IP Library Granted Patent US 11,415,054
Granted Patent B2
US 11,415,054 · App. 16/033,249 · Granted Aug 16, 2022

Gas turbine combined cycle system equipped with control device and its control method

Inventor: Tatsuya Sekiguchi (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F02C7/224F01K23/10F02C6/18F02C7/26F02C3/04F05D2220/722F05D2270/303
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Patent No.
US 11,415,054
App. No.
16/033,249
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In addition to a first fuel gas heater utilizing the heated water from the outlet of an economizer of a heat recovery steam boiler, there is provided a second fuel gas heater utilizing as the heat source the bleed air of a compressor of a gas turbine. A control device opens a bleed air control valve of the piping for supplying bleed air to the second fuel gas heater at the time of starting the gas turbine combined cycle system to heat a fuel gas by the bleed air.

Claims (30)

1. A controller executing a program for controlling a gas turbine combined cycle system having: a turbine; a compressor; a heat recovery steam boiler; a first fuel gas heater that uses as a heat source a heated water led out of the heat recovery steam boiler to perform heat exchange between the heated water and a fuel gas guided to a combustor; a first valve provided in a line sending the heated water to the first fuel gas heater; a second fuel gas heater using, as a heat source, bleed air from the compressor to perform heat exchange between the bleed air and the fuel gas guided to the combustor; and a second valve provided in a line sending the bleed air to the second fuel gas heater,

wherein the first fuel gas heater and the second fuel gas heater are connected in series,

wherein the fuel gas first passes through the first fuel gas heater and then passes through the second fuel gas heater and is then supplied to the combustor,

wherein the controller executes the program to:

upon receiving an input of a temperature of the heated water at a time of starting the gas turbine combined cycle system, determine whether the temperature of the heated water is equal to or lower than a first predetermined value;

when the temperature of the heated water is determined to be equal to or lower than the first predetermined value at the time of starting the gas turbine combined cycle system, open the first valve and second valve and use the heated water and the bleed air as both heat sources to heat the fuel gas; and

when the temperature of the heated water is determined to be higher than the first predetermined value at the time of starting the gas turbine combined cycle system, open only the first valve without executing to open the second valve, and use only the heated water as a heat source to heat the fuel gas.

2. The controller according to claim 1 , wherein the controller executes the program to close the second valve when a temperature of the heated water is equal to or higher than a second predetermined value when the controller executes to open the second valve.

3. A control method for a gas turbine combined cycle system, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving an input of a temperature of the heated water at a time of starting the gas turbine combined cycle system;

determining whether the temperature of the heated water is equal to or lower than a first predetermined value;

when the temperature of the heated water is determined to be equal to or lower than the first predetermined value at the time of starting the gas turbine combined cycle system, opening a first valve provided in a line for sending a heated water derived from a heat recovery steam boiler, which is a heat source for a first fuel gas heater that exchanges heat with a fuel gas guided to the combustor, to the first fuel gas heater and a second valve provided in a line for sending a bleed air from a compressor to a second fuel gas heater so as to heat the fuel gas using the bleed air from the compressor and the heated water as both heat sources, the heat sources are supplied to the second fuel gas heater that exchanges heat with the fuel gas to heat the fuel gas when the temperature of the heated water is equal to or lower than a first predetermined value; and

when the temperature of the heated water is determined to be higher than the first predetermined value at the time of starting the gas turbine combined cycle system, opening only the first valve without opening the second valve, and only the heated water is used as the heat source to heat the fuel gas when the temperature of the heated water is higher than the first predetermined value;

wherein the first fuel gas heater and the second fuel gas heater are connected in series, and wherein the fuel gas first passes through the first fuel gas heater and then passes through the second fuel gas heater and is then supplied to the combustor.

4. The control method for the gas turbine combined cycle system according to claim 3 , further comprising a step of closing the second valve when temperature of the heated water is equal to or higher than a second predetermined value when the controller executes to open the second valve.

5. A gas turbine combined cycle system comprising:

a turbine;

a compressor;

a heat recovery steam boiler;

a controller;

a first fuel gas heater that uses as a heat source a heated water led out of the heat recovery steam boiler to perform heat exchange between the heated water and a fuel gas guided to a combustor;

a first valve provided in a line sending the heated water to the first fuel gas heater;

a second fuel gas heater using, as a heat source, bleed air from the compressor to perform heat exchange between the bleed air and the fuel gas guided to the combustor; and

a second valve provided in a line sending the bleed air to the second fuel gas heater,

wherein the first fuel gas heater and the second fuel gas heater are connected in series, wherein the fuel gas first passes through the first fuel gas heater and then passes through the second fuel gas heater and is then supplied to the combustor,

wherein the controller executes a program to:

upon receiving an input of a temperature of the heated water at a time of starting the gas turbine combined cycle system, determine whether the temperature of the heated water is equal to or lower than a first predetermined value;

when the temperature of the heated water is determined to be equal to or lower than the first predetermined value at the time of starting the gas turbine combined cycle system, open the first valve and second valve and use the heated water and the bleed air as both heat sources to heat the fuel gas; and

when the temperature of the heated water is determined to be higher than the first predetermined value at the time of starting the gas turbine combined cycle system, open only the first valve without executing to open the second valve, and use only the heated water as a heat source to heat the fuel gas.

6. The gas turbine combined cycle system according to claim 5 , wherein the controller executes the program to control to close the second valve when a temperature of the heated water is equal to or higher than a second predetermined value when the controller executes to open the second valve.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 13, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059690/0739 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 13, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054036/0139 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2018
From: SEKIGUCHI, TATSUYA
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046327/0475 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-167217 · Aug 31, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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