IP Library Granted Patent US 9,638,102
Granted Patent B2
US 9,638,102 · App. 14/260,803 · Granted May 2, 2017

Power generation system and method for starting power generation system

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Patent No.
US 9,638,102
App. No.
14/260,803
Granted
May 2, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas turbine includes a compressor and a combustor; a SOFC having a cathode and an anode; a first compression air supply line supplying compression air to the combustor; a second compression air supply line supplying compression air to the cathode; an exhaust air supply line supplying exhaust air discharged from the cathode to the combustor; a first fuel gas supply line supplying a fuel gas to the combustor; a second fuel gas supply line supplying a fuel gas to the anode; a fuel gas supply ratio change unit capable of changing a supply ratio of the fuel gas supplied to the combustor and the fuel gas supplied to the anode; an exhaust fuel gas supply line supplying an exhaust fuel gas discharged from the anode to the combustor; and a controller performing open-close control of the control valves and according to an operation state of the SOFC.

Claims (17)

1. A power generation system comprising:

a gas turbine having a compressor and a combustor;

a fuel cell having a cathode and an anode;

a first compression oxidant supply line configured to supply a compression oxidant compressed in the compressor to the combustor;

a second compression oxidant supply line configured to supply at least a part of the compression oxidant compressed in the compressor to the cathode;

an exhaust oxidant supply line configured to supply an exhaust oxidant discharged from the cathode to the combustor;

a first fuel gas supply line configured to supply a fuel gas to the combustor;

a second fuel gas supply line configured to supply the fuel gas to the anode;

a fuel gas supply ratio change unit capable of changing a supply ratio between the fuel gas supplied to the combustor and the fuel gas supplied to the anode;

an exhaust fuel gas supply line configured to supply an exhaust fuel gas discharged from the anode to the combustor; and

a control unit configured to control the fuel gas supply ratio change unit in accordance with a temperature of the fuel cell, wherein

the fuel cell is provided with a power generation chamber temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of a power generation chamber of the fuel cell, and

before the fuel cell completes start-up, the control unit performs control of decreasing a fuel gas flow rate supplied to the combustor by ΔL and of increasing a fuel gas flow rate supplied to the anode by ΔL by the fuel gas supply ratio change unit.

2. The power generation system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a steam supply line configured to supply steam to the anode; and a steam supply flow rate adjusting unit configured to adjust a supply flow rate of the steam supplied to the anode, wherein

the steam supply flow rate adjusting unit increases the supply flow rate of the steam supplied to the anode, before the control of increasing the fuel gas flow rate supplied to the anode by ΔL is completed.

3. The power generation system according to claim 2 , further comprising an exhausted heat recovery boiler configured to generate steam from a flue gas from the gas turbine, wherein the steam supply line is connected to the exhausted heat recovery boiler at one end thereof, and connected to the anode at the other end thereof.

Assignments (3)
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 Jun 16, 2014
From: KOBAYASHI, YOSHINORI; TOMIDA, KAZUO; FUKAGAWA, MASAYUKI; MORI, RYUTARO; KITAMURA, TAKESHI
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033108/0892 →