IP Library Patent Application 15545872
Patent Application
App. No. 15/545,872

STATE DETERMINING DEVICE, OPERATION CONTROLLING DEVICE, GAS TURBINE, AND STATE DETERMINING METHOD

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App. No.
15/545,872
Abstract

A state determining device determines a state of a gas turbine connected to an electric generator. The gas turbine includes a compressor that compresses intake air into compression air, a fuel supply device that supplies fuel, a combustor that mixes the compression air supplied from the compressor and the fuel supplied from the fuel supply device and combusts a resultant mixture to generate combustion gas, and a turbine that is rotated with the generated combustion gas.

Claims (24)

1 . A state determining device that determines a state of a gas turbine connected to an electric generator, the gas turbine comprising a compressor that compresses intake air into compression air, a fuel supply device that supplies fuel, a combustor that mixes the compression air supplied from the compressor and the fuel supplied from the fuel supply device and combusts a resultant mixture to generate combustion gas, and a turbine that is rotated with the generated combustion gas, the state determining device comprising:

an instruction-value detecting unit that detects a difference in an instruction value related to an output of the gas turbine;

an output detecting unit that detects a difference in an output of the electric generator; and

a determining unit that determines an operation of the gas turbine has departed from a predetermined relation when a difference between the difference in the instruction value and the difference in the output is equal to or larger than a threshold.

2 . The state determining device according to claim 1 , wherein the instruction value is a fuel-flow instruction value of fuel to be supplied from the fuel supply device to the combustor.

3 . The state determining device according to claim 1 , wherein

the instruction-value detecting unit detects a difference between a detected instruction value and an instruction value detected at a last time, and

the output detecting unit detects a difference between a detected output and an output detected at a last time.

4 . An operation controlling device comprising:

the state determining device according to claim 1 ; and

a controlling device that controls the gas turbine on a basis of the instruction value and the output of the electric generator.

5 . The operation controlling device according to claim 4 , wherein the controlling device changes a value of the detected output of the electric generator to a value with smaller fluctuation when the state determining device has determined that an operation of the gas turbine departs from a predetermined relation.

6 . The operation controlling device according to claim 5 , wherein the controlling device uses a value at a last time as a value of the output of the electric generator when the state determining device has determined that an operation of the gas turbine departs from a predetermined relation.

7 . The operation controlling device according to claim 4 , wherein the controlling device changes a calculated value to a value with smaller fluctuation on a basis of a value of the output of the electric generator when the state determining device has determined that an operation of the gas turbine departs from a predetermined relation.

8 . A gas turbine comprising:

a compressor that compresses intake air into compression air;

a fuel supply device that supplies fuel;

a combustor that mixes the compression air supplied from the compressor and the fuel supplied from the fuel supply device and combusts a resultant mixture to generate combustion gas;

a turbine that is rotated with the generated combustion gas; and

the operation controlling device according to claim 4 .

9 . A state determining method that determines a state of a gas turbine connected to an electric generator, the gas turbine comprising a compressor that compresses intake air into compression air, a fuel supply device that supplies fuel, a combustor that mixes the compression air supplied from the compressor and the fuel supplied from the fuel supply device and combusts a resultant mixture to generate combustion gas, and a turbine that is rotated with the generated combustion gas, the state determining method comprising steps of:

detecting a difference in an instruction value related to an output of the gas turbine;

detecting a difference in an output of the electric generator; and

determining that an operation of the gas turbine has departed from a predetermined relation when a difference between the difference in the instruction value and the difference in the output is equal to or larger than a threshold.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 27, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054225/0958 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2017
From: SONODA, TAKASHI; TAKENAKA, RYUJI; NAKAMURA, SOSUKE
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 043080/0829 →