IP Library Granted Patent US 11,492,981
Granted Patent B2
US 11,492,981 · App. 15/108,420 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Fuel control device, combustor, gas turbine, control method, and program

Inventors: Keisuke Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Sonoda (Tokyo, JP); Akihiko Saito (Tokyo, JP); Fuminori Fujii (Kanagawa, JP); Hisashi Nakahara (Kanagawa, JP); Ryoichi Haga (Kanagawa, JP); Ryuji Takenaka (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshifumi Iwasaki (Kanagawa, JP); Wataru Akizuki (Kanagawa, JP); Isamu Matsumi (Kanagawa, JP); Naohiro Sumimura (Kanagawa, JP); Shinichi Yoshioka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,492,981
App. No.
15/108,420
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fuel control device includes a combustion temperature estimation value calculation unit that calculates a temperature estimation value when a mixture of fuel and inflow air is burned using an atmospheric condition, an opening degree command value of a valve that controls the amount of air that is mixed with the fuel and burned, and an output prediction value calculated on the basis of a fuel control signal command value used for calculation of a total fuel flow rate flowing through a plurality of fuel supply systems, a fuel distribution command value calculation unit that calculates a fuel distribution command value indicating a distribution of fuel output from the fuel supply systems based on the temperature estimation value, and outputs the fuel distribution command value, and a valve opening degree calculation unit that calculates each valve opening degree of a fuel flow rate control valve of the fuel supply systems.

Claims (26)

1. A fuel control device, comprising:

a combustion temperature estimation value calculation unit that proactively calculates a temperature estimation value according to a load change when a mixture of fuel and inflow air is burned using an atmospheric condition, an opening degree command value of a valve that controls an amount of the inflow air that is mixed with the fuel and burned, and an output prediction value calculated on the basis of a fuel control signal command value used for calculation of a total fuel flow rate flowing through a plurality of fuel supply systems;

a fuel distribution command value calculation unit that calculates a fuel distribution command value indicating a distribution of fuel output from the plurality of fuel supply systems on the basis of the temperature estimation value, and outputs the fuel distribution command value; and

a valve opening degree calculation unit that calculates each valve opening degree of a fuel flow rate control valve of the plurality of fuel supply systems on the basis of the fuel distribution command value and the total fuel flow rate based on the fuel control signal command value,

wherein a time delay of a turbine inlet temperature estimation value is compensated by proactively calculating the temperature estimation value.

2. The fuel control device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a gas turbine output prediction value calculation unit that calculates the output prediction value on a basis of a predetermined correspondence relationship between the fuel control signal command value and a power output value of a gas turbine.

3. The fuel control device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a gas turbine output correction amount calculation unit that calculates a gas turbine output correction amount for correcting the output prediction value on the basis of a predetermined correspondence relationship between the fuel control signal command value and a value for correcting an output of a gas turbine, and the fuel control signal command value; and

a gas turbine output prediction value calculation unit that calculates the output prediction value using an actually measured value of a power output value of the gas turbine and the gas turbine output correction amount.

4. The fuel control device according to claim 3 , comprising:

a coefficient calculation unit that calculates a weighting coefficient for the gas turbine output correction amount according to a value indicating an output change of the gas turbine per unit time.

5. The fuel control device according to claim 3 , comprising:

a load change rate determination unit that detects an output change of the gas turbine per unit time and sets the gas turbine output correction amount to 0 when the output change is smaller than a predetermined value.

6. A combustor comprising the fuel control device according to claim 1 .

7. A gas turbine comprising the fuel control device according to claim 1 .

8. A control method for a fuel control device comprising:

proactively calculating a temperature estimation value according to a load change when a mixture of fuel and inflow air is burned using an atmospheric condition, an opening degree command value of a valve that controls an amount of the inflow air that is mixed with the fuel and burned, and an output prediction value calculated on the basis of a fuel control signal command value used for calculation of a total fuel flow rate flowing through a plurality of fuel supply systems;

calculating a fuel distribution command value indicating a distribution of fuel output from the plurality of fuel supply systems on the basis of the temperature estimation value, and outputs the fuel distribution command value; and

calculating each valve opening degree of a fuel flow rate control valve of the plurality of fuel supply systems on the basis of the fuel distribution command value and the total fuel flow rate based on the fuel control signal command value,

wherein a time delay of a turbine inlet temperature estimation value is compensated by proactively calculating the temperature estimation value.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program stored therein, which when executed by a computer of a fuel control device causes the computer to perform steps comprising:

proactively calculating a temperature estimation value according to a load change when a mixture of fuel and inflow air is burned using an atmospheric condition, an opening degree command value of a valve that controls an amount of the inflow air that is mixed with the fuel and burned, and an output prediction value calculated on the basis of a fuel control signal command value used for calculation of a total fuel flow rate flowing through a plurality of fuel supply systems;

calculating a fuel distribution command value indicating a distribution of fuel output from the plurality of fuel supply systems on the basis of the temperature estimation value, and outputs the fuel distribution command value; and

calculating each valve opening degree of a fuel flow rate control valve of the plurality of fuel supply systems on the basis of the fuel distribution command value and the total fuel flow rate based on the fuel control signal command value,

wherein a time delay of a turbine inlet temperature estimation value is compensated by proactively calculating the temperature estimation value.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059620/0080 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 6, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054344/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: YAMAMOTO, KEISUKE; SONODA, TAKASHI; SAITO, AKIHIKO; FUJII, FUMINORI; NAKAHARA, HISASHI; HAGA, RYOICHI; TAKENAKA, RYUJI; IWASAKI, YOSHIFUMI; AKIZUKI, WATARU; MATSUMI, ISAMU; SUMIMURA, NAOHIRO; YOSHIOKA, SHINICHI
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 039019/0733 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2014-034871 · Feb 26, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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