IP Library Granted Patent US 10,636,224
Granted Patent B2
US 10,636,224 · App. 16/083,282 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

Characteristic evaluation device for gas turbine and characteristic evaluation method for gas turbine

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Patent No.
US 10,636,224
App. No.
16/083,282
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A characteristic evaluation device is for a gas turbine that includes a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine includes a processor. The processor calculates, in gas-turbine characteristics including characteristics of at least one of the compressor, the combustor, and the turbine, a correction value for correcting influence due to environmental conditions in which the gas turbine is placed based on operation data of the gas turbine. The processor also calculates the gas-turbine characteristics corrected based on the correction value, and evaluates the gas turbine by comparing the gas-turbine characteristics after correction with a predetermined reference value.

Claims (12)

1. A characteristic evaluation device for evaluating a gas turbine, the gas turbine including a compressor configured to compress air, a combustor supplied with fuel to combust the compressed air compressed by the compressor, and a turbine configured to be rotated by combustion gas generated by the combustor, the evaluation device comprising:

a processor configured to calculate, in gas-turbine characteristics including characteristics of at least one of the compressor, the combustor, and the turbine, a correction value for correcting influence due to environmental conditions in which the gas turbine is placed, based on operation data of the gas turbine, to calculate the gas-turbine characteristics corrected based on the correction value, and to evaluate the gas turbine by comparing the gas-turbine characteristics after correction with a predetermined reference value;

wherein the operation data includes an elapsed time from a periodic inspection of the gas turbine, and

wherein the processor is further configured to calculate a model value of the gas-turbine characteristics based on the operation data, to estimate the correction value based on the model value, and to update the model value when the periodic inspection is performed.

2. The characteristic evaluation device for evaluating a gas turbine according to claim 1 , wherein the gas-turbine characteristics include at least one of an output of the gas turbine, an air intake flow amount of the compressor, an efficiency of the compressor, and a pressure of the compressed air.

3. The characteristic evaluation device for evaluating a gas turbine according to claim 1 , wherein the operation data includes an atmospheric temperature and an atmospheric pressure in the environment where the gas turbine is placed, and an operation time of the gas turbine.

4. A characteristic evaluation method of evaluating a gas turbine, the gas turbine including a compressor configured to compress air, a combustor supplied with fuel to combust the compressed air compressed by the compressor, and a turbine configured to be rotated by combustion gas generated by the combustor, the evaluation method comprising:

calculating, in gas-turbine characteristics including characteristics of at least one of the compressor, the combustor, and the turbine, a correction value for correcting influence due to environmental conditions in which the gas turbine is placed, based on operation data of the gas turbine;

calculating the gas-turbine characteristics corrected based on the correction value; and

evaluating the gas turbine by comparing the gas-turbine characteristics after correction with a predetermined reference value,

wherein the operation data includes an elapsed time from a periodic inspection of the gas turbine; and

calculating a model value of the gas-turbine characteristic based on the operation data, estimating the correction value based on the model value, and updating the model value when the periodic inspection is performed.

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 Sep 7, 2018
From: KISHI, MAKOTO; FUJII, KEITA; ITO, SHINGO; KOBAYASHI, JUNICHI; MALHOTRA, KWIN; SAKAGAMI, NAOKI; ARAKI, MASATO
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046816/0146 →