IP Library Granted Patent US 11,421,596
Granted Patent B2
US 11,421,596 · App. 15/745,185 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Gas turbine control device and method, non-transitory storage medium, and gas turbine

Inventors: Masahiko Nakahara (Kanagawa, JP); Hidehiko Nishimura (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshie Usune (Kanagawa, JP); Norihisa Kishi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,421,596
App. No.
15/745,185
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided for a device and a method for controlling a gas turbine, a gas turbine control program, and the gas turbine are: a first opening setting unit that sets a first IGV opening command value for an inlet guide vane based on factors excluding a surge limit of a compressor; a second opening setting unit that sets a second IGV opening command value for the inlet guide vane based on the surge limit of the compressor, and corrects the second IGV opening command value based on a pressure in the compressor; an opening selecting unit that selects a maximum opening as an IGV opening command value for the inlet guide vane among the first IGV opening command value and the second IGV opening command value; and an opening control unit that adjusts the opening of the inlet guide vane based on the IGV opening command value S selected by the opening selecting unit.

Claims (39)

1. A gas turbine control device in a gas turbine comprising:

a compressor;

a combustor;

a turbine;

an inlet guide vane provided at an air intake port of the compressor and configured to adjust an amount of air flowing into the compressor; and

an extraction air flow channel through which a part of air compressed by the compressor is extracted,

wherein the gas turbine control device has:

a second opening setting unit configured to set a second opening for the inlet guide vane based on a surge limit of the compressor and correct, in a state in which the part of air compressed by the compressor is guided through the extraction air flow channel to the air intake port of the compressor, the second opening based on a pressure in the compressor;

a first opening setting unit configured to set a first opening for the inlet guide vane by control different from that of the second opening setting unit;

an opening selecting unit configured to select a maximum opening as an opening for the inlet guide vane among the first opening and the second opening; and

an opening control unit configured to adjust the opening of the inlet guide vane based on the maximum opening for the inlet guide vane selected by the opening selecting unit, wherein

the second opening setting unit has a first calculating unit configured to set a first minimum opening for the inlet guide vane selected in a first state in which a part of the air compressed by the compressor is guided through the extraction flow channel to the turbine and is not guided to the air intake port of the compressor, and a second calculating unit configured to set a second minimum opening for the inlet guide vane selected in a second state in which a part of the air compressed by the compressor is guided through the extraction air flow channel to the turbine and is guided to the air intake port of the compressor, and

the second opening setting unit has a difference calculating unit configured to calculate a difference between the first minimum opening and the second minimum opening, and an adding unit configured to add the difference calculated by the difference calculating unit to the first minimum opening set by the first calculating unit.

2. The gas turbine control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first opening setting unit is further configured to set the first opening for the inlet guide vane based on factors excluding the surge limit of the compressor.

3. The gas turbine control device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure in the compressor is at least any one of a casing pressure in the compressor, a casing pressure ratio calculated based on an atmospheric pressure and the casing pressure, and at least one of an estimated casing pressure and an estimated casing pressure ratio estimated based on a pressure at a predetermined position in the compressor.

4. The gas turbine control device according to claim 3 , wherein the second opening setting unit is further configured to set the second opening based on parameters excluding the pressure in the compressor and correct the second opening based on the casing pressure ratio.

5. The gas turbine control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first calculating unit is further configured to calculate the first minimum opening based on parameters excluding the pressure in the compressor, and the second calculating unit is further configured to calculate the second minimum opening based on the pressure in the compressor.

6. The gas turbine control device according to claim 1 , wherein a limiting and correcting unit configured to correct the difference calculated by the difference calculating unit such that the difference is between a predetermined upper limit and a predetermined lower limit is provided.

7. The gas turbine control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second opening setting unit has an opening correcting unit configured to correct the second minimum opening based on the pressure in the compressor,

the difference calculated by the difference calculating unit is the difference between the first minimum opening and the corrected second minimum opening, and

the adding unit adds the difference between the first minimum opening and the corrected second minimum opening calculated by the difference calculating unit to the first minimum opening calculated by the first calculating unit.

8. The gas turbine control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first opening setting unit is further configured to set a minimum opening for the inlet guide vane based on an inlet temperature of the turbine.

9. The gas turbine control device according to claim 1 , wherein the opening control unit is further configured to set an opening speed of the inlet guide vane to be faster than a closing speed of the inlet guide vane.

10. The gas turbine control device according to claim 1 , wherein the extraction air flow channel is further configured to extract the part of air compressed by the compressor and then guide the part of air compressed by the compressor to the air intake port of the compressor.

11. A gas turbine control method in a gas turbine comprising: a compressor; a combustor; a turbine; an inlet guide vane provided at an air intake port of the compressor and configured to adjust an amount of air flowing into the compressor; and an extraction air flow channel through which a part of air compressed by the compressor is extracted; comprising:

a second opening setting step of setting a second opening for the inlet guide vane based on a surge limit of the compressor, and correcting, in a state in which the part of air compressed by the compressor is guided through the extraction air flow channel to the air intake port of the compressor, the second opening based on a pressure in the compressor;

a first opening setting step of setting a first opening for the inlet guide vane by control different from that of the second opening setting step;

an opening selecting step of selecting a maximum opening as an opening for the inlet guide vane among the first opening and the second opening; and

an opening control step of adjusting the opening of the inlet guide vane based on the maximum opening for the inlet guide vane, wherein

the second opening setting step includes (i) setting a first minimum opening for the inlet guide vane selected in a first state in which a part of the air compressed by the compressor is guided through the extraction air flow channel to the turbine and is not guided to the air intake port of the compressor, and (ii) setting a second minimum opening for the inlet guide vane selected in a second state in which a part of the air compressed by the compressor is guided through the extraction air flow channel to the turbine and is guided to the air intake port of the compressor, and

the second opening setting step includes (i) calculating a difference between the first minimum opening and the second minimum opening, and (ii) adding the calculated difference to the first minimum opening.

12. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a gas turbine control program in a gas turbine comprising: a compressor; a combustor; a turbine; an inlet guide vane provided at an air intake port of the compressor and configured to adjust an amount of air flowing into the compressor; and a extraction air flow channel through which a part of air compressed by the compressor is extracted, that causes a computer to execute:

a second opening setting step of setting a second opening for the inlet guide vane based on a surge limit of the compressor, and correcting, in a state in which the part of air compressed by the compressor is guided through the extraction air flow channel to the air intake port of the compressor, the second opening based on a pressure in the compressor;

a first opening setting step of setting a first opening for the inlet guide vane by control different from that of the second opening setting step;

an opening selecting step of selecting a maximum opening as an opening for the inlet guide vane among the first opening and the second opening; and

an opening control step of adjusting the opening of the inlet guide vane based on the maximum opening for the inlet guide vane, wherein

the second opening setting step includes (i) setting a first minimum opening for the inlet guide vane selected in a first state in which a part of the air compressed by the compressor is guided through the extraction air flow channel to the turbine and is not guided to the air intake port of the compressor, and (ii) setting a second minimum opening for the inlet guide vane selected in a second state in which a part of the air compressed by the compressor is guided through the extraction air flow channel to the turbine and is guided to the air intake port of the compressor, and

the second opening setting step includes (i) calculating a difference between the first minimum opening and the second minimum opening, and (ii) adding the calculated difference to the first minimum opening.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058743/0129 →
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 Jan 16, 2018
From: NAKAHARA, MASAHIKO; NISHIMURA, HIDEHIKO; USUNE, YOSHIE; KISHI, NORIHISA
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044628/0622 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2015-187092 · Sep 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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