IP Library Granted Patent US 10,550,716
Granted Patent B2
US 10,550,716 · App. 15/329,413 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Gas turbine inlet guide vane control device, system and control method

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Patent No.
US 10,550,716
App. No.
15/329,413
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device is configured to control a gas turbine that is configured to compress a suctioned air with a compressor to obtain compressed air, mix a fuel supplied from a combustor with the compressed air to burn the fuel and the compressed air to generate a combustion gas, operate a turbine with the combustion gas to rotate a rotor, and discharge the combustion gas that has operated the turbine as a flue gas. The compressor includes an inlet guide vane which is capable of adjusting a degree of opening and is on an air-suction side, and the control device is configured to execute temperature adjustment control to control the degree of opening of the inlet guide vane along a temperature adjustment line indicating an upper limit temperature of a flue gas temperature defined according to a load of the gas turbine.

Claims (21)

1. A control device of a system wherein the system is configured to compress a suctioned air with a compressor to obtain compressed air, mix a fuel supplied from a combustor with the compressed air to burn the fuel and the compressed air to obtain a combustion gas, operate a turbine with the combustion gas to rotate a rotor, and discharge the combustion gas that has operated the turbine as a flue gas, wherein:

the compressor includes an inlet guide vane capable of adjusting a degree of opening, the inlet guide vane being on an air-suction side,

the control device is configured to execute temperature adjustment control to control the degree of opening of the inlet guide vane along a temperature adjustment line indicating an upper limit temperature of a flue gas temperature defined according to a load of the system,

the control device is configured to compare an actual output value of the system and an output request value of the system, and select a higher value from among the actual output value of the system and the output request value of the system,

the control device is configured to set the degree of opening of the inlet guide vane based on the higher value from among the actual output value of the system and the output request value of the system, and

the control device is configured to execute governor control in which the actual output value of the system is controlled based on a governor set value with which a number of revolutions of the rotor becomes a set number of revolutions, wherein the output request value of the system is the governor set value at a time of the governor control such that the setting of the degree of opening of the inlet guide vane is based on the governor set value.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the control device is configured to execute fuel control in which a supply amount of the fuel supplied from the combustor is controlled based on a fuel command value, and

the control device is configured to generate the output request value of the system based on the fuel command value.

3. A system configured to be controlled by the control device according to claim 1 , the system comprising:

the compressor configured to compress the suctioned air to obtain the compressed air;

the combustor configured to supply the fuel to the compressed air to burn the fuel and the compressed air to generate the combustion gas;

the turbine that is operated by the combustion gas; and

the control device according to claim 1 .

4. A method of controlling a system wherein the system compresses a suctioned air with a compressor to obtain compressed air, mixes a fuel supplied from a combustor with the compressed air to burn the fuel and the compressed air to obtain a combustion gas, operates a turbine with the combustion gas to rotate a rotor, and discharges the combustion gas that has operated the turbine as a flue gas, wherein:

the compressor includes an inlet guide vane capable of adjusting a degree of opening, the inlet guide vane being on an air-suction side, and

the method comprises:

executing temperature adjustment control to control the degree of opening of the inlet guide vane along a temperature adjustment line indicating an upper limit temperature of a flue gas temperature defined according to a load of the system,

comparing an actual output value of the system and an output request value of the system, and selecting a higher value from among the actual output value of the system and the output request value of the system,

setting the degree of opening of the inlet guide vane based on the higher value from among the actual output value of the system and the output request value of the system, and

executing governor control in which the actual output value of the system is controlled based on a governor set value with which a number of revolutions of the rotor becomes a set number of revolutions, wherein the output request value of the system is the governor set value at a time of the governor control such that the setting of the degree of opening of the inlet guide vane is based on the governor set value.

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 Jan 26, 2017
From: SAITO, AKIHIKO; SONODA, TAKASHI; IWASAKI, YOSHIFUMI; TAKAOKA, KOJI; TAKENAKA, RYUJI; TOYAMA, KOZO
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 041094/0816 →