open.

2. The gas turbine control system for the single-shaft combined cycle plant according to claim 1 , wherein the fuel command value is a command value related to control of the amount of fuel supplied to a combustor or the inlet temperature of the gas turbine.

3. A gas turbine control method for a single-shaft combined cycle plant comprising a gas turbine, a steam turbine, a generator, and a condenser for condensing exhaust steam from the steam turbine, wherein the gas turbine, the steam turbine, and the generator have rotating shafts thereof coupled together,

the control method including:

generating a first gas turbine output command on the basis of an output of the generator and an output of the steam turbine;

generating a second gas turbine output command using a parameter reflecting an output of the gas turbine; and

selecting and outputting the second gas turbine output command during a reverse-washing/normal-washing switching period of the condenser upon a determination that a position of a condenser reverse washing valve of the plant falls within the range of 2 to 98% open, and the first gas turbine output command during a period other than the reverse-washing/normal-washing switching period of the condenser.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034965/0278 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2010
From: YAMASHITA, HIDEKAZU; NAGATA, SHOICHI; MASAKI, MORIHIKO
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024442/0482 →